quilt

maybe i should say quilts.....


i love, love the colors of this one. it might be my favorite.


you can see the hand quilting on this one. stitched in the ditch along the squares.


sorry for so many shots of this silly quilt but it took too many months plus it was a lot of firsts for me so I want to remember it.


In this one you can see the fun candy cane stripe fabric along the edge.




I got a little sick of looking at this fabric and so put it away for a little bit. I have the day off without Chris so I was able to do whatever I wanted. I just had the binding to finish and even though that is a small task I hate doing the binding. It never turns out right.....But I think I did well (i am trying to not find the flaws and just enjoy the process). It was a lot of fun. And i am pleased with the quilt!

more projects

i saw this amazing headband online the other day but it was $35 so I decided I would make one of my own for the 40's dance that we had for valentine's day. it took some adjusting but i like how it turned out. and it matched my dress so well.

tender mercy

In June we had a family reunion where my mom brought some of my grandmother's things for the grand kids to divide. She passed away the summer before last. One of my top and first choices was a set of glass trays that she had used for bridal showers, baby showers, special occasions and such. There was a big box of trays and glasses. I was not sure what I would use them for but I remember them sitting in my grandma's china cabinet.
Chris and I flew into Denver from NY, rented a car and drove to Lander to see Packers and then back to Denver to fly home. It was a long trip so we had the boxes of items from the reunion shipped to Rochester.
It arrived a few weeks later but the box was dented in several corners and inside the trays were shattered in pieces! not a few cracks but in teeny-tiny pieces...I was devastated and cried for days! I would not throw the box away and we even moved it; pieces and all to our new house.
So a few weeks ago Chris and I stopped at the VOA (the NY DI) and as we looked around I stumbled upon the same exact trays and cups that my grandmother had! I could not believe it and they were sooo cheap. I bought all of them! I am still so happy and cannot believe that I found the same ones....

so here it is-- the exact same tray! can you believe that......


Now I just need to have a party of some sort to use them and celebrate!

v-day dance

this is our branch president and his wife...it was so fun!!

saturday is our big valentine's dance with three stakes, so tuesday night we (meaning chris + i, but mostly i) decided that we would paint a picture board for the youth to stand behind or in front of for pictures. we found a few funny pictures from the 1940's, which is the theme of the dance, but this one stood out because the youth are familiar with superman. i hope they like it anyway. it has been really fun to do because i have never done anything like this. i like painting and all things related but this is HUGE and has been time consuming along with everything else to get ready....I just hope that I can pull it off....Happy Valentines Day to us!


At least Chris will be dancing with me for V-Day!!


and yes this is our crazy empty and bare basement floor but it could not be more perfect for things like this.

so cute...

it is finished + was so simple...



I added the link if anyone is interested in order the panel and making one themselves!

spt

tuesday, february 11--resolve, i resolve to take more pictures of the everyday things i love to do


one of my very favorite things in the whole wide world is to talk with my husband. we can go to bed early and suddenly it will be 1:00am simply by chatting. chris likes to think that this is mostly because i like to talk but he does his fair share. i love sharing our testimonies, stories of trial, faith and as much as i think i know about chris i am constantly surprised at the amazing person that he is. he listens to my crazy dreams and helps me calm down to even go to sleep. i wish that this time could stop and that we had more time to do it.

this tuesday i woke up early to do a quick run, then off to my class by Cornell-family development credentials. it has a wonderful curriculum but sometimes the class gets out of control with personal discussions and stories. this week we talked about communication skills specifically confronting "hot topics" with clients.

i was lucky to have time to swing by the house for lunch and then off to the office to finish paperwork and for two family visits.

then home for a quick dinner with chris. we had some dishes left so chris finished those and i made dinner. he grabbed the ipod and played some of our favorites. at one point we ended up dancing in the kitchen in the middle of dinner and dishes. it is one of my favorite memories that does not happen often enough either. we have been creative with meals lately but love the quick and easy ones. tuesday was a simple Caesar salad-yum! i headed to the church for a ym/yw committee meeting-always exciting!

i got home in time to say goodbye to chris as he slipped out the door to play football with a local team he formed with co-workers. literally we slipped pass each other. i did some house work and sent some emails about yw things and then off to bed when chris got home at 11:00pm.

spt

tuesday, january 27th i resolve to take more self portraits doing everyday things that i love + with people that i love
tuesday, february 3rd--resolve to take more self portraits doing the things i love...


this is harder than i thought it would be to take pictures of everyday things we are doing once a week. i think looking back i will really like it. it is also hard to get pictures of myself because i am usually the one to take them or we snap one of the two of us.



while shopping in utah with my mom we saw the cutest little fabric book but they were out of the panel so i searched online and ordered the panel. it is soo cute and easy to make. i have done pieces when i have five to ten minutes here and there.


i did not get very far but it is cut out! i love to sew and love to find different and unique fabric and patterns.




although sometimes i do get discouraged and frustrated by trying new things. I actually really enjoy the challenge. I love finding new patterns and thinking i can do that! And it does not always work out the way that I imagine but I would rather try and fail than never try at all. so one of my resolutions is to try new things and document it. (one of the problems is i want to try so many things)



this second project has been in the works for a few years...yes. years. i decided to hand quilt it and it takes an enormous amount of time but i am determined to finish it! it is fun and i think i have gotten the hang of it. i want to finish it this year!