Lovey Love

All of God's Grace in one sweet little face.

Isn't that a lucky job, to be loved so by a little boy?

Oh ya, I did craft a little this week!

I made this!  A LOOOOOOOONG time ago I picked up some clear plastic check book covers from my local scrappin' store. This week, in celebration of my new checks arriving, I created this custom cover with scrapbook paper, ribbon, flowers cut from vintage advertisements and a pretty little vintage inspired brad. It would be very easy to switch out as the mood hits! I'm thinking a little cowgirl inspired cover would be ADORABLE!!!

I feel random, oh so random

MOM- Spoiler Alert- Dont look at the last picture! I MEAN IT! :)

Rows upon rows of cherry trees in Prosser, WA. Love how they flow over the hill.

A Valentine's package from my Secret Sister. It was incredibly SWEET and thoughtful of her.

THANK YOU!!!

Greeting cards I made for my Mom, the sheep lady of Southern Utah.

Paper Pals of Pullman, WA brought in some super cute farm animal stickers.

Tote Bag in an evening

I've been hanging on to a vintage t shirt of my hubbys for a few YEARS now, just waiting for the perfect application.  Finally, I happened across this blue, white and yellow plaid material. I lined the tote with a vintage flour sack dish towel and put in grommets to run the handles through. I cut 1" wide strips of tshirt material, braided it and tied a knot to keep it from pulling through the grommets.

I'll admit one thing- I could not get my fusible webbing to cooperate so the t shirt material stretched as I was sewing so I sewed a strait line around the border and ziggzagged around the strait line to give it a deconstructed feel.

Aunt Leelee's Loveys

Farmer Xander's lovey, "Mina", inspired these handmade creations.

Little boy lovey for Amanda's new baby boy. The back is lime green cow print Minky. How cute is that?

Little Girl lovey for Sister's coworkers baby girl...Sister asked for a super girly one so I made a yoyo for one corner and embroidered Cute E Pie on the other corner. LOVE the pink and brown paisly Minky!

You gotta do this blog hop!!!

Are you a scrapbooker or crafter? Do you sigh over paper and coordinating embellishments? Do you stop by Paper Pals on a regular basis? (Even if you don't) YOU HAVE GOT TO DO THIS BLOG HOP! Not only are these some talented ladies with amazing ideas, you can win FANTASTIC prizes!

Here are the links, my friends...

Paper Pals Design Team Blog Hop

Angela's "Mom-e-Memoirs"

Kristy's "Kaydub"

Anita's "The Cory Connection"

Judy's "A Little of This, A Little of That"

Leah's "Confessions of a Scraplifter"

Suzy's "Life at the Big Red Barn"

Each one has a little variation on how to enter so make sure you do your reading!  GOOD LUCK!

Aspirations of 2010

As·pire
intr.v. as·pired, as·pir·ing, as·pires
1. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly
2. To strive toward an end: aspiring to great knowledge.
3. To soar.


-I aspire to take two times the pictures I already take, use the techniques I'm starting to learn, and maybe someday make a few sheckles at it
-I aspire to remodel my upstairs and do some of the nifty projects I see on other blogs
-I aspire to ride my horses until my legs no longer ache and my 'seat' is fantastic, 'til my horses turn and run to me with excitement, 'til I have to feed Skipper grain because I'm riding all his weight off (trust me, that would be alot of working out for Skipper!!)
-I aspire to live in my house and treat it as my own personal retreat
-I aspire to plant purple potatoes, weird green broccollis that look like funky little trees, watermelon radishes, funny shaped carrots, and other interesting varieties of plants in my garden (suggestions are welcome!!) so that people, upon eating a meal at my home, would exclaim with delight at the funky fresh feast before them
...to be continued

Processing jeans for quilts- a photo journal

Craft room update

Thanks to this one girlie I know, my FANTASTIC sister Lindsay, we finally got the craft room painted. TRIM AND ALL! It's not decorated yet so stay tuned for more pictures :)

The Sewing Corner

The Scrapbook Table