August 2008

new dress made by me

made out of vintage sheets… i’m trying to decide if the little one “needs” yet another dress or if i need the money more…so i think i’m going to put it in the shop either the etsy one or the one here in town i don’t know just yet. but making this made me feel […]

fall quilt top and amy butler patterns

i finished the fall quilt top and i have some left over fabric… sooooo i’m making a fall banner like my freedom banner…kind of excited! and remember my skirt made out of sheets? well this time i’m making the A-line skirt out of a clearance drapery for a window, it cost me $5 (i know […]

Um excuse me, your cow is dead.

So instead of me trying to explain the situation I’ll just give you an idea on how the conversation went between me (the INNOCENT one who just thought the cow was “sleeping”) and the owner of the cow: Ring ring…ring ring… Owner: hello? Me: uh, yeah, er..uh hmm, er this is Vanessa. Owner: oh hi […]

it’s hard losing your best friends…

for 8 hours out of the day this poor little guy walks around aimlessly missing his best friends in the whole world, his two older brothers…oh sure he has katie and me, but we are no substitute for the the boys…he begs to go to school, and he asks constantly if it’s time to pick […]

second hand find and some lampshade lovin’

so my fabulous friend who just so happens to be a professional quilter was in the town 45 minutes away and she gave me a call from the second hand store “i have a table here for behind the sofa you want it?” “is it wood and can i paint it?” i ask “yes” she […]

simplicity 5695

so i don’t speak pattern… this was a little harder for me to “get” but it’s done. a little too big for the little one this year but i think that for next summer it should be just about right.i hate to use “real” fabric just in case i totally mess up so this was […]

the difference between one and two

is night and day. the 6 year old (in blue) got up and was ready to go in a nano second and was getting his tooth brush ready with toothpaste as he gently reminded me that he still needed to eat breakfast and he didn’t want to be late. oh yeah and he picked out […]

chasing cows in flipflops and felt strawberries…

uh yeah the boys “accidently” let the cows out, but not just into our backyard….no not even into our front yard…when the boys finally came to tell me what they had done (i haven’t seen them this scared to tell me ANYTHING in their lives) the cows were grazing down the street and were on […]

some clarification…

so here are some of the specifics (which i’m still working out): **the store that i’m going to be paying rent in is already up and running as a scrapbook and consignment shop, but she doesn’t want to do consignment anymore and has expressed that she needs help with decorating it and keeping set hours… […]

what have i done

oh i think i’m going to throw up…but here i am telling all of you that i’ve done it…i’m going to do a second hand store here out in the middle of nowhere…i’ve been thinking about it for months, no, years…but it’s actually going to become a reality starting next month. i’m paying rent and […]

little miss alyssa june 2006-august 15th 2008

alyssa passed away on friday morning after battling cancer. she was only three months older than my little katie and was the most adorable, cutest, yummiest little girl you could ever see. she could wrap anyone around her finger in minutes with her charm. these past months have been so hard as a community to […]

fun was had by all

to all the friends and family we got to see this week we had a blast thank you. to all the shopping i got to do because of my sis-in-laws thank you for letting my kids have a blast with you for a while, while i window shopped and did some shopping as well. time […]

day 3

the two older boys are at cousin’s houses, so that leaves the two younger ones with me…WOW having just 50% of your kids makes for easy times! so i went to T.J. MAXX, downeast homes, the wood connection, IKEA, and JOANN’S, just to name a few… i finished my second book “magic study” and now […]

graceful is my middle name

so we’re in slc AGAIN…this time it was for an appt. for the little one. the doc just wanted to make sure that she didn’t have hip displacia (sp?), which she doesn’t and my very happy remark to the specialist was “oh yay! it’s only that she’s as graceful as her mother.” no, she probably […]

rainy skys=quilts and movies

it’s been raining for most of the afternoon here with no let up in sight, so that always puts me in the mood for movies and snuggleling under quilts. the boys loooove to use thier quilts that i made for them (i’m a meany and only let them use them for special occasions because it […]

tutorial:: binding your quilt

i don’t know about you but i can not follow directions without someone “showing” me. either in person or in pictures…so i hope this helps if you need it! (and yes that’s my katie quilt.) measure your quilt and determine how many strips you’ll need to cut for the whole quilt (i usually hate to […]

awesome august weather

every morning the skys are clear and sunny. but it‘s august so that means thunder storms, and when being out in the middle of nowhere that means the thunderstorms are right there… you can see the lightning touch down and there is no 1 one thousands to count cause the thunder is immediate sometimes…makes for […]

help with the cranky

so i’ve been super cranky for the past few days. i’ve realized that i havn’t been sewing and the house is a disaster. it’s all due to the 700+ pages i’ve been (trying) to read non stop since i got the book. but thankfully (and sadly) it’s over now and i’m back! the day yesturday […]

i couldn’t help myself…

i promised myself that i wasn’t going to buy any more fabric, the idea is that i was going to use up what i had in my collection…but when i think of nine patch quilts i think it in 1930’s colors and prints. i’m still going to use up my stuff but i’m going to […]

the fall quilt

it’s almost done, just need the borders and then it will go to my fabulous friend that just so happens to be a professional quilter.

before and after

these containers house my tampons and toilet paper but i didn‘t like the little kid feeling of the polka dots…so add some spray paint and… there you go much nicer more adult containers for the back of my toilet for my tampons and toilet paper. someday soon i’ll be sewing again, i just have to […]

it’s like a bad dream you can’t get out of

tutorials

walmart hell part three: here’s part one and part two and yes now sadly i have a part three: it all started out okay, i’ve managed not to go into the box store with all the monsters for the whole summer. i even paid a whopping $36 dollars to the 12 year old baby sitter […]

please just blame it on PMS

my life must be totally PATHETIC or i’m PMSing real bad because when i went to the store yesterday to get “the book” you know the one that we all sound so silly and down right stupid talking about and trying to explain it to people who havn’t read them…anyways yeah at the store i […]