A July Project

I celebrated the 4th of July this year by finishing an unfinished project. I thought my project for the day was going to be sorting through all my fabric and organizing it into new little plastic bins. But I found this cute "America" I had stitched from who-knows-how-many-Julys ago in a bin of red, white and blue fabric. So instead of "organizing" it into a new bin, I sewed it into this wall hanging. I think it turned out to be a pretty fine way to celebrate a "too-hot-to-go-outside" holiday!

A June Project

On June 23, 2011 my Aunt Roma, who is my Mom's sister, turned 90 years old! We were invited to a birthday picnic for her the following Saturday. I really wanted to give my aunt 90 presents, but since I didn't know what she might want or need that I could afford, this is what she got. . . . . . a thought-a-day for 90 days!

I found 90 little thoughts or quotes and matched them up with a little Mary Engelbreit picture. After they were all typed and glued onto scrapbook paper, I took them to a copy shop to have the spiral binding attached. Just in case I'm not alive to make you one of these books when you turn 90 years old, here are my top ten favorite quotes:

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back

and realize they were the big things."

"A small house will hold as much happiness as a big one."

--early American proverb

"Learn that nothing very bad or very good ever lasts very long."

"Wear a smile and have friends, wear a frown and have wrinkles."

--George Eliot

"Enjoy when you can and endure when you must."

--Goethe

"Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have, or sleep all you want."

"Remember that triumph is just a little "umph" added to "try"!"

"Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more;

whine less, breathe more; hate less, love more;

and all good things will be yours."

--Swedish Proverb

Don't forget little kindnesses and don't remember small faults."

--Chinese Proverb

"It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice."

Craft Catch-Up

I'm itchin' to do another project, but remembered I haven't shared my last projects yet. I did a super cute felt name for Sarah's baby shower. Hayley shared this link with me for the idea. Super easy!

And I finally finished LuLu's vintage baby quilt, the pattern was a gift from Hayley and cute fabric from mom who bought it in St. George a year ago when we were hoping my bun in the oven might be a girl. Also fairly easy, I can handle sewing in straight lines. And the finished product, uber, duber CUTE!