weekend brain dump...

my past two weekends have been really good ones...2013 is off to a great start!

last weekend mom and i spent a mother/daughter new years day antiquing and sewing. while i was less successful in my antiquing endeavors, mom picked up this adorable little wicker suit case and this perfect sunbeam bread sign to add to her growing collection of old screen doors she has hanging in her pantry...

we worked on a couple of sewing projects in moms sewing studio. first up was an infinity scarf. mom made me one last year for christmas and i loved it, so i wanted to try to make one of my own. we loosely followed the 'koos loop' pattern published in the december 2011/january 2012 of threads magazine and another random pattern. you can use of to 4 different pattern/textured fabrics in this project, but i chose to use 3. i am definitely going to make these for all my girlfriends, they are great, easy little gifts to make and are so versatile...

then we made this beach towel project i've been wanting to make all year since pinning it on pinterest, and by we i mean mom...i ran out of steam...and well, let's face it, she's just way more talented (and patient) than i am. i bought a cheap pillow from target and then bought these 2 beach towels from home goods at the end of the summer seasons so they were on sale too... i can't wait to use it at the beach this summer!...

this weekend the boyfriend and i had a little fun together too. we started out by stuffing our faces with this amazing pot pie i made. i can't take the credit for it, as it was passed on to me by a friend who made it for me a few months ago, but i did make a few alterations to the recipe and it turned out so delicious. i highly recommend making this on one of these cold weekends...

after dinner we treated ourselves to the movies. if you haven't seen lincoln yet you totally should. it was wonderful and so were daniel day lewis & tommy lee jones, no joke, if these two don't win awards for their roles i'll be shocked. i was so inspired by lincoln's foresight for our nation and for human rights, so the boyfriend and i decided to talk more about it over beers at the relatively new yard house by fenway afterwards...

 

and last but not least, i have jumped on the downton abbey bandwagon and so glad i did. when i was sick a few weeks ago i caught up on the first two seasons, i can hardly contain my excitement for the return of season 3 tonight!...

hope ya'll had a great weekend too.