my first softie

While staying at Melinda's, she gave me a sewing book called Stitched in Time. It had a little blue horse called "Softie." This intrigued me, and so I started looking online for different ideas for softies. I tried to make the horse, but I am definitely not very skilled YET in hand-sewing.

So, I found this simple owl pattern, and decided to try something simple before I dived into the horse.

This was my first softie. I hope there will be many more. The stitching on the top was not too professional, but hey, it's a first time thing, right?

Any tips?

The Alchemist

One of my new favorite books is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. I highly recommend the search for buried treasure turned spiritual journey.

It is actually being made into a movie.

Just kidding. I made this for a book presentation. I am quite proud of it, actually. I got the 30 day trial of Adobe Illustrator. One day I will own the Adobe programs... I hope I don't have to wait too terribly long.

Let me know what you think.

thank you brad and melinda

It was the best Valentine's day yet.

valentine's day

to my sweetheart...

i love you.

Stress

School, work, finances, boyfriend (who I adore), homework... should I repeat homework? I love to read, but I'm going to need a long break of it after this semester. Count them, three, yes, three literature courses, along with a Senior capstone course and a theater course--I have to read three plays before Wednesday... I know people have it worse, but sometimes that doesn't provide much comfort, does it? Days like this make me dream of the Paraguayan sun and a bit of Guarani music... A "Tranquilo" lifestyle where I can sit on my front porch and drink terrere (herbal tea) all day long...

So, instead of doing the insane amount I have to do I am writing on my blog and counting the minutes--no the seconds--until Jeff and I go to Missoula tomorrow... A three day weekend and I mean to take advantage of every second.

jon & kate plus 8

much to the chagrin of my family and jeffrey, this is my new favorite show.

p.s. i am not discontinuing this blog. historically romantic is a blog to express my love for the historical.

a theme blog, finally

I have always admired theme blogs and have been thinking about what I could do.

Well, I've done it. A blog for all historical romantics. I plan to post anything about history that may be interesting, and add a bit of my own romantic spin to it.

Check it out.