New toy

I got this Big Shot on sale at Jo-Ann's. You have to buy the dies, but it's pretty neat. 

One of the first ones I bought was this owl and I used it to make Millie's birthday shirt. She's having an owl birthday party. 

And I'm using wonder under to attach it. I just cut out the 1. 

Random finishes

My first monogram. I need to work on the zigszag stitching. I experimented a little and found a way to make them shorter. 

I love this quilt, but I can't measure and it turned out a lot smaller than I intended. I love the blocks and the colors. I intended it to be a wedding present, but I don't know if I want to give it since it's so small. 

Tote bag mania

For my mother-in-law for Mother's Day

This is a cross stitch that I finished a long time ago and didn't know what to do with. I found some coordinating fabric and made a big library bag. 

This is for my daughter's soccer coach. 

My mother for Mother's Day. 

And the other side. I messed up the A a little. 

More kitchen stuff

I love my vegetable kitchen. It's all done now and I love the green and looking for more vegetable stuff to go in it. 

I found this set at a garage sale for $5. There were 3 different sizes in a great red in great condition. I took them home and added chalkboard paint for a label.  

I found this on Amazon after seeing a smaller one at Big Lots. I probably could have made it for cheaper, but it's really a striking piece. 

I love this wallpaper border. It's perfect. 

I made this. Not great, but I couldn't find vegetable letters in either pictures or graphics, so I made it. 

Aggiecon

Pictures by the bluebonnets

Dread Pirate Mommy

Fairy Princess and her security guard. Scott came up with their costumes this year. I thought it was cheesy, but it was well-received from the audience. Millie was so funny. Scott had a ear bud in his ear like a Secret Service agent and she found it. He switched her to the other arm, but she kept peering around his head to find it. 

Millie and PawPaw

Parties

Millie at a park birthday party on St. Patrick's Day

Millie with her cousin at another cousin's party. They were bouncing on the trampoline. 

Same birthday party. Bailey turned 3 and is almost as big as 6-year-old Grace.

St. Patrick's Day party - Cousins Millie, Gracie and Brady. And me, Auntie LuLu

Me and Millie at the Heritage Festival

Millie bouncing on the trampoline. 

Happy Girl

Kitchen redo

So "redo" may be doing it a bit brown. We're painting. I don't know why, but I just want a green kitchen. So we sampled and searched until we found the right greens that we love. Scott did a ok job for an amateur painting it. We used the blank wall by the refrigerator to make a chalkboard wall. I have better pics on my phone, but it turned out really well. I think we're going to do the chair rail in a bright red and I ordered a red vegetable wall paper border to go around the cabinets. I think we're going to paint the cabinets a light minty green. We were going to do the chair rail that color, but we didn't like it. We haven't made a final decision on the cabinets yet. Small steps. I think I want a green tile backsplash, but we're not there yet. I'm just so pleased with the green. I have been and I will be looking for antique vegetable stuff in reds and greens. I hope next week we'll get the chair rail painted and the wall paper border up.