tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4724881029652893802024-03-05T14:57:42.130-08:00ARTFULIFEArtfulifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642508375303005426noreply@blogger.comBlogger1070125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472488102965289380.post-4636642966934179802013-11-30T00:42:00.002-08:002013-11-30T00:47:12.237-08:00Little Apples Cascade Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a hundred years since I blogged. Well not quite a hundred years but several months & even though I haven't blogged in a while I've been busy being a mom, started a new job, cross stitching, & even finished a few quilts (but I'll share those in a later post). What I want to share with you right now is my latest quilt. I used the new Cascade Quilt Pattern by my sweet friend Susannah of <a href="http://susannahkate.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Susannah Kate Sews</span></a> for this quilt. It turned out better than could have hoped for. I love it! Thanks for letting me be one of the first to test out your new quilt pattern.</div>
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I loved how simple the pattern was to follow & when a few questions did arise (turns out I'm a terrible pattern reader, lol) she was so quick to get back to me. I think this pattern would be perfect for the beginning quilter or someone who has been quilting for years. The awesome feature of this quilt pattern is you can make it using 10 fat quarters & a few yards of fabric. Also there is very little waste. How awesome is that? It's the perfect size too. Not too small, not too big.</div>
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My little guy wanted me to take a picture of him with the quilt. Such a silly kid!</div>
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I used Aneela Hoey's Little Apples fat quarters that I bought a few years back when I went to Sewing Summit. I just hadn't found the right project to use it on until now. The backing & binding fabric I purchased at Joann's & Hancock Fabric. </div>
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You can buy the Cascade Quilt Pattern ::<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/164718327/cascade-quilt-pattern-instant-download" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">here</span></a>:: & see some of the other Cascade Quilts from the blog hop ::<a href="http://susannahkate.com/2013/11/03/cascade-quilt-blog-hop/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">here</span></a>::</div>
Artfulifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642508375303005426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472488102965289380.post-91128965348825649842013-04-04T19:05:00.001-07:002013-04-04T19:05:51.318-07:00Monogramed Wedding Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My friend Mike contacted me last year to see if I could make a custom wedding quilt that he could give to his wife as a wedding gift on their honeymoon. Seriously the sweetest most thoughtful gift ever! Of course I'd help him out! I've known Mike since we were young & it was so fun to be able to do this for him. There was a specific design element that needed to be used, the custom monogram that his soon to be wife had designed for a phone cover. She used this monogram for their wedding invites & planned on using it through the years for stationary & such. Mike sent me a copy of the giant B. The only other request was the color pallet. He wanted the colors of the fabrics to be grey & yellows. Those were the wedding colors.</div>
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I knew I wanted to keep the design fairly simple, chic, modern, & yet it still needed to keep a little bit of a traditional feel to it. I always buy fabrics before I sketch up a custom order. That might sound backwards but I have to know what I'm working with before I can get started on a sketch. Once I knew what fabrics I'd be using I made a fabric sketch of what the quilt would look like. I sent the sketch to Mike & he approved it right away. We were on a pretty strict deadline. I had two weeks from start to finish to make an over sized king quilt.</div>
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The middle section seriously took me a little over a week to finish. I had no idea it would be so labor intensive. I made patterns for the giant B & the design around the circle. Once I got all the applique ironed on the sewing it down was what took so long! Once that part was finished sewing all the rest of the quilt together was simple. It was pretty much over sized strips sewn to make a giant log cabin like pattern. Really a box, but you get the picture.</div>
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Mike also wanted a custom label for his quilt.</div>
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I free motioned the label with my Babylock. </div>
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That touch of modern I mentioned earlier in this post, well I used it for the back. I think it's nice to have a mix of both. I mailed this off to Mike 4 days before his wedding! I think I was more nervous about how last minute it was. When he got the package the next day (I overnighted it) he freaked out! He was so happy with it. I love making something from start to finish. When someone is so happy with the item I have made that makes it all the more rewarding! Thanks Mike for believing in my talent. I wish you & your sweet wife the happiest life together!</div>
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My sweet friend Nicole contacted me last year to see if I could make her a memory quilt using the table runners from her wedding reception. I thought it was such a wonderful idea & was up for the challenge. She sent me her runners & they sat is a bag for a few weeks while I thought about, sketched ideas & then finally found the perfect pattern to use for this project. Most of the time I like to come up with my own pattern when it comes to custom quilts but nothing that I sketched felt right. When I saw Tula Pinks free pattern for her Shoreline Quilt I sent the image to Nicole & she fell in love with it! I've known Nicole since elementary school & it just warmed my heart to be able to do something like this for such a dear friend.</div>
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I went shopping for fabric & then got everything cut & ready to put together. The project sat for almost a whole month. There were reasons why but they aren't worth mentioning on my blog. I kept in contact with Nicole & she knew I'd start when I was able.</div>
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Once I got started again everything went pretty quickly. She was a total joy to work with. Good thing because she restored my faith in custom orders.</div>
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I loved <a href="http://tulapink.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Tula Pink</span>s</a> pattern. It was very user friendly. The only thing I did differently was I added extra strips to the width & lengthened all the fabric measurements so that it would fit a queen sized bed. Because of the ease of the pattern this was easy to do. You can find the pattern ::<a href="http://tulapink.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Shoreline.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">here</span></a>::</div>
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The best part about this whole process was sending it off & getting the email in my inbox saying just how much she loved it. Always makes the whole process that much sweeter.</div>
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<br />Artfulifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642508375303005426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472488102965289380.post-49173278208335316502013-02-12T13:32:00.000-08:002013-02-12T13:33:14.875-08:00Art as Quilts: Mini Quilt Inspired by The art of Bryn Perrott<br />
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Have you seen the wonderful artwork of <a href="http://deerjerk.tumblr.com/post/26029598599/russian-arms-2012" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Bryn Perrott</span></a>? If not you should take a look. Her work is awesome & I'm quite smitten with all of it. So it seemed only fitting that I made one of her pieces into a quilt. This is my first "art as quilts" finish for the year.</div>
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I chose Russian Arms as the inspiration for this little mini quilt. My main goal with this mini was to work on my embroidery skills.</div>
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It took me the better part of a day to finish this. My fingers are still a little sore though. I usually hand bind my quilts but ran out of time & ended up machine binding it instead. It was so easy & looked so good it'll be awful tempting to bind this way in the future. I posted this picture on Instagram & Bryn gave a shout out on how awesome she thought it was. The ultimate compliment!!! This will be hanging in Neverender until the end of the month & then I'll be sending to my friend <a href="http://sdbarber.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Shawn</span></a> at the end of the month.</div>
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These two had so much fun together. We love our little cousin! </div>
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Aris stuck to the smaller kiddie rides but still had just as much fun. </div>
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Zoe was so brave & rode several of the grownup roller coasters.</div>
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Omri wasn't too sure about all the rides. He had this reaction on almost every one he went on. </div>
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We had so much fun on our trip to San Diego. The ride down & back was super hard on Omri. He just didn't understand why he had to sit for so long. 9+ hours is a hard drive even for me. Hopefully next year when we drive down there it won't be quite so hard on him. Thanksgiving dinner was super yummy. Everything tastes better when you are surrounded by the people you love! Cindy, Sloan & I went on a girls day out the day before Thanksgiving. We all got pedicures & ate lunch at Chick-fil-a. It may sound silly that I get so excited about eating there but we don't have one in Reno. I love their nuggets & fries! It's probably a good thing we don't have one here, I'd weigh 500 pounds! Haahaa! </div>
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Dean & I got to go out one night with his brother Ben & his wife Kristin. We ate at a very tasty Mexican/seafood restaurant. We walked around the marina & then headed downtown to the yummiest dessert place called <a href="http://www.extraordinarydesserts.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Extraordinary Desserts</i></span></a>. We all ordered several things & shared. Each dish had edible flowers decorating the chocolate. They looked like works of art & tasted like Heaven! If you ever have a chance to visit downtown San Diego you have to trust me on this one......don't miss eating here! You will thank me for it later.</div>
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Knotts Berry Farm was a lot of fun. There is a pretty decent balance of kids/adult rides. We all split up at various times during the day so all the adults could ride "big kid" rides while each of us took turns taking the kids on smaller rides. Sloan & Zoe were so brave! Both of them rode several of the "big kid" rides. I think the scariest ride was the Supreme Scream. I have never been so scared in my life! I screamed a scream that I have never screamed before. I seriously thought I was going to die! Haahaa! My husband was cracking up. It scared me so much I had to ride it two more times &then I was done. I thought it would get less scary but it didn't. I'm pretty sure I said a curse on the last two times down. </div>
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I think next Thanksgiving we are going to shoot for Disneyland. The kids will be at the perfect age for enjoying all the rides & Omri will be even easier to handle out in public. Did I mention he has a habit of running off in public places? Yes I've lost him twice. Only kid I've ever had that problem with. I don't know if it's because he's a boy or he's my curious little buddy or maybe it's because he's my fourth. Nothing is scarier than loosing a child in a busy public place. Hopefully when we head for Disney he will have outgrown this phase.</div>
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I always look forward to our trips to San Diego. I miss our family down there so much. I look forward to visiting again hopefully sooner than later!</div>
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I remember back to when I worked for an interior designer up at Lake Tahoe. We'd have fabric reps from all the beautiful design houses come into our office & show us the latest releases. We'd get books & boxes full of swatches from the reps, in the hopes that we would use them on our custom projects. I loved looking at them & thinking how each could look beautiful when used in the proper space. My boss always laughed at me because I was constantly commenting on how I thought such & such a fabric would look beautiful as a dress, coat, shirt or blanket. Even though I no longer work in the design world I still feel that same way. I look at peeling paint on an old wall when I'm downtown & think....Wow! Wouldn't that make a beautiful painting? Since I started quilting last year I've often looked at art work & thought.....Wouldn't that make the most amazing quilt? This is the heart behind my latest art show Art As Quilts. I've started pinning all my favorite art onto my <a href="http://pinterest.com/artfulife/illustration/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Art & Illustrations</span></a> board on Pinterest. I went through my board & chose my 5 favorite works of art & went to town. It took me a little over a month to finish all 5 of them from start to finish. The funnest part was choosing all the fabric combinations. I wanted the fabrics to compliment each & every work of art without matching completely. Since I didn't work from patterns the piecing part was challenging but a lot of fun. I didn't measure anything & just went with the flow. None of them are perfect but did I mention I had soooo much fun making them? I was going to do a separate post on all five quilts but had a change of heart. It just made sense to put them all together.</div>
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Fox Quilt inspired by the art of Inalux</div>
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Joseph Albers Quilt</div>
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Trapeze Quilt inspired by the art of Laverne Originals</div>
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Cecil Touchon Quilt</div>
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This is the first set of quilts I plan on making that are inspired by art that I love. Look for more art inspired quilts in the upcoming year!</div>
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I worked so hard over the past month to get ready for my art show & then forgot to take photos until just today. Today I took my show down, lol, but made sure to document everything before I packed it up into my car. Sadly nothing sold so I will probably be giving these as Christmas gifts. </div>
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I have a whole list of other illustrations I want to make into quilts & will start on them after the first of the year. I've been very blessed to get a ton of custom orders to last me through the end of February. All this hard work is paying off & my dream of staying home full time after all the kids go to school is starting to feel attainable. The goal is to have my studio built & ready to use in the next two years. I'm hoping to save for half of it this year & the other half next. </div>
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I'm also putting together a portfolio to send off to some galleries so that I can possibly line up some shows over the next few years. Most times there is a waiting list & that is fine with me. It will give me a chance to get a better body of work together. I plan on posting pictures of the finished quilts over the next few days. In each post I'll share the art that inspired them. So excited to finally be able to post about this!</div>
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My life has been so full these past few weeks. 6 quilt tops finished, 5 of them quilted & hung in a little gallery downtown. My opening is tonight. I am so nervous but mostly excited & filled with such a sense of accomplishment. It only took 35 years to get to this point, haahaa, but at least I got there. I'm not done either. I've got a whole set of quilts lined up & hope to have another show next year. I'm also very excited that I'm getting steady commissions coming in. I will be working on projects until the end of January. That is a huge blessing. My goal for next year is to make enough commissioned work to be able to pay for my studio to be started. I think its doable. I will post pictures of the opening tomorrow but won't have a chance to post detailed photos of each & every quilt until the end of the show. Hope you all are staying safe & warm with all this crazy weather we are having. There is a possibility of snow for Sparks tomorrow! Crazy enough I'm excited about it.</div>
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October is proving to be my our busiest month yet. I've hardly had two moments to sit down & say hello to this very neglected blog of mine. I have however been working my little buns off (little being used very loosely here) on my upcoming art show. So far I've finished 3 quilt tops & I'm halfway done with the 4th. Only 2 more to go. On top of getting ready for my first solo show I've been babysitting my neighbors little girl & working every Saturday at the Pumpkin Patch. It's been crazy. Even with all the craziness we've still managed to have some family fun. The girls are loving the new play structure Dean started building. Sloan is loving school (for the most part) & Omri is learning so many new signs & tying oh so hard to speak more clearly. I'm loving this beautiful Fall weather. The nights are getting chilly & the days are perfect mixture of warm yellow sunshine. The colors on the trees are changing & it's getting dark earlier. A reminder to soak up these last few weeks of our lovely Indian Summer.</div>
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No really this was on my table this weekend. I found some of the fabric recently at Hancock & purchased the green vintage inspired print in Utah when I was at the Sewing Summit last year. Just haven't had the right project to use it on until now. I found this pattern on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/artfulife/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> </span>& really felt that the fabric prints went with the feel of the pattern. When it's finished it will be a crib sized quilt. I don't have much time to make anything bigger at the moment. I have a few custom orders on the table & need to get them done soon. Add the upcoming pumpkin patch & holiday fairs that I have signed up to make stuff for & I will be busy until Christmas. That's a good thing. Now if I could just get my act together & list some tooth fairy pillows to my shop. Someone crack the whip please!</div>
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P.S. I pinned the original quilt I found inspiration from but can't find the pin now. That happens every now & then. If you know the quilt I'm talking about please let me know so I can give credit to the original artisan.</div>
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I had a chance to teach a class at church last Saturday. Only two people took the class but I had a blast teaching it & I think they both had fun too. I'm still in a quilting funk. I keep waiting for the perfect moment to get back into things & it hasn't come along. I guess I will have to make magic happen. Hope to have something to share with you soon.</div>
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Since I taught my class on Saturday & Dean worked most of the weekend the only morning we had a chance to go see the balloon races was on Sunday. We packed up the kids & headed to Dawn Patrol. Dean picked up doughnuts for the girls & Omri & they were in heaven. The kids had fun & Dean took a nap. Ha! Afterward we headed out for breakfast at Fudruckers. It's an all you can eat buffet & the kids had so much fun making their own plates of food. Omri had been a little grumpy all morning. At first I thought it was because we woke him up too early. As the morning wore on I realized he was acting grumpier & lethargic. By the time we got home poor little man was running a fever. He was such a trooper the whole morning despite feeling so crummy. I had every intention of taking the kids to church when we got back. Hahahaaaa! What a joke to even think that was possible. By the time we got home all the kids were having melt downs & in desperate need of a nap. Heck, even I felt grumpy & tired from all the whining. So we all took naps. 4 hours later we all woke up. Except little man. He slept a bit longer. </div>
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When I look at these pictures I realize all the craziness was worth it. We'll see you next year balloon races. Only all these little ones will be a year older. Crazy how fast this thing called life goes by.</div>
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If you know me you know that I love to yard sale & thrift shop. It's not uncommon for me to see a random sign on the side of the road & to take a few minutes out of my day to hunt for "treasures". Sometimes I find something little & other times I feel like I have found the proverbial jackpot of vintage goodness. In fact I've gotten so good at this hunting of treasures it's getting harder & harder for me to want to pay full price for anything. I do love a good bargain. I also am willing to wait sometimes months or years until I find that perfect whatever it is I've had on my list before I buy it. This list is in my mind. It's not very long but it is comprised of certain pieces of furniture, books, picture frames, kitschy art & fabric, clothes & toys. Sometimes I find stuff I love but don't really need & I buy it for my vintage Etsy shop. That way others can enjoy the unique vintage goodies I find. This canister set was only $2 & they now sit on my desk & hold all sorts of sewing & paper goodies. They make me smile whenever I see them.</div>
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This awesome vintage breadbox is one of those things on my list that I have been trying to find for a few years now. It's hard to tell but it is a really good size & fits several loaves of bread in it. Inside the door is a wooden cutting board (that I don't use) & the color just makes me happy! Dean hated it when I brought it home but I think it's grown on him. My neighbor asked me if I was going to paint it! Lol!!! I explained that the imperfect paint was part of what made it so charming. He laughed & told me he wished he would have know me a few years back when he was cleaning out his mothers house. Evidently she had a ton of vintage items I probably would have loved. Sigh. The icing on the cake for this vintage find was the price. I only paid $5. Can you believe it? It's a total steel. I almost felt guilty when the guy told me the price. Almost ;)</div>
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These next set of pictures are from a beautiful vintage quilt my mom & grandma passed on to me. It was made by my great great great grandmother. I had no idea it even existed until a few months ago. When my mom told me about it I was stunned. </div>
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How in the heck have we had something this special in our family & this was the first time I was hearing about it? A few weeks after the first mention of the quilt my mom called to let me know she was sending it to me. I was so excited to be able to have something so special from our family's past.</div>
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When I opened the package & unfolded the quilt I had a hard time taking it all in. There is just so so so much to see. So many beautiful & imperfect stitches made by loving hands all those years ago. Everything about this quilt is hand made. No machine was used. I'm sure every piece of fabric was saved from something that she or her kids used or wore. I realized I was holding a story made of fabric in my arms. And this next part might sound silly but I cried. Like a baby. They were tears of happiness. I felt such a connection to a woman I never knew. It made my heart so happy to know that someone in my past loved making things just as much as I do. That I can hold this quilt & enjoy it for years to come & eventually pass it down to my children. What an honor.</div>
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It gave me hope too. Hope that someday maybe, just maybe, someone long after I am buried in the earth will love something I have made as much as I love this quilt. </div>
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It's probably my most beloved earthly treasure. Thank you mom & Grammy for letting me have this beautiful quilt. </div>
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Since my last post I managed to have another unproductive week when it came to art & creativity. There were other things keeping me super busy. Good things that needed to get done. Random things that needed to be finished up. Some things that I had no control over, like Sloan being sick & one ER visit on Friday with no answers about why she's having so much tummy pain. Sloan needed me & I was able to be there for her every day. I didn't have to call into work or try to find a sitter & I am so grateful my husband works as hard as he does so I can stay at home & be here for my kids. Today I went into her school & met with all of her teachers to set up her 504 for the year. I'm very impressed with all of the teachers & grateful that they seem to be interested in her well being. Only into the 3rd week of school & we have already had several calls from some of the staff. Sloan & one of her friends were being bullied. I am very happy that the teachers were quick to act & they were so proud of Sloan & her friend for how they have handled the situation. She's growing up so quickly & we are doing our best to keep up & fill all her needs as a. It's such an awkward time in life but she is finding her way.</div>
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We've been spending a lot of time in the garden. Almost every evening we all head out to the garden as a family to pick whatever needs to be harvested. Most of our garden came in hearty & full but there were a few things that struggled. The berries mostly. We don't have the best soil for them but they are slowly making it. Dean has worked hard to get the soil to the right acidity & it's paying off. We've gotten a few strawberries, black berries & raspberries. They are all so yummy. Not enough berries to pick & do anything with but just enough to pick & eat while out in the garden.</div>
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The tomatoes have taken over! We won't have to buy any the rest of the summer. They are yummy too. Some a little sweeter than others but nothing yummier than fresh tomatoes from the garden.</div>
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Omri & the girls pick them a hand full at a time & munch away. It's not uncommon for them to be too full for dinner because their tummies are too full of tomatoes, lol! </div>
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We're getting bowls this full almost every night. I'll be canning like a crazy lady the rest of this week!</div>
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Our little apple tree did great this year too! It only produced about 15 apples but they were healthy & sweet & the kids were so excited.</div>
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Every year our church sells 20 pound boxes of pears through a church owned farm. You can order as many as you want. They were so yummy last year Dean & I ordered 2 boxes this year! That's 40 pounds of pears!!! There is no way a family of 6 can eat 40 pounds of pears before they would go bad. I knew I wanted to make pear cake. It's one of my favorite. It's more of a breakfast bread. I made 10 loaves & put all but two in the freezer.</div>
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Even after making all of that bread I had a ton of pears left. I decided to make pear sauce. It's basically apple sauce but it's made with pears. The kids love it & since I didn't add any sugar it's healthy for them too.</div>
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I still had almost a whole box of pears left after making all the other pear recipes so I thought I'd try my had at canning pears. I used the juice from when I made the pear sauce instead of syrup so it's much healthier. The last of the pears were made into pear chips by my sweet friend Jamie. Only a few of the pears had to be thrown away. Next year we might order 1 more box. I'm sure I could find something to make with 60 pounds of pears, lol :)</div>
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Dean & our friend Dusty worked on the house all weekend long. Finishing up small projects & tackling some of the bigger tasks on our to do list. They make a great team & I'm so excited about the construction business they are starting together. They are two of the hardest workers I know & remind me of my uncle D who owns a roofing business in Florida. He was always the first on the roof & the last off. Wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty & worked alongside his crew. I always hoped I would marry a man that worked as hard as my uncle D & I'm grateful to say I did.</div>
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The first project they tackled was building my new kitchen cabinet. I love this picture. Omri parked himself in the box & watched while they worked. Best seat in the house!</div>
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Here it is all finished. It now holds all of our canned goods. Eventually it will have doors but for right now it will stand open. Next step in the kitchen is to blow out the ceiling & have it match the rest of the house. We will keep the skylight but reframe the attic & open it up. It's going to look so much better when it's done. Also on the list is to put in can lights, a lighting fixture over the sink, new sink, new countertops, new appliances, new slate floors & repainting the cabinets. Some of these things will take longer than others but they will all happen.</div>
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Some of the things Dean & Dusty worked on are harder to notice. Like the little square on the ceiling by the fireplace. Do you see it? Yep, that used to be where a giant square metal box hung down. It was the flu for a wood burning stove. Now it's gone & the ceiling & roof were patched. They also replaced the waterline to the fridge, took down the pool & started fixing our back fence. Dean plans on texturing the living room & the ceilings this week. Then we can paint. I'm super happy about all of this!</div>
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I've hit a wall. A real creative block. It almost always happens after I work super hard on a big project & it comes to an end. I have spent the week cleaning, playing with kids, baking, cleaning, taking kids to & from school, cleaning & I joined a gym. I did everything BUT create. Maybe I was just exhausted by the new schedule of having all the kids in school. Maybe I was just physically tired from being soooooo out of shape & finally getting my but kicked at the gym. I honestly don't know. I just couldn't get myself motivated.</div>
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I saw a painting today & I physically felt a twinge in my heart. I love quilting & sewing but at that moment I realized just how much I miss the physical act of drawing & painting. I miss the smell of paint & the process of making something from a blank piece of paper or canvas. I wonder sometimes if I haven't pushed myself enough. Maybe if I tried just a little harder I could be further ahead in my creative dreams. Maybe if I could just focus a little better I could actually be a better artist, mother, wife & friend. Or maybe I'm just being too hard on myself. Or maybe I'm burnt out. </div>
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I'm wondering if my lack of motivation is because I haven't been allowing myself to enjoy all aspects of creativity? So instead of wallowing in my self pity & frustration over an artist block I decided to make a plan for myself. I'm going to try to allow myself to do more painting & drawing. I'm giving myself permission to enjoy the process of creating. I'm really hoping that by doing more art along with my quilts I can find an even balance to my creative frustrations. Only time will tell. Until I figure out a good creative flow I plan on organizing my art area. It's a mess. I also have several projects to finish up. So I made a list of what NEEDS to happen over the last few months of this year. My last goal is to blog a little more. Crossing my fingers that all of this pays off. That's a pretty silly thing to say. The only thing that will really make a difference is if I'm ready & willing to do the work. I better get to work, lol, I've got a lot to do. Hope you all have a happy Labor Day weekend!</div>
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I had a lot of fun making this little crib quilt. Like I mentioned in my last post this little zigzag may just become my go to pattern for future quilts. It's super quick & easy to put together & I think it looks adorable when finished. It's easy enough for even a first time quilter to try. The stitching followed the lines of the quilt. I was worried it wouldn't have enough crinkle but was pleasantly surprised when it came out of the dryer. I have three more of these panels & already bought the fabric to make two of them in a girly color way.<br />
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After spending the last two weeks working like lightning to get everything ready for my first craft fair, dealing with sick kids & the crazy first week of middle school I treated myself to some fun fabric the other night. I purchased 2 yards of Guising by Lizzy House to make a Halloween quilt with. I also bought the cutest super hero fabric so I can make some more boyish tooth fairy pillows. The last thing I bought was the most adorable Japanese fabric with a scene from the fairytale The Emperors New Clothes. I really don't know what I'm using it for yet but I couldn't help myself & had to get it ;) Every once in a while it's fun to treat myself to something I wouldn't normally splurge on. Helps me get my creative juices flowing again.<br />
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I am taking the rest of the afternoon off to spend with the kids but I'll be listing a ton of new stuff in the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/artfulife" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b>shop</b></span></a> tomorrow. Hope you all are having a wonderful holiday weekend!</div>
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These last two weeks have been a little crazy. All four kids sick......check! Husband thought he was having a stroke......check! Two visits to the ER.....check! The list goes on but I'll save you the bore of sharing every little thing. Cause there were quite a few more I could have thrown in. Even amid the craziness there were moments of such amazing beauty & happiness that I couldn't help but know that My Heavenly Father was showing me just how much he loved me. A little reminder that I am not alone in my suffering. He does know who I am & just what I need.</div>
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Like Omri & his obsession with all things Yo Gabba Gabba! He loves this show & interacts with it while watching it. Omri's language is really taking off too. He's mimicking everyone & everything. He has also picked up a few more signs. He's added car, airplane, please, thank you, sorry, coat, train & milk to his sign language repertoire. He's also started signing without prompting. A huge step. It's not uncommon for him to come up to me & sign "help" then lead me to what he needs help with. He's also connecting word together such as "mamma's shoes" or "dada's car". It's a fun & exciting time for him & it makes my heart sing knowing a whole new world is opening up to him. The other exciting news is he no longer needs OT! We are just down to speech & so very grateful for Mandy & all she is doing to help him along in this journey.</div>
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Aris LOVES kindergarten! She loves her teacher & her classmates. She loves the homework. She also has hit a stage of wanting to fix her own hair. It got very quiet one afternoon after Aris had come home from school. I walked into her room to check on her & this is what I found. She had dressed herself in "fancy" clothes & fixed her hair all by herself. Even the hair in the back. As crazy as it looks she did a better job than I could, lol! So cute & she was so pleased with herself. I love this new found sense of independence. I only find it mildly annoying in the morning before school when it comes to picking out what she wants to wear. If she had her way she'd wear snow boots with a skirt & a dress & a tank top with a vest. Her look boarders on bohemian meets homeless lady on the street corner. When we are hanging out around the house I don't mind. I don't even mind when it comes to the occasional visit to Home Depot. I figure the people there take one look at her & think Dad was the one to pick her ensemble. When it comes to school I want her to look neat & tidy. I have some very cute clothes for the girls but you'd think I was trying to torture Aris every morning with the crying & moaning when it comes to getting dressed.</div>
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Dean bought me the slicer attachment for my Kitchen Aid mixer. It's AWESOME! I've already made a ton of zucchini bread with it & I'm looking forward to using it for cooking and canning.</div>
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I'm still juicing. I make mostly mean greens for me & fruit juices as the occasional treat for the girls. What we are really enjoying are smoothies. All different kinds of smoothies made with spinach. They are very healthy & refreshing. I also started walking & riding my bike again. I hurt my ankle last month & although it's still swollen I feel like I can exercise without much pain. It feels so good to get moving again.</div>
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More tooth fairy pillows are coming to the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/artfulife?ref=seller_info&atr_uid=0" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>shop</b></span></a> on Monday!</div>
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I finally broke down & bought the 5 pounder last weekend. Aris calls it "fluff". With all the tooth fairy pillows I'm making it just made sense to pull out the big guns. I feel all official ;) </div>
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This is the newest quilt I've been working on. I found the tutorial on <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/213217363578973631/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>Pinterest</b></span></a>. It was super easy to follow & the sewing went quickly. It could easily become a go to pattern for me on upcoming projects. It turned out pretty cute & I'll be posting pictures of the finished quilt very soon.</div>
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Last but not least I've been working like crazy to get ready for my first craft fair this weekend. I'm a little nervous but super excited. Whatever doesn't sell this weekend will go in the shop on Monday.</div>
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This is my sister Cristin. Isn't she beautiful? I adore her & miss her so much. She lives in Boston & some days that feels farther away than others. She called me a few weeks back & asked if I could make her a quilt. What an honor! I asked her what she wanted & she said whatever I decided. So I told her a few ideas I had & decided to go with a feather quilt.</div>
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I thought about what my sister might like & I kept thinking of her tattoo. I wanted the quilt to fit her personality. I think it does & I hope she likes it.</div>
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I am sure you have seen a few feather quilts popping up here & there. Susannah made <a href="http://anartnest.squarespace.com/art-nest/2012/7/24/feather-quilt.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>one</b></span></a> & when I saw it I knew I had to make one for my sister. Zana had seen the beautiful feather quilt that <a href="http://fancytiger.blogspot.com/2012/05/quilt-market-report-spring-2012.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>Anna Maria Horner</b></span></a> had made & then came up with her own pattern. Susannah was so helpful when it came to making the actual feathers. I asked her quite a few questions. We did things a little different. She paper pieced hers & I didn't. I learned a lot from making these & I feel like I could possibly even try my hand at making some of the more complicated picture blocks that I have seen on the Internet. I used some scrap fabric from my stash for the feathers & a blue tiny pin dot fabric for the stem of the feather. Maybe I'm silly for loving muslin so much but I love using it for quilts as a filler fabric. I think for this quilt it really allowed the feather blocks to stand out.</div>
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Since I wasn't using an actual pattern I put all the feather blocks on the floor where I wanted them & then cut & pieced the muslin fabric together. It was a little tricky but I was so happy with the outcome.</div>
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I decided to keep the quilting pretty simple. Straight lines with a little squiggle every 6 inches or so all the way across.</div>
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For the back of the quilt I used some awesome vintage fabric that a friend of mine had given me. The apple fabric & blue pin dot fabric (used in the stem of the feathers) are both from Hancock.</div>
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Here's the front finished!</div>
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This quilt measures 57"x65"<br />
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::<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">UPDATE</span>::<br />
Today Anna Maria Horner released her PDF of her Feather Bed Quilt pattern! It's a free pattern & you can find it ::<a href="http://annamariahorner.blogspot.com/2012/08/out-sewing-in-my-field.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">here</span></a>::</div>
<br />Artfulifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642508375303005426noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472488102965289380.post-70359044150319991092012-08-04T21:08:00.002-07:002012-08-04T21:19:19.596-07:00Water Babies<br />
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Thanks for the pool Bumma!</div>
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We've been spending a good portion of each day splashing around in the pool. This has been one of the hottest summers we've had out here that I remember. Each day after Oblio gets up from his nap & I've picked up Mozers from school the kids put on their swimsuits. Then we jump in & swim until it's time for dinner. Sometimes they swim all morning too. Sometimes I get to join them if I'm not working on projects. No matter what I have made a promise to myself to join them at least once a day in the pool. Not always because I want to but I know it's the right thing to do. I know this is the last summer they will be "this age" &I don't want to miss a minute of it.</div>
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Every once in a while Dean gets home early enough to join us. It's so much more fun when daddy is in the pool. He can throw the girls higher & does bigger cannonballs.</div>
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Sloan & Zoe are swimming around like little mermaids! This year Aris has taught herself to swim too! She loves being able to keep up with her sisters. Even Oblio is getting better at swimming. I know by next year he will be swimming around with the girls. </div>
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When it's time for me to get out of the pool to fix dinner, the girls stay in until their fingers look like raisins. When bedtime rolls around they are asleep before their heads hit the pillow. I'm loving these last few weeks of summer. The next few weeks will be filled with as many fun water adventures as we can have.</div>
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Our garden is blowing up! The tomatoes are coming in so nicely. Our zucchini plant is producing enough for me to make at least a few loaves of bread each week (I'll have to post my favorite recipe soon). The squash are getting bigger & I look forward to eating acorn squash with butter & brown sugar when the nights start cooling down a little. I know fall is just around the corner. I can feel it in the evening air. I'll keep soaking up these hot summer days while I can. Has anyone else noticed what an amazing year it has been for fruit? Even our baby fruit trees have a few things that will need to be picked. Our neighbors apple tree is filled & drooping over our fence. The cherry tree in the back field of our house, plums, apricots, & peaches are growing like crazy around the neighborhood. I don't ever remember a year quite like this. Maybe, it's always been like this & I just haven't noticed. I'd like to think I'm more in tune with nature than I used to be. However there is always room for improvement. Dean & I still want to get bees & chickens. We'd love to own a little more land so we could have a few farm animals. Who knows, it may just happen one day. For now I'll just enjoy the fruits (& veggies) of our labor.</div>
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She was so excited to go to school. I had to listen to her ask me for a whole week, "Do I start school tomorrow?" or "Is tomorrow my first day of school?". I finally had to tell her the day after Sunday would be her first day (telling her "next Monday" wasn't cutting it). Then she started telling people she was going to school after church. I had to remind her it would be the day AFTER church. So funny. I only hope she keeps her enthusiasm for education the older she gets.</div>
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Mozers started 1st grade this year! I forgot to bring my camera on her first day of school (who does that!!!) but I did snap this photo of her in one of her new school shirts. Are your kids into superhero's as much as mine are? Up until now we've been buying her shirts in the boys section. So happy I found these cute superhero shirts in the girls section at Old Navy. So far she has three different ones. I have to encourage her to wear other things in her closet because if she had her way she'd wear the same three shirts over & over again! Zoe has a male teacher this year & I think she is going to thrive. She really looks up to male role models so they are a perfect fit. It's going to be a great school year for both of them, I can feel it!</div>
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Lori I'll be contacting you for your addy & Jamie I'll bring yours to church, lol!</div>
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It's been a while since I've put anything into my poor little forgotten <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/artfulife" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Etsy shop</span></a>. When I saw the newest Crafty Chloe fabric from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://heatherross.squarespace.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Heather Ross</span></a> </span>I knew it was time to make some more tooth fairy pillows.</div>
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I played with <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/213217363578023984/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">the pattern</span></a> a little & added the pocket to the back. I think I'm happier with the overall look of it now. However when I was working out all the bugs of this pattern I made a few pillows that would still work great but weren't perfect. The pockets were in the wrong spot or too big, lol! I thought it would be fun to do a giveaway with those "oops" pillows.</div>
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All you have to do to enter this giveaway is leave me a comment telling me what fun summer project you are working on. I'd love to get to know my readers a little better. If you want a second chance at winning just follow my blog (make sure you leave that in a 2nd comment). I'll use random # generator to pick 2 winners on Monday July 30th. Happy weekend!<br />
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Happy Belated Birthday Miss Merris!</div>
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It's good to be 5!</div>
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Happy Belated Birthday Mr. Oblio!</div>
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I finally finished my granny square quilt along mini quilt! I started it back in <a href="http://artfulife.blogspot.com/2012/03/race-car-quilt-top.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">March</span></a>.</div>
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For the back I decided to use a giant gingham I bought last fall. I know this quilt was on gingham overload but for some crazy reason I think it works. I had a tricky time finding anything else that worked right with the vintage squares I had. Gingham just looked best. I wasn't sure if making the binding thicker on the back would work. I am really happy with how it turned out & will probably try it again on future quilts. I used 6" wide binding instead of the 2.5" that is usually used. The binding on the front still looks normal but when you turn it over.........surprise! It's kinda funky & fun.</div>
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Omri wanted nothing to do with the camera when I took these photo's last week. This was the best pic I could get of him with his little quilt. He does love it though & sleeps with it every night. Sometimes I even find him dragging it around like Linus. It makes me very happy. </div>
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I had every intention of hand quilting this whole little blanket. Remember <a href="http://artfulife.blogspot.com/2012/03/hand-quilting-vintage-finds.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">this</span></a>? Only I realized the quilt probably wouldn't be finished until he was in high school at the rate I was going. So I decided to just hand quilt the middle square instead. I'm really happy with my decision. I wanted more of a crinkly look for the outside of the quilt. Plus the vintage fabric I used in the granny squares was very thin & I feel like it has a better chance of holding up now that I've quilted over it. I really do love crinkly quilts.</div>
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Now that I've made Omri his quilt all the girls want to know when I'll be making them a quilt. I better get to work ;)</div>
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I'm really enjoying our summer break. The kids are all a year older & I've been able to let them have a little more freedom to play in the yard without my constant supervision. Even Omri will head out the door & play in the sand. I keep a watchful eye & check on him every three minutes or so but I think it's important for the kids to be able to explore without constant supervision. I love listening to them play when they don't know I'm around. I hear a lot of talk about "sweeties" & "superheroes" so cute. Those little imaginations hard at play. We've gotten into quite a nice routine around here. Waking up & enjoying a lazy breakfast, then swimming in the pool. Next thing you know it's time for lunch & some more swimming or a movie & then dinner & bed. I'm pretty sure I could count on 1 hand the number of times these little ones have actually bathed. I guess I don't see the point when they practically live in the pool.</div>
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Zoe starts school this Monday & Aris next Monday. I will miss our routine but a new one will slowly emerge. A fall schedule filled with the promise of school supplies, cooler nights & crisp mornings. The promise of pumpkins, leaves & shorter day. And I love fall......but for now I'll enjoy the last few moments of summer with the girls. </div>
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(Don't forget to bid on the auction for Danny's family!)</div>Artfulifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642508375303005426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472488102965289380.post-65660903698534688522012-07-10T12:03:00.001-07:002012-07-22T09:06:02.165-07:002nd Auction for Daniel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My sweet friend Daniel passed away almost 3 weeks ago. He was such a fighter. Danny had been sick since I had met him back in high school. I was really good friends with his brother & every once in a while we would talk about how Daniel was struggling or how awesome he was doing. Even though Danny was the little brother he was such a great example to everyone around him. Danny was an amazingly talented artist. He had a chance to go abroad & paint & visit museums. Although he loved art & living a creative life his real passions were his family & his testimony of Christ. He loved sharing the good word with others & even though his health was poor he touched others with his fighting spirit & faith that no matter what the outcome, he would still be okay.</div>
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Daniel's family was so grateful & touched by the generosity of the last auction. Even though they are no longer saving for a heart, the money earned from this auction will go toward paying off medical bills & cost of living in the hospital for the past year. Danny spent the last year of his life in the hospital waiting for a heart because he was too weak to leave. </div>
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I met Sally Murry at the Sewing Summit last October. She was funny & has a heart the size of Texas! Not to mention she is one talented lady. When she heard about Danny's situation she asked if she could donate something to be auctioned off. Sally has never even met Danny or his family before but I am almost positive her mother heart felt the same sympathy any of ours feel when we hear there is someone in need......how can I help.........what can I do.......& then she did it. Thank you Sally from the bottom of my heart for your generous donation.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">The next person will bid $36 or how ever much you want & so on & so forth. Bidding will take place in the comment section of my blog. Make sure you look at the previous bid in the comment above yours so you can bid accordingly. The auction will end on Saturday July 21st at midnight (my time here in Reno) When the auction ends I will contact the winner to set up payment to Danny's fund. Once the payment is made Sally will mail the quilt your way. If you have any questions please feel free to ask! If you are interested in making a donation to Danny's family please contact me at: summietummer@yahoo.com</span></div>
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