Amazing Quilt

Can you believe this quilt! I'm just getting into quilting this year & I can't wait to get my quilting creativity on once the Beehive Bazaar is over! (sooo busy) Well Melissa you are amazing. I can't stop thinking about those mushrooms (I'm obsessed) & those ruffles & that squirrel! You put everything I love onto a QUILT- Come on!








p.s. the little girl she made it for is named Ida!
p.s.s. check out the barbie doll dresses she made- how fab!

My State Charm Necklace Giveaway

On Whatever Dee Dee Wants- you have 7 ways to enter. Do it now!





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Wa$ted = Eco Tip

I've been watching this show on planet green called wa$ted. It's where they go into peoples houses and basically show them how wasteful they are. i love it. I wish someone would come to my house so I know for sure that I am recycling correctly & not wasting anything. Plus they give the people a butte load of cash if they do well.

I'm going to start a weekly eco tip that i've learned from the show or elsewhere.

So here's Eco Tip #1

If everyone used 1 gallon less of water every day while showering it would save 85 billon gallons of water every year which is the equivalent of 66 Lake Michigan's. Plus it will reduce your electrical bill. (due to hot water usage)

Wall Paper Love

I LOVE wall paper & these super rad pieces from Aimee Wilder are fab city. Kaleb would love the analog nights & Little pookie would love the robots. She's obsessed! One day she made me dance the robot randomly all day long. Cute but a little annoying... I'm so in love with her. & the other 2 as well- I don't pick favorites. (not yet anyway)

Easter Weekend

Hope everyone's Easter was fab. We went to my in-laws to celebrate 3 birthdays as well as Easter. Unfortunately about 5 minutes away from their house Little pookie totally barfed all over her Easter dress & her car seat. We didn't see any signs of her being sick so it was a really NICE surprise. My mom came as well- so that made it extra fun!
My friend Tia & I had an Easter Part-ee with some friends on Friday. Dying eggs with 7 toddlers was very interesting. I've never felt so OCD about my dinning room table. I laid down a table cloth,then towels, THEN the kids could dye their eggs. I cut up some empty toilet paper rolls to set the eggs on to dry. Not super pretty , but useful right.

After that we frosted some huge yummy sugar cookies shaped like rabbits that Tia made & then had an Easter egg hunt in the back yard. Luckily most of the snow had melted & it had turned into a nice day 53º...

Could I just take one good picture please!

These are the girls Easter dresses. I found the material on Etsy from the seller Cotton Blue Isn't it amazing. The pattern is from a Japanese dress pattern book. I'm making a bunch for the Beehive Bazaar May 5th- 8th come see if you can!

Can you see those cute little bunnies peaking their heads out.

buddy had a half day so he joined in on the tale end of our party

The kids Easter egg baskets- I bought K a tie & boxers from the Liberty of London collection at target. The cars are one of my favorite prints. I have some of the material. I bought it while I was in NYC last April at Purl Bee love that store. Can't wait to visit the new version in a couple of weeks!

*picture taken poorly with the iphone way too late at night

Fun Easter Egg Project

How fun would this be to get in the mail from an awesome friend- more details & directions on Poppy Talk







*I think I'm going to change my photo's to a larger size. My eyes are getting older (literally tomorrow) I just can't see as well as i use to. I realized this more recently when I was trying to shave my arm pits & my eyes where having a really hard time focusing on the hair there. Am I going to have to get glasses just to shave the pits... maybe I should move to europe. Yes I like this idea very much.

April Fool's!

I wish this was a joke. Snow please go away.



please be warm this birthday weekend!

p.s. it pretty much snowed all day yesterday...

Pin Cushions

I love me my pin cushion my friend Di bought me for my birthday about 4 years ago?? it's shaped like a cross & bones & it's fab. BUT i've used it to death (no pun intended) it's made of felt. Before said pin cushion I always used a magnetic pin holder, not great for easy grabbing of the pins, but it is great for a pins on the floor clean up! Check out these fabulous pin cushions found on Just Something I Made
super easy & super cute. I'm always dropping mine so they wouldn't be very safe for my tosey's but seriously how great are they.