Rouched Headband

So here's the rouched headband that i just finished. Its soooo cute! I can't wait to make more of these.
This one in particular will become part of a whole headress for a party Im spinning fire at coming soon.

But I have lots of scrap fabric and now that I did this one, I know where to trouble shoot.

Squee! Puffy Pirate Headband!

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more recipes to save for later use

This Time- Im saving


Vegan Chocolate Coconut Cups 

Vegan Peanut Butter Cups

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note for combo

so I want to save this combination for future choreos

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Fabulous weekend!

Had a fabulous weekend!

Friday night, I tried to surprise the Pirate and take him on a date. It ended up being "interesting" to say the least.
We started out going swing dancing. Granted, he had fun, but I dont think he had great fun. We did laugh a lot and dance a little bit. He even kinda guessed where we were going. At least he had never been there to do that before. And he also admitted that he figued I was taking him to play laser tag. (Ok, note to self- its a bit cliche, dont take him to play laser tag next time. Take him straight to the gun range)

So we left the dance early to go to the restaurant. And I was totally psyched about it, since neither of us had been there before. It was 7West Bistro in Towson. Now, my boss had given me a head's up that it does get a little wild in there on the weekends. Well, we didnt' realize how wild.

We got there about 10:30, and no sooner had we gotten our drinks, and placed the appetizer order, that they turned the lights waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay low. And a DJ started spinning American Pop music. We giggled and I texted my boss, and she laughed and said "Just wait till they start playing the Greek music videos behind it..." oh boy. She wasnt kidding.
So that was funny. Then they turned the lights off completely. We were sitting in the dark trying to eat our appetizers. And to be honest I was a little upset. My PIrate and I were sitting next to each other, and couldn't hear each other talking, and couldn't see our plates. The waiter finally brought us two little tiny tea lights to try and eat by. We ended up staying there only about 35 minutes and taking most of our food home.

We'd both like to go back and try eating there again when we can see what we're eating.

Then we came back home and had some great cuddle time.

Saturday night, the Pirate had to work, and I went out with some friends for a birthday dinner. We went to the Still which is one of the great places my Pirate has taken me to eat.
We had great drinks, and laughed a lot. I even saw one of our housemates, and another friend there, so I felt like a celebrity knowing people at the bar.

I think the highlight of the night for me, was that everyone noticed my weightloss. Rachel said I looked great (and she has a really great and neat figure.) and Larry and Cat both commented on it.
So, when Larry made comment I stood up and proudly claimed that I have lost 18 pounds. And Cat said i look amazing and was asking how much more I want to loose. I said I'd like to loose another 15, and (here it comes!) her friend heather proclaims "Jesus! You're kidding right?!" she was flabberghasted that I wanted to loose more. It felt great and Im taking it as a compliment.  I really do want to loose 15 more to get back to where I was last year at this time.

And Im excited because today- My Fire belt should be arriving in the mail. So provided its not pouring rain tonight, I think we might be spinning some fire in the backyard!!
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Just for the Record-

IVE LOST 17 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


NUFF SAID. Back to your regularly scheduled programme
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Taking care of those who take care of us!

Sunday night, I got one of our housemates to take me up to the ER where my Pirate and our othr housemate work in the ER.

We took one "Box-o-Joe" from Dunkin Donuts, and I made two tins of pizza dip , and two tins of Jalapeno Popper dip.

It sounds like both dips were a hit, and even though there were two boxes/packs of water crackers, and a large size bag of scoopable chips, they ran out of chips and crackers before the dips were gone, but it didn't stop them from being consumed!

Since I will probably be making these again, I wanted to post them here, so I can get to the recipes easy.

Pizza Dip

A layered, hot cheesy dip with all of the great pizza flavours including pizza sauce, cheese, pepperoni, olives and green peppers.

Servings: 8

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup mozzarella, grated
• 1/4 cup parmigiano reggiano (parmesan), grated
• 1 cup pizza sauce
• 1/2 cup mozzarella, grated
• 1/4 cup parmigiano reggiano (parmesan), grated
• 2 ounces pepperoni, sliced
• 2 tablespoons green pepper, sliced
• 2 tablespoons black olives, sliced

Directions

1. Mix the cream cheese, sour cream mayonnaise, mozzarella and parmigiano reggiano and spread it across the bottom of a pie plate.
2. Spread the pizza sauce on top and sprinkle on the cheese, pepperoni, green pepper and olives.
3. Bake in a preheated 350F oven until the cheese has melted, bubbling and golden brown, about 20 minutes.

Jalapeno Popper Dip

(makes 4 snacks sized servings)


Ingredients:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (room temperature)
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup cheddar cheese (grated)
1/2 cup parmigiano reggiano
1 (4 ounce) can sliced jalapenos (pickled)
2 jalapeno peppers (chopped, optional)
1/4 cup panko bread crumbs
1/4 cup parmigiano reggiano

Directions:
1. Mix the cream cheese, mayonnaise, cheddar cheese, parmigiano reggiano and jalapenos in a bowl and pour into a baking dish.
2. Mix the panko bread crumbs and parmigiano reggiano and sprinkle over the dip.
3. Bake in a 375F oven until bubbling on the sides and golden brown on top, about 10-20 minutes.

 

I simply doubled the recipes and it made 4 regular tins (the ones that are slightly deeper than a pie tin, and have straighter sides) or would be good in two of the deeper straight side tins.

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Just an update

Things have been crazy and busy but good.
I have been cleared by the Doctor to go back to normal life. So I started going back to dance class this week.
I also had the pleasure of working the merchandise table for Gaelic Storm Sunday night when they played here. I was was very surprised that the crowd was so small! But it made for a really great intimate show.

On other news-I have lost 12 pounds, and several inches. Being a psycho about what Im putting into my mouth has done wonders. I haven't had any soda in over a month. No dairy or refined food in 14 days. And Im eating VERY small portions (about 1 1/2C of veggies, and 3-4oz of meat.) plus two fruits per day. Its really doing wonders for me.

Im also excited because I have some new fire toys coming to me! My custom made fire fans should be completed any moment. And I have a fire belt for belly dancing on its way! SQUEEEEEEEE! So exciting! Im hoping to get to Lowe's tonight so I can pick up some fuel and cans since I have a coupon (that expires today). Plus the Pirate and I want to repaint our bathroom downstairs, so we can use the coupon towards paint as well.

I guess that's it for now :) YAY
 9/5
over bust 37
apex 41
underbust 33.5
waist @ belly button 31
high hip 40.5
low hip 44
thigh 26
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9/16
over bust 35 1/2
apex 37
underbust 30.5
waist @ belly button 29
high hip 38
low hip 42.5
thigh 25
__________________________
9/17
over bust 35
apex 37
underbust 30.5
waist @ belly button 28 1/2
high hip 38
low hip 42
thigh 25
__________________________
9/18
over bust 34 3/4
apex 37
underbust 30.5
waist @ belly button 28 1/2
high hip 37
low hip 42
thigh 25

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9/19
over bust 34 3/4
apex 37
underbust 30.5
waist @ belly button 28 1/2
high hip 37
low hip 42
thigh 25
__________________________
9/20
over bust 34 1/2
apex 37
underbust 30.5
waist @ belly button 28 1/2
high hip 36 3/4
low hip 42
thigh 25
__________________________
9/21
over bust 34 1/4
apex 37
underbust 30.5
waist @ belly button 28 1/4
high hip 36 3/4
low hip 42
thigh 25
__________________________
9/22
over bust 34
apex 37
underbust 32.5
waist @ belly button 28 1/4
high hip 36 3/4
low hip 41 3/4
thigh 24 5/8
__________________________
9/23
over bust 34
apex 37
underbust 32.5
waist @ belly button 28 1/4
high hip 36 1/2
low hip 41 3/4
thigh 24 5/8
__________________________
9/24
over bust 34
apex 37
underbust 30.5
waist @ belly button 28 1/4
high hip 36
low hip 41 3/4
thigh 24 1/2
__________________________
9/25
over bust 34
apex 37
underbust 30
waist @ belly button 28
high hip 35 1/5
low hip 41 1/2
thigh 24 1/2  
__________________________
9/26
over bust 34
apex 37
underbust 30
waist @ belly button 27 3/4
high hip 35 1/5
low hip 41 1/2
thigh 24 1/4
__________________________
9/27
over bust 34
apex 37
underbust 30
waist @ belly button 27 1/2
high hip 35 1/5
low hip 41 1/2
thigh 24 

__________________________
9/28
over bust 34
apex 37
underbust 30
waist @ belly button 27 1/2
high hip 35 1/5
low hip 41 1/2
thigh 24   
__________________________
9/30
over bust 34
apex 37
underbust 30
waist @ belly button 27 1/2
high hip 35 1/2
low hip 42
thigh 24     Pin It Now!

random note for self

just need to get these pics loaded up

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measurements

just some measurements for a future project I need to get listed

over bust 37
apex 41
underbust 33.5
waist @ belly button 31
high hip 40.5
low hip 44
thigh 26
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9/7
over bust 36 1/2
apex 39 34
underbust 32
waist @ belly button 30 14
high hip40 1/2
low hip 43 1/2
thigh 25 1/2
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9/8

over bust 36
apex 38 34
underbust 31
waist @ belly button 29 3/4
high hip 39
low hip 43 1/2
thigh 25 1/4

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9/9

over bust 36
apex 38 1/4
underbust 31
waist @ belly button 29 
high hip 39
low hip 43
thigh 25
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9/10
over bust 35 1/2
apex 38 1/4
underbust 31
waist @ belly button 29 
high hip 38
low hip 42 1/2
thigh 25

__________________

9/11
over bust 35
apex 38 1/4
underbust 30
waist @ belly button 28 1/2 
high hip 37 1/2
low hip 43
thigh 25 1/2
___________________
9/12
over bust 35
apex 38 1/4
underbust 30
waist @ belly button 28 1/2 
high hip 37 1/2
low hip 42 1/2
thigh 25
_____________________
9/13
over bust 34 1/2
apex 38 1/4
underbust 30
waist @ belly button 29 1/2 
high hip 37 1/2
low hip 42 1/2
thigh 25

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9/14
over bust 34 1/2
apex 38 1/4
underbust 30
waist @ belly button 29 1/2 
high hip 37 1/2
low hip 42 1/2
thigh 24 3/4
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9/15
over bust 34 1/2
apex 38
underbust 30
waist @ belly button 29 
high hip 37 1/2
low hip 42
thigh 24 3/4
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9/16
over bust 34 1/2
apex 37
underbust 30.5
waist @ belly button 29
high hip 38
low hip 42.5
thigh 25

just needed these for some pattern drafting, and rather than write them down and loose them, or delete the email, I figured this was the safest place for them! Pin It Now!

Turkish Vest!

Here's the Turkish Vest that I made! I got the pattern thursday in the mail, and I started it last night. I would have finished it, had my roommates not coerced me out of my bunker with burgers and beer.

It fits like a glove when its on! The armholes are finished with 1/4" double fold bias tape, and the neck tabs and bottom are trimmed with a looped fringe. I decided to close it with a snap because velcro snags this fabric easily, and I didn't want a button to show.

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Placemat purse

this is more of a reminder for myself- but Ive had someone ask me to show them how to make a placemat purse.
I know that there is a TON of ways to do this, but this is how my Brazillian friend (and sewing idol) showed me how to do it.

So as I am out and about tonight and tomorrow, I will pick up a placemat (and heck halloween is out!!! SQUEEEEE) and try and get a tutorial up for that.


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