{happy may day}

"Spring's last-born darling, clear-eyed, sweet, Pauses a moment, with white twinkling feet, And golden locks in breezy play, Half teasing and half tender, to repeat Her song of "May."” 

~ Susan Coolidge

{happy weekend!!}

Wishing you all a blessed and relaxing weekend with your dear ones!

{memory}

Well, I think we are on Project 5 now...I have been so busy with so many non-crafts. Mostly sorting and packing (less than a month now, SCARY!!).

When I was making Jack's baby quilt, I came across this post from Purl Bee, and knew that I just had to make a memory game with the scraps! So I did!

Now that I am making William's quilt (pictures coming somewhat soon!), I have a lot more scraps. So I bought some more of the same felt and got to work! This is what I made this time:

Added to what we had from last time:

And we are all ready for my little guys to be old enough to play a memory game.

All I had to purchase was the felt - so I sprung for some high quality wool felt. Six sheets at $2 each...out of pocket expense: $12 (and I still have 2 sheets left for when I accumulate more scraps)!

{sweet baby boy}

In case you hadn't heard - it's another baby boy!!

Meet our son: William James, expected September 5th!

{Christmas in April, project 4}

This project has been sitting on my dresser to be completed since before Christmas!! And it is finally done!

I wanted to create a nativity that would be friendly for little hands to touch without looking necessarily childish. The 2011 Christmas issue of Life:Beautiful magazine {I just love this magazine!} had a pattern in it for a cookie nativity. A cookie nativity is decidedly not a little hand friendly type of thing, so I modified it to be my own.

I copied the cookie pattern onto cross-stitch linen, and embroidered it with DMC floss and DMC metallic thread for some extra sparkle. 

I did end up lining it with fusible interfacing, just so that the stitching would be a little bit more secure, and also so the stabilizing plastic canvas would not show through.

My wonderful Dad made me a beautiful walnut stand for it. I am so excited with the way it all turned out and I think it will make a lovely nativity for my little guys.

It was a bit hard to photograph, it is so 3D in person. Total out of pocket costs: $3 for more interfacing. Hours spent working on it (this week!): around 10, but so worth it. 

The Bethlehem buildings are my absolute favorite.

{my Redeemer lives}

"On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright, the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, 'Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; He has risen!' " 


Luke 24: 1-6

What a wonderful thing! My Redeemer is victorious in death!

A very blessed Easter to you and your dear ones!

{an Easter gift}

I am so excited to share this post with you and with the Dear Lillie Easter Link Party!

Every Monday I meet with a fabulous group of ladies for some girl time. I thought this week I would bring a little Easter gift (that did not involve candy!).  

I had everything for the boxes already: pre-fabricated boxes from Paper Source, little brads, a black ink pad, Martha Stewart stamps, a stamp block, and Bic markers (I ended up not using the markers). 

Because I did not want to use any sort of grass or filler, I stamped the inside of the boxes for a little extra sweetness. I had some leftover tea lights in glass holders (all from Ikea), from a bridal shower I had given for a friend. They were tied with some perle cotton.

I made the white linen flower pins using an article from my favorite magazine, Life:Beautiful. This particular tutorial is from the Spring 2010 issue. (This is the only magazine I keep every issue of, and I would highly encourage you to look it up!!)

I love the results and think they would be darling as a place setting for an Easter get-together!!

This is a continuation of my  previous series, and is Project 3 in the lofty crafty goal. The only thing I purchased was one-half yard of white linen for the flowers: out-of-pocket expense: $5. Total time on this project: about 2 hours.

I am also linking up with the lovely Dear Lille and their Easter Link Party!!!