poppytalk: rainbow

for poppytalk’s summer colours week. from my flickr.

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Out of the entire color lineup, I was most excited to see everyone's summer rainbow finds!

{see all the summer colours HERE}

And I was also super excited to share my latest obsession: oldschool friendship bracelets!

Been stash-busting all of my embroidery thread using this tutorial.

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And in true friendship bracelet fashion, I'll be sharing these with my bff.

Tell your wrist to get excited. ;)

etsy inspires

With valentine's on monday, you could have these etsy items rush delivered to your house. Or, you can do as I do, and use etsy as a mega inspiration search site for handmade holiday ideas to try at home.

Let's see... paper, paper, paper, thread, felt.

Make it or buy it... either way, they are too fun to pass up!

tiny stitches

hello, tiny mickey hats...

...meet my tiny needle and thread.

embroidered initials finished. tiny hats packaged and mailed off to hawaii. :)

30 years

"You can find out how old a tree is by counting it's rings. Trees add one annual ring per year. The good years and the bad (based on moisture, warmth, support and nutrients) are seen and measured by the relative width of the rings." -Google search

Happy 30th anniversary mom and dad. You've bloomed a beautiful tree.

embroidery project, once again, inspired by miniature rhino.

hoops

Kept busy last week growin' a belly and whippin' up stitches...

Divot- always sleeping with his tongue sticking out.

Spent the 6th weekend in a row sleeping over and visiting my family and Jeff's fam.

They conveniently both live in the same town.

But we're taking next weekend off, and staying HOME!

Before we're gonna be there every weekend again between Thanksgiving and Christmas. :)

Went to this beautiful bride's shower...

And celebrated Jeff's grandmother's birthday.

Now it's time for me to take advantage of the nap time quiet and start a new project. I have a fresh bag of JoAnn's hoops, fabric, and thread from this morning's trip over waiting for me on the table.

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copy-catted heart hoop from this etsy shop. :)

safe and sound

We're back!

Got in late last night and are fully enjoying the lazy vacay recovery today.

From Orange County, CA to Portland, OR and back... I've seen it all now.

And enjoyed every minute of spreading the giant map across the dash and fumbling to fold it back up, just like the movie roadtrips.
Everything I had hoped for. :)

We did half the trip with Ewan, half the trip without, took a ton of pictures, and have a lot to share with family wanting all the details. And I won't deny or disappoint, it'll all be here. The blog is most fun way to share with everyone, and to keep memories in order in our little digi scrapbook here.

Alrighty now, the plants need watering, the mailbox needs emptying, the carpets need vacuuming, the car needs cleaning, the bags need unpacking, the dvr needs watching, the pantry needs restocking, the pets need loving, and the pictures need downloading time.

So happy to be back! So happy it's Ewan's regular scheduled naptime right now. And so happy to catch up with all your haps since I last read your blog. :)

one last thing to leave you with

Before I go, I thought I'd leave you with a little something yummy and little something pretty.

Remember all those blueberries?

When we weren't eating them by the handfuls, their juicy sweetness made for some yummy muffins.

We've also been eating a lot of oven roasted, brown sugar peaches, a la mode. Um yeah, yum.

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Now, here's the pretty...

We celebrated my niece's FIRST birthday today!

And I made her this. And the inspiration came from here.

I have a love/hate relationship with embroidering...

love to do it, hate that the perfectionist in me is never satisfied.

But I love this one, and so far Violet has gotten all my best work. :)

I am grabbing whatever thread I have left to bring a little project for the long car ride we'll be startin' tomorrow. :)

Now... see you in 2 weeks!

moving

I'm quietly making these felt fish during Ewan's nap

when I really should be packing!

We're moving! Again. :)

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This ups our moving total now to:

6 rentals,

in 6 years,

in 5 different socal cities!

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So, while we're moving out and settling in and transferring utility services...

I'll be going dark on here and FB for a while.

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Now, time for me to get back to packing up the gypsy wagon to hit the road on Friday.

See you all soon!

polaroid valentines

Sewed felt ones, that is.

Each one unique and special in it's own way.

Translation: no pattern = lots of flaws and variation.

And made with lots of love.

Translation: made with lots and lots and lots of love!

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Happy Valentine's Day!

xoxo

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polaroid idea references: elsie and etsy :)

green and pink stitches

I embroidered a stocking and hat this Christmas...

...for these two cute cousins. :)

Getting excited...

Working on some last details for Ewan's party,

including his handmade-by-mommy birthday shirt!

.But I had to stop...

I just couldn't resist his cuteness on the floor!