Yesterday was a "Craft Day" for me and some friends. Two girls worked on their sewing machines, one drew, and I embroidered. It is my second embroidery project, so there is  room for improvement, but it was a fun, relaxing project to work on.


Ideally my kitchen would be entirely black, white, pink, and mint, but we rent and can't paint :( Plus finding things in mint is hard to do! The upside of being a DIYer is that you can make things to match, like my tea towel!

I wrote all about my garment sewing goals, but I forgot to post about my other goals. Here they are:

I mentioned to Giggly Mama that I was interested in learning some basic embroidery to embellish my quilts and possibly clothing. She surprised me with this starter kit!!! How sweet is she??? I had been secretly dreaming about the exact kit.

I got to work right away and made this cat for my first project. I used the same stitch the entire time, but I feel like this was a good practice piece for me. Jenny Hart's designs are so cute and I can't wait to make more. Thanks, Shannon!!!

Erin and I decided to start a book club and we are going to start the year with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I was really excited to start this, but then we went to a friends house and his roommate saw the movie and decided to tell everyone ALL about it. Thanks, book ruiner.