October 2008

great second hand finds

because i live out in the middle of nowhere, i get to go into the “big” town about once a week. we make the trek of 45 minutes and that’s where i do all my shopping for the week, and all the fast food eatin’ for the week, oh yes, and my weekly venture into […]

i found her doing this

the little one was kind of quiet so i knew something was up…i told you she liked to organize. keep in mind NONE of those cans were there because i put them there…that was all her. she’s even got the “verizon bar” thing going! hmm i should probably start looking in the yellow pages for […]

on a painting fix

i made these yesturday for my bedroom…did i mention i’m slowly working on transforming my room? well i am, and i’m loving nature inspired things. i know that’s probably soo 3 years ago, but i’ve had the same look going throughout my house for 10 and a half years. i think it’s time for a […]

my first post at blissfully domestic

check it out here. i had issues with the picture loading up process but on my next post i finally got it…i’ll let you know when it comes out. it’s kind of exciting on this side of the computer…

it may be fall outside, but it feels like spring in here

i ‘m so in love with the whole process of the grandmother’s flower. of course give me a few more hundred of these babies and we’ll see what kind of tune i’ll be singing then. but i love the fact that i can go anywhere and at anytime just start working on it. i want […]

pumpkins, and a nine patch quilt in the works

dear GI joe husband, next year you get to carve the pumpkins because your boys are pansies and couldn’t handle the “gross innards” they then decided that carving them was “too hard” so yeah guess what… i did all 3 of the boys, and i’m pretty sure my hand is going to be cramped into […]

a new day, a new week, a new start…

first things first: thank you for the kind words, prayers, thoughts, understanding, and quotes. your lovely comments and emails were read carefully, i smiled and cried some more. thank you. second: i hope that i do not come across as someone who is not who she is. i have a lot of crappy days, no, […]

really good at faking it..

tutorials

today seemed to be one of the worst days in a long time. i’m pretty good at faking it…that i have it almost all together…most of the time. but you can only take so much sometimes when you just feel like you’re “broken.” i know that’s no way to talk, but yes i feel broken […]

before and after::my buffet

this piece of furniture was GI joe husband’s grandma’s dresser…i wish i had a better picture of the before but i don’t sorry! all you need to know is that the handles were gold and yuck and well i wasn’t diggin‘ the wood. this has been on my to do list for a few years, […]

great finds and a redo teaser

found these lovelies for the little ones wall over her second hand dresser, found at the second hand store for $.50 to $1 each… i’m super excited about it coming all together. this thing is a beast and i want to make it look real good so it’s taking me a few days to do […]

“i’ll watch your kids if you take my pictures.”

…that’s what she said and i laughed in her face and said “oh you’re serious…you know i DON’T know what i’m doing, right?”“…and i don’t have an awesome camera right?” “…and i usually just take pictures of my crazy kids and my quilts right?” she said “i know, but i don’t have money to spend […]

before and after::second hand dresser

remember this tired old gal i got for $30 on my trip in california? yeah the one i threatened my kids that they were going to be strapped up on the roof of the car if i didn’t get to fit it in my trunk? well take a look at her now: with just one […]

the secret to organizing

i absolutely love how i feel when things are organized. that’s what this fall has really been about at my house. slowly but surely i’m trying to get back my organizing skills that i had when we bought our first little house. really, that was the most organized i have ever been it seems. i […]

my thoughts::making a house a home

i truely believe no matter where you live you should make it the best place on earth for your family. that has been my motto since our first place we lived in. we managed apartments, we lived in a tiny little hole of an apartment, we had nothing, that by far was a great place […]

family photos by maggi

while GI joe husband was here i was privileged to meet up with my really great friend maggi. she’s been doing our pictures for about 6 years now. we don’t get to see eachother very often but whenever we get together within minutes we are laughing like we’ve been hanging out every single day…she gets […]

my last pinwheel quilt for a while

this quilt was made out of shang-ri-la moda charm packs (2 of them) i’m super burnt out on pinwheels for the moment, making two big quilts has done it for me…so i’m off to continue my nine patch…but i’ve been sort of side tracked with grandmother’s garden ideas…all of it has to be on hold […]

tutorial:: how to applique

so this is the “oh crap i have company coming over tonight and i need to make something holiday-ish looking” applique tutorial. it’s not my favorite looking applique technique but it gets the job done. maybe some other time i can show you “i’ve got time on my hands cause my husband is watching football […]

organizing and mini me haircut

most of my day was spent between the kids and organzing my fabric. we had a great day of cleaning and playing… i tried to get a good picture of her hair but she kept moving and when she would see the camera she would instantly make a cheesy smile and say “eese” (her version […]

grandmother’s garden quilt inspiration

inspiration brought to you by flicker photos…i have no idea how to make a mosaic of my own but found this one when i hit “search” grandmother’s garden quilts. i think i may give it a go…does anyone have any advise? ps: i promise this the last post from me today…i just could help this […]

Hijacking the blog…again

My Dearest Vanessa, Since we’ve been separated again I have felt an emptiness that can only be explained by being apart from the woman I love so dearly. As a result, I have spent the last couple of weeks frequently thinking back to the first time I saw you. Above all else it was your […]

fall cleaning…

i’m cleaning today. before i can sew and start back up on all pending projects this needs to be taken care of… especially when one of your good friend’s house ALWAYS looks like this, you kind of get inspired the friend that everyone thinks we’re related because we kind of look alike and i hung […]

well looky where i was featured!

ah! you can see my dresses made out of sheets and my tea towel tutorial at the Sew Mama Sew BLOG! it’s under “create and celebrate” october 8th post check it out!

meet “barbara”, the loan-er

so GI joe husband and i had a conversation the other night and it went a *little* like this: (i MAY have taken some liberty in my creative writing. and he MAY not of said EXACTLY what i’ve written) GI joe husband: hey so i read the blog cause i am totally into reading your […]

fall has arrived and thrown up in my house

i’m not a big time decorator of the holidays, for some reason the changing of things every few months bugs me. (it’s a personal thing) but i have to admit, fall and christmas are the ones i do decorate for. other than that it’s pretty much same ol‘ same ol‘ at my house. here are […]

and then there were…a lot of them

dear GI Joe husband, i just wanted to give you a visual because i’m pretty sure you would want to see it with your own eyes…YEAH it started with ONE and now we have 1, 2…A LOT. maybe this is his year to finally get back the nate we used to know? it brings a […]

a few firsts

well yesterday was my first official day working at the local store where i will slowly be putting in furniture and handmade gifts. it’s been a long time since i’ve actually been somewhere other than my home to “work” 9 years to be exact. but it’s nothing like a normal job, i work while three […]

tutorial::how to make a country rustic sign

this tutorial is so darn easy you could do it in your sleep, but here you go, the steps to making your own: 1. get yourself a board, old weathered ones are the best and when you live out in the middle of nowhere that’s been around for a century and a half, trust me […]

you ask how he’s doing::look for yourself

last school year was well in a nut shell was …hell… this year i’ve been skeptical so i haven’t written anything as of yet, but it’s been well over a month going onto two months and well, i’m so happy to report, yeah he’s doing GREAT! oh he still does his fun stuff like stuff […]

sooo i got bored…

now that the boys are in school full time the two younger ones and i walk around aimlessly not knowing what to do…and my sewing machine sort of quit on me (I KNOW!) so i’m going to borrow someones to complete my quilt but after that i’m sort of out of luck till i fix […]

fall decor::using nature

so i love fall, it’s my favorite season, i love everything about pumpkins and i love the colors. there’s only one thing i hate about it…when its done we get winter. but lets focus on fall… i was walking in our back yard and started to pick up the rotting apples on the ground and […]

starting to make lemonade out of lemons

so i forced myself out of bed yesterday and forced myself to do something other than what i’ve been doing for the last few days and that is let the big huge elephant that sits on my head and chest get the better of me. did not get much done except keep the house from […]