See a color theme here?

Okay, so, I picked out the bag material long before the curtains and throw pillows. I guess they are just good colors ;) Anyway, here's the bag I finally finished from my sewing class. I've missed a few projects in there when I was sick-bummer. Very excited about getting this one done though. The inside lining is a chocolate brown with a small pocket with material the same as the outside (how do you take a picture of the inside?! I tried!). I'm not a huge fan of the pocket on the outside. Next one I make (I want to practice some more) will be without one....or maybe something smaller. And yes, the handles are even...just hard to get them to stand up side by side ;)

SPEAKING of my sewing class, the woman who owns the sewing studio where I take my classes won a contest on Good Morning America this week for best Mac and Cheese. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. Here is her recipe!

And, here's the den with the new curtains and throw pillows I bought a couple of weeks ago. I was very excited to put some accents in the room. Ignore the junky kitchen and mantle!



Today has been kind of lazy. We stayed in Raleigh, NC last night because I had a research certification exam this morning. UGH, the hotel we stayed in (same one as the exam) was far less than appealing. My exam I think went well. We'll see...I should get the results in 4-6 weeks. On the way home we took our time and stopped at Cracker Barrel for breakfast, the Vietri outlet (Italian china-it wasn't an impressive outlet), tried to find a non-existent hobby shop (silly GPS), ate lunch at Cook-out (read, greasy spoon cafe) and finally home. We day-dreamed about new homes and lazied around...no specific plans tonight. It's nice to be lazy.

Hope you all are well!!!