In 2013, I vowed to be craftier. I started with my first zipper pouch and now I’m moving on to sewing on Disorderly Goods’ awesome merit badges! I’m a big fan of Jane’s work and since I would never be in a position to earn my own merit badges, I love the creativity and humor behind each of her badges. In fact, I love these badges so much that this is actually the second time I’ve purchased the same badges (my first set are ironed on to one of my bags).

I thought my denim jacket needed a bit of color, so I decided to try and iron/sew on my merit badge.  Before I get started, I just wanted to show off Disorderly Goods merit badge collection:

PURCHASE HERE!

Like all projects I’d like to start, something (or rather, someone) is ready to distract me!

Step, step, step!!

All right, FINALLY ready to begin!

NAH, JUST KIDDING. And the West Wing is playing in the background. See you in five hours.

So many good badges to choose from.
First up, the pleasure badge: dopamine molecule, for being in love.

The Big Dipper: for Dreaming Big.

Finally…The Heart: For Giving a Shit.

Okay, I ironed on the merit badge first (not pictured) and then decided I would sew it to make 230984832032% sure it wouldn’t fall off since denim is a very thick material. As the instructions suggest, choose a thread that is same color (or at least close) as the merit badge’s border.

credit: Disorderly Goods

You will be using an overhand stitch to secure your merit badge (show above).  Ideally, you would stitch sort of underneath the border, so the stitches aren’t visible.

The hardest part was pushing the needle through the denim (and badge) in the right location. I didn’t have a thimble, so I used my desk to align the need and then push it through. Silly, I know, but it worked! I’d recommend to others sewing on heavier material to use a thimble. Your fingers will appreciate it.

The finished product!

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Posted: May 19th 2013

This past week Kimi and I were lucky to rock our Pride Socks! Not only are they super cute and vintage looking, but we both love the positive message behind these products. Pride Socks is all about being proud of who you are so you have the confidence to achieve your dreams. We took a bunch of different pictures for them, and while we didn’t get to post them all, I thought I’d include them all here!

For more information about Pride Socks, check out my entries on Craft in the City [here] and [here].

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Posted: May 16th 2013

Our original activity was to visit the San Diego Zoo, but it didn’t quite work out that way. A few weeks ago, I purchased what I thought was a Living Social deal for the San Diego Zoo. Unfortunately, I was unaware that there are technically TWO San Diego Zoo parks. If anything, I thought it was like Disneyland and California Adventure Park–you know, two parks right next to each other.

Early on a Saturday morning, Kimi and I excitedly made the three hour drive to San Diego. We arrived at the San Diego Zoo around lunch time and the parking lot was already packed with cars.  It took another 20 minutes to figure out how to redeem the Living Social deal, only to find out that it did not include admission to the San Diego Zoo, only its not-so-popular cousin the Safari Park. We thought about just paying full price for admission to the zoo since we were  there, but eventually decided we’d check out the San Diego Zoo Safari Park since we already had tickets.

Okay here’s the crappy part. The San Diego Zoo Safari Park is located a good 30 minutes away from the San Diego Zoo! I’m guessing it’s smaller than the San Diego Zoo, but its selling point is that the animals there are in more “natural surroundings.”  Translation: less scary looking cages.

Kimi’s main complaint about the Safari Park: too many birds. Every time she’d see an area with birds, she’d zip right past to the next area. Still, we both had lots of fun! I  think I’ll keep San Diego Zoo on our Project365 list, but I think the Safari Park deserves to be added and crossed off too!

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Posted: May 12th 2013

 You show the lights that stop me turn to stone
You shine it when I’m alone
And so I tell myself that I’ll be strong
And dreaming when they’re gone
-Ellie Goulding

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Posted: May 8th 2013

The Project365 continues on and with some really fun activities! Last night Kimi and I made a trip down to Sweet! Candy Shop in Hollywood.  I heard about this place last year on LAist and it certainly lived up to its hype.

This activity was close to the top of my list, mainly because I thought we’d see oompa loompas (sadly, we did not). In addition to checking the place out, we decided to try out their chocolate bar and make our own candy! Two activities crossed off easily!

Here’s where you can create your own candy bar! We took a good 10 minutes trying to figure out what we wanted, then we had to fill out a sheet with our choices. 20 minutes later–BOOM! CANDYYYYY!

We spent equal time goofing off and buying candy.

Here’s mine: dark Chocolate, milk chocolate fudge filling, corn flakes, and baco-bits.

Kimi’s chocolate bar: dark chocolate, nutella filling, almonds, blueberries.

A close up of my delicious chocolate bar!

If anyone is interested,  here are more pictures of Sweet! in Hollywood:

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Posted: May 3rd 2013