I LOVE Doing These...

I love coming up with ingenious wedding gifts, not the boring towels or pots and pans. Ever since my two daughters started making these magnet boards, I have fallen in love with them. So I have another opportunity to make one for a young girl who is getting married that I was a youth leader to. The best part of making one of these is buying the paper and coordinating it all. They all turn out so differently. The magnets even match!

(A close-up of the pretty papers and fun magnets)
I have another girl getting married the middle of August, so I'll post that one too. She is getting one herself. It makes a great place to put all of those wedding announcements you get!

Lost Pictures...

Sorry I've been gone for so long. Between having grandkids all month of June and a quick trip to the beaches of Carlsbad, California where I grew up, it's been pretty crazy, with no time to blog. At least it wasn't my top priority. I looked through my camera disk and found these pictures. I must have forgotten about taking them, because this project has been done for quite a while. I still have to have it quilted, but it's pinned and ready to go. Just a fun tabletopper that was fast and easy... I love those kind.

I love the cream in it. This was done with a "Tranquility" charm pack.
And of course, I am incorporating the scraps into the back. I'll post the finished product when I get it back from the quilter. She's been out of the hot Nevada heat and up to her cabin in the Utah mountains for the last 3 weeks. I have a pile stacking up just waiting for her...

Flannel on the 4th?!

Well, here it is the 4th of July, one of the hottest days in Nevada, and I finally got my flannel quilt done. I guess I'll be saving it for a few months before we start using it regularly. Actually, the kids just got back from the pool, and there's nothing like cuddling up in a new, soft blanket. I figure that we won't have to wait long after all...
I especially love the back all pieced together. I don't think I will ever use just one piece of fabric for my quilt backs, as long as I have scraps to use. I love how the different fabrics tie everything together. There's also nothing better than washing and drying a new quilt for that soft, snuggly, warm feeling.