crafts, progress, sad and happy

Had a rough weekend, brother and beloved SIL PLUS their three perfect wonderful children moved to Arizona this weekend. This would be the brother and Sister in law who I have lived with many times over the last seven years, whose children I love like my own, and who I look up to and adore more than I can say. I visit them any chance I get, love them SO much...anyway, you get the idea...anxiety on my part about living 12 hours away from them instead of 45 minutes...a LOT of tears...really depressing for me (And the rest of us still here in Utah)

BUT I have to say, they left for a really exciting job for said brother, and it's kind of like a dream come true for him, and he would be crazy not to take it. So it's bitter sweet really...and we'll be planning some trips to the warm south soon!

On the up side, I went shopping! I hit the motherload jackpot at Macy's...baby clearance GALORE, PLUS an additional 40% off...I went crazy! I'm talking cheaper than DI prices here folks! I had so much fun! Spent a pretty penny, but I have A LOT to show for it! Some of the outfits need a little sprucing up with some original flare, so stay tuned for that! :)

Let's see, another up-side, I submitted my masters thesis for approval! It will come back with revisions etc a few times, but this is the beginning of the end! YEAH!!!

For the Disney Give a Day Get a Day, I made these two quilts for project Linus (They take quilt donations for kids and give them to sick kids in hospitals, and for police officers to have in their cars to give kids when they have to take them out of their homes in bad situations) Now before you go thinking I am so charitable, I did it to get 2 free Disneyland tickets :) I'm shameless, but hey, everybody wins :)

I used all fabric I had, only had to buy badding, so it's like getting 2 Disneyland tickets for like 4 dollars. Awesome.


This one is my favorite :)


Baby boy fabric I have picked out so far...I'm working on a quilt with these fabrics, more to come...someday!

I have actually had these decorations up since before the beginning of February! Huge accomplishment for me :) BUT haven't been motivated to post them till now... I used some felt hearts from the dollar section and hit glued them onto some ribbon, the big heart is a placemat...love it. Used the same tree as I used for Halloween, and made the extra hearts into ornaments, and I printed some vintage valentine's off to frame...I do love those vintage cards! ANYWAY, it was fun to put together, Valentine's is one of my fav holidays :)