For our anniversary last year I bought PB&J keychains from an etsy shop. I had been singing, "I'm peanut butter and you are jelly..." for a few weeks in preparation for the reveal of this cute gift, and Jared would even sing the song to me. Well those stinkin' keychains both broke within a matter of weeks and we were left with two little pieces of bread and nothing to do with them. Until now.
Introducing: an anniversary fail turned into a Valentine's day success!
I have had this idea brewing for a long time, and of course waited until the day of to put it all together. Wait til you see it. It's precious.
Materials:
I measured and cut the fabric and pillowcase to fit the frame using my new rotary cutting set that Santa gave me. It is awesome! Then I brought back my old stitching skills and got myself a hand cramp as I stitched some of the song's lyrics onto the pillowcase piece.
After that I indulged in some peanut butter m&ms, tested out a few new styles of stitches on my sewing machine, and sewed the two pieces together.
After that, all it took was some super glue to attach Jared Peanut Butter and Lauren Jelly - I'm not about to be the chunky one - and now I'm waiting for Jared to come home and open up his gift!
I really shouldn't point it out, but see how the word "bread" slants upward? That is proof that my left hand was completely cramped and almost useless at that point. But I'm very happy with how it turned out and that I could still get my money's worth out of those two keychains.
that's adorable.
ReplyDeleteSo cute and clever! I love these kinds of projects where you "upcycle" something. And I love that song too, mems. I bet Jared loved his gift!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I just realized I said the word 'love' a lot in my comment...well, it's the right day for that I guess.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE LOVE LOVE this. For two reasons. I watched the songwriter grow up as well as the seamstress/artisan. Now I can't get this song out of my head. Ron Ahrens wrote that song while at BYU when he was in his band, The Ahrens Band. It's on his one and only CD, s.m.i.l.e. He wrote it for his parents. Big Ron was the chunky peanut butter and his mom was
ReplyDeletethe Raspberry jelly (♫♪ 'cause that's my favorite kind ♫♪).
I have his CD. A lot of the songs are very witty because, well, that's how Ronnie is. He was a funny, talented kid. He was the first Mr. East (CB East). For the swimsuit competition he came out in a barrel. For his talent, he sat down at the piano and sang a song he wrote. I think girls were swooning over him after that. They should have been. He is now a successful lawyer in NYC, living in NJ with 5 kids.
Lauren, you outdid yourself on this project. I hope Jared knows when someone makes something for you, they are thinking of you with every stitch. This project just oozes love.