Here's one for family:)

The newest little mail deliverer!

Cedar Island Mail Courier.... Dad's retirement fund!!!!

Roman blinds

My first attempt at Roman blinds!

I thought I would start with an easy one.. the bathroom!

Here is the quilt I made for my husband for a house warming gift.

We found this kit in our local quilt shop and we both fell in love with it.

So in typical fashion, with more than I can manage on my plate... I took on the daunting task of "whipping" together a queen size quilt while packing and staging a house!


Much to my surprise, my husband had no clue I had taken on the challenge until he opened his package at our "house warming" party :)

I think for a little while I will stick with my little one blankets and gifts! And leave the big ones to the professionals!

Seat rescuing

This was our first order of business when we moved in! It was so musty and made us cough. So the day we moved in I made a trip into our "local" fabricland!

Here is our kitchen bench seat before and after.

It is my first ever attempt at re-upholstering. I used a fake leather in a nice neutral color.

It took a little over and hour. It was close to wrapping a gift really... except using a staple gun instead of tape.

2 years Old!

A birthday cake... yep one amonth for the first three months of the year! Sadly no more cakes until June:( And even then it usually ends up being a chocolate fondue! August I guess is REALLY the next cake month for this family!

Our two year old is really into the old caroton Blue's Clue's So I found some pictures of some cakes and thought I would modify it and use ice cream as the body of the cake. So I made a cookie crumb base and layered chocolate ice cream with skor bars crushed in the middle ( provided by the Bulk Barn which is great for pircing when it comes to crushing skor bars!) with vanilla on top and covered with tinted whipped topping.

I priced it all out and found that it was comparable with purchased ice cream cakes. It was alot easier than a regular decorated cake but took two days to make. I thankfully found all the ingrediants on sale so it was cheaper, but otherwise it would have been the same. keep in mind our wasn't decorated, so to decorate would cost more.

The toes were oreo ice cream sandwhiches covered with the same as the cake.

It was greatly enjoyed by all!!!! We all agreed that it tasted better than a purchased cake. But I think it has to do with the fact we put in the middle our favorite chocolate bars!

newest blanket

Well here it is! This has to be my fav! It is sooo pretty but I can't decide what color the backing should be.... Pink or Green!

So please leave me your thoughts:)

Here are some pictures of a blanket I made this past summer for a friends friends baby girl.

The light green squares are a beautiful chenille.
The rest of the squares are a light-weight cotton flannel.