Adventures in Sewing: Contoured Burp Cloths

On Sunday I went to a baby shower for good friend's of ours and I made some contoured burp cloths! I was pretty excited to dive into my Halloween fabric stash and sew something fun for friend's who appreciate items that are on the 'spookier' side. I am also so thankful for my sewing table, it's amazing and makes me want to get back into sewing and attempt to make some garments from patterns (Eeeeeek, I hate following garment patterns!). My next project will be a pair of pajama pants for myself, I know it's silly as I'm not a complete novice sewer, but I've never made a pair before! 

Are you working on any sewing and/or craft projects?

Thank you for reading, until next time!

XOXO-Meagan Kyla

Birthday Week

Hello dear friends! The holidays have put me in a holiDAZE and I can barely keep my days straight, but I can tell you that last week was a grand week which included my birthday. This past Saturday I turned 35 and celebrated with friends all week long. In the past few years I haven't given much of a care about my birthday, but this year I was in the mood to celebrate!

I had mentioned in my last post that we went to some antique malls on Monday and I scored this beautiful vintage bag to go with my Hawaiian muumuu's and Tiki outfits. It was the perfect bag to take with me to Cantina Loco's new Cantiki Tuesdays! Our favorite Tex-Mex restaurant is having a Tiki night and it's like a dream come true. Mmmm, so good!

Now it brings me to Wednesday night when a bunch of my gang went roller skating with me! I grew up going to roller rinks every week, so being on skates just makes me so happy. My birthday was a good excuse to round up the friends and roller boogie!

crappy photo, cool cake

Yeah, my friends are awesome. Mike and Judy surprised me with a cake at the roller rink and guess who's on it......me, well it's Pink Taco. Hahaha! Pink Taco was my 2014 Halloween costume and you can read all about it from this blog post.  I still can't stop laughing about the cake. Brilliant, hilarious and creative!

birthday outfit. simple and warm.

Saturday the 19th was my actual birthday and after work we went to back to Cantina Loco for a birthday taco and tequila. After the restaurant we headed over to Mohawk Place to see some bands and it was pretty awesome to spend my birthday evening in a place I love so much.....especially since it had been closed for quite some time.

necklace I'm wearing in the photo above that is a gift from Julie Ann and Andrew

Amongst all the beautiful and generous gifts I received from family and friends, Derek presented me with this beautiful gaff*. Derek commissioned this piece which was made by our talented friend Brian who creates beautiful pieces of artwork. I was blown away by the gift as well as Brian's talent! I love also love that Derek said to me, "I realized I have never given you a gaff before". So sweet and I'm tearing up just typing this out. 

I hope everyone is enjoying the Winter Solstice and however you celebrate this holiday season!

XOXO-Meagan Kyla

*gaff-The “gaff” of interest to us is the one that began as a gimmicked or rigged prop often used by magicians or illusionists to imitate sword swallowers. The evolution of “gaff” was them applied to a created “creature” such as a “FeeJee mermaid,” to pull people into the sideshow. The term “gaff” comes from the “gaff” fishing tool used to pull fish in; in sideshow terms, a “gaff” can be used at sideshows to “hook” or pull people into the sideshow

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R.I.P Don Featherstone

Well, I'm pretty sure you may have not heard of Don Featherstone, but I'm pretty sure you've seen pink plastic lawn flamingos. Those kitsch-tastic birds who have become the ultimate token of tackiness. Heck, John Waters even named a movie after them, Pink Flamingos. Don Featherstone was the creator of the pink plastic flamingo shaped lawn ornaments and he recently passed away at age 79 after battling a lengthy disease.

Our front garden. Pardon the weeds.

I don't remember how my pink flamingo fascination started, perhaps it's due my love of airstream trailors and everything that involves tackiness and kitsch. Like anything that starts off as a joke amongst friends, it has turned into full blown pink flamingo mania! 

Make up case: gift from Judy and Mike

DeTiki carved purse: Derek drunkenly bought (from a past Ohana)

Flamingo blanket: gift from Terri

Charcoal Designs brooch: gift to myself

Hair clips: gift from Miss Natalie from Goody Two Shoes 

So, thank you Don for making this world that much more delightful with your pink plastic creations. I hope you rest in peace.

XOXO-Meagan Kyla