Bridesmaid Keepsake

I have been commissioned to take a bridesmaid dress and make it into a keepsake for the Bride and Groom.  I've had the dress for a while now and just couldn't cut into it!  I also wasn't sure on what to create out of this dress.  The fabric is two layers.  The under layer, is a very stretchy light weight knit and the top is a beautiful lace.

I've decided on a pillow.  I embroidered the bride and groom names and the date of the wedding on the knit fabric. Since it is so stretchy, I added an iron on stabilizer (Inspira Fashion Fuse) to keep it from stretching and used a cut away stabilizer (Inspira Stitch Point Cutaway) for additional stability.  I also used a water soluble topper (Inspira Dissolve A Way) to ensure a nice stitch out.  I used Robison Anton 40 wt Rayon thread.

For the back, I used the back of the dress and kept the zipper in tact.  Stitched it all together and inserted a 14" x 14" pillow form and it's ready to send off!

 Here's the final project.  I hope the Bride and Groom love it!

Front of Pillow

Back of Pillow

I have some left over fabric and think I will make some ornaments for the Bride and Groom and their parents to remember their special day during the holidays!

Popcorn

Do you love popcorn?  How about some gourmet popcorn?  While moving my mom the last couple of days, we visited the downtown area of Port Washington, WI.  While walking the streets, we visited a few small shops. One of them was Broadway Popcorn.  

Awesome popcorn!  They had a sampling area of all the flavors they make. We tried several of them.  Let me tell you, it was tough to decide which ones to buy.

My hubby likes Caramel Popcorn, so I knew I needed to go home with some of that.  He wasn't with me, so I didn't know what else he might like.  Some of the flavors I enjoyed during my sampling were:

Gourmet Pickle Pop

If you love dill pickles or dill flavored potato chips, then you'll love our Pickle Pop! Light and fresh with a slightly tangy dill pickle flavor.  I'm not a huge fan of pickles, but I had to try it!  It was good!  I definitely will buy some of this in the future!

Gourmet Caramel Cashew Popcorn

A tasty blend of our rich signature caramel popcorn blended with cashews. A guilty pleasure you won’t be able to resist!  I enjoyed this one!  Another one on my list!

Chocolate Caramel Popcorn (Seasonal item)

Our Chocolate Caramel gourmet popcorn is a truly decadent blend - clusters drizzled with fine dark chocolate over creamy caramel popcorn. Destined to satisfy any chocolate craving.  Love this one.  It is a seasonal one, so we were lucky they had this one.  Hopefully...it'll be there again during the holidays!

New! Parmesan Garlic Popcorn

The perfect blend of parmesan and garlic flavors. Your taste buds will agree: this is cheesy comfort food.  This was a good one for the future as well!

If you are ever in the Port Washington, WI area...stop in and check out Broadway Popcorn or visit their website at www.broadwaypopcorn.com and order some...you won't be disappointed!  They also have a shop in Sheboygan Falls, WI.

Fresh Grilled Vegetables

Memorial Day is typically the day Wisconsinites start planting gardens.  We live in a condo, so a garden is out of the question.  I did purchase a table top tomato plant and planted a small herb garden.

It is July and my tomato plant is sprouting all kinds of tiny yellow tomato's.  They are so tasty!  Definitely going to do this again next year!

  

I purchased some other fresh vegetables in the produce section...zucchinis, green onions, mini sweet peppers,

I cut them all up and put into a bowl.  Added some EVOO and Italian Seasonings and tossed them all together.

Now the fun part!  I put them on my Wolfgang Puck Tri Grill.  I LOVE this grill!  I can do so much with it!  I can grill, make pannini's, make bacon, pancakes...it does it all!

  

I preheated the grill to 350...I wasn't sure what to set it at, so used that to start.  It was the perfect setting!  I set the timer for 10 minutes, which also was a perfect setting.  The vegetables were cooked with just the right amount of "crunch".

 

 I have plenty of vegetables to do this again tomorrow evening!