Maggie's Baby Shower

baby shower for my sister-in-law, Maggie, and baby boy making his debut sometime in July! Can't wait to meet him!

great day!

 great food, made in WHOLE by my mother in law. 'twas amazing.











who doesn't love bunting?!

 momma-to-be's favorite food ever...

great turnout, thanks to all our friends and family!












                                                       and who doesn't love presents?

                                          table decor! my sister in law Brittany is so talented!

                                                    

                                                              happy mom! love her!
  

heather & nolan, ready to meet his new cousin...

...and this is how he spent most of the shower!

present time!

been waiting a LONG TIME to reveal this present!  baby mobile, complete with maggie's favorite rustic style. so glad she likes it!

dachshunds, maggie and brennan have two! 

maggie's dad can make ANYTHING out of wood, so thankfully, he did the hard part!

(this is grandma's nursery, can't wait for maggie's nursery reveal!)

love this one

and this one!

the whole project! i watched LOTS of movies this winter while making these puppies.

sisters and the momma! we had a great time.

 can't wait to meet him!

saturday.

ran the 5/3 riverbank run this a.m. with part of my fam! 

somehow, we all managed to finish the 10k! my longest race this far.

we were missing our other running buddy, though. she's got a bun in her oven due in about a month!

and right now, it's all i can do to sit on the couch.

making dinner tomorrow for some of the mommas in my life... have everything done except cutting this beast.

anyone else hate cutting up watermelon?

tired household! the end of third shift is near... thankfully!

present for my sis for mother's day. hope she does not read this until after tomorrow!

[tutorial here]

i've made quite a few of these... so easy and a big hit.

present for my momma. shams, to match the quilt i made her last mother's day.

(her idea, by the way).

here's the quilt. by far, my finest piece of work:

love this pattern, want to make myself one!

too many bad bananas sitting on my counter = bread!

happy [busy] weekend, all!

Hair Cuttin' Time!

Would you believe that this dog,

is also this dog?

Well, of course you can tell. She's got the same pathetic look in both pictures.

.love her.

I was going to do a post about my Easter outfit, and how i dyed my shoes to match my new outfit, but aforementioned dog ate those shoes the day before Easter.

and they turned out a little too purple anyway. but that is beside the point.

like i said... love.

An Easter pic just for kicks, since i managed to convince my husband to stay dressed up for a picture, and Macy was kindof looking:

would you also believe it if i said my hubby picked the dress out on his own? 

that's right.

best man ever.

love him most.

Bunting Love

Can you tell I love rainbow bunting?

Made two of these quilts back in November for friends that were having babies. Now, I do not usually duplicate quilts... I prefer to give each person their own unique quilt.

But this one is just SO CUTE. I could not resist making more than one. And I made sure to have pieces left over so i can make another one... maybe for myself someday.

originally found the tutorial here

but i can't ever really seem to get around to making myself a quilt. that would mean no deadline, and i work best under deadlines. It's the reason i finish things.

pretty sure i took that picture in the middle of the night. it's pretty bad. i'm working on my photography skills, i promise.

seeing any rainbow bunting in your future??

Rainbow Brite

Anyone else remember her? We had her doll growing up. It's so random, but she is what I think about almost every time i see rainbow stuff.  I work with rainbow colors, and during a slow moment the other day, made a stack of rainbow colored pretties. I would have taken a picture and posted it but, alas, i'm too cheap to pay for an iphone.
The rainbow-ness inspired me, as did a talk with my sister in law about how rainbow is in right now.

This window my favorite thing in our entire house to decorate. It's pretty non-committal, and it does not take long to make it look peppy and seasonal. I spend too much time cleaning my floors to keep up with seasonal decorations in my house!

paint chips. 

a stop at Lowes today required, of course, a stop in the paint department. Who doesn't love some rainbow paint chips?!

Bonus: FREE-tastic.

My mom and I had a conversation about how much money Lowes must spend on paint chips. With cheap-os like me around, probably a lot! But they sure get my business, too. Not to worry, I don't mooch too much.

cute, huh?

So many projects, so little time.

Felt, Felt and More Felt

I recently was given a sewing machine. I put out a plea on Facebook asking for a sewing machine for me to learn on. My mom was mortified. She thought that people would think that she never taught me. That was followed by my apology. Sorry Mom!  My mom did try to teach me sew while I was growing up. I just didn't like it as a kid. I rather be in the kitchen and baking. :)

So what do I make for my first project? I decided a pillow cover. I searched pinterest.com for ideas. I decided on a simple envelope pillow case with a huge felt flower on the front.  The pillow is from BedBuggs on Etsy.com.

I loaded up my son, fabric, felt, and my sewing machine and headed to Laura's house for some moral support. Laura helped me make a bobbin, add the thread to the machine, and use her cutting mat and blade. (Threading the machine brought back memories of my mom showing me how to do it.)

I decided to make my own pattern for the pillow. It actually turned out ok! I made the flower with a template that I made with a paper plate. I attached to petals with a hot glue gun and hand sewed it to my new pillow cover.

My new pillow is now sitting pretty on our bed. Now I just need to make more!

On to the next felt project.

I have been helping my family sort through the collections and memories of my Grandma's since she has passed away. The last time I was there, found two really cute buttons among a huge tin that was in a drawer. I figured out my new project.  I made flowers out of the felt I had on hand and glued the buttons in the middle. They turned into really cute pins for my mother. She loved them! That started my "small business."






This past Saturday, my mom had a booth in a local antique show at Saltbox Farm. She asked me to make some pins for her booth. I made just over twenty. I thought that would be plenty. I was happy if I just got my money back in supplies.  Boy, was I surprised! I got a voicemail from my mom at the show asking for me to make more and hurry fast! I never worked so fast with scissors in my life! I can't believe I didn't cut myself. If you didn't know already, I tend to cut myself a lot with my chef knives. :) I made ten more and arrived to the show just after lunch. I sold eight of them while I was there! How exciting! I also had another dealer ask me to make a headband for her daughter.




So this week, I have bought more felt, searched for buttons and made a trial run headband. The next antique show is in just over a month. I have a lot of work ahead of me!

the curtain dilemma.

in case you don't follow me on pinterest, i have been having the hardest time finding the PERFECT curtains for the living room. i should probably give up and find the ones close to perfect, but i haven't even found that.

forget about the fact [just for a minute] that my husband hates yellow with his whole being, and pretend i was allowed to put it in the living room... then i would pick these:

though i know its a table  cloth (round one pictured), the oblong one is the PERFECT size for our massive window. two of them is cheaper than anything, AND i wouldn't even have to sew them.

i tell you, what is better than that?

maybe yellow will grow on him.

i would show you the window, but i can't get it to load. another day i'll give you the grand tour.

some other options, though none of them make my heart go pitter patter:

it also needs more color than these options provide.

i'll find them, cause they are out there waiting to be found.