by Nicole Ouellette | Jul 28, 2009 | Too Cute Tuesday
This week is another special Too Cute Tuesday. Both Sarah and Sue has visiting mothers who joined us in the fun. Kristy, who is Sarah’s replacement at her job, also came and hopefully will be a regular.
Tonight is Sarah’s last Tuesday, but we do hope she’ll Skype with us from Saint Louis! We thought a good note to go out on was a craft that Dorrie and I only did a long time ago, back when Too Cute Tuesday was gradually becoming a group event.
Materials:
Fabric
Interface (iron on stuff that makes fabric stiff)
Iron
Scissors
Staples
Duct tape
Ribbon (go thick), for strap material (optional, you can also use additional fabric for this)
Cocktail of the Night: Box o White Wine (at $2.67 a quart, it is certainly economical!)
If you need actual directions, here is the original link.
1. Buy the box of wine at the grocery store. Have an exchange with your usual check out guy about being a classy lady. Stop at your local fabric store and buy facing/interface. Drop supplies off at Craft Central.
by Nicole Ouellette | Jul 28, 2009 | About Us
I’ve been saying goodbye this week to one of my friends who is moving to Saint Louis for graduate school.
Sarah is my friend from North Carolina who for the last nine months has lived down the street from me. She has taught me a lot about being a southern girl and the other day at Bar Island, I learned about a great tip from her Aunt Georgia.
Aunt Georgia is an aunt who understands. (Mine happened to be named Aunt Peg.) Think of Aunt Georgia as the one who makes you coke floats and lets you stay up past your bedtime watching some inappropriate movie when you stay at her house.
Aunt Georgia understands, which is why she is also the aunt who will take you for a bra fitting at a nice department store.
Writing about underwear on the blog, yes, I can’t believe I’m doing it. But think of undergarments as architecture. If the foundation of a building is not good, how does that bode for the building?
Here’s a few compelling reasons why it’s worth getting your butt to a department or lingerie store for a proper fit:
by Nicole Ouellette | Jul 27, 2009 | Good For You
Today, I got to visit a few really good friends in Portland, Maine. Two of them are moving to Ohio (for graduate school and love of a graduate student, respectively) and this was our last horrah.
We spent the afternoon on the terrace of Silly’s Restaurant, which is a neat place known for its good values, fun ambiance, and actual vegetarian/vegan items on their menu. They also have an entire page of possible milkshakes you can order with the usual ingredients (chocolate, vanilla, peanut butter) and the unusual ingredients (key lime pie, rice krispies, avocado).
On the top of the list was a bacon and peanut butter shake. Clearly, I had to get it.
For $5, I was expecting a peanut butter milkshake sprinkled in bacon bits. Oh no, it was much more.