Rock Picture Frame

So I've been wanting to make some picture frames that had rocks on them and I finally got around to making one of the kinds I want...  This one was made by buying a cheap wood picture frame ($2-$4 at most craft stores or IKEA) and then applying a layer of rubber cement or crafters glue.  Next you just start applying the rocks ($1 for a bag at the dollar store or about $10 at the pet store for the aquarium kind) in what ever pattern you like.  I like the random look, so I just grabbed them out of the bag without looking.  Takes about 2-4 hours to compeltly dry depending on the type of glue used.  I thought it turned out really well and I can't wait to put some lakeside pictures in it of Cody and Christopher together!!!!  What do you like to do with rocks???

1st Easter

So, this year was Cody's 1st Easter and he's such a lucky boy because he got to celebrate it 2 days.  My mother found this little suit for him and I LOVE it!!  He looks sooo handsome.  I had to pin up the legs because it's for  3-6 month old, but hey he can just grow into it a little longer right?  We have a wedding to go to later this month and he'll look so dashing in it!!  For Easter this year the Easter Rabbit got him a very special gift...  I had been looking for a bible for him for a while and hadn't seen anything that I really liked, then two weeks ago, bam.  So for easter he got a plush frog, a puzzel box with 4 different barn animal puzzles and a Baby's Little Bible with his name inprinted on the cover.  I love it.  As soon as I showed him his basket, I read the story about Joshua and the booked called it "The Walls Fall Down". He completly stopped talking and just sat staring at me while I read the story, After wards he just sat smiling. =)  Oh how it warmed my heart....

Cody also recieved a different plush frog from his great grandma Matheny and some toys and cloths from his Grammy.  He is such a lucky boy to have so many caring people in his life.  We are TRULY blessed!

Egg Tree

So I ment to post this last week, but got busy with getting ready for easter and entertaining.  I put together this Egg Tree with some branches from a neighbors down tree, moss, fake eggs and a vase I had from our wedding decorations.  The whole set up cost me $10.  Not bad.  I thought it looked alittle whimsical and fun. Hope it inspires you for spring!!!  Enjoy the BEAUTIFUL weather!!!!! =)

Ben Franklin Classes

So, I had mentioned that I teach at the local Ben Franklin store, so I thought I should add some photos of some of the projects that I teach there.  You can turn almost any kind of beading into not only jewerly but also functional items. Just use your imagination.  I love beading and learning new things.  So if there's anything that perplex's let me know and I'll have a go at it. =)  I'll add more projects another day! Hope your day is going SPLENDEDLY!!!!!!!!

Mountain Men

Okay so I know that this not a craft, but this is a rambeling so........ deal with it. =)  I took this photo back in the beginning of November when Matthew came home from seeing family around the country (he had been in Afganistan for a year, so was ketching up with everyone).  I thought it was funny that both Chris and Matt wanted to let thier beards grow out.  Matt started growing his out in August and Chris in the end of September. Unfortunatly Matt had to loose it because he had a job interview and drill on the horizon. This photo was taken about an hour before Matt shaved it off. =) Gotta love the guys, but I do have to admitt that I was glad when Chris shaved his off too.

Past Baby Quilts

I was going through some of the past quilts I made as gifts for our friends's little ones and these were some of my favorite ones.  I made each one based on the sex, what the theme was and tthe pattern I picked out of what I thought was fun.  I know that all the little ones like them because they would all smile and drag them around the house when they became old enough. =)  I hope all the parents liked them as well.  One time I couldn't tell and the parent didn't even say thank you.  Guess some people just don't know how to be polite or how to exspress themselves.  Anyway I hope you like what you see!! =)

This one I made for my husbands friend's girlfriend.  Baby Lucy was due in a week and I had thought to make a quilt just big enough to use in the car seat and something that could later be hung on her wall as decoration cause you know how us girls like decor! lol  When Lucy was too old to use the quilt I gave her mother, Kristal, some quilt hangers that matched.  Hope she keeps it for when Lucy has little ones of her own...

I made this quilt for the son of another friend of my husbands, Mark.  He was turning 4 or 5, I can't remember but I did write the date and his age on the quilt label.  Mark's favorite movie was Cars and he loved ANYTHING that had to do with the movie.  His father is also a dirtbiker and they spend a lot of time around the sprint car race track, so I went with a checkerd flag theme with Cars prints.  The back was a collage of Dirtbikers doing stunts.  Perfect size for the couch and as one of my co-workers said "it's the PERFECT blanket for a teenage guy to keep in his car to snuggle under".  Marks mother told me later that he was sleeping under it every night.=:)

I made this one for the same friend.  Her little girl, Suzanna, was turning 1 so I made her a big lap quilt that she can use for years to come.  I thought to go with a simple girly theme as her mother likes pink and little girl things.  You can't quite see it in this photo, but the light blocks are also 9 patch squares, just with light pink and cream.  I thought the contrast from dark colors and light was eye popping and I just LOVED the Amish stars.  If you look close you'll see a modified "Around the World" pattern, from the center block out.  Hope Suzanna likes it as she gets older. =)

One of my coworkers had a little girl, Reagan, who was turning 1.  I was sneeky and had a friend/fellow co-worker give me the extra fabric that they used for the curtains in her room, it was the orange print.  Karla liked the new contemporay prints and when she was pregnant she went with bold colors because they didn't know what they were having.  Surprises are fun and this one blew Karla away because she had no idea that I was making her little girl a quilt.  When I brought it into work to give it to her, Karla started bawling and couldn't stop hugging me thank you and saying that she hadn't found any blanket that she liked for Reagan.  I'm told Reagan drags it everywhere around the house. =)

I made this quilt for a co-workers sister, who was having a little boy.  She said her brother-in-law was a homofob and absolutly had to stay with blue and yellow for the colors.  She didn't know what theme her sister had picked out, so we decieded to go with dinasors.  I found this adorable baby dinasor print (the white print) and went "perfect!!".  This was just a simple block quilt that measured 40in by 50in.  Not huge, but hey it was for a baby.  =)