yesterday was isaac’s last day of school before christmas vacation. or i guess, “winter break”. anyhow, they had a gingerbread house making party and i got to go hang out with iike and 16 of his best buddies while they crammed as much candy onto a feeble graham cracker structure as they possibly could. rewind […]
lidbom family christmas.
we had our christmas with derek’s family on sunday. his sister’s family spends christmas with the dad’s family, so the best day to get together was nine days before christmas. although, i’m not complaining. i kind of like spreading out the toy influx. the grownups sat at a fancy pants table with fine china. the […]
christmas cookie elves.
last weekend, i gathered up mountains of flour and butter and sugar and chocolate and sprinkles and went to work baking cookies with (and mostly without) the lid kid elves. i started out making cutout sugar cookie dough. anna was quite helpful (she just ate sugar, mostly). isaac was not interested. they proved to be […]
zipper pouch swap.
just got home from our triad modern quilt guild christmas party. we had an ornament exchange and a zipper pouch swap. and lots of food and fun, of course. first, i drew kim (the incredible bag lady and amazing quilter) johnson… i was intimidated and at a loss for what to do. i knew she […]
a zipper pouch christmas.
i made a zipper pouch for derek’s mom for christmas. we exchanged gifts with his family earlier today. so, now i can post pics here. without further ado: found the totally perfect chick text print while in the mountains last weekend. didn’t notice until i started working on the pouch that the fabric also had […]
owl friend.
on thursday, a friend came over so i could “help” her make a handmade owl for her niece. i ended up kind of taking over the project, mostly in the interest of time. but, here’s the final product… she loves orange, so we used my favorite fabric from field study. (and then i immediately went […]
winter mountain visit.
last weekend, derek actually took a day off and we headed to the mountains of the boone (and banner elk and blowing rock) area. we mostly lounged around our little condo for friday, after taking our sweet time getting there. (we stopped for some shopping and lunch). on saturday, we loaded up and headed to […]
some pictures
christmas lights. ike received this card from his gal pal, penelope. birthday party shenanigans. chick-fil-a cow crowns and candy necklaces. with grae and daniel. a third reader in the house is seriously decreasing my workload. thrift store chuck taylor haul. for me and ike.
miscellaneous fabric adventures.
so, i’ve been sewing a little here and a little there. it’s hard to keep up with on the blog because some of it is top secret. and some of it seems to small for a dedicated blog post. so, here’s a random mish-mash of what isn’t top secret. sort of. i made a few […]