Quilted Pillows Using Dainty Blossoms
If you haven’t had a chance to check out the Cutting Corner, you are really missing out. It’s a blog sponsored by Riley Blake Designs with all sorts of free tutorials and patterns. I just found this darling pillow tutorial using my Dainty Blossoms™ fabric line and had to share. I myself have yet to [...]
First of the Year
It’s a couple of weeks into the New Year and it feels as if the busy from Christmas never really ended. I’m hankering to slow down, and with my little sis in town and my own health a little down, I’m planning to get a little more rest over the weekend. I’m sure you’ve noticed [...]
Happy Holidays
Wishing you the most wonderful holiday season and with hopes and wishes for a beautiful 2012! Thank you for being a part of our lives! XOXO—Carina, Josh, Siri, and Felicity
Pinfeathers Fabric and Sweetwater Frames Giveaway
Monday morning after a long weekend of fun (tomorrow I’ll post about it). But for now, I wanted to help you win some more fabric and a lovely frame from Sweet Water Frames. On the giveaway table today is a full fat quarter set of Pinfeathers Peacock Blue fabrics (9 fabrics in all) and Sweet [...]
Winners of Baby Safari and Giveaway for Dress Up Fabric
Thank you to everyone who entered the Baby Safari Giveaway! Reading what everyone was doing this holiday season was so inspiring and touched my heart! I had a horrible time deciding, and I implore you to continue to enter the giveaways during this month since I wanted so badly to give every one of you [...]
Giving
It’s November, and I’ve told myself that this year the holidays are going to be a little different. Instead of the rush, rush, rush, I’m hoping to really live in the present this holiday season and remember to be grateful for what I have. I’ve cleared out my schedule of any “hard” deadlines and while [...]
Red Blanky
I’ve been working in an amazing mess, but finally the shelving is up so I am no longer walking on fabric. And yes, that sewing machine is sitting in it’s new spot, but no, I cannot show you anything else because the mess around that one spot is in-cred-i-ble. Seriously. Plus we’re only in phase [...]
Just Testing
My favorite little testers did a run-through of the painting portion of my Spraguefest class. Results: If the testers can mix colors correctly, than so can Spraguelets! However, I refuse to give Spraguelets a bath after said painting mess.
John Denver
I’m allowing myself a personal moment. I can do that on my blog, right? Yesterday at the library I happened across a John Denver CD. I haven’t listened to John Denver in an age, but it always reminds me of the huge music book we had sitting on our old player piano growing up. So [...]
Playhouse to Clubhouse
We got a Costco playset in April, which has kept my kids outside most of the summer. I had this idea that I was going to make it more of a “clubhouse” by making curtains for it. Fast forward to yesterday (aka 4 months later). I picked up Amanda’s red polka dot laminate at Riley [...]
Summertime Fun
Some of the things we have been up to: The day before Fourth of July at Grandma Mary’s for dinner and sparklers Bike parade and backyard birthday party All braided up for a hike up to Silver Lake This manly guy wearing a pink backpack. And the adventure to get out of the canyon (we [...]
Pulled Back
Last week I went to a party and decided that I might as well try throwing my hair up. Confession: I hate doing my own hair. I purposely have long hair so I can pull it into a ponytail everyday if I need to. I love doing Siri and Felicity’s hair (when they let me [...]
A Little More Conversation
I never get to post on my blog as much as I’d like to. That’s sad, because there are always so many fun things humming along in the studio! Sooooo, my amazing assistant Susan and I decided it might be fun for you to check out some of our projects in process. We’ll both be [...]
A Bit Ruffled
…in the best way possible of course! Susan says I get bonus points for the pom poms on top (They are kind of hard to see on the top of the lamp in these photos). This lamp shade is a breeze to make. I think I got the shade from IKEA (a couple of years [...]
Riley Blake’s 80s Party
Crimped hair, jellys, and awful blue eye shadow…classic 80s. Here we are on our way to Riley Blake’s 80s party. My brother-in-law said that Josh looks like Glenn Gulia—the resemblance IS uncanny. I haven’t posted for a while so here’s a few things going on: + I have been working hard on Art of Digital [...]
Our Family Photoshoot
We did our extended family photoshoot on Saturday and they turned out beautiful. The lovely Heather Telford shot it for us—no easy task with so many kids. It was a beautiful day (thank goodness)! I can’t wait to see all the photos. Tomorrow is the start of my Quilt Market fiesta! I promise lots of [...]
Easter Sunday-A Week Late
I’m finally getting around to posting photos from Easter. I’ve been making models of our first line of sewing patterns because the first samples I made are my girls’ favorite to wear (and therefore not suitable as models due to the daily wear and tear.) Here they are sporting a couple of the sewing patterns [...]
Flissa’s Birthday Bash
My baby turned four yesterday! Because it was Easter weekend and spring break, we celebrated with an Easter egg hunt and pizza party in our backyard. My good friend Emily, offered to make this amazing bunny cake {see photo below} (“I want a BROWN bunny, mommy,” says Felicity) and sweet little strawberry cupcakes. It was [...]
The Biggest Bubbles
One of our neighbors, Joe, brought over a monster bubble maker yesterday. Joe made it for a Science Olympiad at Weber State (where Joe works). It is completely shocking to see a bubble that big! I’m not completely sure how Joe made these bubbles, but the “bubble maker” is made from two golf clubs (that [...]
A New Headband
Unfortunately, this photo doesn’t do it justice (That’s what you get when you are trying to take a quick snapshot at night using a mirror!), but I wanted to show you this adorable headband. It is seriously sweet, and I won it at a church auction from one of my dear neighbors Brittany Moffet. Other [...]
Green eggs
The St. Patrick’s Day leprechaun brought us a very green breakfast this morning…green milk, green eggs, green pancakes, and um, brown bacon (I guess I blew it on that one). The kids were unconcerned that the bacon wasn’t green (wheww!) and thrilled with the green breakfast, the green pins I let them wear, green flowers [...]
Emily-happy
That’s right—I’m obsessed with the TV show The Bachelor. I held my usual Bachelor finale party (food and anticipation in tow), and was a happy camper tonight when Brad picked Emily. Yes, you can write SUCKER on my forehead…a sucker for reality TV. Anybody want my party leftovers?