And then Jane decided it was no guest room, but it was her room.
She loves sleeping on our spare bed - my old bed from my previous, living sans-Steve life. I insisted we save my bed for guests; so far, there have been two different guests, so I think it was worth the save. Jane thinks so too.
The guest room is technically my craft room, but lately it has been the guest room. All of my crafty things are pushed out to the perimeter, which doesn't look very pretty.
Want to see what I sewed in Portland?
Here:
And from above:
Long has the Madge Family packed little gifts in these homemade gift bags. My mom began doing this in the late 1970s, I think. We have vintage mom bags that still get reused for gifts! They're so easy to make and so much fun, too. Slap a double-sided satin ribbon on them and your gift has it made.
The material I used here is called "Candy Dot." Remember those things? I remember them clearly, but I never tried them.
Here's a short list of my favorite American candies, circa 1988:
- Junior Mints
- Bonkers!
- Nerds
- Candy cigarettes!
- Laffy Taffies
- Black licorice ropes
- Does Bazooka Joe bubble gum count here? Hope so. And Double Bubble?
I need to start looking for a job. Why am I not more enthused? This scares me. I am such a self-doubter. It sucks to have chronic self-doubting disease. When it comes to jobs. Of course.
9 comments:
Candy dots are gross. You aren't missing anything. Nerds are the best. And candy cigarettes, could there be anything cooler?
I liked Lik-a-maid(I think that;s the correct spelling) and sweetarts and pixie stixs. They don't make lime pixie stix anymore though- not happy that. And there's no lime lik-a-maid powder either. AND the lime sweetarts are now apple-gross. Can you tell I like limes?
Oh I loved candy cigarettes!
I too liked those ole candy cigarettes.
Do you still like black licorice? I didn't like it until I worked in a candy store my first year of college. Now I LOVE it.
And dark chocolate covered orange peel.
Yum!
Nerds and Rock Candy too!
Those bags are the best, even though I never was a of eating candy-coated paper.
Oh, Jane.
I can't get enough of her. I just can't stand how badly I want to sqoosh my face into her fur! Seriously!
1) Oh, my head. If there has ever been a sexier kitty shot, I haven't seen it. Talk about a come-hither look! Oh, Jane! I ache for you!
2) I love love love candy dots and candy cigarettes and I still love Junior Mints and eat them more often than I should. Mmm...minty.
3) You will get a job. A fabulous job that you will love and which will be worthy of your fabulousness.
I love the bags!
My little wrapping secret....
I recycle cards to make gift tags and I always keep ribbons, bows, bags and scrap paper to reuse as well.
My favourite candy memory is McIntosh Toffee Bars. Do you get that in the States?
Questions!
Corley, yes, I still love black licorice. World's best flavor.
Kat, maybe? I'm not sure...but I do know that I've never had one...
i actually really liked candy dots. well.... the sucky part was having to spit out the paper that stayed stuck to the candy dots.
and i love love loved bonkers. they changed their recipe. bastards.
i wish you luck in searching for a job! you'll be great, mostly because you rock so fucking hard.
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