Valentines and vintage keys!

WELL I RECIEVED THIS WONDERFUL VALENTINE FROM KECIA FROM http://lemoncholys.blogspot.com. I SENT HER A VALENTINE AS WELL BUT FORGOT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF IT.I HAVE IT SITTING IN THIS LITTLE VINTAGE CUP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS OR WAS, BUT IT'S RED AND I USUALLY PUT MY RINGS IN IT WHEN I'M COOKING SOMETHING MESSY!

I JUST LOVE IT! I HAVE TO GO AND THANK HER! I HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET! MAN I AM SO SCATTERED LATELY!

OH PLUS THE AWESOME ARTWORK ON THE FRONT ENVELOPE! I ALSO POSTED SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF THE VINTAGE KEYS I COLLECT.

I FOUND THE PRINTERS TRAY AT AN ANTIQUE STORE FOR ONLY15 BUCKS! THEY HAD TWO MORE BUT I COULDN'T GET THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME. I BET THEY ARE NOT EVEN THERE ANMORE. :(

THIS PICTURE IS OF MY BABY SPOON ON THE RIGHT. THE OTHER IS FROM A GARAGE SALE. BUT IT FITS IN HERE!

I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL WEEKEND! STILL WORKING ON THE CIRCUS QUILT!!! HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!

cupcakes and quilts

Well the cupcakes I am in a sense "working" on those too! ;) They are mini ones from Walmart. They are valentiney and chocolate and good and not white and snowy!!
YUMMMMMM!!!! The kids are helping me too! With the cupcakes anyway.

The circus quilt I think I will continue to do on my own! It's still in the workings. I've been sewing down the letters today then on to the corner blocks.

There is more to it but for now this is what I'm working on. Plus the cupcakes.

SNOW! Yes we have more snow.

I've had enough. Just like everyone else, I've had enough snow. It is pretty to look at. I do love to watch it snow, it's so peaceful.

We had plenty today that's for sure. The sun finally came out, for about half an hour and now it's getting dark, so I went out to take some pictures.

I love taking photos of this old truck in my neighbors yard. There is no telling what else is in that yard, but I like the truck.

Of course the wheelbarrow never gets put up at the end of the year. Ever. But, it's pretty with some snow on it!

Quilting again!

Boy I tell ya so far this year it is the year for me to make some quilts! I got the baby quilt finished up for my husbands fishing buddy, they are having a baby girl! I do hope they like it.

Again the cat loves to nosey when I'm doing something with fabric! I finally gave up for awhile till she looses interest in it. I was in the process of cutting border strips for this quilt.

It is also for one of my husbands fishing friends. This one is for his wife for her birthday.

I love blue and yellow together, so pretty.

This one is a full size quilt. Still have the 2 inch border and a 6 inch border to go then I will start one the next one. It is for my aunt and it is a circus theme quilt. So many ideas on that one! Ah so a quilting I will go! If I don't go nuts first!!

Well this kitty like the pool!

Really a silly post about this cat. She's one a few wild cats in my neighborhood. Every morning I get up she is on the ice in my pool cover playing and sliding around chasing leaves! So cute and I caught her this morning with my camera. Little booger wouldn't turn around for nothing though! maybe next time I'll catch her face!

quilt basting and Green Paper challenge!

I'm basting a quilt for a friend today that I made for her. She is having a baby girl in a few weeks so I need to get it done! I love doing baby quilts! It's the size I mainly make because I just don't have the room for a bigger ones! I do have a "design wall". It's a cheap vinyl table cloth turned and pinned on the wall backwards so the blocks "stick" to the back. It works too! That way I can lay them out and keep track of them! This is the basting spray that I use. It doesn't gum up my machine or needle so I love this one! I lay out my batting first on the floor.Then I lay out my backing fabric first. Smooth it out flat then spray the top edge first then flip the bottom up the just spray down the rest and smooth as you go. Well actually I do a section at a time, not the whole thing at once.

Plus try to keep the kitty off of here! I don't know what it is about cats and fabric but they love it!

Then I flip it over and lay out the quilt top and do the same starting at the top edge and work my way down in sections.

I do hope they love it! They painted the room pink and all girly!

Finally this is an ATC I did for the Green Paper's challenge. You get 3 images to play with! I has an old key and an old gosh I don't know, part of a drawer pull? Hope you like it and hope everyone has a great day today!

Well it's a new year and like most people I do feel energized for new, well everything!! We had a great Christmas with family and friends. Meagan and Jordan had great birthdays as well. So now that it's a new year I'm ready for some change. So we have been looking at new furniture! yea! I am so EXCITED! I have been wanting new furniture for the living room for a couple of years now. We were going to get it last year but I wanted a new car instead! :) So we've been looking for some new stuff, finally! That means I'll be repainting and new curtains and man I can't wait! Of course I'll take some pictures along the way! On another note my wonderfull hubby bought me a Cricut Expression for Christmas! I have looking at this thing for awhile now and just never bought it. So he took the hint and got it for me! I love this thing! I've been doing some glass etching so far. I wanted to redo these jars so I thought it was the perfect place to start! I've got so many ideas just waiting to be put to use for this thing! I'm just so ready for this year!!