Everyday Crafty Goodness

I bought a clipper yesterday and shaved Molly!  She was getting the summer itchies and was shedding clumps of hair all over the place.  I was going to bring her to get a professional cut but I decided to try it myself this time.  I put her in the bathtub (to contain the hair) and she was soooooo good about the whole thing.  I was very pleasantly surprised that she didn’t mind the buzzing sound at all.  It took us about 2 hours (the dog is super hairy) and both of us were exhausted afterwards.  She’s still a little fuzzy around the edges and she wouldn’t let me clip the hair between her toes but I think I did a decent enough job that the other dogs in the hood probably wouldn’t laugh at her homemade haircut.

And here’s her blurry mugshot.

I’m a messy person by nature but I think I finally found some motivation to start organizing my mess a little after watching a couple of episodes of Mission Organization this weekend.   I found this cast iron baking pan at someone’s yard sale in the “free stuff” pile.  It’s pretty handy for sorting coins and stuff (there’s even a spot for those darn Canadian coins).  Now I just have to do this kind of thing to the rest of the house…that’ll take a lot of muffin pans.

My old couch pillows were looking a little tired so I thought I’d make some new ones.  I really like the charcoal gray linen with Amy Butler’s print.  The solid gray pillow is quilted.