We Will Always Remember

Friendship Bag Received

Babs over at crazylady quilts was my secret partner and she sent me a very pretty friendship bag with some matching goodies. A decoupaged picture frame for that very special picture of Punkie (which I have already set up in my sewing room) and a covered journal. She also sent me the rest of the fabric strips that she used. I think I'm going to make another one OR use the strips for another project. I'm undecided but I love my goodies. I have hidden my pretty little bag out of sight of Amelia. I'm afraid she will claim it for her own; as she often does and I want to keep this one! I'll just have to make one for her!


Thank you Babs!

I have to get my bag into the mail. I don't know why I'm dragging my feet. It's all done! Just have to pack it up. I also have Thank You cards to get in the mail for all the gifts Punkie received at her party. I'm dragging my feet with that task too.

I did a bit of sewing yesterday. I started on some Christmas gifts and worked on a version of the Mill House Inn tote that was featured on the Moda Bake Shop blog. They are very pretty (I'm making 2 so far)! I need to make one for myself. My yardage should be delivered today so hopefully I will have some time this weekend to continue working on them.

Enjoy your day!
Jen :)

You know what I just realized....

My 1 year blogiversary was here and now it's gone! I started my blog on September 4th last year. Wow. I think I need to do a giveaway but I'm not prepared. Maybe I'll roll the blogiversary giveaway in with my birthday - which isn't until early October so you'll just have to wait. :)

Stay tuned!

Enjoy your day!
Jen

What I've been working on

I've been working on little projects. Instant gratifications. First up... my friendship bag swap. It's very cute. I made a tissue packet holder/cover for it and I added two fat quarters inside. I MAY make a key fob too but not sure yet. I hope my secret partner likes it. She had no preferences for colors or whatever and her blog... she speaks more about what colors her 13 year old daughter likes versus what her likes are. So I'm going out on a limb with my bag.

A couple of pillowcases for Punkie. I bought these as kits from the quilt shop I visited in Texas. They are very cute and the brown and blue one is being used right now.

And since my husband was feeling left out, I made him two pillowcases for him when he's working nights at the firehouse. I covered both his skills - construction and firefighting. They were a big hit when he brought them in and I need to make another firefighting one. There is a mentally challenged gentleman that visits the firehouse every Saturday and hangs out. The crews give him small jobs to do and he (Mike) enjoys being there. He saw Chris's pillowcase and really likes it. Chris asked if I could make him one. So this weekend I will head back to the store to grab more fabric and make another.

And yesterday, I made myself a pot holder/hot pad. Just messing around with some fabric that I bought over the summer. It's cute. I'm debating about making more and give them out as Christmas gifts. Everybody could use new pot holders. LOL.

I love the ant fabric on the back!

Sharon did an awesome job quilting my sister in law's quilt and I've been working on getting the binding sewn down. I have a side and a half to finish and then I will take its picture. It's awesome and I love it now. Very happy looking!

That's all from me today.

Enjoy your day!

Jen :)

With This Ring...

Today is my 5 year wedding anniversary. We got married here at home in the yard. Before Chris and I got engaged, he requested that when we married that we do something outside and casual. I agreed. I'm not much for "stuffy" anyway. But I DID wear a wedding dress. I wasn't going to but my dad wanted to see his only daughter in a wedding gown. Our wedding party was "dressed up" but our guests had on casual attire. Everything from sundresses to shorts. Chris and I ended up changing into comfy clothes and partied the night away.

It was a great party; us and 200 of our closest family and friends. LOL. And that guest number is not inflated. We had a LOT of people here.

People still talk about how much fun they had at our wedding.

I love you honey!

Here's to many more years together!

Jen

I Got Mail!

Well, well. What do we have here? Hmmmm. The back of the envelope is sure decorated pretty.

What can it be? Recipes??

OH WOW! FRANNIE's Favorite Recipes!


She even wrote me a note inside.


Oh you bet, Frannie! I will enjoy your favorite recipes for sure! I even have the first one that I'm going to try all picked out already!

Thank you for thinking of me! You are very talented and crafty. Just like Mom. I'm jealous. I'm no good with paper crafts!

Thank you again!
Jen

Back to School

Monday was Punkie's first day back to preschool. This will be her 2nd year of preschool. Next year, she's in kindergarten. I'm not ready for that just yet! Since our preschool program is within the elementary school, they follow the school calendar and Amelia had the summer totally off.

I think she was a little nervous going back to school because Sunday night, she did not get to sleep until midnight. We were both a bit tired Monday morning but she transitioned very well her first day and enjoyed herself. As she puts it, she is now one of the "big kids" in the class. Last year she was the youngest as she turned three the day before school started.

Here are a few pics of her first day.

It was (still is) chilly Monday morning so we threw on a fleece jacket.

I could not get a nice smile out of her inside...

Walking into her classroom...

Writing her name....

All done!

She truly surprised her teacher when she held up both her hands, showing 3 fingers on each and said to her teacher "3 and 3 is 6!" Her teacher was VERY impressed.

My Punkie Pie is a GENIUS! LOL!

Enjoy your day!
Jen