Primrose and Pearl

My wares will be at Primrose and Pearl for the next couple of weeks!

The Hive

Tommorrow The Hive starts and I am super excited that I get to be a part of it!

Here is all the details:

Thurs. March 8th- 6:30-9:00 p.m. 

Fri. March 9th- 10:00- 4:00 p.m.

Sat. March 10th- 10:00- 1:00 p.m.

{at 4011 Lilac Lane in Mt. Green} 
   

Directions to The Hive

Take 1-84 {Via 1-15 or Hwy. 89} up Weber Canyon towards Evanston/Morgan. Take Exit 92 to Mt. Green. Take a left off the exit ramp & then a right at the yield sign onto Old Hwy. Road. You'll travel East for 3 miles & then will pass an older church house on your left, take your next left onto Day Lily Drive. Then take your 2nd right onto Lilac Lane. The Hive will be on your right at 4011 Lilac Lane. Look for the sign & a big pink balloon pointing the way.

Snippets

 Valentines Day Dinner, I knew Casey would love to grill some steaks, we very rarely eat red meat, he was super happy :)

Key Limes which were made into a delish key lime pie which is now gone.

The last piece of a homemade birthday cake, there is now a 12 year old in this home. (what!)

 

Limited edition hair barrettes (being limited edition because I NEVER want to glue those together again)

These hair barrettes that I didn't enjoy making, I mean these limited edition hair barrettes will be available at my spring shows coming up, until they are gone.  I do love how they turned out though :)

 

I found a small suitcase at the thrift store last week, it was bigger than the one that Sage has now, so I let her have it, I think she picked out some fun fabrics for it.

 

Swoon block #2

I am having so much fun with these swoon blocks, it's been awhile since I have been so excited about quilting.

My blocks are definitely not perfect, but they are good enough for me.  If I was too picky I would not enjoy the process. 

My birthday was earlier this week, we went to dinner with Casey's family to a favorite local Chinese restaurant.  The owner is this funny old Chinese man that talked to us for quite some time, then he played me happy birthday with a leaf, I was super impressed and wished that I had recorded it.  And then they brought out this little plate with this Chinese fruit on it, I can't remember what he said it was called, but it was delish, almost like a peach or a pear. 

Have I told you my friends that I keep finding grey hairs?   I never would have thought that I would be finding grey hair at age 32, oh well.  I guess I never thought I would have a 12 year old when I was 32 either.  Kinsley is going to be turning 12 in a couple weeks, holy crap!  I'm not sure if I am quite ready for the emotions of an almost teenager, they are already beginning to start :)

My first swoon block

I made my first swoon block yesterday, I love it and can't wait to make more, but man these things are big and take some time.  Maybe one a week is a good goal.
Are you swooning?  It has been fun to check out the flickr group periodically, there are some really beautiful swoon blocks.

Valentine shopping!

My things will be for sale at two places this weekend.  Art Market on Friday and Saturday.

And Oh Sweet Sadie.  There is an opening night party for OSS tonight from 6pm - 9 pm.

Then it is also open on Friday the 3rd from 10-9 and Saturday the 4th from 10-5.

There is also a little sneak peek up on their blog :)

2nd post of the day :)

 So, after posting my first post today I looked over at this wall that is next to me.  It's in pretty sad shape, I finally have had it with this wall.  I did start pulling letters off the wall before I took this picture, and a couple of the button letters had fallen off for the millionth time and were waiting to get some buttons re-glued.  This wall has water damage from the roof leaking a couple of years ago, yes I said years :)  Sometimes things take a back seat when you live in an old house and have limited funds :)

Oh and there is spider webs and the wall is dirty, just keepin it real folks.

So, I pulled everything off the wall, cleaned it and hung up my amazing little quilt with push pins and it already looks better.  Of course it still needs some fixing, I think this summer when we have the funds we will fix this wall and I want to repaint the whole kitchen.  But for now, this quilt is hiding some of the walls problem,  it doesn't bug me as much as it did before, and I get to admire my quilt, yay!

yummy finds

Do you like how I said I would be around here less often and then start posting more?  

We'll see if this keeps up :)

Last weekend I sold my things at Fleaology.   I had never been before and now I am hooked!

There was so many beautiful things there and all for very reasonable prices.  Too bad I'm lame and didn't take any pictures, they have some pictures on their blog you could go check out.  The amazing quilt I found was only $5!  It's about 36" square and I want to hang it on the wall somewhere.  The pom pom trims are vintage and so much yummier than any brand new pom pom trims.

The two pieces of fabric I found were purchased at the Treasures Antique mall in Springville.  That was the first time I had been there and I was lame again and didn't take pictures, there are two big buildings full of fun finds, I think Casey and I spent at least two hours there.

I also got the cutest little shelf for my girls, I'll share that when we find some time to clean up the playroom and find a place for it.  And I found a really cute vintage dress for me, I'll share that later too.

Have a good weekend! I hope you have something fun planned!  Around here there is going to be cleaning the playroom, getting rid of stuff, sewing, yummy weekend breakfasts, and just hanging out.

Fabric play

 This pile of DS quilts fabric came home with me today, it's yummy and oh so soft.

 This is the fabric I have decided to use for my swoon quilt. It's called Too Muchery by Helen Dardik.  I have decided that I will be doing 5 swoon blocks and the other 4 blocks will be made of the panel print.

This might be weird, but I feel a little out of my comfort zone because this is all one collection, I have never made a quilt out of one collection, I usually go the mixy matchy route.

And this is my hope valley all cut and ready for my made in cherry quilt.  Also a bit out of my comfort zone because it is one collection.

What have I gotten myself into joining two quilt alongs?  

And I told myself I wasn't going to join any this year until I had all my unfinished quilts completed.

That worked well :)

Inspired

I had to take a picture of Sage's hair this morning cause just look how cute, I think it's so inspiring!

Kinsley did her hair, it's so cute to watch oldest sister do youngest sister's hair.

Speaking of being inspired.  You may have noticed I haven't been around here much.  In all honesty, I haven't felt like or been inspired to blog.  Life is busy and I have had other concerns to take care of.  I don't think I could ever entirely stop blogging, but I do think it will be less frequently.  I blog for myself and to connect with others, I don't get payed for it.  This month I will have been blogging for 4 years, I spent some time last week looking at some of my beginning posts and I had to laugh at some of them.  I am glad I have improved my blogging skills some :)

Anyways, I hope you are having a lovely week.  Ours has started a bit rough, Casey had a not fun day at work yesterday and Kinsley was throwing up last night, not sure if she is sick or if it is allergies to something she ate, I am pretty sure she is allergic to milk, but now I am also wondering if she could possibly have a wheat or gluten allergy also.  Fun, fun, ha ha.

Here's to hoping this rough start will smooth itself out :) 

piles

Piles is what describes everywhere around my house as of late.  The above pile is a pretty one at least, a batch of dish cloths waiting to get the rest of their tags.  I have other piles, like dishes, and laundry, and toys, and piles on the kitchen island.  And piles and piles of cut out sewing projects.

I haven't been getting much done for the past two weeks, I have been sick with a cold turned sinus infection, I think I am finally on the mend though, still sick, but feeling more like myself.  So, this finished project makes me super happy.  Being sick and not feeling like doing anything but napping and playing Dr. Mario on the Wii kinda drives me nuts.  I like getting stuff done so when I can't I kinda feel useless.

I have some fun news! I get to sell my things at Fleaology on January 21st!
it's located at
Olson's Garden Shoppe 1190 W 400 N Payson, UT
10am-5pm

New Years Clearance sale + extra coupon for you!

I decided to have a little new years clearance sale.  MOST of my shop is 50% off.

Someone buy this skirt it is my fave, if my girls didn't have so many I would keep it for them :)

A party on your bag!

Whooo wants to do some baking?

Plus!  Just for you my lovely readers, I have created a coupon for an extra 12% off in celebration of 2012.

Enter NEWYEAR12 where it says apply shop coupon code.

Now go forth and snatch up some super good deals!

Happy New Year!

Updated to add: coupon code will be good until January 20th.

My blogger's choice fat quarter bundle

I seen that Amber entered into this contest, and I wanted to join in on the fun too.
So here is my fat quarter bundle:

Fabrics:

Impressions Green Delhi

Pajama Party Orange Pinstripe

Folk Heart Teal Teardrop Floral

Girls World Vibe Fuchsia Paula 

J'Adore Stella White Birdcages 

Grand Bazaar Melon Sultan's Heart 

So Sophie Gold Tapestry 

LouLouThi Shadow Framed 

Lark Persimmon Kasbah 

Black and White Movie Tickets  

Brown Herringbone Stripe

Floursack Green Round Leaf Floral  

Solids:

Michael Miller Venus Cotton Couture Solid 

Michael Miller Starfruit Cotton Couture Solid  

Michael Miller Fog Cotton Couture Solid 

Last minute shopping?

Just wanted to let the Utah peeps know that if you are doing some last minute shopping, I have my things set up at V Chocolates in Holladay, along with some other artists.

4601 Holladay Blvd.

hours: 10am - 7pm  all this week!

wrapped

 These are a few presents I have wrapped so far.

  I always forget how much fun wrapping presents can be, even though it takes forever.

I used yarn, bits of fabric, twine, paper doilies, and plastic spray painted animals.

My favorite part about them is the spray painted animals.  I got the idea for those here on She blogs She blogs.

Almost O Christmas tree

 This is our Christmas tree.  Can I tell you how much I love it?   Ever since I seen something similar in the Anthropologie window a couple years ago, I knew I had to have Casey make me one someday.  Today was the day, and I am in love with the outcome! We had zero budget to buy a Christmas tree, so we decided it was time for the wood one.  We got all the wood for free, it use to be some sort of crate for something my Dad bought.

Now to figure out how we are going to decorate this thing.  I am almost tempted to leave it plain, but I think my girls would be sad.

P.S. Casey put it together inside the house and it barely fits out the front door, good thing too, it was kindof an afterthought :)

Last two shows of the season!

The Traveling Trunk

The Beehive Bazaar

I am super excited for these last two shows, I can't wait to see all the amazing handmade things.

You know what else I am excited for?

Getting back to normal life, not this sew every second of every day and night.

And maybe I can get some Christmas decorations up too :)

And clean my house.

And help finish cleaning up outside from our hurricane winds that we had last week, 102 miles per hour.

We lost part of our tree in our back yard, some shingles, and part of our fence blew down, but besides that we are okay and feel blessed, and we weren't without power as long as others.  I'll share some pictures next week of some of the crazyness that was the street we live on, completely blown over 100 year old trees.

Anyways... If you are local come check out one or both of the shows!  I am going to be on the lookout for stocking stuffers at both of them.  I am sure I will find other things that I feel need to 

come home with me too :)

I hope you are having a lovely week!

A bag

 This was my sewing summit swag bag.  There is a contest to decorate it or repurpose it into another bag, just as long as it was still a bag.  I decided to decorate mine.

 I used new and vintage fabrics, lace, rick rac, pom poms that I made, and some embroidery.

I am excited with how it turned out and can't wait to use it.

Plus it gave me a little break from the whirlwind of sewing that I have been doing for holiday shows, it felt nice to make something for myself :)

Holiday shows this week!

First up is Jeni Gochnour's Holiday Art Show.  It starts tonight and goes till Thursday.

Here's the address, I am not sure if you can see it well enough on the invite.

Holladay City Hall 

4580 South and 2300 East

Then Art Market starts on Thursday and goes till Saturday.

I have plenty of things for gifts or yourself, as do all the other talented artists at both of these shows.

Shop Handmade this Christmas!

Events for the week

Nalisa Dunford's Christmas Show is on Thursday and Friday.

Bijou Market is on Friday and Saturday in Provo, and also next Saturday in Taylorsville.

This blog may just become an event announcement arena for the next little bit, I am up to my ears in projects, my house is a disaster area, this is my life right before the holidays :)