My 4 Boys are Really Growing!

The puppies are growing!  That meaning my two human son's and my two furry ones!  Where does the time go, that is what I want to know?!?   Here is a link if you would like to go back and see how much they have all grown in the last 7 months. 

I hope everyone has a beautiful winter holiday and that this coming year is even better than the last!  

 Hugs & Smiles, Tiffiny ~ Smilie Mommy

HUGE Giveaway Valued OVER $600!

Hi everyone, something totally different than my norm of random quilt blocks, baby quilts, crafts and the quote of the days.  I have been so fortunate to make many friends over the internet that I have so much in common with, normally it is that we are both quilters, crafters and even more likely both parents.  Well, this friend, Charlie is not quite a parent yet but at the time he was developing an anti bullying game, and that was a topic I was interested in for my two boys.  He is now holding a huge giveaway of video games!  I honestly don't let my boys play the games often, but when I do it must be educational.  I hear the majority of these games being given for FREE are good for kids.  So if you want more info about how to win this prize worth over $600 & growing, keep reading!

Message from Charlie follows:  Starting a couple weeks ago, I reached out to a bunch of indies (as many as I could find, really) asking to do a big Christmas game giveaway. I figured I'd get 10-25 games or so and it'd be a pretty huge giveaway... Boy was I wrong - NEVER underestimate the kindness and generosity of indie game developers!! I ended up getting 70 different games worth over $600, and between the extra copies of games I've gotten, I have over 350 games to give away worth over $2,900 total!!!! That's absolutely mind-blowing to me, and I am incredibly humbled by it all. In fact, because I got so many games, I've expanded on the giveaway concept, turning it into over a dozen different giveaways.

The giveaway below is the SUPER HUGE giveaway - the giveaway that has one copy of each game. Each entry is optional, so you can pick and choose which ones you do, but most of them were chosen by the game developers themselves, so entering as many as you can helps support them and helps you keep up to date with all of their awesomeness!

You can click here if you want to see the grand list of games in the giveaway, or just enter below! Good luck, and don't forget to enter all of the other Christmas giveaways as well!

Note: One winner will be chosen at random. The giveaway is open worldwide. The winners will be emailed via their Rafflecopter email address once chosen, and will have three (3) days to reply to it. If you don't reply within the three days, a new winner will be chosen at random.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

Inspirational Quote of the Day by Nelson Mandela ~ 12-6-2013

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.  ~ Nelson Mandela
 

2013 December ~ Baby Quilt with a Heart =)

 I just completed this adorable heart baby quilt, here is a link to the pattern over at the U Create blog.  I did many things to their pattern to make it my own.  I added  larger borders, I wanted more of the background fabric before it reached the final border which I also made larger.  For some reason, I can't make small baby quilts and the original pattern was a generous size already.  I always hope and imagine the baby doesn't grow out of it, they want to drag it around with them until college at least...hehehe (wishful thinking, I know).  The back of this baby quilt is a yummy soft lilac colored minky and it really highlights the quilting of the clouds with the added textures.  Well, I hope they love it as much as I do!  Please drop me a comment, tell me what you think too!  =)

Hugs & Smiles, Tiffiny ~ Smilie Mommy

2013 November ~ Picturing Piecing Butterfly Quilt Block with Fussy Cutting ~ IQBS

For the friends who have been following along, in the summer I joined a wonderful group of quilting people, I can't say ladies since I do believe we have two brave men in our group who put up with us giggling all of the time.  The group is called the IQBS ~ International Quilt Block Swap, you can read more about the group by clicking the link above and also searching keyword IQBS on my website in the top left corner of this page.  You will be able to see the previous posts that include some of the beautiful blocks our group has been making for each other!  

Well, here are two of my most recent blocks I have made.  I had been wanting to try this new technique (to me) called "Picture Piecing" not to be confused with paper piecing.  I had seen some beautiful quilts that looked like real pictures and I wanted to learn how to do it.  So this purple butterfly block above was made from a pattern inside the book 

I bought off of Amazon, called Picture Piecing, that was actually signed on the inside cover by Cynthia England herself, but you have to make sure you purchase it directly from the author herself and I am not sure if maybe I was just the lucky new book owner of the day.  The butterfly block flew to Italy to be enjoyed by a quilt friend there near Rome.


The other block I made was for a quilty friend in the UK and she wanted the color red used in her block. 

Inspirational Quote of the Day by Alan Alda ~ 11/27/2013 =)

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.  What you'll discover will be wonderful.  What you'll discover is yourself.  ~Alan Alda

Inspirational Quote of the Day by Sven Goran ~ Novemeber 26, 2013

“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.”

Quote of the Day by Sven Goran =)