tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77046491530316992332024-03-13T04:01:26.871-07:00blessings and blossomsLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09346752400425433335noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704649153031699233.post-8785632606956706452016-08-06T16:37:00.001-07:002016-08-07T06:16:00.929-07:00watch those sewing machine needles, ladies!<br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />
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ha! yep... if you step on one, it might break off in your foot so deep and near a bone that you have to have same day foot surgery to get it out! true story... one that happened to me, just a couple weeks ago!<br />
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very painful and quite nauseating even when I still think of it! ewwwwwww<br />
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Here is Zach, who helped me the whole day! the needle happened about 6am ish and surgery didn't happen until 530 pm, Zach is a great son, helped and stayed with me the whole day, we played words with friends back and forth in the surgery center for over 2 hours waiting for the surgery :)</div>
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yes it was my right foot, the one I push the sewing machine pedal with but I did learn to control it quite well with the left foot ;)</div>
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slowing down sewing for others a bit and the break has been nice, just working on the home and some quilts for me :)</div>
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my friend Di has enabled me once again doing English paper piecing (yikes!) started a few! love this line "Little Miss Sunshine"</div>
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She also shared a quilt she did and of course, needing to start another quilt before I have the other 9 finished, I feel compelled to copy hers so now I am compiling fabric for it ;)</div>
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- a couple blocks of my Marmalade flower girl quilt</div>
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- do a bit more on the Vintage Picnic Irish chain</div>
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- do a couple farm girl blocks</div>
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I will close with a picture of Ellie Mae. ya know.. I have owned so many dogs in my lifetime and she is the most talkative and most weird dog ever :)</div>
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<img align="left" src="https://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Premades/New%20Premades/Amelie/Signature-6.png" style="border: 0;" />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09346752400425433335noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704649153031699233.post-20687222938538064782016-07-15T19:16:00.003-07:002016-08-06T16:38:48.285-07:00what I am working on now <span style="font-size: medium;">just a post to get my blog going again ;) (common words said around here on this blog! haha!) thank you to my friend Diana over at <a href="http://www.dianagibbs.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Stamping With Di</a> always encourages me to blog.. so I am officially doing it (again!). (ps... Diana does Stampin Up, and if you need any products, SHE is your go to gal! she will take care of you whether you are buying products or if you choose to become a demonstrator, seriously go check her out!) AND if my friend Dana over at <a href="http://stormy-daysblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stormy Days </a> will flip out if she finds out I actually did a blog post!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Thought I would show you what i am working on, I have saved this Flower Girl quilt kit from Bonnie and Camille for years and was fortunate to find it before the prices were crazy on it! FINALLY started it, I have 9 blocks done and just 11 more to go, saying I love it, would be an understatement!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Camille of Bonnie and Camille posted a flag quilt and everyone went crazy over it and she decided to write up a quick pattern for it, I jumped on the band wagon and sewed up my top, pretty darn fast I must say! I am going to piece all the colors from the front to make the backing, my sweet friend Di, who is my biggest encourager and enabler when it comes to quilting :) she gave me the idea :) love ya, Di!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I have always loved the cathedral window block, it has ALWAYS intimidated me terribly until Missouri Quilt Co came up with a tutorial to simplify it, its totally doable and uses a lot of fabric BUT the outcome is amazing! this one will just be a throw size, but I am anxious to work on it! If you would like to see the tutorial, go <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akKU0zg-qaw" target="_blank">Missouri Quilt Co Cathedral Window Tutorial</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I have so many WIPs, its not even funny. I also am starting another quilt with my friend Diane, and then my friend Di, made an amazing black/white/creme/red quilt and I need to copy it, pronto! it will help me step into the more modern side of quilting :) Plus she is dragging me into learning how to do English Paper Piecing (EPP) YES I have several friends (and a sis) named Diane or Diana or Dianne :)</span></div>
<span style="font-size: medium;">so I will share those new quilts next time and also show some orders that I have done recently and talk about my little sewing business soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Good Monday morning!!! its going to be a crazy week this week but I am looking forward to all the adventures it brings! God is so good! This week the sweet gals over at <a href="http://quiltstory.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Quilt Story</a> have their <a href="http://quiltstory.blogspot.com/2015/08/fabric-tuesday-and-some-epp.html" target="_blank">Fabric Tuesday</a> so I want to play along with them, go check out the amazing gals and what they share! I also came across a new blog this week, <a href="http://www.cookingupquilts.com/" target="_blank">Cooking up quilts</a>, and she has a <a href="http://www.cookingupquilts.com/main-crush-monday/" target="_blank">Main crush Mondays</a> gathering and it looks like fun! you can talk about and share what you have a crush on for that week, my crush this week is this vintage patchwork quilt top I made, loving the strawberries, florals, aquas, reds and polka dots I added in... just grabbed some of my favorite fabrics and started cutting 5" squares :) simple but a classic and I love it. Hoping I baste the backing this week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is my son holding the quilt for me, it was pretty breezy this day....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">laughing at this picture! totally cracks me up! Zach is such a good sport ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Been taking on some orders lately too, I have met some of the nicest people with my orders and its been thru word of mouth is why my little business is growing, I mainly sell thru my facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlessingsAndBlossoms" target="_blank">Blessings and Blossoms</a> but would love to start having everything go thru my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/blessingsandblossoms" target="_blank">Blessings and Blossoms </a> etsy shop and build up my sales there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">here are some of my more recent orders, been doing a ton of my cardholders :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do"</span> Eph 2:10 NIV</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My friend and sister in Christ, Claudia shared that verse with me yesterday and I thought it would be a great verse to share today :) If we have our faith in Jesus, we should want to do good works, not that works will save us, because our faith in Jesus Christ saves us but we should show love to others :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">anyways... back to blogging! again.. I have missed it so trying to get back on a routine and I thought what a better way was to jump back in and do some linky parties that I used to play in! Today, Lee over at <a href="http://www.freshlypieced.com/" target="_blank">Freshly Pieced</a> has a <a href="http://www.freshlypieced.com/2015/07/wip-wednesday-handwork.html" target="_blank">WIP (works in progress) Wednesdays</a> I have followed her blog for a few years now and I miss doing her WIP Wednesdays, so today I am sharing my WIP, Its a quilt I recently started, using the Moda Bake Shop tutorial <a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2013/08/fancy-a-jelly-roll-lap-quilt.html#more-1011" target="_blank">Fancy: A jelly Roll lap quilt</a>, that was made by Keera over at <a href="http://livelovesew.com.au/" target="_blank">Live Love Sew</a>, I am totally copying her fabric and everything :) I just love her patterns and tutorials :) so here is what I have done so far... still lots to do but its a start right? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can't wait to finish this quilt... I really like the Happy Go Lucky line and have been hoarding the jelly roll for quite some time :) Go check out the other beautiful projects the gals are working on!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">also yesterday, I went to Flagstaff to go ride the (possible) new horse, Lando! it went well and I am really excited to keep going there to see if he and I will work well together :) that ride gave me a spark back that I haven't had too much since <a href="http://www.blessingsandblossoms.blogspot.com/2015/01/2015.html" target="_blank">Speedy</a> died. :) I get so emotional that I actually have the chance to adopt Lando, what is so special is that Lando is Speedys son! amazing how God works :) isn't Lando beautiful? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">hello blog... hello world! well... really, hello to those couple of sweet people that read my blog! ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">yes its been over 6 months since I posted but we aren't going to talk about that ha! but dang I miss my blog! I do love instagram but still like the more personal feel of a blog. I keep up more on facebook just because I can see everyone there and keep family and friends updated but again, miss my blog always.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">sooo lots of going ons.... lets see....</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">family, doing some garden, loss of dogs :( dang its been a hard year last year of losing animals :( and took in another puppy, yes we are up to 4 dogs! love animals!!! also might be getting a new horse soon!!! I will post another post about Lando the horse, its an amazing story though how God is blessing me! After Speedy died, I just didn't function well... I know so many people will think its just a horse but he was seriously my best friend in animal form :) he helped me function daily and was so good for me, kept me going in ways that were needed weekly. It took a huge toll on me when I lost him. I am getting better though, I still cry over him, I still get mad at times but just focusing on the good memories that God gave me with him has been helpful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">also stopped taking sewing orders a few months ago, needed to breathe and get my house back in shape, revamp my craft room because you could seriously not even walk in there, yikes it was so bad. its not a ton better now but tons of improvements and getting there...just more slowly than I hoped ;) did a bit of sewing for me, felt a bit selfish but gosh it felt so good...really want to get those quilts finished for me and my family and some home decor items for our home. Started a couple new quilts too and have been buying fabric! which is always so much fun! but kind of goes back to why my craft studio is such a mess... keep buying and not enough sewing going on! OOOH! something else I almost forgot... I am doing my first real craft boutique in Dec!!! yikes! super excited and nervous but very much looking forward to it also :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have so many pictures to share but since I can't share them all today I will add this one of my beautiful sunflowers that I planted in my garden :) some of them reached 12ft!!! aren't they beautiful? it was my first time also harvesting the seeds and roasting them! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2014 was a year filled with crazy busyness, hubby had lots and lots of vacation to use or lose and although its nice for him to be home, my time is just not my time and I have been needing my routine. I have been selling a lot of my sewn items, which has been a lot of fun and I have met the nicest people and have been blessed with the little extra income and such so I was pretty wrapped up in that. Oct was very hard , I lost my best friend, Speedy :( one of the hardest times in my life for sure. He knew all my secrets and taught me so much about everything. Not a day goes by that I don't cry for him. I miss him terribly :( I thank God that I have so many wonderful memories with him though and am so blessed he was in my life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Overall 2014 was good and I am totally blessed but I am eager to do 2015 a bit different, Lord willing :) my goal is to get back to my quilting, yes I said that last year and didn't make one quilt :( took on one too many orders BUT I am learning to pace myself and will do it this year! hold me accountable okay? Also joined <a href="http://www.projectleasa.com/" target="_blank">project leasa</a> so sew from our stash! what a concept huh?!! hehe! anyways I have a huge stash so this should be easy :) join in if you want!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have to share my latest apron I made, I picked out fabrics for one for me and happened to show them to a friend and she has been amazing so I made her one to match, well hers is completed, mine is almost done :)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love all cherry/strawberry and heck even apple fabrics and have been hoarding this aqua cherry fabric forever! the Pam Kitty fabric gingham and text are two of my all time favorites for sure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">okay so I am so excited to be finally participating in this years <a href="http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pets on Quilts Show 2014</a> taking place over at <a href="http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lily Pad Quilting</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Let me introduce you to Speedy</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Isn't he beautiful? and look at that sweet face! Speedy is my dream come true and my dream guy :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A lot was going on last year and I was too late making it happen to participate but I wanted to really remember to do it this year with Speedy, thanks to my sweet friend <a href="http://stormy-daysblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dana</a> helping me out! This year was especially important for me to be a part of it, see, 4 months ago, I had a tumble off Speedy (which is not normal for him to freak out but something wasn't right with him) and from that point on, the road went downhill for him, he started getting sick, with a bunch of tests later Speedy was diagnosed with Lymphoma (cancer) :( Right now he is doing good, he is holding his weight, he still acts naughty at times, which is a good sign for him! ha! but its been so hot here in AZ to be able to work him and see what he is capable of, we got for walks and such though and he has been more loveable more than normal ;) which I like!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">anyways, we brought Speedy out to the front yard and he was quite the gentleman and putting up with us taking pictures and laying quilts on him. So hard to choose a favorite, geez I took so many! but thinking I narrowed it down to this picture :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So a bunch of us gals from Di's Country Inkers are doing a blog hop to share some fun projects using <a href="http://www.stampinup.com/home/" target="_blank">Stampin Up! (SU!)</a> items. I decided to share a packaging idea and a tag to go with it, I do a lot of sewing and need cute packaging and <a href="http://www.stampinup.com/home/" target="_blank">SU!</a> has the best products out there to create cute anything and they help me to never run out of ideas :)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This month <a href="http://www.stampinup.com/home/" target="_blank">SU!</a> has a great <a href="http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=113439" target="_blank">Big Shot</a> deal happening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Using some felt and the <a href="http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=129379" target="_blank">Flower Spiral Bigz Die</a> I created a easy flower that has a lot of texture, I LOVE the look of this! anyways, just some cute packaging and just a couple of the SU products, your packaging can become the cutest out there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">and I found the cute strawberry baskets on Etsy a few months ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">if you ever felt like becoming a demonstrator to get those amazing benefits and to have a job you love OR to order some fun new products, shoot me an email at lesliejlz@gmail.com or leave me a message in the comment section and I will get back to you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">anyways, go visit what the other ladies are sharing! Click on the "next" button below and check out what <a href="http://www.stampinonroodfarm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Crystal</a> has to share! go give all the ladies some love!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">this is one of my horses named Speedy, most of you know I call him my dream come true, my dream guy :)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Speedy has been sick for a few months now off and on, we finally received a diagnosis that he has lymphoma :( I was devastated after finding out this horrible news but making the most of my time with him, I haven't been able to go out riding him since I had my tumble off him right around the time he was sick and since he has been more spooky and he isn't seeing correctly out of his right eye so just seeing how he does before I jump back on. If you believe in praying for animals (I do! God provided us with them!) please pray for Speedy :)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">so now onto the topic of what I miss....</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I miss...posting on my blog, drooling over others blogs, being on Pinterest every morning with my coffee and sewing quilts....changing a bunch of areas in my life to make all this happen again! see ya around!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">again, its been forever! I said I was going to do better blogging but I didn't keep it up! well I have some Stampin Up friends that are giving me the push to blog since they are doing a blog hop! yay, how fun, right?!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">remember paper crafting? yes my first love BEFORE sewing/quilting? well, </span><span style="font-size: large;">my good friend </span><a href="http://dianagibbs.typepad.com/stampin_with_di/" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Di, from Di's Country Inkers</a><span style="font-size: large;"> and friends are doing it, so play along and jump from each of our blogs and check out what we created, this months theme for the blog hop is April Fools Day, for me that is a hard one to come up with! I have a sense of humor and can laugh with the best of them BUT coming up with something funny doesn't always come quick or easy to me...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">used the wacky arrow paper also to keep it fun and the inside just says "April Fools!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">so I don't know if you "get it" but by showing you my inspiration card that I saw, I am hoping you will now! ha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">anyways, yes I am a Stampin Up Demonstrator! I love it, joined at first just for the perks but meeting so many fun and inspiring people and hoping for my Stampin Up business to grow!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for taking a peek and don't forget to check out the other ladies!</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.stampingwithdi.com/">www.stampingwithdi.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: large;">Barb
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<a href="http://www.stampwithkathya.com/">www.stampwithkathya.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.stampinonroodfarm.blogspot.com/">www.stampinonroodfarm.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: large;">Mary
<a href="http://www.doggandponyshow.blogspot.com/">www.doggandponyshow.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: large;">Francis
<a href="http://www.soapsandstamps.blogspot.com/">www.soapsandstamps.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">look for more posts coming up soon, I have so many sewing items to share also! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am missing sewing on my quilts! last year I started sewing more small projects to have that instant gratification of completing something in between quilts, I started getting small orders about 6 months ago and haven't worked on a quilt since them, but my focus is going to be my quilting this year after I get my craft room done but still wanted to share this apron and the zip pouch with the matching card holder. I LOOOOVE this Riley Blake Sidewalk line, I have done aprons, zip pouches, card holders and kitchen towels with this line and I still want to buy more!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">had to share my cute little labels, I bought them from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MommieMadeIt" target="_blank">MommieMadeIt</a> on Etsy</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">so whats new, with you few readers of mine? I have missed you! fill me in! with me, lets see....we got another horse!!! his name is Moose, so I have 4 now! Zach is in his 2nd semester of his Sophomore year! where does time go!!! I had my little <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/blessingsandblossoms" target="_blank">etsy shop, Blessings and Blossoms</a> but never got too serious with it because I started my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlessingsAndBlossoms" target="_blank">Facebook business page, Blessings and Blossoms</a> and because I have the BEST customers and friends, the FB page has kept me sewing like a mad woman the last 6 months! so now that it is January, I am slowing down (again!), revamping my craft room with new paint on the walls and purging/organizing! took Jane (my Bernina sewing machine) into the shop for a tune up, just in case and I have been making enough to start my ASL private lessons again! super excited and very nervous about doing it! I learned so much about myself in the past 6 months while sewing for others, I work well under pressure, I can do more than I think I can, I can and need to say no sometimes (very hard one for me!) and its okay to take chances and fail but I can also take chances and succeed! Hoping to scrapbook more, I miss it the most maybe? but also making my quilts, I have been doing so many small sewing projects but making my quilts are going to really be a priority in my life, I recently emailed a friend if she knew of any quilt alongs I could start and after I sent it to her I just laughed and thought "geez, why not finish at least one of the 4 quilts you have started!" I might still start a new quilt while working on another that I already started.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">well I told a couple of friends that I would blog this week, well I did it! (yay me! lol) and it is just as fun as I remembered! need to add a few new blogs I love also! hugs, everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">God is good :) I have had many trials these past few years, who hasn't? some trials are bigger than others, some really seem so tiny compare to others, but nonetheless, they are still trials. One struggle in particular has been going on in my life for over 10 years. I haven't always been so trusting and faithful, I have had my doubts and worries. I know God is always there but in my weak moments, I haven't always relied solely on Jesus. I have some very close friends that have had trials, some that I couldn't even imagine what they are going thru. Especially a certain family, the man is the most God honoring man I have ever met, a very close friend. Why does he go through some major struggles, I don't mean just a little struggle here and there, I mean one major struggle that has gone one for over 5 years, why? when he is so faithful to the Lord? I do know that God has us go through things to help us grow and trust Him more and He always lets us know that He is always there for us. My friend knows Jesus, he has a deep relationship with Jesus, he serves God in everything he does. Yesterday I received a phone call from my friends wife and she wanted to share with me an answered prayer, a prayer that has been prayed for over a year, by numerous people. She was reminding me, even through all their struggles these past several years, that God is faithful, God is always there and gives us exactly what we need, when we need it. I needed to hear this, God is amazing how He works that way, He puts people in our lives to share personal stories with to even uplift us, to help us when we are struggling. I have another friend that is going thru cancer, just recently found out. she also knows Jesus, I am hoping God will use me to help her, I pray that I can be a blessing to her. All this lately has been on my heart, I just want to be a blessing to people, I want my heart to be in the right place and if I commit to the Lord, everything will be fine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">anyways, I know I haven't blogged since Jan! yikes, that was not my intention!!! I know, I know <a href="http://stormy-daysblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dana</a>!I had plans, I had big plans, for blogging, quilting, sewing, etsy shop, my horse riding, my ASL, my this and that! (notice all the "my" "my" "my"? lol too many high set goals, of course life gets busy, struggles come and God has different plans for us and He makes us slow down when we need to, that is exactly what has happened to me, God pretty much said "if you don't put things into perspective, stop worrying/stressing, slow down and stop doing so much, I will slow you down!" I will share more of that in another post...I am struggling with slowing down, I know God is making me, but at first, it was a struggle, I kept acting the same way but then it hits me and for health's sake, I must slow down, I must stop stressing, I must put things back into perspective. So this is where I am, I am going to keep life simple, I really have to watch my worrying/stressing and just trust in God about situations that are beyond my control. I am so blessed that I have some family that is there for me, some amazing friends and a church family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">so what is new with everyone that used to read my little blog? fill me in, let me know how you are, I know I haven't been the best about keeping up with blogs, which I really miss.Since people really don't check here anymore, since I never blog, not sure if anyone will see this post! ha! Help keep me accountable, I am starting a new Bible study, I want to keep sewn items in my etsy/fb page and sew my quilts!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">yes I have been sewing a little, just recently, I have bought fabric, and I have things I want to sew, so expect to see some projects being done!!! My fabric is organized and I am ready! I am often home, being the recluse that I am, but just needed a kick in the face to get back on track :)</span><br />
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<a href="http://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/2013/01/triple-zip-along.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Triple Zip along, with A Quilters Table</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">t-shirt quilt for Zach</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">quilt for Jim (unless I give him the great granny quilt?)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">pattern from a friend quilt :)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">new kitchen table runner</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Buttercup quilt</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">new fabric coasters for living room</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Dream on quilt</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Strawberry fields quilt</span><br />
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<br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09346752400425433335noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704649153031699233.post-85680490953553191652013-01-22T08:08:00.002-08:002013-01-22T12:52:54.901-08:00the swing of things <span style="font-size: large;">phew! getting back in the swing of things and developing a new routine has been harder for me this month, a lot of changes for me but I will figure it out :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">as stated in my <a href="http://blessingsandblossoms.blogspot.com/2013/01/its-new-year.html" target="_blank">new post</a> of the year last week mentioning my goals. I did run yesterday! I took off 7 weeks of running, my body and mind definitely feel it now! I ran 3 miles, it was a slow 3 miles but still 3 miles! lets just say I am a bit sore this morning :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finishing up an apron today and also starting the ever so famous Scrappy Trip Along that everyone is doing! wish I would have started a couple of weeks ago but that is okay :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">while drinking my coffee this morning and reading blogs, I read <a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/2013/01/5-things-you-need-to-know-before-you-begin-your-2nd-term-of-life/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HolyExperience+%28Holy+Experience%29" target="_blank">this</a>. Wow! I love it when God places something in your face right when you need it. If you don't read <a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/" target="_blank">her blog</a>, you really should! a few words really stood out to me today</span><br />
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<strong style="color: black; font-weight: 400 !important;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"You don’t get to make up most of your story. You get to make peace with it.</span></i></strong></div>
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<strong style="color: black; font-weight: 400 !important;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">You don’t get to demand your life, like a given. You get to accept your life, like a gift.</span></i></strong></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Beginnings and middles, they are only yours to embrace, to unwrap like a gift.</span></i></div>
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<strong style="color: black; font-weight: 400 !important;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">You get the endings and you get to make them a gift back to the Giver.</span></i></strong></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">She told herself that, tucking falling strands behind her ear: <strong style="color: black; font-weight: 400 !important;">Here wasn’t a glory to wrestle, but a grace to receive.</strong> Isn’t everything that is good always hard?</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">What if — She let herself <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/113149946/be-loved-8x10-print" style="color: rgb(84, 170, 182) !important; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">be loved</a> whatever way her Lord deemed best.</span></i></div>
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<strong style="color: black; font-weight: 400 !important;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">You’ve only accepted Christ as your Lord without reservation — as much as you have accepted your life as a gift without regret."</span></i></strong></div>
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<br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09346752400425433335noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704649153031699233.post-55521127251131416832013-01-18T20:16:00.000-08:002013-01-18T20:16:10.245-08:00it's a new year!well it's a new year and I want to try to blog again! usually the blog is the first to go when life gets busy. Its a new year, new perspective and new life happenings right? or really its all the same and just making the changes we want to make.<br />
I of course have made my goals...running (and losing 20 pounds), sewing/quilting, scrapbooking and home improvements and my horses, and my ASL and reading more.<br />
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as far as my running goes, I go at it good for months and then all of a sudden I get busy and stop and have a hard time getting started again. For example, this past Nov, I did 2 5k's, I ran one time in Dec and well it's Jan 20 and I still haven't ran. I have a few reasons (don't we all?!!) but I am using Jan as a sort of recovery month for myself, just to get basically caught up in areas, then do a little towards the end of Jan and be going full force by Feb.<br />
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Sewing/Quilting...well I have told a few friends that I want this year to be the year of quilting, I want to do at least 6 quilts this year, might not seem like a lot to some of you but to me it is HUGE. I still want to focus on small project sewing, table runners, zip pouches and handmade items (for Etsy too?), but I want this year to be all about the quilts! I want my quilts all over my home. I plan and am doing a couple of quilt alongs also, or sewing with friends :) I have sewn a lot of little projects the past 2 months, I will share those soon!<br />
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Scrapbooking, I miss scrapbooking badly! Scrapbooking was my first crafty love! I have so much stuff, I am not lacking, I just need to do it! and get more of my pictures organized :) which I think in return help with my scrapbooking. Maybe do a few challenges with friends.<br />
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Home improvements, well the list has been made for all the rooms in the house and outside. The major cleanups I want to do and the improvements, and hopefully buy a few new items for the house (flooring, flat screen, something for the new flat screen to sit on or just be below it!)<br />
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my horses, my sweet and oh so stubborn horse! I want to be riding more! I want to be more confident! I still want to try and play around with barrel racing, nothing too crazy, just have fun!<br />
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my signing (ASL) ever since I stopped taking my lessons and going to school, like the saying goes.."you don't use it, you lose it" I am afraid that is happening, I did talk to my past teacher that I have done lessons with and maybe I can do some more. I also have been trying to practice by myself a minimum 2-3 times a week. <br />
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As far as reading, I want to take the time to read more, I notice I get somewhat cranky when I don't get to dive into a book. Also to be involved in a new Bible Study :) We are back with our old church (it's been 6 years!) and meeting new people, God is good and He works wonders.<br />
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Its all exciting! I think I always feel like a fresh start is good, a time to do better and always to rely on God. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Phil 4-13<br />
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<a href="http://www.stephaniehowell.com/my_weblog/2012/09/byh-september.html" target="_blank">Stephanie over at Just me, my soldier and our 4 little chicks</a> has been doing a Blog your Heart (BYH) posts, since my blogging has been so sporadic, AND I just told Jim and Zach and a few friends that I really miss blogging, I figured I would do a post like this to get a jump start on blogging, might as well keep it real right off the bat, right?!! thanks Stephanie!!!<br />
remember the rules! Stephanie has a nice set of rules if you comment after reading these kinds of posts :)<br />
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1. first off, I am sooo blessed, I have a wonderful husband and son, couldn't ask for better! I have a little peice of land and I have lots of animals, yes I do want more but one acre doesn't hold a whole lot! hubby has a great job and we both like me still being home even though our kid is 18 and just started college, hubby likes me off when he is off, so it just works for us :) of course I get all the questions of what I am going to do with my life and what job I am going to get get since I must be bored to death, ummm NO, I am so super busy and wish I had a few more free hours! :) love my life :)<br />
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2. I am not liking how I am not keeping up on things, mainly my house and yard, I feel things are out of order, if people came over they would think my place is clean but open up the laundry room, the cabinets and the closets, they would know the disarray...<br />
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3. I do not like that I haven't been exercising regulary, first I need to for my panic/anxiety atttacks, the running helps me tremendously, so why have I slacked? also the weight...ugh, these 15-20 pounds feel horrible on me<br />
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4. being a bit bitter at times since having another family member and a baby (love them both so much!) move in with us in our very small home, I want my craftroom back! I am usually never bitter, I feel selfish at times wanting my old schedule and freedom<br />
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5. my worrying....it's getting out of control, from worrying about Zach trying to do school/work/coaching, and money, worrying about my health, and worrying to make sure I have things done, having family move in with us (which is a blessing, I know God is using us). I am relying on God, I guess just not enough...<br />
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6. my level of procrastination is bad right now, I mean I know I have a new baby in the house and another adult and that has been the procrastination reason as of the last month, but what about before that? whats my excuses? running, house projects, practicing my signing (asl), scrapbooking, sewing, etsy shop, blog and organization projects all NEED and WANT to be done :)<br />
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7. I love my 3 horses but ever since I had a near collision, that ugly fear really settled in, it's been holding me back, I can't stand that I am fearful when I try to do new things on the horse I mostly ride, riding my horses is my passion, I pray that God will help me get over these fears, besides that, I am freaking out my horse! ha!<br />
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8. I want and need a church for us, we need to stop church hopping and then not going, I just pray God leads us to one, I wish Zach's college didn't get in the way of his youth group, praying that can change in January<br />
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9. I have lots and I mean LOTS of new fabric and scrapbooking goodies to use up and play with, I am almost embarrased how much I have and haven't used up anything lately. :O<br />
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well those are the biggy, stressful and not so pretty things going on right now but I know I am truly blessing in so many ways! God is good.<br />
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hopefully by Tues I will have a post with sewing or scrapbooking on it!<br />
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Since May...<br />
my son went to a 2nd prom, with a girl we love and that he has known since 6th grade<br />
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and then of course high school graduation (and attended some friends graduation also)<br />
Zach walking in!<br />
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I don't know what he is smiling about in this picture but I am happy that he is so happy!<br />
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we had a nice big graduation party with lots of friends and family (I will leave all those pics out!)<br />
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We added another horse to the family, meet Rip...<br />
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seriously! do you ever say "if I wouldn't of committed to this" or "if I wouldn't of wasted my time" (on Pinterest and words with friends hee!) so on and so on... that you would have half those projects done? especially when you really want to make time for <a href="http://ihavetosay.typepad.com/randi/2012/04/mays-sew-along-project-preview-and-supply-list.html" target="_blank">Randi's May sew along</a> (which I LOVE each month) and now possibly this <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2012/05/small-projects-sew-along.html" target="_blank">small projects sew along</a> and have totally slacked on <a href="http://needles-and-pens.blogspot.com/2011/12/2012-better-home-challenge.html" target="_blank">better my home challenge</a>, which would have really helped me tons if I would have kept up!<br />
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I have attended a good friends adoption ceremony, which was beautiful, I have done some training with the horses but not ridden enough, gone to A LOT of track meets and I stopped being a recluse and finally made time for a couple of dates with a few different friends AND have had to do too many college forms and scholarship applications with Zach, can you believe he graduates high school this month?!! a lot mixed feelings about that.<br />
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have you checked out <a href="http://ihavetosay.typepad.com/randi/2012/04/mays-sew-along-project-preview-and-supply-list.html" target="_blank">Randi's sew along this month?</a> a super cute lap sized quilt! can't decide if I am using white background with possibly oranges, blues and greens? if you know me, I will probably change my mind :)<br />
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<li>frame pouch #1</li>
<li>frame pouch #2</li>
<li>kitchen towells</li>
<li>fabric coasters</li>
<li>kitchen curtain (simple cafe style)</li>
<li>table runner for dining room table</li>
<li>bunting/garland #1</li>
<li>bunting/garland #2</li>
<li>dish drying pad (my dishwasher broke 2 months ago!)</li>
<li>finish up rest of sofa pillows</li>
<li>burp cloths #1</li>
<li>burp cloths #2</li>
<li>pillows for bedroom?</li>
<li>start quilt for Zach (this is big, not small!)</li>
<li>zip pouch office aid #1</li>
<li>zip pouch office aid # 2</li>
<li>zip pouch office aid #3</li>
<li>zip pouch #4</li>
<li>zip pouch #5</li>
<li>kitchen rug?</li>
<li>mothers day gift</li>
<li>kindle case #1</li>
<li>kindle case #2</li>
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also, when I became addicted to Pinterest, I told some friends if I want to spend (waste) time on pinning, I need to actually do a 3-5 projects a month that I pin. I have made 2 meals from recipes I found and then I did this the other night, I love how it turned it, I may need to go find more rocks that we have brought home from various camping/hunting/picnic trips and stamp words on them now! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">very grateful that I have gotten some of my heaing back after going deaf again in my right ear (this is the 3rd time, has this every happened to any of you out there?) very grateful that I know some ASL, I need to be practicing more, I really believe God puts things in our lives over time and this is proof! I am really grateful that I know some people in the deaf community that I know will help me also, what a blessing huh?!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jim has had to be out of town for work a lot this year so far, he can't stand traveling but I am grateful for him being such a great provider and always doing what he can for our family.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Zach is an amazing son, he helps me all the time, he is a super good kid, he is funny and smart and I have had it sooo easy being a mom to him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div> I have so much more that I am grateful for the family that chooses to be in my life, my 2 horses, 4 dogs, 1 cat and fish :) running and the flowers on my porch :)<br />
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I joined <a href="http://needles-and-pens.blogspot.com/2012/02/better-home-challenge-february-project.html">Heather</a> and planned on doing my whole house with purging and organizing a major area each month, I did great starting my craft room, I am still doing ok with it, need to organize some more scrapbooking things and paint it and then I will be done. I am also starting Feb home project, so Iwill have to do 2 this month!<br />
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I had dreams of doing many sewalongs and quiltalongs, which I did start but of course still behind on a few but haven't been actually participating on flickr and such.<br />
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Then I told Zach, my son that I would do that <a href="http://www.londonsrun.org/">10K </a>with him January 28, well in Dec, I ran 1 time, nice huh? January, I ran 3 times, how is that for training for a 10k? the week of Londons run, which was on a Saturday, well the Tues before, I thought (my first mistake!) that I should try to run 6 miles to make sure I could do it, not a smart thing, not to up your mileage from barely running! but I did okay, ran slow and just made sure I could run 6 miles, and almost peed my pants! seriously! well come Saturday, I was a nervous wreck but I promised Zach that I would do it and I did! I ran 6.28 miles, my goal was to do it in under an hour, I passed the finish line in 59.17 !!! that is a 9.32 mile pace, but oh well, could be faster but it could be slower and I am proud of myself for doing it. Zach was so sweet and ran with me at the end, he did GREAT, he placed 3rd in his age group and 13th overall out of 533 people! (I think I placed 181 out of 533)<br />
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Here comes the crashing part, I think I just over did it, running into town with my mom, babysitting, upping my mileage, lack of sleep and trying to do tooo many things, I got the worse head cold, the worst one I have ever had. Its gone now, thank God, it was a doozy and totally knocked me out of commission. God has a way of slowing us down huh? and helps us put things into perspective :)<br />
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All is good and I am back up and running in all areas of my life!<br />
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I made a scallop bunting/garland! my friend Rebecca has a little girl and she likes me lol so I made her a little zippered pouch and the bunting, after I made it, I almost didn't want to give it to her! lol I love the colors I used. I think I am gonna make one the same and hang it in my craft room<br />
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Here is the sweet, flamboyant, very stubborn and onry Cadet. He is a big ol' boy, 17 years old, 16.1 hands and about 1300 pounds! He is a Morgan (old style, from what I hear, I guess Morgans are smaller now).<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And speaking of horses, some <a href="http://trainingjessie.blogspot.com/">friends, John and Ranae</a>, that also do DUH, are now doing Podcasts, go check them out! They are way ahead of us in the horse training area but have definetly been an inspiration to me!</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09346752400425433335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704649153031699233.post-30361529700226980542012-01-10T08:09:00.000-08:002012-01-10T08:09:02.561-08:00Courthouse Steps...a sew along! Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you Eph 4:32<br />
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I feel like I am starting the new year out pretty good in the sewing area of my life, I got a lot of my craft room done (not all, still lots to do) and all my pretty fabric scraps are organized and also my goal of sewing a lot more this year and doing more sew alongs and quilt alongs :) <a href="http://ihavetosay.typepad.com/randi/fresh-squeezed-sew-alongs/">Randi at Fresh Squeezed Fabrics</a> is helping me out on sewing more while I participate in her sew alongs this year, go check her <a href="http://ihavetosay.typepad.com/randi/">blog</a> AND her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/freshsqueezedfabrics">shop</a>. I have never done the block Courthouse steps, so this should be inspiring and fun!<br />
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anyways here are my scraps, we are supposed to pick 3 colorways, I have 4 colors ways though, so thinking maybe I will do a small quilt with all 4 colors OR maybe just stick with the orange, aqua and green? let me know what you think, the orange, aqua and green are my favorites but just loving my grey scraps right now, I think I am thinking too much and want all my favorites in here! any thoughts? I hate to not use the grey but does it stick out too much? I kind of think so...<br />
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trying to play along anyways! I am wanting to scrapbook and sew really badly, my stye of a craft room is being rehauled, when I say rahauled, I mean <strong>rehauled! </strong>I am tired of having my room so cluttered and overfilled and sooo unorganized! I won't get rid of too much but I really do need to go thru and put like with likes, purge (a little) and move things around. This room is on my <a href="http://blessingsandblossoms.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-year-goals-and-such.html">Better Homes Challenge</a> list. My room is just 10'X10' and one whole wall is counter high cabinets with cabinets above. Trying to make the room hold years of scrapbooking things and now a couple of years of sewing items and fabric and a little of embroidery and other small crafts is challenging! I do need to remember this room is small but also trying to maximize space. I have an oversize kitchen table that holds my computer and sewing machine, which is so conveinent when reading a tutorial online but the table is large and I am wonding if I should keep it or not, lots of deciding going on in the next couple of days regarding this room. I will share pictures soon! <br />
Right now there are <a href="http://ihavetosay.typepad.com/randi/fresh-squeezed-sew-alongs/">sew alongs</a> and <a href="http://www.pleasant-home.com/p/sew-scraps-along-2012.html">sewing with scraps</a>, and the different weekly shares that bloggers do, and I need and want to be doing these but I must focus on this room but perhaps just sew and scrap a little ;) There are a couple of quilt alongs that I really want to start but I might wait for one to start maybe in a month or so just so I am not setting myself up for failure and give myself a chance to get most of this project done.<br />
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I can't post this post without a picture so here is one that I took yesterday! Zach definetly has an adventerous side and he doesn't get that from me, I am glad Cadet is a good boy! not a great picture since I snapped with my cell very quickly!<br />
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