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Obsession.

My daughter smelled like a dirty gym sock today.

Fact.

She awoke from a second night of feverish sweats. And smelled like a foot.

Despite a 105 degree fever, she refused to sleep without her precious double layered fleece blanket draped across her entire person AND face. I blame James, he-wh0-sleeps-with-a-pillow-ON-his-face-rather-than-UNDER-his-head.

So Foot Girl we had.

Good news? Her fever is now low grade rather than bat shit crazy (i.e. the kind that makes her mother run around the house screaming that WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE! while James calmly pulls out the Pediatric Telephone Guide and assures me otherwise).

My sinuses are still treating my head as though it were a bowling ball that revels in slamming repeatedly against my skull, which, apparently, is a proverbial set of bowling pins. No amount of neti-potting and vapo-steaming and “milking of glands” and eating of garlic and lying on tennis balls (I kid you not) has provided much relief.

The things I do for you, Sesame Seed.

However, something magical has entered my life, and is providing much DISTRACTION from my throbbing brain.

Adobe Lightroom.

See ya later, Photoshop. YOU SUCKER!

I have Brittany over at Barefootfoodie to thank on numerous levels for introducing this glorious photo editing software to my life.

And I can’t quit. I am hooked. And I honestly have no idea what I doing. I keep clicking buttons and downloading presets and engaging in the most brilliant time suck I have ever experienced in my 27 years of life.

CHECK THIS SHIT OUT!

And on that note, I’m off to pound a pint of Ben & Jerry’s fro-yo and indulge this new obsession further.

 

Fabric Patterns

A proper DIY! Potentially the first in over a month. That is pathetic, I realize. But we’re going to go ahead and blame pregnancy and the marathon cold that has been affecting my state in the world.

No more excuses! On to today’s DIY!

I have some super basic circle scarves lying around the house as a result from last year’s DIY Circle Scarf post. I decided that it was time to spruce ’em up. Give ’em a lil jazz! What better way than with some fabric paint and triangle stencils made using wax paper, eh?

Materials:
Circle scarf (see DIY here) or any cotton scarf/fabric
Iron and ironing board
Wax paper or Freezer paper
X-acto knife
Fabric paint
Paint brush

Directions:
1. Make your circle scarf! Duh!

2. Measure out the length of one side of your circle scarf, and cut two sheets of wax paper accordingly.

3. Decide what pattern you’d like to have on your scarf, and using an X-acto knife, cut out the shapes/pattern on the wax paper. As you can see, I went with triangles. If you’re doing a more complex shape, you might want to trace out your design first!

3. Once the pattern is cut out for one side of the circle scarf, lay the scarf on an ironing board, insert a piece of wax paper between the two sides of the scarf, and lay the cut-out pattern down on the top of the fabric. The sheet between the two sides will prevent the paint from bleeding onto the other side.

4. Iron the wax paper down onto the fabric. Magical, huh?

5. Using the fabric paint in the color of your choice, paint the pattern onto the fabric.

6. Allow the paint to dry, and peel away the wax paper.

7. Voila! Look at that pattern! Now just repeat the same steps on the other side of the scarf.

8. Once the paint is dry, rock that scarf with its new edginess. Or with your preggo-belly! Whatever your fancy, really.

Photos: Courtesy of Ashley Weeks Cart