June 16-17, 2012 Weekend, Another Vintage Hot Pad Dress, and More Cell Phone Cases

My weekend started off with making another cell phone case and I gave it to one of my new co-workers’ Jeanne.

Jeanne takes a walk during her lunch break and she listens to books or music, so I made this one with a short handle so that her ear phones would work better. I think she likes it and I asked her to make sure she told me if there were things about it that she didn’t like so that I could change the design.

Saturday morning I finished this cute little vintage hot pad dress, and

made another cell phone case before John got up and ready for work.

After John left for work I made another cell phone case before I headed out to my Mom’s house where I was meeting my daughter and granddaughter so that we could go to my company’s annual picnic.

As usual I enjoyed visiting with Mom before Jennifer and Megan arrived. I had printed off some of the pictures that I had taken of my Mom and her classmates at the Alumni banquet a few weekends ago and she was so excited to actually have the photos in her hand instead of looking at them on the screen of my computer.  🙂 Megan had a good time at the picnic and she met a new friend named Mackenzie who happens to be Jeanne’s daughter and is the same age as Megan. Saturday evening was spent visiting with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Ricci and C.W. It’s always nice to see both of them; they mean so much to both of us.

Sunday morning I was back at making cell phone cases. I have decided that these might be fun to sell at the Hesston Barn Sale in October. This orange and tan one was just calling for some wooden beads.

And the fun thing about having a husband, who makes jewelry, is that most of the time he has just the right kind of beads for my projects. I loved finally being able to use that old wooden button too that I found in a large round sewing basket that I bought at an auction many years ago.

Then I decided to make another cell phone case, this time I decided to use some of the beads that I removed from a straw purse that was falling apart and I also removed the cool round handles before I disposed of the bag. I still haven’t used the handles but I’m sure I’ll use them some day. 😉

I’m glad I kept the beads, because I thought they might come in handy some day. And that day was Sunday. Of course I have plenty more left so I can use them on more cell phone cases or some other project I dream up another day. While lunch was cooking I did my ironing and hemmed 2 pairs of pants. John arrived home from work and enjoyed his barbecue ribs with fried squash. Yummy!

Sunday evening we went to my dear daughters’ house for dinner. She made her mouthwatering eggrolls for John for Father’s day and what a pleasant way to end the weekend. Spending time with family and friends always makes me happy. Did you do anything exciting over the weekend?