Okay, so these pictures are not so good, but really, in real life, the quilt looks AWESOME :) This is the first quilt I have ever actually completed and I am very proud. I will never look at it without smiling and even though it matches nothing in our house (except my personality maybe *wink*), I had tons of fun making it. Even the back looks cool. I pieced it out of flannel scraps and the quilting around the houses shows the house shapes on the back too. Aw, Casey's lying on the couch under it right now! 
So, I joined the ranks of the "upper twenties" this past weekend, or so I'm told. I had a fun-packed b-day weekend. Melissa and I went to Archiver's on Friday for their Scrap-Mania and here are the two pages I got done in 6 hours' time. (Yes, I'm one of those slow scrappers.) I don't plan on getting a lot done and them I'm never disappointed :) Casey got me a great cookbook for my b-day. It's my sister's church cookbook and it is NOT a typical church cookbook! The pastor wrote an essay in the back called A Culinary Argument for the Existence of God and I have to share this quote, as I have become quite the coffee drinker since having Layla:"Who was the first guy who figured out coffee beans? If we take these beans, cook them, grind them up, and then run really hot water through them, we get a comfort drink that tastes really nasty for the first six months. But if you persevere in the making and drinking of it, it gets to be really good. So God have us the great concept of the acquired taste--strong coffee and dark beer and black licorice."Ah, so true. I think I speak for tired mothers everywhere when I say, Thank You Lord for coffee :) By the way, has anyone else become smitten with Starbucks' new Toasted Marshmallow Mocha or is it just me???
Here are some pictures of my little moo-cow and ballerina from last night's Harvest Festival. If Layla is not the cutest thing you've ever seen in this costume, I don't know what is! I made it out of a white sweatshirt, the hat and ears are made from the sleeves. It came together pretty quick. I asked Natalie if she wanted to be a cow too and she said, "No, silly, Mommy. I'm gonna be a ballerina- princess-mermaid!" We settled for just a ballerina :) She really enjoyed herself at the party. Her favorite thing was the face-painting, by far. After she got both cheeks done, she asked for something on her nose, and then on both hands too. Then, she won a plate of cookies in the cake walk and played some other games for candy, balls, kazoos and some other tiny trinkets that may provide days of entertainment! 
I finished this diaper bag for some dear friends of Casey's who are having a baby boy any day now! Casey helped pick out the fabrics and I came up with the design on the front. It was a nice change from my usual flower appliqué. I love, love, love how it turned out. I hope Cynthia loves it too! I'm not sure if she checks my blog or not, but Cynthia if you happen to see this, sorry to ruin the surprise!
My girls were getting into my spice drawer the other day. Layla took them all out and put them on the floor, then Natalie arranged them. It made a little extra work for me later, but it kept them occupied for a good long time. Totally worth it ; ) Stay tuned for some recent sewing project pictures. My Wonky House quilt is almost done, yay! I'm working on Christmas gifts too, it's right around the corner, ya know! 
This morning we woke up to a big, blustery snow storm! It was beautiful. Natalie immediately ran to find her snow pants and snow boots, which I bought early this year, since last year I waited too long and was out of luck for all those huge snows we got. She was ready to go play in the snow, but one thing was missing--I have not gotten my poor baby a coat :( Oh, well, I got this great picture out of the whole ordeal. And, there's something about the swish, swish of her walking in those snow pants that brought great memories and a huge smile to my face.
Okay, so these pictures are not so good, but really, in real life, the quilt looks AWESOME :) This is the first quilt I have ever actually completed and I am very proud. I will never look at it without smiling and even though it matches nothing in our house (except my personality maybe *wink*), I had tons of fun making it. Even the back looks cool. I pieced it out of flannel scraps and the quilting around the houses shows the house shapes on the back too. Aw, Casey's lying on the couch under it right now! 
