June SGSG - Button Bracelets + SURPRISE

Our June SGSG was taught by our wonderfully creative Ronnie Lewison. We did jewelery this time so that we could leave the machines at home. She showed us a gorgeous button bracelet. While going through my stash of buttons I found these hand made ceramics that came from a shirt my Mother made for my Dad back in the days when we didn't have enough money to buy clothes. I can 't wait to share it with her.

The day ended with a wonderful surprise for my 36th birthday. When I arrived home from my sewing girls afternoon, my wonderful husband had about 50 friends, a band, a cake and a decorated house to surprise me. My first ever surprise party and I am so happy that my sewing girls got to be a part of it.

Doggie Bandanas

This project has a bit of a story behind how it came about. It started with buying my teenager daughter an iPhone for her 1th birthday. The iPhone came with a Facebook app and after seeing a few questionable photos I decided that I had better get up and running on Facebook so that I could keep track of just what was going on. I signed up and within 48 hours had reconnected with more than 40 friends from around the world. One of my favorite connections was from a high school friend that had recently started a dog rescue. After checking out the blog he requested help with making some doggie bandanas. It sounded like a fun project and after travelling most of the Spring away I really needed to get back into the sewing groove. The SGSG girls even graciously pitched in to help out. All in all we sent about 20 "Adopt Me" bandanas for the dogs to wear out and about.

Check out the doggies at http://www.thefosterdogchronicles.com/