Liebster Award

I've won my first ever blog award!  I was awarded the Liebster Blog Award by Kei at Unfortunately Oh!.  Thanks, Kei!  

I now get to pass the award on to others.  Check out these other crafty blogs:

It's Meg and She's Doing Stuff has a bunch of great home projects to show off (and a super cute Baby 2012 Party!).  

I'm loving the Simple Summer Tunic at Tupelo Creative.

Covered in Modpodge has a fantastic baby gate tutorial!

City Stitchin recently posted an adorable city tote and a cute knotted headband.

I love Joy Is At Home's "Man Cookbook."  I may need to make one for my husband!

Here are the rules for passing on the award:

• Show your appreciation to the blogger who awarded you by linking back to them.
• Post the award on your blog.
• Present the Liebster Blog Award to 5 blogs of 200 followers or less who you feel deserve to be noticed.
• Link back to the blogs you are awarding so that everyone else can pay them a visit.
• Let them know they have been chosen by leaving a comment at their blog.

Quick Zipper Pull

Hi, I'm back! Please forgive my two-week absence, my family and I took a lovely trip for Spring Break. Now that I'm back and getting back on top of things, it's time for a new blog post!

Do you ever lose your zipper pull? The one on my purse, a nice leather pull, is about to come off the zipper entirely. I've been thinking for awhile about how to replace it when it inevitably breaks off. I suddenly had the solution, as I was packing my boys for our trip. I don't know why I didn't think of it before. And, you all will probably wonder why I'm bothering to blog about it...I bet you've already thought of it. :)

As I was packing, I noticed that my little guy's backpack was missing its zipper pulls, too.  Once upon a time I'd replaced the pull with a safety pin, to give me something to pull to zip it shut, but it kept opening and poking my hand.  Not the safest option.

Instead, I used ribbon!  I threaded a little grosgrain ribbon that I had lying around through the zipper and sewed it together at a couple points (um...really quickly, which is why it's so crooked.  I was more interested in speed than appearance at this point.  If I had been, I probably would have bothered matching the thread, too.).  Voila, a new zipper pull!