All Sorts (of Awesome from Last Week)

Once again, the highlight of my week was games night with my closest friends. It looked a little something like this:

Is that a head-lamp on my head? Why yes, it is. Usually I take my head-lamp off for Settlers of Catan, but there was to be a ghost-hunting adventure immediately afterwards, so I just left it on. 

Ghost-hunting was a huge success. My bff had seen a vaguely kkk-like shrine-ish thing in the woods earlier that day and ran herself sick to get away from it. But then, after the sun went down, it seemed like a good idea to go in for a closer look. So, armed with our flashlights and head-lamps, we headed for the dark and twisted forest. Up close, what looked like a kkk hood/ghost was actually a bunch of laundry, randomly hung over branches in the woods, but it looked eerie as heck from afar. Also, we had a great time jumping out of bushes and screaming like five-year-olds (some of us more than others).

The soundtrack of the week was The Miseducation of Lauren Hill. I know all the words, and I like to harmonize like a super-dope backup singer (which in my case involves very little harmony, and a lot of shameless off-key singing with my eyes closed. 

What was super-amazing about your week? Don't be shy. The highlight of my week was a board game! 

All Sorts (of Top Notch from Last Week)

So, here are some things that made last week super-fly. First off, this card from some good/great friends of mine, including Jo (the bff I always write about) and Dan (my friend/first ex-boyfriend--circa grade 6).

I made these cushions for the ol' bff, and they turned out pretty phenomenal. She's borderline obsessed with embroidery, so I made contrasting embroidered fabric buttons. 

I'm working on my first consignment order, for A Curious Collective in Ottawa. Their shop is at 159 York St., so go visit my slippers if you're in the area. 

I made these newbies for the order, and I'm a little bit in love with them. I'll be adding them as a regular listing to my Etsy Shop too. 

Also, I decided to make The Execution of Noa P. Singleton the first bit of reading material from my giant stack of borrowed books. It was so riveting that I had a hard time getting out the door to my weekly games night. That's saying alot, because games night is always the highlight of my weeks. Always. And this week I won all over the place, so I suppose it was worth tearing myself away from Noa P. 

Partay!

So, my post-thesis party was pretty much a slam dunk. Great food was eaten, great conversation was had, there were glow in the dark games, and the night ended in dancing. That's pretty much the textbook definition of a successful grown up party, right? Honestly, once in awhile something comes along that is just so wonderful and meaningful that over-explaining it seems a little sacrilegious. My best peeps were there--enough said. Here's some pics, graciously taken by one of our family friends (filters added by me, because I'm a sucker and I just can't help myself!).  

This is the bff that I'm always talking about. 

My folks, who pretty much made it all happen.