Girls just wanna have fun!!

Swapping Success!!

Friday night we gathered to exchange our Apron we have been making. We had fabulous food at Carrabas, then exchanged names and opened our new Aprons. Because of poor lighting, and not adjusting my camera, some of the pictures didn't turn out. But here are a few that did.





Sew Much Talent!!
Here's the list of who received from who.
Recipient -- Designer
Nikki -- Linda
Sara -- Leslie
Linda -- Nikki
Jewelia -- Sara
Leslie -- Jewelia

It was such a fun time, I say next time we do bags!!

Nikki and any others.
Here is the link for the fabric flowers. Sorry, You'll hve to cut and paste. My link isn't linking.

http://www.gonetoearth.co.uk/primrosecorner/2009/03/tutorial-fabric-flower-brooch/

http://blairpeter.typepad.com/weblog/2006/03/fabric_flowers.html

One more for the mystery bag sew along. She also has tutorials for other bags.
http://lolaagain.blogspot.com/

Upholstry 101

Hurray! They are finally done. Two years ago I picked up some free chairs in hopes that I would recover them. While Chris knew it was going to be one of my projects never to see the light of day again, I just needed some time to research. So here are the before and after pictures of My Chairs! Note if you don't recognize seeing these before, you're not mistaken, they have been hiding in the shed the past 2 years.
Before...

After...



By far the hardest part was picking the fabric. Bringing home swatches from the store only to see that ones too formal, too plain, not the color it was in the store, or nobody else liked it. After several trips we found the right one.

Another Great Portrait From Boone!!

You may remember a while back Boone did an awesome portrait of his dad, well now it was my turn. In sharing time yesterday they were discussing the role of the mother in the home, then they wrote a little note of appreciation for her or drew a picture for her. I received a lovely letter from Maddy and a drawing from both Ben and Brady, but when I unfolded Boone's I died laughing and couldn't wait to show Chris. His reaction was the same.

Hope you enjoy!!


Now honestly, Is my smile that big? Do I really have that many teeth?
But I do love the necklace he gave me. Love you Boone!!