The Zoo and More Card Drops

I wish I had some new pics of a few new bags Hannah has made, but like I said, her camera crapped out on us too and I haven't been over there in a couple of days.  She made a new purse for a friend that is moving to DC, and she made her first diaper bag for her new daycare provider.  Do I really super a lot wish that she had been able to take pictures before she gave them away?  Um... YES.  Especially since they are gone now and it was her first diaper bag!  Oh well, that just means she will have to make more:)

It was a beautiful, sunny day here in the STL and it was finally not as humid or hot as it has been, so my son and I decided it would be a great day to go to the zoo!  We were right; it wasn't too terribly crowded and we got some good pics with my new camera.  We also did a few Card Drops along the way.  The zoo is only about a 30 minute walk from my apartment, so we also decided to just walk through Forest Park on our way home which provided some more great opportunities for picture taking.  Hope you enjoy the pics- we sure enjoyed the day!

a big kitty enjoying some afternoon sun

cool lookin' tortoise

the butterfly house was awesome

we didn't get around to seeing my favorite animal, but we snapped a pic of this sculpture on our way out

the penguins were keepin' cool...

...and so was Quent- what's a day at the zoo without Dippin Dots?

view of the Grand Basin from the top of Art Hill in Forest Park

the beautiful ladies in front of the St. Louis Art Museum

Quentin enjoying a waterfall in Forest Park

and some cards drops...

Hopefully, sometime Friday I will get over to Hannah's house and take some photos of her new creations (because I know she is making more- she's still trying to get caught up!)

So, more pics coming soon- because I can now:)

First Card Drop

So I did my first official "Card Drop" today while running errands.  I first learned about these card drops through a blog I visit daily, called Kind Over Matter.  They are all about spreading kindness throughout the world in a bevy of different ways.  One way they encourage their readers to do so is by having these printable quote cards that you just save to your computer, print, and cut. Then, you leave them in all sorts of places in public for others to see, ponder, take, share, etc.!

I only did three today because I'm sort of shy about anyone seeing me do it and then document it.  I had a bunch of great ideas about where I could leave them but then got nervous!  My son is coming back into town in a couple of days and I've told him about the concept so maybe we'll do a few together.  I have about 15 more cards that I am just keeping in my wallet for when inspiration hits.  Who knows?  Maybe I'll work on a set of my own that I could share with everyone in the blog world!  Hmmm... good project idea:)

Update

Hello all those who are still hangin' on and actually reading this blog.  Now, not only is my camera shot, Hannah's is too!  So I thought I'd share some pics that were shot before the cameras decided to be the last straw in a very stressful day.  But before that, just want to share with you all that the Boutique in St. Louis that our goods are at has sold out of all the bags (purses and totes) that we brought them.  Yea!  But also, that means Hannah needed to crank out some more.

Hannah's studio had a change of location (to the basement of her house) and the tables she was using were borrowed and taken back:(  So we have been on a mission for the past week trying to find the right furniture for her sewing station.  Both of our sons endured a hot Saturday last week spent driving around to different garage sales.  It was really funny because Hannah's two year old kept saying "Gamma's house?" every time we pulled into a driveway, but he doesn't even call any of his actual Grandmas, "Gamma"; confusing? yes, hilarious? yes.  And each time we pulled away, he would start to cry and say "I wan go to Gamma's house!"  His older cousin assured him it would be okay and that we would see his actual grandmas soon.

The garage sales turned up nothing, so at the end of this past week, we went to Lowe's and bought two sawhorses and got a 4'x8' sheet of MDF cut down to a 3'x6' piece that we laid on top for a cutting table/surface.  Then we found the perfect sewing table on Craigslist and spent about half an hour in front of the seller's house trying to fit said table into the back of her car.  When we realized that wasn't going to happen, we spent another 20-30 minutes affixing it to the top of her car with one strap and a prayer!  When we finally got back in the car and on the road, Hannah's son looked up, pointed and exclaimed, "There's a table on top of the car!"  Thank god for our kids, because, among a host of other great things, they provide a lot of comic relief in life.

Oh- we also made a really cute shirt that we patterned off of a sheer, flowy shirt that Hannah got at a local boutique.  We got pictures and everything, but of course, they are lost.  Here are some pics of a night we had a few weeks ago when we went out.  They are also "shout-outs" to a couple of blogs- the clutch shown is one Hannah made after a pattern on a blog called Noodlehead.  And the card with the quote on it is printed off from one of my favorite blogs called Kind Over Matter- it's all about being kinder in this world, which I'm all about!

For some reason, I had our old tags that we ended up not using in my purse that night.  We didn't just want to throw them away, so we wrote our blog site on the back of them and just sort of scattered them around and handed them out to people.  I also left those little quotation cards all around.  I've printed out a bunch and am keeping them in my purse for when I feel the inspiration to leave them somewhere anonymously.

Tomorrow we are dropping off a new shipment of purses and totes (along with some really cute checkbook covers and headbands!)  So if you are local, stop on by Cha, and if you are far away, leave us a message or a comment and we can do a custom order.  Happy Summer and stay cool- it's in the mid 90's all week here!