This weekend was crazy productive!! Chris & I replaced the serpentine belt on our car for under $50. The dealership wanted to charge us nearly $500. TAKE THAT sucka! I was thrilled that we (mostly Chris) were able to do that ourselves. After that, I taught a fabulous calligraphy workshop. It's always so rewarding to see how much everyone learns & improves over the course of 2 hours. I had a blast & I hope everyone else did, too. It was so fun to meet some wonderful new ladies & practice calligraphy. I didn't take any pics or record any video (it was much too busy with Penelope & Felix for Chris to do it), so I'll be hosting another class in the near future so I can get it filmed.In the mean time, if you'd like to stay updated on when the online course will be available, click here to receive the email. Dani, who was the one motivating me to teach the class in the first place, brought a GIGANTIC box of goodies. These goodies ranged from sweaters, vintage (never been used) bed sheets, to ribbons & holiday decorations! It was like Christmas going through the pile of goodies. One of the sweaters was the above Banana Republic sweater. My cousin & I were wondering when Banana actually sold that thing. The late '90s? The thick knit as a tank really doesn't work, in my opinion. Seeing as the tank was perfectly symmetrical, I thought it'd make a much cuter hand bag than anything else. Here's what I did:

• I flipped the top inside out
• matched up the side seams at the armpit & hem
• drew a curved line across the bottom
• sewed a tight stitch along that line
• cut off excess fabric
• turned back right-side out

All that took less than 10 minutes to do. It gives a bohemian/hippy look to me with the knit & camel color. I dig it. Do you?