sweater pillow.

Oh, how I adored this sweater.  Dave called it my woobie during my office days.  My co-workers saw this thing all too often.  It was so comfy and while it probably wasn't all that flattering I felt like it went with everything because it was neutral.  I once washed it with a neon yellow post-it note in the front pocket leaving a stain but that didn't stop me.  I wore it at home until the stain faded and then started wearing it in public again.  

Oddly, it was one of the few things that survived the fire.  Oh yea, because it was amongst my packed items for our trip to the city.  It was high time to say goodbye to this old friend.  I had put it in my donate pile numerous times but I knew was afraid they would throw it out because any person with sense was aware it was well past its' prime so I always dug it back out.  

While shopping for our new love seat I saw these adorable sweater pillows that were way out of my price range.  Ah-ha!  I could finally stop wearing my 'woobie' while not really getting rid of it!  

Yee-haw!  I'm a happy lady!  And it was super simple to stitch together and I had a pillow insert left I scored for a buck that I mentioned in my frugal finds post.  So basically free and will look lovely on our new love seat!  

jean scraps: reveal.

My ingenious idea of dying the jean scraps with my beets was not so genius after all.  I let it soak for two days and the stuff was borderline neon purple when I removed it.  It was so purple I was a little nervous and crossed my fingers it would fade into a lavender color.  Well, it faded alright.  Right back to bleached denim.  Bummer.

After feeling defeated for a while I decided to try out my made up pattern for a denim, frayed edge clutch.  Justifying the uninspiring fabric it could be a test that became a makeup bag if I didn't like it enough to give away for a friends upcoming birthday.

So, without further ado - ta-da!

I asked Dave what he thought - his only comment, "Sure looks flat...".  Well heck.  I'm still not sure.  One of those projects I'll likely just stew about until I can move on and forget about it!

Anyhow, a dear friend had a birthday and she's just the type of gal that I knew would appreciate it.  She wouldn't judge or criticize my "flat" purse and we could laugh about projects we had done that just didn't work out.  To fill out the bag I added a little homemade body scrub and body oil - those I couldn't mess up!

Sorry for the bad pictures - can you tell I was running late?  You should have seen the mess strewn around it, I thought about posting that picture but my mother-in-law reads this blog.  Some things Mom just doesn't need to see.  :-)