The Workroom Skirt and Reconstructed Chaos T

Yes, it's been a few days without blog updates...would you believe our modem died and it took us over 2 days to get the cable company to come out and fix the problem.. ok maybe not exactly two days approximately 29hours. I realized that I can live without my cell phone but not my internet.

In the meantime, I finished an aqua stretch knit skirt and reconstructed Chaos T (something funky) and had great weather on Wednesday to wear the skirt with some new shoes that match perfectly from Payless. Want to learn more about creating Funky T'shirt designs. See your local bookseller for 99ways to...T'shirts / Scarves or Denim. 3 fun chicks originally from Italy that transplanted in NYC and revamp/revive clothing into fun new styles. Check them out at http://www.compai.com/. And why not repurpose some of those clothes in the back of your closet. FACT: An average person sends 68lbs of clothing a year to the dump!

I have two other t's that are being reconstructed in the Workroom but they'll have to wait until I finish my yellow jacket. Here's a shot of it partially completed. Luckily, I have already added the lining but those pictures will post at a later date.

Here's another example of something funky to do to the back of a T' maybe a little tye-dye number.

In the meantime, it's been great weather here in NJ in the 70's so I've had DS in shorts and looking oh so cute. He's really a trip...he went from crawling to pulling himself up and crusing around holding onto furniture. He's seen here playing at the Kitchen set that as DD#1 when she was 2 1/2. On the bad end of things his teething is horrible at night and we're back to being woken up at least twice a night. UGH!

FOR THE LOVE OF STAMPING...yup I love lots of crafts and one of them is Stamping...I'm part of a small Stampin Up club with some neighbors and it's great! This week my rep. came over to help me work on some cute ideas - Whatcha think? The funny thing is that without the internet this morning, I used the time very wisely while DS was taking a nap to organize all my stamping/card making supplies, label storage units and even take samples of my cards from previous classes and place them in a 3-ring binder for quick reference. I KNOW AMAZING! It feels great to have just one more little piece of my life organized and available at my fingertips when the urge strikes to be card crafty.

Well I'll leave you with one RECIPE that my Friend Susan sent to me as a part of the receipe exchange...DD#2 helped me make this one tonight and it is ever so YUMMY!

Here is an amazing sour cream coffee cake recipe. Sue passed the recipe on to a friend who bakes it every Christmas. You could use it for breakfast or a dessert.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

1 box Duncan Hines yellow cake mix

4 eggs

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup Crisco or similar vegetable oil

1 pkg instant vanilla pudding 3 1/2 oz.

topping:1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate bits1/2 cup nuts (I used almonds) 1/2 cup sugar, 2 tsp cinnamon

Combine cake mix, eggs, oil, sour cream, and pudding in a bowl. Mix well and set aside. In a separate bowl, combine topping ingredients. Grease and flour a tube pan. Layer 1/3 of the batter and top it with 1/3 of the topping. Keep layering until the ingredients are gone. Bake at 350 degrees for an hour or more.

** I used a bundt pan and layered a little on the top before adding the cake mix, then another layer of the topping mixture and finally the bottom cake layer - baked exactly for 1 hour and it turned out great!

Well ready to sign off for another day/night with hopes of accomplishing alot on Saturday. Alot of items are leaving my house via FREECYCLE this weekend - stacks of cooking magazines, misc craft items for a girl scout troop, a bike that I picked up curbside with intentions of fixing it up to ride and some kids clothing items. It does feel great to help people who are looking to fill a specific need.