Grateful to be a Mommy

Every day I am grateful for these two little boys.  They overflow my life with so much love, laughter and happiness.  A day can be filled with moments of being so proud and then ten seconds later needing to cover my nose since one or both passed gas....LoL!  I managed to grab this picture today of how good they are to each other.  Times like this make my heart smile and remind me of how blessed I am that they are my sons.  My oldest is ten years old and my baby will be 8 next month!  Ahhhhhh...giggles.  I wish this time could slow down but I know in minutes they will be in college.  Enjoy the time you have with your little ones and take tons of pictures along the way.  They will come in handy for their wedding day when it is time to embarrass them.  

PS...Happy Momma's Day to all!  :-) Tweet

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all of my family and friends, new and old!  I came across this picture from last Mother's Day and thought it was a great time to post it :-)  Soooooooo let, me tell you about my Mother's Day this year (so far).  I was told by the hubby I needed to cooperate and stay in the bedroom, the boys were going to be making me breakfast in bed.  I have NEVER had breakfast in bed before today, so I waited with excitement of the unknown of what was about to unfold.  I had my camera ready and attempted to take video at the same time.  Something had to give, so I kept on with taking video.  I had scrambled eggs, with grilled chicken inside, cantaloupe, oj and toast.....yummmmy!  But the best part was the boys sang and danced for me!  My youngest since he was teeny tiny, thought the song "Juke Box Hero by Foreigner" ------> was saying Juice Box Hero!  So they came in with juice boxes in hand and rocked out!  That was awesome!  I also was given a purple lacrosse stick with coordinating purple ball, since I didn't share well last time we went out and played catch with the boys. a cool license plate frame for the Ravens and a Gift Certificate to one of my favorite quilt shops!!!!  I was definitely spoiled this year!  Thank you to my three men, two small and one just right :-) xoxox! 

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2012 May ~ Cross Pillow for God-Daughter's 1st Communion

I  made this pillow for my God-daughter's 1st Communion, that was today (5-5-2012).  I designed the cross myself and will be sharing a pattern/ picture tutorial on how I did it soon :-)

2012 April ~ Baby Quilt Top #8 Finished in Jan.

This baby quilt was made for my dear friend, Joy who just had her first baby, Gracie the end of February!  I had to wait to post pictures since she is also a follower of my blog.  Had the shower today (April 28, 2012) so here are the pics, I loved seeing how excited everyone was by something I made, I told her she better use it and not just let it hang over a chair, I will have my eye on her, congrats again to Joy & Kevin on their beautiful baby girl!

PS...The back of the quilt is a double sided minky that the quilter said she would never quilt on again.  Lucky me, I was the very appreciative guinea pig :-)

The pattern for this quilt can be found in this cute book, called Quilts for Baby:

Here is a close up of the rail fence design.  The pattern can be found in this cute "Quilts for Baby" book.

Baby quilt top for a close friend's baby that is due next month, it still needs batting, quilting & binding 1-16-2012

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2012 April ~ Asterisk Block Pillows - Hawaii

I made these pillows for my friend, Megan who is in Hawaii, her hubby is stationed there at the moment.  Her kids were having a fund raiser for their school and my original idea was to use redm white and blue to have a patriotic theme, then as I made the 1st flag, I got upset thinking oh no, it looks like the British flag.  Then fortunatly I decided to look up the Hawaiian flag and realized it has the same similar symbol in the top left.  So I went with it and Megan seems to very pleased :

The pillows together, the fronts :-)

Front of Pillow #1

Back of Pillow #1 :-)

Front of Pillow #2 :-)

Back of Pillow #2

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2012 April ~ It Only Takes One :-)

My husband told me a great uplifting story from his work yesterday and I have to share it.  His co-worker's daughter over the weekend decided she was going to have a lemonade stand which quickly turned into a bottled water stand since that is what was in her parent's garage...giggling.  So back to the great part of the story. The little girl decided she was going to donate all her earnings of $11.65 to a Children's Program that is located within where her Dad and my hubby's work.  The program is for kid's who have people in their family dealing with addiction.  Word got around at his work what this little girl did and it turned into people suggesting matching what she donated and challenging others.  Today I found out her donation started a snowball effect and it has accumulated to over $350.00 for the Children's Program and there is an anonymous donor who is going to match what ever is earned!  To me this is more proof that it takes just one to take action and then others will follow.  It doesn't matter how small you are, you have a voice and it matters and can make a difference.  

UPDATE:  She ended up earning over $500 for the Children's Program!!!
 
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Hooked on a Book, A Must Read!

Update below, keep reading!  :-)
Ok, I know I haven't posted recently and I am sortof in a holding pattern since my next project should be a secret one for a relative who wants me to make something for their daughter.  Which I need to start REALLY soon if I hope to have it done in time, hint hint to relative who knows who she is.  HaHa!

So I found out through a Twitter friend, that they had written a book and it was on Amazon.  THEN, I hear that the first four chapters are there for us to read.  All I can say is if you read the 1st page of the book you will likely already be hooked into needing more.  The name of the book is: The Distant Shore by: Mariam Kobras.  You can click the link on the left to order it now off of Amazon like I am also doing or the one on the right to buy it for your kindle. 

Mariam, is a fun, sweet woman to follow on Twitter and best of all a bit ornery and feisty :p

***UPDATE***  Mariam's 2nd book is due to come out October 1, 2012!  You can pre-order it now though!   It is titled "Under the Same Sun" and I will be ordering mine, are you going to also?

So until my new book shows up, I think I should get started on this check book cover I have been wanting to do for a while, the pattern is made by Sara Gray of Sew Together.  I see purple in my near future, just saying :p

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Pic of her book so I can Pin it too!  :-)

Cover of 2nd book in the Trilogy :-)