Yesterday was Olinda’s birthday! I’ve known her for years and years. Let’s see…about 28 years.

So I got crafty and made her a purse for her birthday.

This is the first purse I’ve ever sewed up. I used this old fairy applique that I bought years ago because it was just so adorable and the left over fabric from my wrap skirt. The little fairy changes color in the light. It’s purple in certain lights and sort of blue in others so the purple matches the inside of the purse perfectly.

I wish I had planned ahead earlier and made some sort of clasp to close it. Oh well you live and your learn, maybe next time. I still like how it turned out. Now I want to make more purses!

I even made her a card. Everything was from scratch. Even the envelope!

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It really sucks. I am on the edge of queasy all the time. ALL THE TIME. Well at least I’m not actually throwing up, so that’s a positive.

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I finally made the caramel walnuts. Last time I ate them all before I even got to frying them up. It was easy to make.

I took four cups of walnuts and simmered them for 5 minutes. I then drained them and paper towel dried them. Then I mixed them in with a cup of sugar.

This is the part where I got stuck on last time. I’m supposed to spread them out to dry for about 2 hours or even overnight and then fry them up. But last time at this stage I ate them all up.

So this time I thought ok no overnight waiting, just 2 hours or I’ll eat them all and it worked. I actually got around to frying them up in peanut oil until golden brown and then sprinkled them with sesame seeds.

Oh note. Last time around I DID NOT make 4 cups which I then inhaled. Gawd, I made myself sound like a total ravenous vacuum cleaner. I think I only had about a cup last time around after making my pesto which I then nibbled on until it seemed a waste of time to fry up such a small amount. It took a couple of days of nibbling before I finished it. I don’t know why I made so many this time around. It took me so long to eat the last batch. Oh well at least they’ll stay good for 2 weeks.

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And here she is or ummm…I am. Me as a doodle. Hi!

And I’m all colored in. And I even have the little flower belt on. See the bulge that is my pregnant belly? Hmm…hard to see. Maybe next time no flower belt.

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See…told you I’ve been doodling.

And I’m really excited. I finally broke down and bought a new wacom tablet pen! YAY!!

FINALLY Alan said.

Now maybe I will get back to drawing regularly for illustration friday. I haven’t done that since…January!

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I’ve been making doodles based on the doll Helen made. I was going to post one today but I’ve been feeling queasy so not in the mood. Maybe tomorrow.

So what shall I talk about now? How about the embarrassment of my house? Remember when I mentioned how the whole house was a mess the other day? Well it is! Here’s the proof. I told you we were receiving baby gifts which then sit by the door. It’s like maneuvering a maze just to get to the front door.

So…let me go make some yummy chocolate dessert! Avoidance, right Trixie?

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We had our baby shower on Saturday. It was soooo much fun. We had barbecue and swimming with family and friends. My dear friends Jennifer and Bob threw it for us. We were there hours and hours. I was beat. I haven’t been on the computer all weekend. It took me a whole day to recuperate from all the fun. I must have went swimming four or five times, once even after dark since it was so warm out.

We got some lovely gifts and took tons and tons of pictures. On my camera alone I got about 137 pictures. I’ll share these two of Ebow.

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