Letters From Me, To You: Birt-day Girl

Hi friend.

As I mentioned last week, I have been scouring DIY blogs for project ideas. Mom and Kate were gracious enough to dedicate a large portion of our weekend at home to crafting since it was my birt-day wish.

I was getting in the mood for it last week before we left for home, and I decided to look at Anthropologie online because I keep seeing all these people who make adorable knock-offs for much less money. I kept wondering how they came up with the ideas, and then I thought, "Well duh, Aimee. They probably look at the store and get their ideas from there." This girl's a smartie.

So I went to anthropologie.com and started perusing. I came across this scarf:

So, you double it up and it's a cute, dressy infinity scarf. I saw this and thought, "Hmm... I have a scarf and a long beaded necklace that I never wear... I could make this easily..."

I was going to sew them together and thought this might be the easiest project I would have ever made. And then I realized. This scarf has loads of little tassels on the ends. All I have to do is tie those suckers together.

It was quite literally the easiest and quickest thing I've ever put together, and Anthropologie is selling their version for 50 bucks.

I also took these outdated cargo pants that I had never worn, and cut them into some shorts that fit perfectly. I have already tripled their use in one week.

None of my projects that I did at home turned out just how I wanted. Ha. They require a tad more work before I will show them to you. But here are a few things that did turn out on our crafty day:

Katie made some earrings out of seashells from her NJ trip.

This is her infamous assymetrical pair.

I added the side zipper to this fantabulous tee.

Mom added the lace cuff to Kate's shorts,

and took them in for her since she's turning into a little skinny minnie. ;)

Since I'm going to be having some extra free time in the next few weeks, I will probably be joined to my sewing machine at the hip. You know, if it had one. Then I can show you some of my projects. Hopefully.

Are you wondering how my birthday went by and I haven't gushed about the cute stuff Jered did? Prepare yourself because here it comes. (Yay!)

He wanted to do something with just us, and didn't want to take away from our time at home, so he waited until we came back and had a night together.

I came home from a day full of work, a headache, and a hard hour of working out, to a clean apartment, music playing, and a candlelit dinner. We pretty much skipped our Valentine's Day tradition this year, so he incorporated it into my birt-day dinner this year. So, as you may recall, we had chicken noodle soup, Ruffles chips and dip, and sparkling juice. For my 5th year flowers, he chose a pot of five beautiful orchids, and for my birthday he gave me a book that he knew I would like since Molly had posted it recently. (I pretty much love everything she endorses.) Topping everything off, of course, was my annual poem, which naturally brought tears to my eyes.

Jered didn't want me to post this stuff because of the harm it could do to his street cred, but then I thought, "Oh please, which of his guy friends are going to read this blog and hurt that? Except for you, Jeremy, but you already know about Jered's sensitive side.)

All in all, I felt like a pretty lucky girl on my birt-day and unofficial birt-day. Sorry about my gushing, but you expect it by now, right?

Also- Happy Birthday to the real birthday girl today- Kelly! I hope you have a truly wonderful day!