when you are rested, it is amazing what you can do!!

Hello all my blogging buddies!!

Yesterday I hardly did anything as I was feeling so run down and not feeling  all that great! Well after sleeping a good portion of the day and then a good nights sleep, I feel so so so much better :)

I was up early and decided to make the kids pancakes for breakfast, then went to the close grocery store to pick up an couple items for a trial run of a cake. It was a white chocolate cake, and it turned out pretty good, just next time I will add more chocolate than the recipe suggests.  I have 2 cakes I will be making this week, 1 wedding cake and one topsy turvy type birthday cake. So I need the white chocolate for the birthday cake.

I also managed to clean out the back of the van (was getting full of Christmas shopping....yup I said those words!) Go to the store again and pick up all the ingredients and supplies for both cakes (and had one on one time with my oldest daughter for this, and she was so excited), mowed the lawn, played with the kids, cooked supper with the help from my husband and a few loads of laundry..phew I am tired just writing all of that!!

I also have been trying to color set some fabric I picked up for nighties for my girls and nieces and a few other people. I have the blue and yellow done, and working on the pink....oh that pink (this one has been the worst of them all).

The kids are finally all asleep so now I am going to break out the sewing machine and get some stuff done...wooohoo!

Hope that you all have had a great Sunday!!

what a day!

My youngest daughter was up a good portion of last night :( I really dislike teething!!

Needless to say I was super tired this morning. I was lucky that my husband got up with the kids and let me sleep in. At 11am I got up and was still super tired, and felt absolutely rotten. I ended up actually falling back to sleep until 3pm!!

I made it to work from 530-10 and got home with a terrible headache...boo. Sadly there will be no sewing for me today, however was was dreaming that I did get a new wonderful sewing machine ;)

I am hoping to feel much better tomorrow and get many things caught up and finished!! But for now I am off to bed to yet again get more sleep!! Night all!

Today I got some stuff done, I fussy cut some Santas for a Santa block swap. They have to be in the mail Wednesday. Now I am just going to add fabrics around the Santas and square them up!!

I will post pictures tomorrow of my Santas!

My exciting news,for me anyways, is we finally got our dishwasher fixed!! Been broken for over a year and a half! We ran it through once and no leaks...woohoo!!this is going

to be such a treat for me :)

making progress....

well day 2 and still on track :)

I did not get as much done as I had hoped but still managed to get some things accomplished. It was a busy day, the kids had a check up, then we did some errands, visited my husband at work, and then attended first Quilt Guild meeting of the year!

It sounds like this year is going to be an amazing year...guest speakers, a monthly block lottery, a Christmas challenge, classes to be offered, and a quilting retreat if you want!! WOooHOooo what a great year it will be!

So I am participating in this months block lottery, Christmas challenge and waiting to hear about a couple of the classes.

Tomorrow I have nothing on the calendar so hopefully I will  get several things caught up!

Yay Day 1 has been wonderful

So, I must say this has been a pretty fantastic day!

I went and found a few more pieces of fabric for the quilt along with Ivory Springs. As soon as I saw the quilt, I knew I wanted to use black and whites with pop of red! So here is what I am working with right now:

black and whites, and the red for the ladybugs

I managed to get the 30 4 1/2" squares cut out, and the 60 2 1/2" squares cut out. Tomorrow will be marking the 2 1/2" squares and maybe some sewing. 

Most of the fabrics are just black and white, except for one, which I am thinking will make an amazing border. Here is a close up of that one, it has a bit of red in it. Sorry the picture is not that great though:

I like that the centers of the flowers are red :)

and well this was just fitting for this project as well, I could not resist!

these ladybugs were just too cute to pass up!

So, tomorrow my goal will be to mark the 2 1/2" squares, or at least some of them! It will be a busy day tomorrow with errands in the morning, and first Quilt Guild Meeting in the evening!! I am looking forward to tomorrow evening and seeing all of my fellow quilting friends that I have not seen since June!!

Talk to you all tomorrow for Day 2!!

new goals

So I have decided to set some new goals for myself. I think it should be easy, but then again that is hard to say.

So these are the goals that I am beginning with:
1. To blog everyday.
2. Sew for 15 minutes everyday. Now this can be cutting pinning, ironing, anything related to a project
3.Make to do lists that are reasonable for each day

So to be accountable, tomorrow, I am going to iron the fabric I am using for the quilt along hosted by Ivory Springs and Rjr fabrics. I am also going to try to get all the squares cut for the first step in the quilt along.  If I can manage to get more done that would be great!

I am hoping that by maintaining these goals, I should be able to get many things done, which will be fantastic!!

So here goes nothing, tomorrow will be day 1 :)

floors, my baby, and projects.

Since we moved into our new home a few years ago, I had never liked our flooring. The linoleum in the kitchen, hallways and bathrooms was not appealing to me. Here is a bit of a look of our floor:

flooring that I am not to fond of

I have looked around and found some beautiful flooring, but was out of my price range. Or when I found my price range, nothing appealed to me. And I refuse to pay money for something that I am not happy with.  Well, I finally found something that I LOVE and it is in my price range too!! So today I went and picked up 22 boxes of tiles! Enough to cover 990 sq ft! I am so excited. Now I just need my hubby to take the kids out for an entire day so I can get to work!! I am the one that does all the handy work around the house, and proud of it!  I can not wait to get it all in....weeeee so excited. So here is the new tiles that will be going in...what do you all think??

New flooring (and this picture does not do any justice to it!

My little girl is growing up so fast. She was 8 months old yesterday! She has been crawling now for almost 2 months, she pulls herself up into standing position against all the furniture, trying to stand completely independently, and is now teething. Oh they grow up so fast!!

I am getting ready to start a new quilt along hosted by Wendy over at Ivory Springs and Rjr Fabrics! It is a adorable little quilt and I love ladybugs, so very perfect to make!! There is also a button on the right side of my page to take you to Ivory Springs to participate!!

I must also add that I am still working on the quilt along "A Summer Star Sampler" hosted by Bradie over at "A Quilty kind of Girl Designs"

I am hoping to finish up A Summer Star Sampler and keep on top of the new quilt along! And in between all of that, work on some projects for Christmas and I would like to have products ready for some Christmas craft fairs this year...lots to do and keep me busy!

Hope you all have a GREAT day!

New Look! and more!

Well, I as mentioned in my previous post I have joined a blog hop. After joining I thought that this would be a great time to give my blog makeover! What do you all think?? I would love to hear your thoughts!!

Yesterday, my daughter and I made her a new nightgown (with the fabric used, it could be a nice simple dress as well). I had looked all over for one and never had any luck so we created one. She had fun helping and it was a quick project, from start to finish it took 2 hours :)

Here she is modeling her outfit!

Little miss, she is so sweet and proud of herself

I love this on her and the fabric is so soft BUT the color bleeds, so my next question to all of you is what do you do to set the color in the fabric. I would really not like everything to be blue. (I also have this fabric in pink and yellow for more of these for my nieces and I am sure their moms would not like me too much if all their laundry changed colors!)

So, I have been working on some projects, I will give a sneak peak but will have to elaborate later!

it will be scrappy, but this one was a practice run!

It has been a busy productive weekend and the last thing that was completed was my husbands website. What do you all think??

Hope you all have a GREAT day!

Something new to me! Joined a Blog Hop!!

Well, I have been wanting to see more blogs out in blogging world, and  I have been hoping that more people would love to read my blog. So I have jumped on and joined the blog hop.

All blogs will have thumbnails linking to all the blogs participating in the hop. (Mine are on the right side of my blog). You can just click on the thumbnail and away you go!

I am so excited to read through all of the blogs and follow them, and I am hoping that I will get more followers to my little blog (I heart followers!) So feel free to follow me :)

Sit back, grab something to drink and enjoy the blog hop!

Also, feel free to join the blog hop, the more the merrier :)

WOOHOO another GO! Giveaway!!

wooohooo I am so excited to be able to enter into another GO! Giveaway!! If you want a chance to win one of these too head on over to Freckled Whimsy and check it out!! Oh I would love one of these, the things to create are endless :D

AccuQuilt GO! Give-aways!!!

So I really like these GO! cutters. I would have so much fun with one of these. And to be honest with my 3 kids, it would be such an amazing time saver for me. Well, there are some give-aways happening and lucky us, they are for the GO! Cutter :D

Jackie over at Canton Village Quilt Works, is having one of these wonderful give-aways! Also, Sweet P Quilting and Creations is giving away a GO! cutter! Hop on over to these amazing blogs and take a look. I wish you all good luck, but my fingers are crossed that my name gets picked :)

Holidays, kids, projects, oh my!

A week away from September already! It has been a crazy but good summer! We have been fortunate enough to have a beautiful summer this year, not too cold or hot, just a nice balance.

For a week we joined some very good friends of ours at their lake house in B.C. It was a wonderful time, the weather was hot, the beach was beautiful, meals were tasty and the kids had a great time. While we were there, some shopping in quilt shops was a must and I found some lovely items.

This is a placemat kit I picked up. The picture is in the top right corner. I just love these fabrics!!

And then I found this adorable pattern for a growth chart and some Best Press starch!

There were so many other goodies that I found and wanted to bring home, but I was a good girl :)

Projects, there have been a few that I have been busy with, and now a few more on the go.

I made this wedding cake for some friends of mine. They got married at the beginning of July! The bride had given me some roses, but I still had to hand craft a good amount to cover this cake. It was a beautiful cake, and I had fun making this one!!

I also participated in a siggy block swap hosted by Julie at Jaybird Quilts. I had so much fun participating in this swap. These are the 101 blocks that I mailed out, to be sorted. I have received back my selection of blocks, all are different and absolutely gorgeous!

I made these decorative album covers for my cousins. My husband took all of their wedding pictures, and I must say they are amazing!! It is great to be married to a photographer!! But we thought it would be nice to have a stunning album for the stunning pictures. So these are what I made!

I also signed up for needle case swap hosted by Michele at the Quilting Gallery. I sent the needle case I made to my partner in Holland. This is what it looked like when I was finished!

I am getting ready to make a few nightgowns and some other projects that are floating around in my mind, and then participate in a few quilt-alongs!!

Now, all of these intentions are good, but it will be dependent on my wonderful children. They seem to like all of my attention :)