Happy Halloween!

Just had to post these photos of my two nephews, Nolan and Dylan...dressed up as baby owls. So sweet! Happy Halloween!

Z is for Zain

Congratulations to my friends Karishma and Shez on the arrival of their beautiful baby boy Zain! "Z" pillow made from green wool felt, blue cotton checkered fabric and gray corduroy. I used scrap fabric for the owls. Gray wool felt was used for the belly. Name stamped using Hero Arts alphabet stamp set.

Happy Birthday x 4

So many birthdays today that I had to do a blog post about it. Wishing my dad, big sis Niki, dear friends Andrew and Matthew a lovely day! P.S. the birthday banner was made using some scrap watercolor paper, awesome Elvis stickers, some alphabet stamps, and divine twine.

The Perfect DIY Coffee Table

First of all, please excuse my lack of posts the last couple of weeks. In between work, a couple of short trips to Portland and Los Angeles, I sort of abandoned my poor little blog. Since I haven't had time to work on any exciting projects, I thought I would write about this amazing DIY table by Sylvia Song! It's definitely the next item on my "things to do" list. I've been in need of a coffee table for years now, and this is THE one. I'm gonna head over to Ikea this week to check that they have the table top, then I'm gonna order the hairpin legs here. Photo credit: Sylvia Song

Peanut - the wee elephant!

I finally had a chance to make Peanut, the wee elephant! The pattern is from Last Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson.  This little guy isn't perfect (it's a good thing you can't see his under side!), but he turned out pretty darn cute. The embroidered letter "E" stands for Evan, Rance's newborn nephew.

P.S.  If you have this book and are thinking of making this elephant, the first part of the sewing instructions is a bit confusing! Read the comments on this discussion thread and it should help clarify how to sew the belly. Otherwise you might end up sewing the legs together like I did the first time around!