Sister's Quilt

I love my sister more than anything in the world. I would do anything, I mean anything, for her. She's my best friend, gift from God, sole mate. We finish each other's sentences, can communicate anything with a glance, have more inside jokes than anyone I know, and couldn't live without each other. God is good. He gave me more than a sister, he gave me a best friend. Well, my little sister starts college in the fall and she wants a quilt, so obviously I had to make it for her! She asks...I do....It's how it works :)

Ross' mom was kind enough to help me get the top started. It's a very modern log cabin-ish style. We had a pic to go from but we changed it as we went. Sister picked out the style and most of the fabrics. I can't wait to give it to her. I know I will cry...that's kinda what I do when I give gifts that mean a lot. Here's part of the process!!


**the colors are way more vibrant than this...idk why it's not showing up in the pics**

Sparkly tree

We got our tree up the other night. We put it in the study so that we could close the door to keep out the animals. After we set it up we spent a good 30 minutes trying to take self-timed pics with the puppy and ended up with tons of hilarious, laughing, head-cut-off pics. It was super fun!!


(Lace- Here's our Texas Sized Christmas tree...ok, so it's not that tall...7 1/2 ft)

Our first snow

I was getting ready this morning and Ross came to get me. He brought me to the back yard and everything was white!! We got a good inch of snow accumulated on the ground! Everything melted by about noon and it was so pretty while it lasted! Doesn't our house look pretty in the snow???

Precious handmade jewelry

I was on this site and found this site. The jewelry is precious! I kinda want every single thing on the site!! I mean, how could you not love it all?!?! These pieces are some of my favorites. Let me know what you think!

Sweet little craft

Right now I'm loving to wear flowers in my hair. I've been looking for new ones to add to my collection but refuse to pay $15 for something I could make for $2. So, here is my first attempt at the craft. I'm pretty pleased! I took a silk flower, some glass beads (that you can't really see in the pic), a hair clip and hot glue! Viola! People are definitely going to be getting these as Christmas gifts!!

TOMS

I have a new obsession.....TOMS! Here's why:

1- Possibly the most comfy shoes I have ever worn
2- Super versatile
3- Very affordable
4- They make great Christmas gifts :)
5- and most of all.....FOR EACH PAIR YOU BUY, ONE IS GIVEN TO A CHILD IN NEED!!

Crafty projects!

I've been ultra crafty lately! Here are a few of my projects

I'm making a quilt for my sister. She will start college in the fall (eeeek) and this will be one of her gifts. She chose the pattern and the fabric and it is going to be the cutest thing in the world.




SarahK showed me this beyond amazing website, Bakerella. On the site she had pictures of super cute cake balls and cake pops. I thought...this should be easy! Well, making the cake balls was super easy, but getting them to stay on the sticks was tough and they were not as cute as her's....oh well....


I made Papoo a birthday cake! It was a fish since he loves to fish so much!! I got excited when I started cutting it b/c it began to look like it was smiling!



Final project- I saw this online and had to make them! It's so easy and cute...plus, it's the perfect teacher gift! You just get binder clips and mod podge paper to them!