great use for crappy socks!

I bought some super cute socks at Walgreen's one night when I just needed something to cover up my ankle brace (that I also bought at Walgreen's because I couldn't stand sitting out of my sand volleyball game even when my ankle was still swollen...). The socks were cheap, completely sucked, but were adorable.

Welp, this my friends, is the perfect opportunity to turn some cute (crappy) socks in a precious little sock monkey! I found a tutorial online [there are a gazillion sock monkey tutorials so no need to write another...] and went to town!

Her legs are too long and ears are weird, but I still think she turned out cute. My hubby asked if he could keep her so now she watches him play on the computer...

I embroidered an M on her butt with a heart (not sure if you could tell what that was...)

Next time you have a crappy pair of funky socks, you know what to do!
xoxo

bedroom shade fix!

The house behind us has a seriously bright light that is kept on ALL NIGHT LONG! Drives us insane and prevents my other half from sleeping half the time. After many-a-nights of complaining, I finally fixed the shade. The first photo shows what the shades look like during the day. These things don't block out all that much light. In this pic, you can completely see our other neighbors house.  

I bought some black out fabric for about $6/yard and hot glued the fabric along the top of the back of the shade. Worked perfectly and the room is now pitch black at night. This pic was taken at the same time as the first one and you can't see out at all. Hubby loves it and I love that he quit complaining about it...problem solved (see I'm an engineer at home too....). 

Here's to long restful (and peaceful...and DARK) nights!

xoxo

monkeeee!

My coworkers and I are making a quilt for another coworker expecting her first baby (yay!). We did an animal theme because the gender of the baby is unknown and we thought it would be easy to come up with ideas. Here is my cute little monkey square to contribute to the project. We were supposed to add our initials to the square so she could pick out who did which squares.

I'm sure I will post lots of pics once the little blankey is all finished.

Cute monkeeee!

Wow, really is it already the end of February...Time. Flies. By.

xoxo