Nurses and birthdays

We went to NJ this weekend for a BBQ graduation party for Lou's sister and also, it was my birthday! (Lou got me an amazing new monitor, which I'll talk about later!)
She's in the nursing program, so I made her a lil nurse figurine in her likeness.




I'm thinking I'll probably make more of these gals soon. I really like the way they turn out. I just forget about them most of the time, being consumed with every other project idea. I need an ideas notebook!

Lou's mom got me a birthday cake like she does every year. She's so thoughtful.




On our way back to North Carolina, we made a stop in Maryland for gas and saw a truck on the corner selling crabs! We all said heck yes, and got in line. Of course, we didn't really think this plan out....seeing as we still had 3+ hours to drive. The three of us (Lou, his sister, and I) decided to share a half-bushel....which I learned is 48 crabs. And holy crap, 48 crabs is a lot!


They packed them in a big box with lots of extra seasoning. Lou had the pleasure of staring at the box in the back seat the whole way home. The worst part, was the entire car was wrapped in this delicious Old Bay crab smell. So we were just marinating in this delicious aroma the whole way home. It was torture!
At some point on our way, we got caught in bumper to bumper traffic, so we caved and each grabbed a crab leg. We must have looked like weirdos cracking crab claws out the car windows. Soooo worth it though.




I'm thinking I want to make some baked crab rangoon with some of the crab meat. Crab rangoon is my favorite, but I hate that it's fried. So we'll see how that goes.

Time management...

...I have none. Has it really been a week since my last post? Yes, indeed it has. But I have excuses! I've been knee-deep in custom orders galore, plus Lou's sister had to go and have a college graduation party 2.5 hours away this past weekend which I {of course} had to attend. Say goodbye to 1.5 days of good ol' production time. I hate that. Don't get me wrong, I love doing things non-craft related with other human beings, but it really pushes me back seeing as my weekends are my most productive times.

Last Thursday the most exciting thing came in the mail. My promo buttons from Promos In A Snap. They're really something. The packaging alone was so lovely, I almost didn't want to take them out. I'm really impressed with the color quality too. And a bit relieved to know that the colors on my monitor aren't too terribly off {which I had been suspecting for a while now}.


Today I was telling Lou that I was willing to put myself in more debt just so we could buy a couch that doesn't suck. This couch that we have was a hand-me-down from our old roommate, and while it looks decent, I swear to you that it is the devil. The cushions you sit on slide out from under you and before you know it you're practically sitting on the back cushions. I'm ready to duct tape the cushions in place that's how abnoxious it is.
The other day I found Lou blending into the couch, which I found a bit strange. He seems to be a fan of brown. Which might be why he sticks up for the couch when I threaten to drag it out into the street so a car can run it over.


Oh! And I found a really neat tutorial on how to make bath bombs. Earlier this week I was scouring the internet for a good bath soak to soothe my achy bones {hehe}when I stumbled on this. It even has pictures, which I love in a good how-to. Now where do I get citric acid?