Christmas Apron... Finally!..

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Okay... here is my Christmas apron!..

The pic is a little fuzzy... in a bit of a rush here getting supper underway and the kitchen tidied...  the Christmas lights are going on the tree tonight!.. and probably a few decorations... gotta get the Christmas cards started tomorrow night!.. Bring on the weekend!.. 

Stay tuned for some Christmas decoration pics in the next few days... and hopefully I can get a couple projects completed this weekend!.. not much else to talk about... been so busy with work that when we get home in the evening we just crash!.. How's your week been going so far?..

Link Parties:

The Shabby Chic Cottage The Shabby Nest 

Frilly Apron...

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So last night I cut out the fabric for the apron pattern that I picked up this past Fall... and I did a little sewing... I stopped sewing after putting on the edge binding because I had missed cutting out one of the pieces and it was getting late... so I cut out that missing piece when I got home from work today...  I've been working away all evening and here is the end result!..

Eeee!.. I love how it turned out... it was such an easy pattern and sewed up quickly!..  I'll have to do some baking this weekend to put it to use!..

Now to go put the heated blanket on the bed!.. it was -30 outside this morning!.. no joke!.. -30 degrees Celsius!..  Um... BRRR!.. 

Linking up to a few parties:

The Shabby Chic Cottage French Country Cottage The Shabby Nest

Christmas Apron Pattern Found...

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Look at these ladies rockin' these aprons... I'm going to be making apron C... this is from Simplicity Pattern 2592... They've brought back some vintage patterns from the Simplicity Archives... I brought the patten to work with me today so I could take a look at the instructions before work to get ready for working on it this weekend... 

Oh yeah... Glee season premiere comes on tonight... I had never watched the show last season when it was on but over the past few weeks I've seen some snippets from the first seasons reruns... and then watched a few of the last episodes... its pretty good!..  

Ch-Ch Ch-Ch Ch-Ch Cherry Bomb!..

Today we headed to Crossroads Market in search of supplies for bottling cherries, strawberries, apples for pies, and salsa... I was really hoping to be able to get 5lbs of the regular red cherries and 5lbs of the yellowy Rainier cherries... I was lucky to get this 10lbs of red cherries...  every vendor was cleaned out of cherries except one... and there were very few strawberries available...

10lbs for $15... not too bad...  Then the 10lbs of cherries needed to be pitted... I wanted to keep them whole so instead of cutting them in half to pit the cherries I picked up the OXO Cherry Pitter from Williams Sonoma... it made the job much easier and much less messy...

Once pitted they sat in some lemon water to keep them from turning brown... then they were put into sterilized bottles with some light syrup and boiled for 25 minutes... then just minutes after when they were out on the counter cooling - pop! pop! pop!.. all the lids popped...  I did loose two of the five small jars in the water bath though... the bottoms broke off completely!..  The final count of bottled cherries is 8 500ml bottles and 3 250ml bottles...

They look so pretty... With some ribbons tied around the top they would make sweet little gifts...  I can't wait to crack open a jar in a few weeks... I think they will make delicious tarts...

Here's a shot looking down at my apron pocket... The cherry pitter has a spray guard on it but once in awhile a little juice made its way out... so I broke out the apron from my friend Ashleigh (check out her bakery website - her bakery is opening soon)...

Tomorrow we're bottling the strawberries, apple pie filling and salsa, making blue berry pie with the fresh berries that Mom brought from home, and we're going to make the 6 layer red velvet cake that I just didn't get the time to make the other night...