Giddy Up Cowgirl!

I saved this embossed leaf paper from K & Co. for YEARS waiting for just the right photo to use with it. I took a regular photo and used photoshop to give it that "aged" look. Also used fabric photo corners from Martha Stewart to keep with the vintage look of this page. The copper metal embellishment was another one of those items I've had forever, and it looks great here!

Autumn Page

This was a really simple page to do, but I love how it turned out. One of those beautiful fall printed papers you're not always quite sure what to do with. This photo fit perfectly with a couple mat layers. You can't quite see it, but I sponged the edges of the torn layer with some brown ink to add a little more dimension. More pages to come!

Sweet Baby

This is my niece at 6 months old. I love the jacket she is wearing, because I too like to wear my leopard print accessories. I used Ashlyn's Alphabet for her name, and the heart came from Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. This was a fun page for me to create. The scallop under the ribbon was Creative Memories Scallop Circle Maker.

Cute as Can Be

I was at a scrapbooking crop Friday night and all day Saturday. Wanted to share some of my completed pages. The one with this post is my niece Rylee. I had tried several times this day to capture a nice smile, only to get some form of goofy expression from her. This shot was taken after she had made some more silly faces and as she headed towards me and the camera she gave me this nice smile right at the very end of her approach towards me. I used the Storybook Cricut cartridge for the swirly shape behind the photo. The only other embellishment I did was stitch around the outer edge with white thread.

Quilting Again

I started quilting again after at least a six year absence. I don't consider myself a "quilter" by definition. This project, a t-shirt quilt, is only my third project, the first two being small crib size & wall hanging sizes. I learned to do embroidery and cross stitch in grade school from my grandmother, but have taught myself the quilting process by reading books. Of course home ec class in junior high school gave me the basic sewing machine skills, but I'm no master seamstress either.

I know I still have a lot of room for improvement. I am just now understanding why you really need to press your seams and still mastering my own unique quilting stitch, which is a form of what is called the "stab" stitch, not as common as the standard quilting stitch. Some day I'd like to master that as well, but it feels so odd for me.

I'll post more photos as I get closer to being done. These t-shirts are from my fifteen years as a Willmar Jaycee. I didn't want to get rid of them, but didn't wear many of them at all. I'm recycling and preserving fond memories of my years as a Jaycee.

My next quilting project after this one I hope to be a denin quilt using my old jeans I've been collecting.

Back to sewing

My craft project this past Sunday. Finally got one thing off my "to do" list. It's called a Sweet Treat Bag after the HoneyBun Fabric by Moda used to make it (just 10 strips of fabric 1.5" x 44").

All machine sewn except the button and velcro closure for the flap. This was something I picked up at the Bug Bee Hive weekend scrapbooking retreat back in October after watching the local quilt shop (Sweetwater Cotton Shoppe in Paynesville, MN) bring one of their samples with that Friday night to show us. The kit cost $6.00...I just had to buy some fusing, the button and the velcro, so it was an inexpensive project, and wasn't as complicated as I thought it might be.


I don't do a lot of sewing, but when I saw the finished sample I had to give it a try, and for $6.00 I wasn't going to be out much if I ruined it.

Here's the link to the PDF for the instructions...http://www.unitednotions.com/fp_sweet-treat-bag.pdf

Scrapbooking Armoir for Sale

A work center built by my husband out of oak - it is currently unstained. Two piece unit: top unit is 23" deep with four shelves. Inside shelves are adjustable to any height. Shelves on right side of door to hold craft punches or other items, dowels can be used for ribbon spools. Pull out work table can be put away with your project/scrapbook left as is until you can return to it - 40" wide and 24" deep.

Bottom unit of armoire has side doors that retract into unit. This unit is a closed floor style. As you can see the bottom is raised off the floor. Price starts at $1200 for unstained armoire, without bottom drawers. It also shows a separate set of drawers that is optional to purchase for $600, unstained. It has 16 drawers to hold 12 x 12 papers/scrapbooks/tools - sizes range from 1" to 5" deep. Can stain for additional fee if requested.

Overall unit dimensions 48" wide, 24" deep, 68" tall with top and bottom sections for easy moving.

Please contact me if you have any questions or are interested. Live in Minnesota and may be willing to deliver depending on your location, or possibly meet halfway, etc.



This is my armoire where I work on my crafts. I love it because I don't have a separate room to do my crafting, so this looks beautiful near my dining room when not in use. I can also leave my works in progress on the pull out worktable and not disturb anything when I need to put it away.

This is the open floor style bottom. As you can see, I have wheeled units I can roll in & out when I'm crafting. This style starts at $1000 unfinished and $1400 stained.