New Clutch

A while back I bought a magazine that included all these cool patterns for purses and totes. I made this clutch to take to Dean and Nicole's wedding.

I bought this material with the intention of using a button I bought years ago....of course, when it was time to find the button, I couldn't find it! That's where Joanie from Bead Asylum came to the rescue.
She told me to make the below "button". And she was right as usual...it took less than 20 minutes...and I altered the pattern.

Boy's Day!

May 5th is Boy's Day in Japan. Actually, I think they changed it to "Children's Day" but, since Girl's Day is still March 3rd...that seems a little unfair.

Anyways, Jeff has the whole Boy's Day display minus the armor...which his brother Doug has. Jeff has the Kabuto (helmet) arrows, swords, drum etc...

A while ago, I purchased the Precious Moments Boy's Day figurines for both Jordan and Neil....this year, the above figurines were made available by a man from Nagoya, Japan. They came with a base and glass dome with each boy's name engraved. I think we made out on the engraving since I had their first, middle and last names engraved!

Aren't they cute? The one on the left is Neil's...and is named "Camelia" and Jordan's is named "Cherry Blossom", after the flower each figure is holding. I let Jordan and Neil each pick their own.

Dean and Nicole get married!!!

WOW!!! What a night! Yesterday afternoon, Jeff and I drove up to Calistoga to attend Dean and Nicole's wedding! It was a beautiful afternoon...not too cold, not to hot. The bride and groom were gorgeous....check out that dress! Solange, did a beautiful job with the decorations...but, unfortunately we couldn't stay for the cake...we left a little after 10. (It was a 5 pm wedding).

This was my artistic shot....btw: the wine was very good...

Proud parents of the groom...we had the honor of sharing the table with Auntie Patti and Uncle Haruki....they are leaving for Ko'Olina next week....we aren't going to Ko'Olina this year :(

How does Jeff find the pretty girls? Too bad Mike was there! Yumi is Dean's sister. Yumi and Mike were married in 2007. Um, Mike has coke in his glass...or did he say that there was only enough coke for "color", j/k brah!

more purses....

When we were on our (NO) Snow trip last weekend...we stopped off in Rocklin. Jeff and the boys went to a wine store...and I went to Joann's. I found another "Lazy Girl's" patterns for the above purse with bamboo handles. Those purses were REALLY quick...

Today I made a clutch....start to finish in a few hours...the only problem...I had my hear set on using a button in my bead stash....um, I can't find the button....okay, I REALLY NEED TO CLEAN MY CRAFT ROOM....I think I will start next week...everything is going into the garage...and I will re-create my craft room...and probably get a big box of stuff together for the next church Rummage Sale....

Snow, Snow, NO SNOW :(

Spring Break is over! In an attempt to try to take the boys to the snow...we drove up to Reno on Saturday...Jeff met with clients on Friday in Roseville, so the drive wasn't that bad.

There was no snow...but, there was a mound of frozen ice...

From which the boys made a ICE CUBE, and threw it at me....probably prompted by their father...

But, AREN'T they cute?

After the disappointment of NO SNOW...we drove into Reno to Scheel's and Cabela's
Sporting Goods Stores...question for you: Why do these Super Sporting Goods (Bass Pro Shop type) stores all have fudge (albeit AWESOME) shops? Yes, I brought home fudge for me and Auntie Irene...if I ever get it to her....

Shopping in SF

A while back, Jeff's cousin Lisa (seated) and I were talking about going on a shopping trip to SF. Somehow, Karen found out, (Lisa...next time we have to keep the secret better! LOL!!! JK Karen) and she decided to join us. Since she was driving up from Salinas, she picked the boys up from my parents' house and delivered them last night.

The boys did great...my future daughter-in-laws will thank me...we caught BART from Union City by 10:10...and made it up to the City for some shoe/jean/top shopping and lunch. Karen is wearing one of her new tops...I don't know when/how she changed....

After the market closed, Jeff went home changed and met us for a little shopping (Jeff bought some stuff for himself also) and dinner. Then we all took BART home. Jeff had driven Lisa's car to the Bay Fair station and with instructions on how to get to 580...she made it home before 9 p.m.

All in all it was a nice little excursion....the boys survived...thank goodness for their Nintendo DS's and the Game Stop shopping...I don't think they are quite ready for NYC...

Sassy Bags...

Is it Tuesday already??? Wow! Spring Break goes by quickly!!! The boys have been at my parents' house in Salinas since Sunday afternoon, Jeff has been at work and WHAT has Sheri been doing?

SEWING!! WHOO HOO...thanks to Lori's help last Saturday, I set up a cutting table, coordinated some of the "fat quarters" and started cutting away! A while back, I found this great pattern from Lazy Girl Designs. I still need to go check out their site. It's super easy to cut, sew etc...the hardest part is finding the coordinating fabrics. Luckily, Joann's in Fremont has a ton of Fat Quarters and I got really lucky when I found a bundle of Fat Quarters with Asian designs...I am in heaven! I sewed the above four "Sassy Bags" today. I have material cut for one more bag...and I have fabric for about six more. Hopefully, I can get these done before the SACBC Bazaar in July!