Saturday six - because I'm too lazy for a real post

1. What color hair did you have at birth?
 DARK BROWN

2. What color is your hair now on its own?
 DARK BROWN

3. Have you ever, or would you ever, color your hair?
YES

4. Take the quiz: a href=”http://www.blogthings.com/whatcoloreyesdoesyoursoulhavequiz/” target=”_blank”>What Color Eyes Does Your Soul Have?

Your Soul Has Violet Eyes
You understand people well and are a natural born therapist. You are a gentle listener and the ideal confidant.
You believe that this world truly lacks understanding. You try to exercise compassion as often as you can.

You are a compassionate and forgiving person. You are willing to overlook most mistakes.
Affection is like air for you - you need to give and receive it to survive. You need love in your life

5. What color are your eyes naturally?
BROWN BROWN BROWN

6. If you could change the color of your eyes, would you, and if so, to which color?
NO, I LIKE THEM

apron from a place mat

I found 2 great place mats at a thrift store a while back knowing that they would make great aprons, and I finally got around to making one last week!

Here'e the original mat, nicely faded and not stiff:

and here's the finished product:

 First I folded the material in half and decided how far up I wanted my pocket to come, then cut it on the fold.

Then I turned the pocket piece so that the right side of the pocket was on the wrong side of the apron, and sewed up the three sides.  No need to hem because it was already done!

I flipped the pocket to the front, sewed a stitch up the middle so I got 2 pockets, and then put the ties on.

I used white seam binding for the tie and zig-zagged it for extra support.

This is how much I had left over, since I wanted it to be short like a vendor's apron.  And even then it's too long for waht I needed.  I'm gonna have to tweak it.

And there ya go!  It was seriously the easiest thing I have ever made.

Little owl (Athene noctua)

Little owl (Athene noctua), originally uploaded by Robert Silverwood.

this is one of the cutest things I have ever seen!

Just a quote from one of my favorite movies....

I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you. And it doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. And how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade.

~Iris "The Holiday"