Life is too short......

It's hard to believe that January is almost over!

These cups were supposed to be Christmas gifts

for my hubby, my son and my son in law.

Clearly that didn't happen!

So today I finally got them done.

I found a fat quarter of this awesome

Robert Kaufman cigar fabric months ago on ebay.

I paid too much for it,

but I haven't seen it before or since then

and it had Cuban cigars on it and my hubs is Cuban!

So that makes me feel a bit better about buying it.

Anyhoo.....

the guys get together at our house every

Friday night and smoke cigars outside

and talk about "man stuff".

I was able to fussy cut 2 "Cuban" cigar boxes

for my hubby and son

and 1 "Big Wolf" for my son in law :)

I used fusible fleece to pad them

and lightweight denim for the backing.

I bought the cups at Joann's.

I had these great wooden buttons in my stash

that I bought over 25 years ago,

 so it was fun to give them a good home!

My hubby is VERY serious about his coffee

and would never use a cuff on his ginormous coffee mug,

but in the summer time he would use this for iced tea.

I have one on my cup like this and it really works

well to keep the cup from "sweating" while the ice melts.

And now for the most fun part of all......

I had these labels made over at the Sweetwater label website.

You can have custom labels made

in any quantity you like....and they are inexpensive too!

I had their moto "life is too short to smoke bad cigars"

printed along with the secret initials of their "group".

I can't tell you what they stand for

as I have been sworn to secrecy myself :)

Well that's it for today.

I think these would make great Valentine's gifties

for the hard to sew for men in your life!

And don't forget to post your projects

for the After Christmas Sew Along Week #4!

This is the final week!