Sara Blossoms Giveaway

LOL, after reading that title and realizing I just posted about boobs, this could be very interesting!

*(I added giveaway right before posting)*

No, it's not about personal stuff.

Not today.

Today is about the pretty little things I've been making.

 I found the tutorial for these and had to try making them. This was my very first. The fun part was using fabric I already had (I make baby lovies. Silky on one side/flannel on the other) then going to the craft store and picking out beads for the centers.

Oh, I burned my fingers a few times but after awhile I got in the zone.

I got a sweet invitation for a Valentine tea over a a friends house.
I'm am so excited to see everyone!
She told us to make Valentine's for each other.
So here are my Valentine's for my girlies! (Close your eyes if you're reading this any of you!)

 Platium blossoms for the strongest sister-friends I know.

Of course since I have a daughter, I had to make something for her too.

She couldn't decide on a color so I came up with this:

And this...

 

This one is for me...

I have a few more to make yet.

Since Valentine's day is coming up, I thought I'd share a little love with you too!

Leave a comment on this post or email me and I'll send you a blossom.

That's a pretty sweet giveaway.

Pass it on, let's see how far it blooms.

What's new?

This last fall Rob and I joined a small group. We are starting a new study.What drew me to this study was that I could not think of anything that I would change. I mean YES I'd pact my bags and see as much of the world as I could and money would allow, but who would I want to reconcile with, how would I act differently knowing I only had a month to live?

I pretty much say things that I want to say now. I pretty much feel like I love on those I love. Would I play more with my kids? No, I do that already, I think if anything I'd spend more time "training" them. Or making videos for them to learn from when the time is right. Making Mac and cheese, or my chocolate chip cookies. Teaching Nina about being a woman, I can't do THAT right now or in a month, she'd be scared to death...

I am curious to see what God reveals to me through this study. If you know me at all, you know I will have this study done in the thirty days, even though the group is breaking it down and wil actually take us four months to get through. I can't help it. Give Sara a task and she needs to get it done.

Strive for perfection much?

And speaking of perfect. Do you remember when I showed you this?

I have been working on it, slowly, for me. I am loving how it turned out. I am no master craft sewer, you should have heard me on the phone talking to a seamstress about having the quilt meandered. (Is that even a word?) ANyway she kept asking me about size and measurements and I was like "I don't know, it's this much." holding up fingers or arms in apporximent size. Yes I know she could see me, and I should know how to read a ruler but I don't work that way.

So I pasted on the $45 meandering stitching and sewed it how I know how to do it.

I think it turned out perfectly adorable!

Not too bad for a girl that doesn't own a ruler!
Okay I do own a ruler I just use it to cut straight not measure!

I can have equal pieces the same size, lay them out and they look great. I go to sew them together and sure enough something doesn't line up, so I make adjustments. I will never win a sewing award, unless it is for matching fabric that I think I may have a shot at.

Hear is the back side, I tacked it together.
With the remaining fabric I made two "lovies". Flannel-ly soft elephants on one side and silky grey on the other. OOH I love lovies. Both my kids had them and continue to ask me to make them more.
What made it extra fun was just before I started sewing, Chris and Stacey decide on a name for the little guy. So instead of thinking baby boy, I got to think about his name. Which I'm not giving away. Not yet at least.