Weekend Away

Thank God for back country roads.

Swap done check

Better late then never. Finished up my doll quilt for the swap. Not super happy with it. Happy that I completed it, though with quilts in particular I am a little more of a perfectionist then in my normal sewing life. My triangles didnt line up the greatest. Though if you squint you cant tell *smile* I am happy with the binding. I have a large stash of vintage bias binding so I grab some wide taffeta and went loose. My partner is a great quilter, so I am sorry that they don't get a better quilt, made to their level. Hopefully they will take pity on this little wonky quilt and love it as their own.

Woo hoo

Oh McDreamy how I have missed you.

Yea for Grey's Anatomy... nuff said.

Collect as you go

I am notorious for being a collection starter. I start to collect things but only get so far until I turn my attention on a new collection.

Case in point, I have started to collect trivets. I think though this is a collection I will continue, at least until the wall is artistically covered. Heck for $0.50 a trivet, its a collection I can afford!

Please pay no mind to the ugly control on the wall, the joys of renting you cant move things!

The Name Game

I have been tagged by Elea. You must take your middle name (mine is Ann) and with each letter tell something about yourself. Three letters, heck I can do that!

Apples

Love them. Everything about them. Love to dip them love to look at them love to smell them. Apple pies, apple cider, and apple butter yum, can’t get enough of them!!! Fall is my favorite season because of the apples.

Novice

I think I will be a life long novice and I am happy with that. I am self starter/learner. I didn’t grow up around craftiness, though my sister and I are both very musical/artistic. My sister is amazing at drawing/painting. I don’t have that talent anywhere in my body, and I have finally accepted it! I am novice but I am bound and determined to keep shaping my life the way I want, I find the knowledge I need and go from there. I am cooking, baking, and gardening more. I love photography (check out the new technique I am trying) and try new things all the time. I am happy that I am not an expert at one thing. I like to have my fingers in everything I figure it makes me well rounded and I can be more flighty that way! I cant concentrate long on one thing so being a novice fits me well!

Non-traditional

Goes hand in hand with my novice status I suppose. I am a border hippie to my husbands dismay. I am energy conscious; I try to be green where I can. I am not hyper over it though. I still use plastic bags but we reuse them CONSTANTLY, having a dog helps that! I want Leila to be surround by “traditional” June Clever things. Not the whole pearls while vacuuming (well unless she wants to I would be cool with that) I want to bake cookies with her. Have her eat healthy wholesome dinners as a family. I want her to know how to garden, can, and be a “homemaker”. I want us to have afternoon tea parties wearing old dresses and hats. I want her to have the opportunity to sew, knit, embroider. And if she doesn’t take an interest in it I will be sad but I would never push it on her. I want her to be her own person. I am not a very high strung mom, Leila gets dirty, she likes frozen waffles, and a cookie now and then won’t kill her. If she is happy I am happy. She sleeps in our bed and I don’t have an issue with it (my husband on the other hand, well that is a whole different story), I breast fed and my body weaned Leila, otherwise I would still most likely be breast feeding her if she wanted. I watch TV, I am hooked and it isn’t educational in anyway I love “reality” TV, it is my guilty pleasure. I am that person who picks and chooses what fits her lifestyle. I can’t really be categorized because I am a little bit of everything. It drives some of my family nuts, but most have accepted me for who I am. Plus since I am a pretty easy going, go with the flow chic I think I am living the best of the life I don’t stress about fitting in, I am who I am no labels attached.

Whoa for three little letters, you found out a lot about me!!!!

Thanks for the great vibes

::Great Coffee::

::Great Patio::

::Great Entertainment::

::Great BFF::

::Great Chore::

::Great Amount of Cherry Tomatoes::

::Great Thank You Gift::


:The Greatest Apple Cider, EVER::


Thanks everyone for your positive weekend hopes for me!!! It must of worked, nothing beats away a work week blues like spending the entire day with my BFF and her family. Lots of garage sales, antique stores, and coffee was drank. It was a perfect day, weather and company wise. And the best part, we get to do it all over again this week!

Crummy day

I am glad its Friday. Long week, ending with a teething clingy baby. And a dog that is serious need of obedience training makes for a very long trying week. So all you get for a Friday's post is pretty pictures.

Cute plate found at the thrift store

My loot from the scrap swap. Thanks Beth!

Some great vintage squares I scored on eBay

She is walking up a storm lately. And yep that is a frozen waffle, only thing that seems to keep her happy. Problem is the dog also likes them and keeps taking them out of her hand which then she screams and cries because for her it is the end of the world.