Exciting news...and lots of pictures...

...I just opened up my very first Etsy shop! 

LadyFaceQuilts is my shop and you can visit it here!!

I have 3 baby quilts listed and 8 unique I-Spy charm packs of 56 5" charms. 

I've been working on these baby quilts in my "spare time" and have really enjoyed making them.  I hope they find good homes and get snuggled up!


In other news I must thank you all for helping me through Matthew's broken elbow.  I so appreciated each of your comments and thoughts, it is so great to have you all as a sounding board and support team.  I am so glad to be a small part of this online community and to have all of you as my internet friends :)

Matthew is getting used to his cast, and we slept a lot better last night than previous nights.  He is moving around and seems to know his way around it, how he can move it and how he can't.  We even went outside to do some bubble blowing today and he was very careful and enjoyed the exercise. 

I'm transition-less here but I wanted to share some pictures with you from the past week or so.

 For memorial day we had to go look for a new router thing for our internet problem and detoured at Old Navy.  Matthew got a hat and styled it himself like this.  Adorable.

 Abby got sunglasses and I found pants at a smaller size (yahoo!).

 I got some fabric back from the I-spy, dot and stripe charm swap and Abby helped me arrange them. Meaning she insisted on laying them out after I sorted them.  I like that she enjoys it anyway!!

 These yo-yo's were much easier to do than I thought, and are for the Traveling Circles Bee.  It was their April block but I was able to snag a spot in the Bee early in May and got to do this one also!

This is what I'm mailing out today to my secret partner in the

My little monkey is going to be ok!! He got 3 pins in his elbow and is going to have a cast for a while but he did great!!

Even the Dr's and nurses were impressed with how well he did at the hospital. He has to stay overnight for observation and can come home in the morning!

What a day...Thank you all for your support and kind words. It meant a lot and still does. Thank you!!

I love being a mom.

what the heck wednesday...?

I was getting ready to write y'all a post this morning and WHAM.  An unexpected emergency. 

My husband took the kids to the park this morning and Matthew fell off one of the swings and hurt his arm.  There's no blood and no bones sticking out (that is what I told the nurse on the phone a moment ago) but it looks swollen and dislocated.

So, Ben dropped Abby off with me and rushed off to the Dr.'s to see what's the matter.

I'm being updated by text message as I type and now they're going to get an x-ray as it could be a break and need pins (I want to throw up).

This is the first serious injury we've had in our parenting career of 3 ish years and I feel totally sick.  I talked to our little guy on the phone and he was hurting so bad and being so brave...I wanted to cry and hold him and make my arm broken instead. 

If this is how I feel about a broken arm (or whatever it turns out to be), how am I going to handle all the other stuff that comes along with raising children that will also rip my heart out?! 

Now, I know he will be OK.  It will be fixed and he will eventually not be hurting anymore.  It will pass. 

But, I was not prepared for such intense emotions to come from this, mom-wise, you know?   


...deep breath...


How do you other mom's handle this?!  I feel like a total rookie again...

I do not speak computer...

...or internet.  I let my husband figure that out.

We had some kind of internet issue this weekend and it was terrible.  I hate it when invisible stuff (like the internet) breaks. 

And after an entire (long) weekend of trying to talk to the internet, some ridiculous people who wanted to charge us $140 before we could even talk with them about how lame their router is, two trips to Idaho Falls, and two different mac airports later.....we have wireless internet again.

I don't really even know what some of those words mean...It's just not what I do...

I am not one of those super knowledgeable 24-year old hip kids that knows technology...I just know when it works and when it doesn't.  Holy smokes. 

Ben did a dance when he finally got it to work :)

Anyway. I am here and will be catching up soon! I hope all my new friends hang in there with me, I promise things are going to get pretty interesting. 

June is shaping up to be a lot of fun.  And if I can find my brain, I'll be sharing with you!! 

I hope you all had a great weekend!  We finally have sunshine again and I'm going to enjoy some leftover watermelon for dinner!! 

TGIF again?

I honestly can't believe how fast this week has gone by.  It's been odd as we haven't been extremely busy...it just went...too fast.


I didn't get much handwork done this week but I do want to show off someone else's, and show you what I DID get done this week (I'll do better next week, promise!!).

I got my key fobs made for my partner in the RATZ swap (Rapid And Tiny Zakka) and I was surprised that these also weren't as scary as I thought.  I hope my partner likes them!

Then wait 'till you see the key fobs I got in this swap!  These are from Marika (check out her blog here) and they showed up yesterday.  They're pretty amazing.  She really did wonderfully and I had a hard time keeping my kids away from this elephant!! Yes, it has a button eye on BOTH sides and can you see the handstitched flower on it too?!!  Kill me.  It's too great isn't it!

I finished up my project for the Modern She Made swap and got it mailed yesterday!  Here's a couple peeks.  I did do some hand stitching on this that I think turned out pretty well.  This was my first time using embroidery floss to hand quilt something so it was also a chance to learn some things-thanks for all your helpful needle advice too!!

 I love this ribbon.  I got it in another swap and have been keeping my eyes open to try to find more like it and haven't yet.  If anyone knows where I could find more of this let me know!! So cute. It might just be my favorite part!

And there's the whole thing!  It's a mini-quilt and a set of 10 napkins... I included some extras that I hope my partner will like and be able to use in future projects :)

And finally I was able to do a little bit of hand sewing for myself (sorry, didn't get a picture).  My husband and I have been getting the TV show "Twin Peaks" on Netflix and so we stayed up way too late watching it last night.  The show was too crazy to look away from so I only got a few hexagons made, but every little bit helps right?!

Has anyone else watched that show before?  If you like Psych, you'll probably find it funny and ridiculous and maybe a tiny bit awesome.  Maybe.  It also creeps me out a bit so we had to catch up on Modern Family after it was over so I wouldn't have nightmares...don't tell anyone...I am easily creeped out...

Be sure to head over to Katie at There and Back to see what everyone is working on in the Handmade Parade!!!

We have a winner!!

And if it's not you, I'm sorry.....blame my kids.  They wanted to help out so we pulled the two winners out of a hat!  They loved it.

There were 34 comments/entries into my first giveaway (amazing!!)!!

The lucky winners of the Quilt Blocks charm packs are #22 and #29!

It was ridiculously hard to get pictures of them holding their numbers...goodness were they excited!

#22 - rachael  May 18, 2012 6:46 AM

my favorite thing at this *very* moment is that i'm actually catching up on some blog reading ;)

#29 - twelfthzodiac  May 18, 2012 8:21 PM

Favourites...there's a cat curled up on my lap right now...she's a favourite for sure :)
I have been keepin an eye out for this line, some really cool prints in there!

Congratulations!!!  I'm sending you both an email so as soon as I get your address I'll send you your charm pack!!  

I really want to thank all of you who entered!  It was so fun to read all your comments and hear what your favorite things are!  I love this online community and am so glad to be a tiny part of it!  

I can do one stitch pretty well...

...but that's about it.

When my new blogging friend Katie of There and Back told me about her new Friday linky party The Handmade Parade (awesome idea) I was excited to be able to see all the great projects she would come up with, and all the great projects all you other talented people are working on.  Seriously there is a whole lot of skill I've seen with a needle and thread that I just drool over!!

I think this will be fun for me in the goal category.  See, I know how to hand-quilt, I recently learned how to do Hexagons, and I own a book about embroidery...that's about it!  I haven't learned any fancy stitches but that's what I like about this online community.  I can get ideas and resources from all of you!!

I thought I'd share what I do have that I've stitched myself, because recently (this week) I have been doing a little handwork!

I made this pouch for a friend's birthday on Monday and hand appliqued the hexagons to the front.

This wasn't too challenging for me, though I did once forget to take out the paper from the hexagons until it was a tad late, so it was a good learning process for next time.  I love the texture and dimensions they added to the pouch and will probably be making another one of these soon for myself :)

I'm also participating in the Modern She Made swap over on flickr and have been working on something for my partner.  I don't want to show too much of it to keep a little bit of a surprise for them but I've added some hand stitching to it and I really like the way it looks.

I used DMC floss for this and I tell you what....I HATE threading needles with this stuff.  If there was someone who would thread needles for me I'd hand stitch a couch.  Really.  Anyone have tips on threading needles?

That's what I've got to show off this week :) Be sure to head over to Katie's and see what everyone's got going!  It's pretty amazing...you will be VERY inspired!

(if you're looking for my 50th post giveaway you can find that here - open until Sunday night)

P.S. I am absolutely loving hearing all your favorite things!  You are all so sweet, I really appreciate your comments and kindness.  Brings a smile to my face every time!  Thank you!