Word to your mother

Happy Mothers Day!

Towel LOVE gone CRAZY!

I decided to try embrodiery after I saw this beeeauuutiful towel made by Amy at The Idea Room. Isn't it perfect? I used her template for the word 'blessings' for the towel below.

These are really fun to make, first I hand embroidered the words, then appliqued the fabric to some flour sack dish towels.
So I made another...

...then another...

...then another... (you get the picture)

Oh, and whhhhhooooooo doesn't love an owl??? I drew this owl myself!

And, yes, there are more towels already made. I will post those as soon as I take pictures!

Wine Cork Wreath

This I love. I've been saving corks since Chris and I started dating and never knew what to do with them... until I finally made a wreath!

I think it turned out perfect and looks great in our dining room. I used a grapevine wreath (hello, grapes!)and a hot glue gun (ouch) because I wanted it to be all different angles- I like that better than neat and tidy.

There's even a champagne cork in there! The best part is, we have written on a lot of these with the date and who we were with or what event it was.
I'm ready for more cork projects and have some in mind... stay tuned!

Veggie Love

I'm so excited! We are going to have a small vegetable garden this year and I started my seeds inside a few weeks ago and they have sprouts! Yay!


We will have red peppers, cherry tomatos, basil, green onions and zucchini. This is my first time ever having a garden- I'm so looking forward to fresh veggies for free.

Little big man

Just like this blog, this project is because everyone was doing it and it looked like fun! And it was! :) Here is Jack in his little tie shirt on Easter...

I used the tie pattern from this awesome tutorial here!
I've come to love applique, so as long as I can find a pattern (or freehand one)- I'm going to applique it, so watch out!

And here is my nephew, Will, in the one I made for him... his was WAAAAAY more difficult because I couldn't find a long sleeved plain white t shirt - so I MADE MY OWN! (still can't believe I did that)- I bought two short sleeved t shirts from Meijer and took off the short sleeves of one and made new long sleeves out of the other and sewed them on! It turned out pretty good!

Okay, so the sleeves may be a little long :)

Some Easter Love!

I love doing cute little decorations here and there rather than massive (read: expensive) decorations! Here are some of my Easter decorations...

I saw this idea for Easter carrots here. I fell in love! So adorable- and everyone needs utensils to eat with! Here is my version:

And a Happy Easter banner- I had been loving this fabric for a while but never had a use for it- until now!

And finally some table decorations... a use for all those baby food jars I've been saving! :)

Happy Easter~ He is Risen!

Spring Wreath!

Made with items I had laying around (and my husband was glad to see me finally use)...

A straw wreath (I couldn't remember why I even bought this!)
Yarn
fabric scraps

Oh, and some more of my Grandma's buttons!