Losing your checkbook....

is probably one of the most annoying and scary things to have happen! Ok at least to me, in the scheme of just giving out your personal information and letting some onw walk away with your routing and bank account number. This is what i THOUGHT happened to me yesterday. Long story short, after a trip to the bank to open and new checking account, placing a stop payment on all of the checks in thought i lost (all 23 of them), a neighbor suggested "Did you switch purses earlier this week?" Ding. I found the checkbook and i felt like a complete spaz. Called the bank to cancel the new account. Took a deep breath. Crisis averted. So i went to Joann's, picked up some fusible interfacing and went to work on a new check book cover. Ive never worked with fusible interfacing, but it was super easy (not that i was expecting it to be hard...). Anyway, this is what i came up with.

The Peace of Wild Things

Need some new music? I did. I'm so glad i bought Paper Route's newest album. I tend to like slightly feminine guy singers (ex: Davey Havok; Freddy Mercury; Adam Levine sp?) and i do love me some electronica thrown in for good measure. This album is a little Cut Copy, a little Mat Kearney, a little Keane (only a teeny bit), and a bit of IAMX thrown in for good measure. That makes it sounds like the album would be far from cohesive. ITS NOT! Go listen to: Glass Heart Hymn. Sugar. You and I. Letting You Let Go. Those are the standouts for me. then, go listen to Rabbit Holes. But first go watch this clip from youtube. and yes. I am a huge loser. But i love this show, and this video is a great compilation.

Softly Against Black

And..

Doodle Stitching for CraftBuds.com

So i decided I needed some "less stress" projects to work on while I am in school. Meaning- the stress of studying and memorizing terms is not made less by large projects hanging over my head. I started a quilt in August that I hoped to have done by now, and though i am in the quilting phase (my least favorite) I just felt overwhelmed. So i folded it, and shoved it into my closet. Maybe I'll dig it out over xmas break? Who knows! Enter cross stitch and embroidery/needle work. I'm no stranger to cross stitch- my late Grammy taught me how when i was probably 10. I made all my children's xmas stocking via this method. It's the perfect way to start a little something here and there, without feeling obligated and pressured (ok, by myself, but still. I AM that kind of person who strives to finish the things I start). So i bought this book.

And then i stocked up on floss.

I decided to sit and start Once Upon a Time through Hulu...and started stitching.

I'm hooked. This book is awesome! It comes with a cd of pictures to load onto your computer with all of the motif's so that you can change the sizes of the pictures to suit your project. I now have a running list in my head of all of the things I want to make next, and it feels great to finish something small! I decided to make a small wall hanging for a co-worker's soon to be born granddaugher.

its here-

It started d/l to my ipod at 12:04am, been listening ever since....

Please read-

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern! I love to read, and I don't have the opportunity as much anymore, due to busy schedules, and the fact that I have to be reading Anatomy and Physiology this semester. BUT- read this book! I'm not even going to say any more about it, you'll have to find out for yourself.

Then, go listen to this album.