New Organization

in two forms...

1. I am now gainfully employed! Wednesday and Thursday of last week I interviewed with a small privately owned company which make, refurbish, and repair MRIs and CT Scans. I start my job as "junior accountant" this coming wednesday. Yippee! This means I have one week to truly relax (sitting at home spending 5 hours on career builder wasn't exactly relaxing...). I have one week to work on wedding and home projects before things get busy. What shall I start with??? Oh yes, addressing envelopes. Then perhaps I can recover the living-room table/ottoman (I can justify spending the $15 for the fabric now that I have a job!).

2. We're now the proud owners of a new (to us) ikea expedit shelf! We've been watching out for this shelf/entertainment unit for our living room. With one small modification (which required me to hand saw a shelf until I couldn't feel my arms) it is a perfect fit. Ample storage for records, books, and whatever else needed its own place. I love to organize... its true... and this shelf has made me a very happy girl!



Ok, on to enjoying my week!

crafty updates...

My very first quilt (small thought it was) is finished! This is the very first project I started with my lovely new sewing machine and was finished just in time to mail off for Erin's baby shower! More pictures to come when my camera cord makes its way through the snow to me...

My favorite part of the quilt was hand sewing the binding. It was surprisingly relaxing and satisfying... each stitch bringing me closer to an actual quilt, not just pieces of fabric pinned together. Each stitch, just like the women who've quilted before me. I know this will be something I enjoy for the rest of my days. I can fill my home, my children's home, my grandchildren's home with lovely quilts I hope.


Fabric for the wedding-table-squares came last week also! I've done quite a few... the tally:
To do: 13
Done: 12

The bottom two fabrics I am unsure of. The white pattern I adore, but I realize it may not stand out enough on the ivory table cloths. And the last, the green stripe, is much more neon green than I had supposed. I'll keep these in mind but may keep an open eye for other patterns that would be better in their place.


Updates of other natures...

My second job interview was today and went well! I truly think I would be a good fit and would love the job and the company. I hope it works out... I should be hearing this week sometime.

Hoverson Love

The library here is quite wonderful... I can request books online and they'll have them ready & waiting... I can request books they don't have, & they'll purchase them! Which is exactly what I did a couple weeks ago.

There are a few books I've been wishing would come into my ownership... so in the mean time I requested them from the Library to be sure that they were as useful and likable as I've imagined. One of those books is Patchwork & Quilted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson (the owner of Purl Soho, one of my favorite places to look for fabric). This book is fantastic (even sans patterns... which for some reason the library took out) and I will definitely want it to be a permanent addition to my crafty library.


While browsing this lovely book, I enjoyed my third batch of gluten free banana bread (from gluten free girl), which is my favorite so far. I've tweaked the recipe a bit and this time added ground flax seed and left out the cocoa powder... all it needs is a thin layer of light cream cheese (add that to the mental grocery list).


Itching to make something & having finished my big secret project (photos coming soon... can't risk the recipient mother-to-be catching a glimpse) I wanted to sew! I fell in love with this adorable pin cushion from the aforementioned book but was without those pattern pieces. I gave it my best guess and dug through my scrap pile... definitely cut the pieces too wide, but hey, its still cute! Is it strange that I color coded my pins without much thought? Thats the OCD accountant type shining through in my crafts I suppose...


Now I'm simply hoping that my wedding-reception-table-square fabric comes tomorrow so I have an excuse to sew all day!

My big interview has again been rescheduled, now to Tuesday morning at 9am (silly CEOs who are always flying here and there!). In the process of rescheduling I did deduce something quite nice... I believe I am one of two candidates in the final interview process. The CFO emailed the agency asking if the collective interviews could be changed to 9 & 10am on Tuesday morning. Sounds like two interviews yes? Well the 9am is me. Down to the wire... what shirt should I wear with my suit (must make a visual impact so they remember me)?

productivity

The delivery man brought me a present early this morning... the order from paper source! It was only ordered on Sunday... fastest shipping ever! The envelopes for our invites were on sale, so now they're stocked up and waiting to be turned into a lovely package!

I got a lot done today, even a couple wedding projects under way...

22 inch squares for center of table -
To do: 23
Done: 2

9' table runner for our buffet table - DONE!

Now I just have to wait for the lovely package of fabric that is headed my way from fabric supplies etsy shop. They were kind enough to sell me a few fabrics in my 1.25 yard increment and I'm so excited about what they had. Fantastic prices too- on the fabric and on the shipping... I'll be watching their page.

For my dear family... my big interview is now on Friday at 11am! I wish it had been today... the weather here didn't end up as bad as they weathermen made it out to sound. I also got a call today about a temp position as a staff accountant for 4 to 6 weeks so they're presenting my resume for that. I'll update when I know more...