Life as I've always known it...

Involving school anyway...

Is about to come to a halt! In 30 minutes I will take the last final for my Bachelors degree!

Then I can get on with my craft life!

I will definitely let you know how it goes!

Update!

Hello!

I have been busy, busy! Unfortunately not with anything fun.  You know, boring adult, grown up stuff.

BUT I have been trying to make a little time for crafting every night and that has resulted in... well a necklace and working more towards getting my Etsy site running.  (Which I will share that site with you shortly after I get that up and running a little better)

I have also been working towards getting my posts transferred over.  So if any of you have any suggestions on the best way to do so... Please let me know!

Thanks for reading!

D

P.S. I have successfully transferred over all of my posts from 2010! Whew! What a move.  Please feel free to read and explore my past projects.  Thanks to the lovely, updated version of Blogger I can now adjust the date and time stamp to match my original post!  This is super exciting!

Greetings!

Hello readers,

Thank you for following me to my new site!  Please bear with me while I get this new blog up and running.

Currently:  I have been doing more crafting and less blogging.  Plus I have been working full time while trying to finish up my degree (4 weeks left!)

I have been dabbling in jewelry making while still working on quilts.  I have also been making plans to organize and simplify everything in our home.

I have a lot of envy for the women and young women who can balance work and home and still have everything clean, and for the mothers who stay home and still have everything clean! (I know you exist, I've read your blogs!)

I have also been planning to get my etsy site (found here) more up and running and (hopefully) make some sales!

I have big plans after school is finally out.  I will have more time for crafting and cooking and all other domestic activities that I prefer to do over other things.

Again, thank you for continuing to read and I will make a point to get my other blog entries over to this one so there isn't any confusion.

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Huggies,
D

oh my!

20 days have passed since my last blog!

Well let me tell you what I have been doing!

Currently: I am struggling to listen/watch an online Microeconomics lecture. Blah.  But I have to do it so I will.
I also came to campus (where I am now..) an hour early for some help with my calculus homework.

I have a test next week in my Risk Management & Insurance class....and we've only had that class two times. No worries, I got this!

And all other classes are full of extra work too...of course.

I know one day I will look back at all of these college moments and say "Wow! And I thought I had problems then!" or something along the lines of "I wish the only thing I had to worry about was acing a calculus test!"

(I like to pretend to be wise on occasion)

Anyway...I found this organizing blog here that I intend to use.  So whatever is on this blog is what I plan on doing in my house.

Sorry this post isn't too crafty but I haven't had time to even go in my sewing room.

So now I am going back to watching my microeconomics lecture...

Have a good day everyone!

<Basically this post was to share the link for the organizing blog...haha>

Busy bee...buzzzbuzzz

YES! I have been so busy! Which is shocking since I haven't started school yet and I'm taking time off work.

Ever since the new year hit my body went into you-will-never-stop-blowing-your-nose mode.  Horrible, but I've been getting a lot done.

I've been trying to get a lot of sewing done before I start my LAST semester of undergrad! Super exciting for everyone who has ever met me (lol).

Let's see....in the past week or so I have:
-finished a baby quilt top, quilted, and I'm almost done binding it
-finished another baby quilt top and I'm thinking of how I want to quilt it now...
-finally quilted a Christmas ...thingy? I call it a thingy because I don't know if I want it on the back of the couch as a decoration, or if I want it as a table topper, or if I want to sell it and let someone else decide what it is (haha)

Right this second I am cutting binding for a quilt that has been in my "inbox" and I've just been putting it off.

While I'm here, here are a few more pictures...

These are super cute dish towels! Here is where I found the template for the hanging part.  I just bought a 6 pack of towels from Wal-Mart and there I went! They made super cute Christmas gifts :)  Plus I used some buttons from my mom's button jar.

This is a set of John Deere "snack mats".  We've seen mug rugs and we all own place mats of some kind.  Well these mats are made for snacking! This was a gift for Christmas too :)

Snack mats for a motorcycle fan! 

This is what I have for you for today.  The weather here today is B-E-A-U-TIFUL! I hope you're having nice weather wherever you are :)

Turning 20 Extravaganza!

Turning 20 Extravaganza!

Okay well....there's only two but that should be enough for an extravaganza (say it loud..) right?

Here are two quilts I was commissioned to make for Christmas gifts...

This one was for her fiance`....

(A Turning 20 that instead of 20 is really 30)

This next one is for her son....

(A version of the Turning 20, but uses more fat quarters because the boy is more than 6' tall! So it had to be made longer for him)

(It's laid over my couch to display it, and at first I wasn't crazy about the spiders but they really look cool!)

Okay so she's not a quilt...but this is my beautiful princess, Penny, and sleepy Eleanor in the floor.

(Excuse the mess!!! I was in the middle of cleaning and recently moved/swapped two of the rooms in my house!)

Have a lovely rest of the day! 

I gotta get binding on a quilt.....

I hope to get more pictures up in the next few days!

ho ho ho!

Merry Christmas and happy holiday season to all!!

I have been taking this time to relax and sew what I want to sew.

I finished all my Christmas gift crafts and have pictures to upload some time in the next few days.

I have decided I want to make another quilt for myself seeing as how out of all that I have made (which I am making a list now so I can count them all to see how many there are...) I have only made ONE for myself!

So I found this cuuuute pattern and paired with awesome fabric it's going to be totally fab!

That is what I have for you today.

P.S.  Went to a local thrift store today and found AWESOME blue fabric, 3 yards for $0.99!! Totally worth it.