2012

Confession Time

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We have lived in our house for 13+ months. We are the first owners and it was brand spanking new when we moved in.  That isn’t the confession, the confession is that we have done almost ZERO decorating in our house during the last 13 months!  There were a lot of expenses that never occurred to us when we bought our home…like window coverings.  There weren’t even BLINDS when we moved in!  That was a fast $3,000!  We moved from a 1,400 square foot one story home to a 2,600 square foot 2 story home – we didn’t even have a bedroom set for our master bedroom – hello IKEA!  Needless to say some things have just never been taken care of, partly out of laziness, partly because I really hate decorating, but mostly because it is a brand new home and if it has involved making any kind of hole in the wall I have shied away from it.

Yesterday that all changed thanks to the wonderful help of my Father-in-Law – our master bedroom finally got CURTAINS!!! Which means I am no longer waking up at the crack of dawn (literally). The window on the right faces East!  The quilt is my original design and please don’t judge the pictures on the ground…I swear they will get hung up someday!  I really want to get a table for our little seating area in our room, either that or bring up the Hope Chest from California that my mom said I could have…

The only problem is that there are three small windows behind our bed that are still uncovered. I’m not quite sure what to do with them, and now that all of the other windows are covered, I do really want to do SOMETHING with them, I’m just don’t really know what. I’m totally open to suggestions, and from the expression on her face…I think Anne is quite shocked they are still naked!

Oh yeah, and no judging my Target bed set – the king size Swoon quilt is a work in progress!  The goal is for it to someday take up residence here…you know when I have spare time to work on it – LOL!

And now for the gratuitous cute picture of Anne – because I really can’t help myself!

If you haven’t already, make sure to take a few minutes to go enter to win my first ever custom fat quarter bundle!

The Fruits of Our Labors

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8 delicious pounds of freshly picked strawberries!

We started off the day with Anne wearing a perfectly darling outfit (that she picked out), nice and clean and bright yellow.

We got to the strawberry farm, picked up our baskets and headed out on a tractor ride out to the field – Anne was so excited about the tractor ride – and is really looking forward to pumpkin picking now because I told her she gets to ride one then too!

Here she is with her granny – she was so tickled!

Here she is after with our haul! Gotta love the strawberry stains up the dress – which did NOT come out in the wash by the way 🙂  Oh well, guess I will use more stain stick next time!

I don’t know why, but I just think this is the sweetest little picture of her…

Here she is celebrating all her berries on the tractor ride back. These are my hubby’s parents, affectionately known as Granny and Poppy.

Needless to say there has been a whole lot of berries consumed in our house this weekend, and even more have been frozen for smoothie drinks later!

What did you do this weekend?  Check in tomorrow to see how my father-in-law helped me give my home more of a “lived in” look!

If you haven’t already, make sure to take a few minutes to go enter to win my first ever custom fat quarter bundle!

Linking up with Plum and June!

4th of July Giveaway from Contemporary Cloth

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Happy 4th of July! This day is of special significance to my family. My husband is currently serving overseas to protect our freedoms and our independence, which is exactly what this day is about, celebrating those freedoms.  In honor of my husband and with the help of Sondra from Contemporary Cloth, I have put together my first ever fat quarter bundle. It is called BitterSweet Bundle #1 – it is a combination of Kaufman Fly Away and Kona Solids.  It is currently available for purchase AND 2 lucky winners will each receive their own bundle!

I know what you are thinking…this is the most unpatriotic bundle you’ve ever seen. Let me explain.  When I think of freedom, I think of birds, flying high in the sky without a care in the world. They have absolute freedom. The kind of freedom I hope my husband and his fellow soldiers are fighting for.  It represents the kind of freedom I see in my daughter when she is dancing in her playroom with her arms thrown up and her eyes closed tight.  This is what I will be celebrating today, that type of freedom and the strength it took 200+ years ago to fight for it.

This bundle is the first of many that Contemporary Cloth and I will be putting together for you.  Sondra carries prints and fabrics that I haven’t seen anywhere else and I am going to try and put together a bundle a week – time permitting. Each of these bundles will be unique to Contemporary Cloth and will be a mix of solids and prints.  I am really excited about this new adventure with Sondra and I hope you all will be excited to see what we come up with.

Please use the Rafflecopter below to enter the giveaway and I hope you all have a happy and safe Fourth of July.

 

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