but before i present the time sensitive matters, i must discuss the matter of bunkins' doormat. the entrance of bunks' cage used to consist of an old white towel (now more off-white due to his sloppy veggie eating habit of getting green juice all over):
however, this weekend, on a monthly run to the fantastic chinese grocery store, great wall supermarket out in va, i stumbled upon this amazinggg zebra striped towel in the thrift store next door. now bunks visits his litter box in style! oh, my metrosexual bunny is so cute!
next, mom and dad have refinished our kitchen cabinets (yes, it was supposed to be a project for andrew and i, but mom and dad got to it first while we were in portland)!!! they used to be a dated oak, and now have been repainted to a crisp off-white!!! the kitchen is very cheery and bright now, especially with the new breakfast counter opening. the before: 
and the after: 
we also got new buffet chairs for the breakfast counter!!! cute, and 35 bones each! 
now: the real reasons why i have neglected this blog... we had another birth on my soccer team! the brother of amy (mommy of the last birth), michael, just had a baby of his own named koh. he's super duper cute! as a baby fish, he deserves a baby jersey, so here it is! i used andrew's (i did it without his permission and he got mad, oops) and actually shrank this one properly (via proportions!!). compared with andrew's new jersey: 
#13!! 
and presenting sarah's shirt!!!! sarah, my roommate from college and one of my bestest friends, turned 26 yesterday! happy birthday!! sarah was the one that introduced me to my horrid shopping habit but also to my passion for fashion (hehehe). she's also wee small, hence the reason why we're friends. she was admiring the dresses on jcrew kid's website, crewcuts, and fell madly in love with the silk taffeta celia dress! it's very sarah. however there was only one huge problem. $298!
so, she turned to me and asked that i find a shirt to bead for her with a similar pattern. no sweat, i can bead. however the only shirt i could find cost $70 by theory!!! now sarah is certainly worth 70 bones, but really? 70? for a shirt? i visited one of my fav fabric stores, g street fabrics, and found this off-white sateen cotton in the discount section for $2.97 a yard, which looked closer to the material on the crewcuts dress than the theory shirt's material (which was white matte). so away i sewed, mimicking the poof shoulders and the folded tuck in the sleeves. my version includes a verrrrrry long zipper in the back for easier exit and entry; theory's version did not (and think, they tried to get 70 bones from me)! and then, away i beaded on tulle so that the heavy beads would not stretch out the shirt. for 3 months (only because i got burnt out and slacked). 
and a day after her birthday (in true helen style), i finished! here it is! this shirt is very special to me because it is what started my clothesmaking hobby! 
miss you, sarah!
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