tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84304813594466593442024-03-13T13:55:32.476-07:00Made with Love that Can be Felt A place for me to discuss life as a wife & mother & to post about my recent craft projects. :)Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02941688415917117776noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8430481359446659344.post-52839002412319495472018-02-07T00:56:00.001-08:002018-02-07T00:56:26.041-08:00Ikea Children's {Poang} Chair Makeover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So over the course of the past year, we've accumulated 3 of these Children's Ikea Poang chairs. The problem.. the covers were washed without following the precise instructions, and SHRUNK. Ikea doesn't sell the separate covers, and I didn't want more of the chair frames, so I decided to do simply make new cushions & covers! </div>
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As you can see, badly shrunken! </div>
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First things first, I measured the back of the chair and cut 1" foam (purchased from Joanns). I ended up cutting mine 35" x 14.5". </div>
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Then I cut the material I chose (an upholstery fabric) about 1.5" wider than the foam measurements to account for seam allowance and the depth of the foam. In hindsight, I should have cut it at maybe only 1" wider, because the cover was a tad bit baggier than I would have liked. </div>
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I chose to recreate the original seat pad idea that simply has a "pocket" along the top back of the chair that slips over the chair itself to hold the pad on. I cut pieces the same width of my fabric, and 6" long. </div>
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I did a double fold hem to make sure they looked finished. </div>
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Then I laid my pieces out and pinned. I laid one of the first large pieces, right side up. Then placed the "pocket" right side up on top of that, with the hemmed section down - so that the unfinished sections would all be caught up in my sewing of the perimeter. </div>
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Then I laid the second large piece, right side down on top & pinned around 3 edges. </div>
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Here you can see the sandwiched layer that includes the pocket. </div>
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I used 0.5" seam allowances for the entire project. </div>
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Once I had sewn around 3 sides, I turned the piece right side out, taking care to fold the pocket onto the correct side so that the right side of the fabric showed. </div>
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Then I stuffed the foam in and set it down to give it a test fit. </div>
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Here's where you can see some of the bagginess I mentioned above. I wish I had simply gone back through with a larger seam allowance to create a nicer fit. </div>
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But oh well, hindsight is 20-20, right? </div>
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Then I added 1 row of top stiching down the middle of the foam cushion to help ensure that it would not slip and slide around while being used. </div>
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Again, in hindsight, I probably would have added 2 more vertical lines on either side - and honestly, I still may! </div>
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It's also a little hard to tell, but I also sewed a horizontal line where the seat back and seat cushion meet. It was one continuous piece of foam, but I wanted to create a "hinge" point to help the cushion sit neater on the frame. </div>
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Next, I folded the end material around the edge of the chair to see how much slack I had. The original chair design includes velcro along the bottom edge for the cover to be attached too. I did a quick folded measurement to make sure I was appropriately reaching the foam. </div>
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Then I cut off excess material (I had not measured the length too carefully while cutting because I knew the extra pieces would not be significant.) </div>
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Then I folded the edges in to give it a more streamlined look from the front/sides. </div>
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And then folded the hem down to make it look finished. 1 Quick top stitch along that hemmed edge and I was almost finished!</div>
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I happened to have some iron on velcro at the house in a neutral color, so I went ahead and used it! I cut pieces to cover the entire edge and followed ironing instructions to attach. </div>
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I tried to make a head cushion like the original chair included...but that did not turn out too well! I couldn't figure out how to get it to lay down flat. So I ended up ditching the idea for now! </div>
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And viola! The cover is done! Certainly not perfect, but a bit cushier and nicer looking than what we had! :) </div>
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Next - a repainting of the frames! One of the chairs we got is already pink, but the other two are natural wood, and a bit dirty! </div>
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So now that our downstairs craft room is OK to be inhabited (water leaks repaired and electricity turned back on), I'm getting so excited about moving all of my craft room & office things down there to have more SPACE for my projects! Before I did that, though, I knew I wanted to give the walls and floor an upgrade! Off to pinterest I went, OF COURSE.<br />
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<i>Bright</i> -there's only the one small window, and the lights aren't great either, so I didn't want to risk adding any dark colors on the wall that would make the space darker or seem smaller.<br />
<i>Colorful</i> - Our whole house has these kind of taupe, off-white, BORING wall colors. I haven't really been motivated to take on the task of repainting them all, so since I knew I was going to repaint this room, I knew I wanted it to be a fun and pretty color that I would love.<br />
<i>Fun/Inspirational/Motivational </i>- I really loved how our first "craft room" was SO bright with natural light and had bright green walls, and I wanted to mimic that same fun mood, even though I'm technically in a basement.<br />
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I saw a few fun ideas like chevron walls, diamonds, herringbone...and then I saw it. A HONEYCOMB/Hexagon wall (like <a href="http://thistlewoodfarms.com/before-and-after-geometric-hexagon-wall/" target="_blank">this</a>).<br />
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And I was hooked.<br />
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I knew I wanted to do one on one of the walls... but then came the big decisions: What colors to use? How big? Which wall? Who would help me....? :) It took me a few weeks of internal deliberating to finally work up the courage to just go into home depot and pick up a color and get to work.<br />
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As my Christmas present, my brother had volunteered his time to come help me paint, so once I picked out the main color (a pretty light green - in homage to my "Green Room") he came and helped me paint the 3 solid walls. :) Yay! I also did a base coat of clean fresh white on the wall I decided to use as my accent wall. Even just having all that finished made the room look so new and clean! Then the following weekend, I drafted my sister to help with the accent wall, AND my cousin was in town visiting, and offered to help as well. I felt pretty dang lucky to not be doing it by myself! :)<br />
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First things first, we had to figure out the math involved with drawing hexagons... Luckily my Aunt stuck around for this part, because otherwise we would've been hitting up our ole' friend Google.<br />
In case you're curious, there are 360 degrees total, and we needed 6 angles, so a simple 360/6=60. Then it was a matter of finding a protractor, and remembering how to use it! 😁<br />
We drew it out on regular cardboard, cut it with a utility knife, and then I ended up taping around the edges to give a smoother edge to work against. We double sided painters tape on the back to hold it steady while we were taping around it. :)<br />
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Then came the fun part - sticking it to the wall and taping around. OVER AND OVER again. I haven't counted the hexagons, but maybe I will.. haha</div>
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And before I show you more progress, I'll give you some tips for doing this taping off! A) A packing tape gun! My aunt had this idea, and it worked SO nicely.<br />
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We didn't actually press it against the wall like you would with a box, but it held the "open" edge so we didn't keep losing it, and provided a quick and easily accessible cutting surface without having to mess with scissors! I definitely recommend one if you're going to try a similar tape heavy project!<br />
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We also found that less it more when you're taping the borders of the hexagons. Because each corner is a meeting of 3 different strips of tape, it's better to slightly underestimate the tape length you need than to overestimate.<br />
We over-estimated a few times and ended up having to go back through and carefully cut & peel away all the edges with the utility knife.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">If your piece is a little short, you're OK to use it, as long as the tape meets where my finger is - giving your hexagon the appropriate corner at this junction. </td></tr>
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Basically you just do that over and over again until you get them ALL done. Even while we were taping I hadn't decided exactly how many I wanted to do, or how I wanted it to look. So we decided to do the entire top half of the wall, and then see what it looked like and if/where we wanted to add more.<br />
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After finishing the top half I decided I certainly did NOT want to have an entire wall full, but thought having some "dripping" down would be kind of neat! (Note: this were a little harder to keep straight, but if we had stepped back and eye-balled the placement before taping each one it wouldn't have been too bad. We didn't think to do that, so some of my "drips" are a little skewed, BUT I don't really think it messes with the look of this wall - if you're going for something super straight, just be a bit more cautious.) </div>
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For my accent colors, I gathered up the colors I liked from my oops paint selection. (Home Depot's discounted colors). I ended up with some blues/teals/pinks/corals.</div>
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As for layout, I really just tried to go for an "organized random", so that they were pretty well spaced with natural looking gaps. I had also originally planned on painting all the hexagons in these accent colors, but decided against that when we were painting when I saw how cute it was looking, and reminded myself that "Less is more". :D </div>
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Then the last bit of painting was doing the bottom half of the wall, and the empty hexagons in the light green color to match the rest of the room. I like that they pull in the light green, but they're still surrounded by the fresh white border and all the fun colors. </div>
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<br />Then came the moment of truth.... dun dun duuuuuunn<br />
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5pieces of tape x 10000 hexagons... lol - Sometimes I'd get lucky and get a cluster that would stay together, but a lot of them had to be pulled off as individual pieces, so that wasn't super fun, BUT the joy of starting to see the finished product shine from underneath the paint was well worth it! </div>
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So, my dad has always been a bit of a pack-rat... and that makes me both LOVE finding things that others consider garbage, and also makes me a little worried about how much I love it. 😂</div>
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Anyway, M & one of his brothers picked up a bed that his brother and his wife had found on Craigslist, and while they were there, the lady offered them this old rough stool. M called me and asked and I figured I could use it either in our living room as a piano bench, in our bedroom at the end of our bed, or in the dining room at our table. </div>
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Flash forward a few months (when I finally remembered to bring it inside, and gave it some time to dry out) and I started work! First things first, a GOOD deep sanding. I used a 60 grit paper first to scrape off the moss (I'm not kidding), and then used my 150 grit paper for a more fine sanding.<br />
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Then, as usual, I stressed a little about what exactly I wanted to do from here! I got some help from my friends on instagram (you know who you are!) and decided to stain the legs a dark brown and add an upholstered top with the leaf table cloth I had gotten on clearance for $5.<br />
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So off to Joanns we went for 2" thick upholstery foam (I think it ended up costing around $15). They will cut it down length wise, but not width wise, so I did that with my own scissors once we got home.<br />
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Next, I added in end pieces with some scrap 1x4" boards to make the whole top section uniform in shape (for covering).<br />
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Then I stained the legs. Oh gosh. I LOOOVE the color they turned out! Then I <i>really</i> struggled with whether or not I should still cover the top, or if I should just stain it beautiful brown and be done.... But it really wasn't comfortable to sit on as it, so I figured I should continue with my original plan!<br />
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(But let's just soak in this beautiful color for just a few moments, first.)<br />
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Ok, on to the upholstery! I laid the foam down directly on the wood, and then layered a few pieces of quilt batting that I had in my piles on top to add a bit more cush, and also to add some softness along the "face" edges of the bench. I flopped the biggest piece over the top as the last step, and then folded the sides up into 1/3rds to add more cushion along the side.<br />
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Then I pulled it snug and stapled it down to the bottom edge of the bench.<br />
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All the way around... 100000 staples later. :) I kept making sure that I was pulling it snug across the top of the bench to make sure there were no wrinkles that we'd have to see later.<br />
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The ends were a little complicated, but I just tried to keep it as tight as possible and cut away some of the bulk of the corners.<br />
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Here's a better visual of the sandwiched foam between the batting and the bench top.<br />
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All done! :)<br />
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Those legggggss! :D *dreamy eyes*<br />
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Then I got to work the next day on attaching the actual fabric itself. I used a similar process, but I pulled the fabric over and around the edge to staple it to the backside of the "face" plates.<br />
(And shame on me, I didn't sand the bottom of the bench itself. It seemed like too much work for little reward- but now I'm annoyed that it's on my blog post. Hahaha)<br />
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Again, the ends were a little weird, but I simply cut down as much bulk as possible and pulled it back tight before stapling. I added a little hot-glue to the edges after stapling to help hold the furthest pieces down past where they were being secured by the staples.<br />
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And then it was done! Super happy with how it turned out! :)<br />
The last thing I'll need to do is to add two quick support beams between the legs and the foot plate to add some stability. :)<br />
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Most all the canvas pieces were intact, (there was some rubbing/wearing on the hood on one side) but all of the off-white/white portions were stained.</div>
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First order of business was seeing how clean I could get it with some soap & good old fashioned elbow grease. </div>
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Taking the cover off the BOB wasn't super fun, but it really wasn't as bad as it could have been. Lots of screws to keep track of, so I took a lot of pictures & kept everything I took off in a baggy. (In hind-sight, I should have partially screwed them back in where they came from - if applicable). </div>
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I used oxi-clean and HOT water, then hung dry, then the following day I used dish soap and lemon juice and left it out in the sun to dry (on a rare sunny February PNW) day. :) It came quite a bit cleaner than it had been before, but the backside of the canvas material (the out sides) still looked dingy. So I decided to go with plan B - covering the gross old off-white with a pretty material. </div>
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The girls and I went to Joanns (of course) and found this pretty paisley/floral that had both blue and purple (the BOB colors). I used some of my giant roll of kraft paper to make a "pattern", and added a little bit of wiggle room (to turn the edges for a finished look) before cutting out the material itself. Then I pinned it onto the cover. Maneuvering it through my machine was also not super fun, because the backs of the seats both have a stiff cardboard/plastic material that is pretty unforgiving and always seemed to be in the way - but again, it wasn't as bad as it could have been! Most of the pieces went on really nicely. </div>
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Then came re-assembling the whole stroller! Phew. If I did it again, I'd take even better pictures, or video first, and also re-screw the screws in where I got them from. There were a few that were a tiny bit longer than others because they had more items thread through them, and I wasn't paying attention well enough when re-installing and used one of them where it didn't belong, leaving me a too-short screw where I needed one of the long ones! *sigh </div>
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LUCKILY, M had some screws in his van that he gave me that worked just fine! Phew. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Then I figured I might as well add some to the hood - both so it would cover the unsightly off-white, and also so it would match and add a bit more contrast to the solid colors. The hood was at least easier to maneuver through the sewing machine because the metal stays came out easily and while it was bulky, it was flexible! </span></div>
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The girls and I just went out today for our inaugural walk around the neighborhood, and it walks like a dream! I'm really excited to try it out for it's intended purpose (Jogging) sometime soon! </div>
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02941688415917117776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8430481359446659344.post-91255028424277669372015-06-25T00:02:00.002-07:002015-06-25T00:02:39.811-07:00{Cloth Diapering - The First Year }<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">First of all, I'm sure there are parents out there who can cloth diaper for all the right reasons and maintain a clear head about the whole process...But I don't claim to be one of those people! I have been absolutely sucked in! My caption of this, my first cloth diaper photo was:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Now, a year later - I've got nothing but excitement about pretty much all things cloth diapering! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">They - the experts - say that you should order different styles before committing to a single one -- that didn't ring true for us! We got an entire stash of Bum Genuis 4.0 Pocket diapers to start off with, and they've been working for us this entire time! We have tried one other style that we received from a friend- Bum Genius Flips, and while I did like them, the pocket style has been my favorite! Hopefully they take us all the way through potty-training! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">One thing that has changed, though - is how we store the diapers! At the beginning, I spent time after washing/drying to pre-stuff all my pockets and displayed them out on top of the dresser.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Your wash routine doesn't need to be nearly as complicated as they -those darn "experts"- make it out to be! I wouldn't say we've perfected ours yet, ( because...TMI- Grace's diet isn't completely set yet, so therefore her waste changes pretty crazily from one day to another -- see the next bullet point) but we've learned a TON from the valuable resources we've found. My favorite being, "Fluff Love & Cloth Diaper Science", or "Fluff Love University" -- Check our their many detailed files <a href="http://www.fluffloveuniversity.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">BUT, and it's a big Butt (and not just because of the extra fluff stuffed in the diaper--see what I did there?), poop in cloth really isn't more nasty than poop in a disposable diaper! The few times that we've had G in disposable diapers, and they've been pooped in, have actually been worse than the 100000 times she's pooped in cloth diapers this past year. The reason -- cloth diapers have gussets around the legs and at the back that help keep everything where it belongs! Disposable diapers have like a built in poo slide that sends it right up the back. YUCK. </span></div>
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That all being said, newborn poo (for breastfed infants) is kind of a far off dream now that we've been on solids for the past few months! I always want to tell people, that if you're ever going to cloth diaper, start early and get those first few months! No rinsing! No dunking! No swishing! </div>
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I can also see why some people may quit using cloth after hitting solids - it takes a bit of extra effort to prep poo diapers before washing them at this stage, but when I consider all the things I'm not worrying about (driving to the store and the money spent on diapers, diapers wasting away for years in landfills, etc...), it makes it even more worth it. </div>
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Lastly - there is a serious community among Cloth Diapering Moms! Part awesome, part crazy. :p </div>
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Websters defines stubborn as:<br />
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The synonyms listed include: adamant, adamantine,(?) bullheaded, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, hard-nosed, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent, (?) mulish, obdurate,(?) opinionated, ossified, (?) pat, pertinacious, (?) perverse, pigheaded, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff-necked, obstinate, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful.<br />
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Of the words I do recoginze from that list, none sound very positive. Coming from someone who's been called stubborn her whole life, I'd like to try and find the silver lining. :) I feel like there's another word out there that describes me, but I can't quite put my finger on it...<br />
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Now I KNOW for a fact that I can be stubborn...in all the ways listed above. I actually feel it taking over me when it happens. You know how there is a term "green with envy"? Well whichever color stubborn is, at certain times I can feel myself turning that color slowly in situations where I feel like I have to stand my ground or give in. It's hard to explain, but I know when it's happening, and now that I'm an adult, and making a conscious effort toward molding my character after that of Christ, I'm much better at fighting that feeling when it's not justified (which it rarely was/is...).<br />
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But I've also been called "stubborn" in a few other, more positive situations, such as when I lost my weight (35lbs), and going through natural labor & delivery. It's these situations that make me think there must be a more positive way to define stubbornness, unless it's just another word entirely that I should use instead. Any ideas?<br />
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I ask all this because I was reading a devotion from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JesusCalling" target="_blank">"Jesus Calling"</a> (written by Sarah Young) that said,<br />
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"When you walk through a day in trusting dependence on Me, My aching heart is soothed. Gently bring your attention back to Me whenever it wanders away. I look for persistence -- rather than perfection -- in your walk with me." </blockquote>
It's the word <i>persistence</i> that really made me wonder. Webster defines it as:<br />
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"the quality that allows someone to continue doing something or trying to do something even though it is difficult or opposed by other people"</blockquote>
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I feel like when I look back through my Christian walk, there is an obvious lack of persistence. Instead there are periods where I found myself being very wishy-washy and apathetic. Which makes me wonder, what is keeping me from using my "stubbornness" as a way to fight off the apathy?<br />
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Continuing on my word study, I realized that one of the synonyms of Persistence is Endurance, which Webster defines as: (last word definition for this post, I promise!)<br />
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"the ability to withstand hardship or adversity; especially: the ability to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity"</blockquote>
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Taking my word search from the dictionary to the Bible, I found some neat passages that reference endurance, and the importance of having it as a Christian:<br />
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Luke 21:10-19<br />
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"Then he said to them, 'Nation against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and priosns, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This will be your opportunity to bear witness. Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand on how to answer, for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death. You will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not even a hair of your head will perish. <b>By your endurance you will gain your lives</b>."</div>
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Romans 5:1-5</div>
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"Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into his grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that <b>suffering produces endurance</b>, and <b>endurance produces character</b>, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."</div>
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Colossians 1: 9-14</div>
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"And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worth of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for<b> all endurance and patience with joy</b>, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." </div>
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2 Timothy 2:1-13</div>
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"You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure with him, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful--for he cannot deny himself."</div>
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What I am starting to understand from these scriptures is that determination and endurance are right response to the sacrifice that Christ paid for us. Where in contrast, stubbornness is a defiant attitude in response to someone's words/actions... That being said, I think my goal, and my main focus should be to cling to an idea of determination and endurance in living a righteous life. When it comes to Jesus and his will for my life, stubbornness is never going to be an asset. Although, if and when I get to a place where I am more aware of the enemy's attacks, I can use my stubbornness to fight off a wrong response, but that only works well when I am covering myself in the truth, and fighting to stay observant about when I am tempted to think/act/speak in a way that is opposite the Lord's will. </div>
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02941688415917117776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8430481359446659344.post-74035300230375226112014-09-19T20:45:00.000-07:002014-09-19T20:45:46.488-07:00{Recipe :: Sparkling Vanilla Lemonade}<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So I love lemons. Lemonade, lemon drops, lemon bars, lemon cake...if it's lemony, I'm pretty sure I'll love it.<br />
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(Except for Lemony Snicket. I've never read the serious, much to my sister in law's chagrin.)<br />
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So a month or so ago I had a hankering for some lemonade, and decided to head to Pinterest -- of course-- for some make at home versions! I came across <a href="http://www.seededatthetable.com/2011/08/18/sparkling-italian-lemonade-for-josies-virtual-baby-shower/" target="_blank">THIS</a> blog, which apparently borrowed a recipe for <b>Sparking Italian Lemonade</b> from Giada De Luarentiis, the original of which can be found <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/italian-lemonade-recipe.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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I made it for a family dinner we had, and was pleasantly surprised at subtle basil flavoring. I think I might have been the only one in the house that liked it, (not lemon lovers...hard to believe!) but I finished it off by drinking glass after glass in the following days. YUM.<br />
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Fast-forward through about a month of lemonade-hankering... I'm not a super big fan of some of the pre-mixed versions, but wanted to try something other than the basil, and had a brilliant idea to add vanilla! Off to Pinterest I went, sure that my search would turn up blank, since I had just discovered the best new thing...only to be both sadly disappointed (no patent for me!) and super excited that there were LOTS of recipes out there already with vanilla added in.<br />
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I decided to loosely follow <a href="http://www.simplyscratch.com/2012/06/vanilla-lemonade.html" target="_blank">THIS</a> recipe that I had found, but thought that adding in the "Sparking" aspect of the first version would equal a winning combination...<br />
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It turned out DELICIOUS. Since I'm still the only lemonade loving person in this house, I should have enough to quench my thirst & desire for a sweet/tangy/bubbly drink for about the next week or so. :)<br />
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Notes: In both recipes, I didn't have actual lemons on hand (sad, I know) so I used bottled lemon juice. And for the second recipe, I didn't have actual vanilla beans, so I used vanilla extract. I hope to make a more authentic version with fresh ingredients next time, and will hopefully update this post with pictures! ;)<br />
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Here's my variation of the two recipes. (<i>Another note: this is easily enough for 2 big pitchers, so if you'd just like to try it out, I would suggest you halve everything listed below</i>.)<br />
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<u>Ingredients:</u><br />
Simple Syrup<br />
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<li>3 1/2 cups granulated sugar</li>
<li>2 cups water</li>
<li>2 Tblspns Vanilla Extract (or fresh vanilla bean)</li>
<li>Dash of Salt </li>
<li>Lemon Peel (optional)</li>
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2 cups lemon juice (From approximately 8-10 fresh lemons)<br />
2 cups cold water<br />
Carbonated Water<br />
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First, make your simple syrup by combining the sugar, 2 cups water, dash of salt, vanilla, and optional lemon peel in a saucepan. Bring to a boil while stirring to ensure that all the sugar is dissolved, & simmer for 5-10 minutes.<br />
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Once it's finished simmering (should be well combined, and have a more "syrupy" texture), remove from heat and set aside to cool.<br />
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Once cooled, add in your lemon juice and remaining 2 cups of cold water, stir until well combined.<br />
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At this point, you've got your "concentrate". When ready to serve, I typically add ice and then a ratio of approximately 1:1 of the vanilla/lemony syrup and the carbonated water. If you typically like your drink more/less sweet/lemony, you can adjust this ratio to your hearts content!<br />
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As I mentioned in the "note" above, this recipe is enough for two big pitchers. Because when I'm making it, I make it for my own consumption over the course of a few days, I just leave the concentrate in the pitcher, and keep the carbonated water in it's bottle closed tightly to retain the bubbles. If you're serving at a party/event, I would go ahead and mix in about (8) cups of the carbonated water (if I did my math correctly) for a ready to serve beverage.<br />
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If serving for a party, or you just want your own drink to look fancy, I'd add a slice of lemon to the edge of each cup.<br />
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Hope you enjoy! I'll be back to update this post with pictures the next time I make more. :)<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'd been wanting to make a pallet bookshelf for our bedroom for a long time!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I finally got some old pallets for free from work a few months ago, and Mikhal was able to disassemble them for me using <a href="http://oldworldgardenfarms.com/2012/09/18/building-with-pallets-how-to-disassemble-a-pallet-with-ease-for-great-wood/" target="_blank">this trick </a> I read about on Pinterest! :) </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The neatly stacked pile of wood has been sitting in our driveway waiting for me for a while now, and we finally had the time to get started last weekend! </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First things first, a plan--of course! </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Then lots of selecting & measuring...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Then lots of cutting... </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Then, in order to make it a little less rustic, ;) I chose to do at least a general sand on all the pieces.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Proof that I did it myself. :) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(Don't mind the Donald Trump hair!) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Well I did MOST of it myself. :) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>On of the shelves, finished! :) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>And all three! :) I love that there's a slight zebra texture on some of the boards. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Like this one. :) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Oh, did I mention that I got a new 50mm lens since my last blog post? :) I'm LOVING it!</i></span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The bottom with the back pieces attached...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Now it's just a matter of getting everything loaded into it in an artistic manner. :) I'm going to keep my eye out for some cute baskets to help store some miscellaneous items in. Can't wait to post one more follow up once I've got everything situated! :) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well it feels like it took me forever to finish this quilt, but I think it's because it was just so "outside the box" compared to the piecework quilts I'm used to doing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This one is for new friends of ours from church who just had their little guy earlier this month! His Dad loves golf, and that was one of the things they mentioned they'd like when we were discussing inspiration. I had this idea pretty soon after, and then it was just the process of getting my idea down on paper (with my sister in law, Marina's help), and then getting it from paper to material! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I machine appliqued the pieces together (which means they are layered on top of each other, not sewn next to each other like in typical piecing), and I think it turned out pretty cute! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Those are cute little trees! I'm annoyed that I didn't get a better picture of them, or write down the designer/name!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh my goodness, I <strike>think I might,</strike> no, I really I need to start doing a better job of posting more often! Or at least keeping better notes of my recent craft </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">escapades</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> so that I don't need to try to cram so much into each post when I do get on here! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So as I mentioned in a recent facebook status update, I've been feeling a) really busy lately, and also on b) crafty-brain overload! I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but I'll go really hard on craft projects for a while with no break, and then I realize that I am BURNT OUT and need a little break. I think I felt that way this past month with quilting; I kept up on tons of other DIY projects (more about that later), but this most recent quilt I finished & delivered took me just about the whole month to make, which never happens! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The neat thing about that, though, is that this quilt was for a very sweet, long-time friend of mine who is having a little baby boy this August! I don't speak of it much, but as often as I remember when I'm making a quilt for a specific baby, I try to pray over them, their future, etc....so the benefit of having this quilt, and this quilt alone on my plate for the past month is that God has used it to keep my beautiful friend & her little guy at the fore-front of my mind, and in my prayers! Can't wait to meet Mr. Leiden! :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So a couple of months ago, I had a brief discussion with Lacey about quilt ideas, and she mentioned that she loved chevrons, and a green/white/gray/black color scheme for the nursery, both of which I had an inkling about already; so the wheels were already turning! This is what I came up with: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">LOVE how simple chevrons really are when you break them down into their most basic shapes, 1/2 square triangles! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Decided on a cute, but coordinating, "quieter" fabric for the back in case she gets tired of seeing the chevrons! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While I was making another trip to <a href="http://www.joann.com/" target="_blank">The Happiest Place on Earth (aka: Joanns)</a>, I found this ADORABLE "bag fabric" near the utility fabrics and just knew I had to get it! I ended up making a cute & simple re-usable tote bag that I also used as the gift wrapping!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lacey's shower was yesterday, and it was such a great celebration of her & baby Leiden! I just love getting to be a part of the joy surrounding this new little guy that hasn't even made his appearance yet! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our mutual friend, Casey was there, did this great <a href="http://witnessofawanderer.blogspot.com/2013/06/celebrating-lacey-and-baby-leiden.html" target="_blank">little summary</a> of the shower, and had her camera on hand to capture this special moment as Lacey was opening her gifts:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's funny (not just because I look like a GOOF), but because I don't think many people understand the absolute JOY that getting to make these quilts for people that I love brings to me! I so LOVE that I get to have this as a memory! :) {Thanks again, Casey!}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Okay, now a summary of the DIY projects we've been accomplishing at home!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Practical enough, and much better than what was there when we moved in, but not quite perfect, yet! Then we found two laminate counter pieces at Home Depot for $36/ea (regularly $145!), and this is what we came up with:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And this finished product deserves a few shout-outs! First, Mikhal helped SO much with fixing and stabilizing these cabinets that we found on craigslist, and making replacement drawers! And Alex & him worked together to get the vent adjusted, and got the counter tops installed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another Michael, my brother in law's brother (no I'm not stuttering) made us the three great drawer fronts (on the left above the doors)! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I found the curtain material at Joanns, and just LOVE it. There are so many cute colors, it matches the "hodge-podge" of kitchen towels, etc.. that we have in our combined household. Perfect! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had a perfectly sized spare piece of the same flowered material left, and made this cute "cafe curtain" to help draw the material in on the other side of the kitchen. I think I might get some more and make some coordinating dish towels or pot holders to help bring the material through the rest of the kitchen too. And like I mentioned earlier, there are so many great colors in the material that decorating is a new fun adventure! There will be so many different things that match, so now it's a matter of picking just a couple of ideas! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The other project that we finally finished up is the "office" portion of our bedroom! I had made heavy canvas-esque curtains when we first moved in that I ended up not liking due to their stiffness and weight.. so those got moved over to our make-shift closet, and I made these much softer "linen" curtains to go over the cute lace under-lay that picks up our red accents. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And we finished the chair to match our desk/table! WAHOO! Mikhal did such a great job with the stain (it matches so well), and then it was just a matter of me having the time to paint the legs and back red, and clear coat the whole thing. Love that it's finally all together as a set. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, this is kind of the fly-by, stick your face out the window a free-way speeds version of what we've been working on recently! I hope you have enjoyed the summary! I'm going to be doing some serious thinking in the next few weeks about product, projects to upload to my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MadewithLoveTCBF" target="_blank">Etsy</a>! The burp cloths I had up have since expired, and I really didn't have much interest in them, so I want to expand the types of items I have posted to hopefully get it up and running with a bit more success. </span></div>
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Well it's been a little while since I posted, mainly because I've been busy working on a few different projects! I'll try to get them all re-capped here on the blog!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1)</span> First, a quilt I just finished a week or so ago! This is for a good friend of mine that I've known for YEARS who is expecting a little girl in a couple of months!<br />
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Her & I have been pen pals for probably about 10 years, and in one of her letters she mentioned that they were doing a "jungle" theme in her nursery! I saw this fabric at Joanns and thought it would look really cute!<br />
Her baby shower was this weekend, and when she opened the box up; she mentioned that this is the same fabric she had seen and picked out for some other items a friend of hers was making for the room! :)<br />
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Some may call it a coincidence, but I think it's a God thing! :) Just reminds me that what I'm doing is somehow more important than just a warm blanket.<br />
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I'm calling this pattern "interrupted chevrons" :) I loved all the coordinating colors, but also really wanted to highlight the CUTE main fabric. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">2)</span> One of my next projects was a DIY, rather than a quilt! I had been really hating our address letters, because they were tiny, hard to read, and just plain BLAH.<br />
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I had seem some different Pinterest inspirations, and this is what I came up with:<br />
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I love that it's so much bigger, brighter, and CUTER! :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">3)</span> Another cute DIY I did was inspired by, or should I say requested by a friend of mine from church! She was putting together a baby shower for a mutual friend of ours, and when I asked how I could help, she asked if I'd make a cute fabric banner to hang up for decoration!<br />
I had seen these around a bunch on pinterest, but hadn't ever tried to do one of my own; but boy I'm glad I did! I think it turned out super cute, and it was SO simple! (Maybe I'll try a tutorial on it soon!) I'm considering adding this to my Etsy "arsenal". :)<br />
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I'm bummed that I didn't get a picture of it hanging up at the shower, but needless to say, I was proud of it! :) Can't wait to try others in various sizes and materials! </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">4)</span> Next project was another DIY, this time for our kitchen!<br />
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This is how we kept track of the dishwasher status (which is important when you have different people loading/unloading/starting the dishwasher all the time--this was a step up from always having to ask "is the dish washer clean or dirty?", but still not quite practical or CUTE enough. :)<br />
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I was inspired by some different Pinterest posts that used scrabble letters, but rather than having to rob from our game, or order new letters, I raided my collection of left over letters from the "Love" project I did in our bed-room last year, and this is what I came up with:<br />
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Much cuter, if I do say so myself! :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">5)</span> And last but not least, a quilt I finished just last week; a custom commission by my sister for her friend who is due with a little boy in the near future:<br />
We checked her baby registry and saw that she had a kind of nautical/whale theme going, and we found this cute whale themed fabric at Joanns to use for the backing! The front is just coordinating solids & patterns, with some personalized embroidery!<br />
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Then as a surprise, both to the recipient, and my sister, I made some cute "extras" withe leftover whale material!<br />
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Overall, I'm really happy with how it all turned out! For the burp cloths, I just used the multiple layers of flannel/cotton, rather than the diaper core I had done before. I just wasn't as happy with how those were looking after I was finished, and I think these turned out super cute! I may consider adding additional layers inside to add extra absorbency, but I need to test it.<br />
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Well that's it for now! I'm working on another quilt to sell (sneak peak pictures going up on Facebook today), and then I have three custom projects to work on after that! :) Phew, keeping me busy, but loving every minute of it!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">...No pressure, right? :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That's basically what my brother in law, Yandy told me as we were working through the designs for my most recent quilt project! He is in school/training to become a chaplain with the army, and wanted a quilt to keep with him, especially when he is assigned to a squad that gets deployed. The idea behind it is that it will have references to the people he loves most! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He's handy with photoshop, and he worked up this great design for me to go off of (after we talked through some plans when Mikhal & I were there visiting in December):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After a few months of on again/off again work: Here's the finished product! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Let me just tell you, this thing is pretty HUGE. Mikhal had to stand up on the railing of our patio deck rail holding the corners for me to get a good picture of the whole thing!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">Yandy helped me decipher the many different types of camo material, and we ended up getting this one at: </span><a href="http://www.armysurplusworld.com/product.asp?ProductID=50552" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Army Surplus World</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">. I was so happy with how quickly it arrived, and just the overall quality of the product! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tanya- Yandy's wife (And my husband Mikhal's sister)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was one of the aspects that I was a little nervous about at first, but I ended up making our own "patch" version by getting custom material at <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/welcome" target="_blank">Spoon Flower</a>! And because it was only a small piece we needed, I was able to do it on a $5 test swatch! :) Once it arrived, I sewed it to some interfacing, turned it inside out, and appliqued it on! I think it'd be hard for me to be happier with how it turned out! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Overall, I am SUPER happy with how it turned out, and honored to be a part of making a family memory that I hope will be treasured for years to come! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Well, it's been a few months since I posted last, and I've decided to make a change to </i></span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the name of my blog! I actually took a step back in September & started up an <a href="https://www.etsy.com/your/shops/MadewithLoveTCBF/preview#" target="_blank">Etsy Shop</a>. I chose the name of my shop to be, "<b>Made with Love that can be Felt</b>" and </i><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I figured that I would modify my blog name to allow for continuity between the two pages.</i><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's my shop description as copied over from my shop:</i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The name of my shop originally started as a funny play on words about 4 years ago. At the time, I dabbled in making greeting cards for friends and family with felt cut outs on the front in various shapes, patterns & designs...of course, when working with felt, "made with love that can be felt" has a pretty specific (and slightly corny) meaning. </i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the past few years, though, while my aesthetic and skills have also been growing. The meaning of "Made with Love that Can be Felt" has really evolved into more of an idea that items can be handmade with quality, care and love that can really be felt before the item is even received! </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>My passions are currently in quilts for babies & children, but I am also venturing out into the wonderful world of baby supplies (pacifier holders, changing mats, burp cloths, etc.)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I appreciate you visiting my little corner of the crafting world, and hope you find what you're looking for!" </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">My problem is that I haven't taken the step to actually list any items yet! I've been struggling with the pricing aspect; worried that I may sell myself short & not make a profit, or that I will end up charging too much. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">Mikhal & I are on vacation (again!) right now visiting his sister & her family, and his brother in law in Missouri, and I plan on posting some items (burp cloths, binky leashes, etc...) AS SOON as I get home. No more procrastinating! As a few friends have encouraged me, even if I don't get my pricing exactly right on my first few items, at least I'll be getting myself out there! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>A Panda Quilt for my brother in law, Danny! :) His 16th birthday is later this month, and he had been asking me for a panda quilt for YEARS! (Almost as long as we've been married). I had always kept it in the back of my mind, but couldn't figure out how to put it into practice without making it look like it was for a baby. For instance, I could have done embroidery, or applique, but I just didn't think either of those was right! I finally had the idea to try a linear/abstract Panda, and this is what I came up with. :) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">SO SO SO happy with the results. :) (And so is Danny! We surprised him this week with a birthday party & his quilt, which he had NO idea about!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">I had to do SO much math to figure out the layout of his face, though. I have pages & pages of notes. I think that is one of the reasons I am so excited about the finished product. There were times when I was working on this that I really felt like giving up, so it is that much more rewarding to finish it, and to have it turn out like I planned! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">Anyway, in other news, I feel like I need to start putting a little bit more time & effort into this blog! I was thinking about all of the things I really enjoy doing, but don't feel like I am GREAT at (photography, crafting, writing, etc..), and I think that getting some of the details of my crafts down in words & pictures would be</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"> helpful to help me get better at all of them! I also always really envy the stay at home moms that are able to make such great blogs, so they are my new inspiration! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Until next time... (Which hopefully won't be too far down the road)</i></span></div>
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02941688415917117776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8430481359446659344.post-15230665419793257012012-07-24T22:19:00.002-07:002018-01-23T14:49:50.912-08:00{Quilts}<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Over the years I've made quite a few quilts...and while I've tried to do a good job of documenting & keeping track of them all, I think I certainly could do better! I've decided to try & re-create a list of all the quilts I've made, and the approximate timeline (I'll do just years for now, because it's hard for me to remember the months in most cases!)<br />
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Here we go:<br />
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<li>Pinwheel Quilt (Approx 2005 With Mom & the Quilting group from the church I grew up in--they created this quilting "monster".)</li>
<li>Scrappy Quilt (2005 That I keep with me in my car)</li>
<li>American Flag Quilt (2005 Christmas present for one of my best friends, E!)</li>
<li>Red & Black, "Checker" Quilt (2007 Christmas present for my then fiance, M.)</li>
<li>Fall Colored Trains & Trucks Quilt (2008 Baby Present for my nephew, LK)</li>
<li>Eagle Quilt (Dad's Birthday Present, 2008)</li>
<li>"BlueBerries With Sal" Quilt (Mom's Christmas Present, 2008)</li>
<li>Blue, Green & Brown Dinosaurs Quilt (2008?--Paying customer!)</li>
<li>Hippie Flowers Quilt (2008? --Paying customer!)</li>
<li>Pink & Purple Flowers Quilt (2009 Baby Present for my niece, HL)</li>
<li>Nursery Animals in "windows" Quilt (2009 Baby Present for my neice, MF)</li>
<li>Nursery Animals in forest Quilt (2009 Baby present for my nephew, DK)</li>
<li>Pink & Blue Boxes Quilt (2009 Baby Present for my niece, AF)</li>
<li>Russian Animals Quilt (2009 Baby present for my nephew, IK)</li>
<li>Flannel Dinosaurs Baby Quilt (2009? Gift for co-worker's Son)</li>
<li>Animals in Boxes Quilt (2010 Baby Present for my nephew, JF)</li>
<li>Russian Cars/Trains/Trucks Quilt (2010 Baby Present for my nephew, MF)</li>
<li>Butterflies in Silk Quilt (2010 Baby Present for my 2nd cousin, MT)</li>
<li>Trees Quilt (2010 Baby Present for Coworkers daughter, AR)</li>
<li>"Aren't you Far more valuable to God than they are" Quilt (2010 Baby Present, LJ)</li>
<li>Blue/Green/Brown Flowers Quilt(2010 Birthday Present for my sister, J)</li>
<li>Zoo Animals (Printed) Quilt (2010, 1/2 of the set of twin quilts for JF)</li>
<li>Zoo Animals (Pictures) Quilt (2010, 2/2 of the set of twin quilts for JF)</li>
<li>Elephants in Brown Quilt ("Happy Day Present" for a friend's daughter, AJ)</li>
<li>Butterflies in Purple Quilt ("Happy Day Present" for a friend's daughter, RJ)</li>
<li>Caterpillar in Pink Quilt (2011 Baby Present for Friend's daughter, MG)</li>
<li>Young Life Wall Hanging (2011 Young Life Auction Item)</li>
<li>Pink Boxes Quilt (2010 Baby Present for my niece, MK)</li>
<li>Big Blue Polka Dot Quilt (2011 Baby Present for my nephew, TF)</li>
<li>Giraffe & Friends Quilt (2011 Baby Present for my nephew, IV)</li>
<li>Green & Brown Flowers Quilt (2011 Baby Present for 2nd cousin, AP)</li>
<li>Fishing Scene Quilt (2011 Baby Present for my nephew, ML)</li>
<li>Frog on Stripes Quilt (2011 Baby Present for my nephew, CD)</li>
<li>Purple Zebra (2011 Happy Day Present for my sister in law, MF)</li>
<li>Manly Flannel Quilt #2 (2012 Quilt for Husband, Late Christmas Present)</li>
<li>Fall Colors with Fuzzy Tree Quilt (2011, Christmas Present for my niece, CB)</li>
<li>"The Bears" Football Quilt (2012 Baby Present for my co-workers son, EG)</li>
<li>Brown/Green/Blue "Paisley" Quilt (2012 Birthday Present for my friend, CH)</li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">"You are my Sunshine" Quilt (2012 Baby Present for my niece-in-law, HN)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Fuzzy Elephant on Polka Dots Quilt (2012, 1/2 of the set of twin quilts for PM)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Fuzzy Owl on Polka Dots (2012, 2/2 of the set of twin quilts for PM)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Manly Flannel Quilt #2 (2012 for a sick coworker)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Neon Green, Pink & Whit</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;">e (</span><span style="background-color: white;">2012 for my new niece, SPF</span><span style="background-color: white;">)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Fearfully & Wonderfully Made (2012 for my neice, DK)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Denim Quilt (2012 for my friends baby, Baby Graham)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Panda Quilt (2012 for my brother in law, DF)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Neon Green, Blue & White (12/2012 for my new nephew to be born 01/02-2013)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Princess Quilt (LM's Niece 02/2013)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: yellow;">Pink/White & Green Chevrons (FOR SALE on Etsy)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Brown & Blue chevrons (Niece born 01/2013, SF)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Army Memory Quilt (03/2013 For my brother in law, YL)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Girly Jungle (Scarlett B. 06/2013)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Green/Gray/White & Black Chevrons (LW, 08/2013)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Pink/Yellow & White Chevrons (LVF 02/2017)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Garden Fence (Entered in Puyallup Fair, 09/2013)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Hello Kitty Quilt (MO 09/2013)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Blue & Brown Elephants (01/2014 approx. VF Baby #8)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Colorful Zoo (04/2014 - EB)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Scrabble Quilt (04/2014 - K&J M Wedding)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Primary Colors Zoo quilt (EB, Due 07/2014)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Volleyball T-Shirt quilt (LR 10/2014)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Girly Jungle Quilt #2( 10/2014 - Gifted to a friend's baby, IB 02/2017)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Ruffle Quilt (10/2014 - Gifted to Neice, to be born 04/2017)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Boxed Hippie Flowers (10/2014 FOR SALE on Etsy)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Circus Animals Quilt (2014 -Sold in 2017 for MP's co-worker)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Blue/Mustard Arrows (10/2014 for HS)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Denim & Cars (11/2014 FOR SALE on Etsy)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Blue Polish Elephants (01/2015 for Mom's Co-worker's baby)</span></li>
<li>Green/Grey Houndstooth (04/2015 for LS Baby #2)</li>
<li>Blue/Grey Houndstooth (04/2015 for CG baby #1)</li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Audrey Hepburn Funk (05/2015 for JF- Living Room)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Primary Colors/Airplane (05/2015 for Friend's Second son, OG)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Blue, Teal & White Birds (06/2015 for Neice, NPF)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Colorful Living Room Quilt (J&EH - Living Room 01/2017)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Green/Grey/White & Yellow An</span>imals (NAF 02/2017)</li>
<li>Black & White "Crosses" Quilt (For AS & LS's 3rd son, IS 05/2017)</li>
<li>Black & White Scrappy Quilt (Gifted to PH & SH for adopted son, SH 12/2017)</li>
<li>Lizzie's Nursery Quilt (07/2017)</li>
<li>Fun Neutral Triangles (For TH's Son born Fall 2017)</li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Boho Baby Quilt (To be Sold..?)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Bow Ties -Green, blue, grey and white (J&EH's Baby boy, due April 2018)</span></li>
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Quilts in the hopper at this moment:</div>
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Quilt for Baby Frolov #3<br />
Pretty Floral<br />
Scrap/Stash Busters </div>
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I know for sure I'm missing some...but I'll make sure to come & update it more frequently from now on. :) </div>
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Until next time! </div>
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02941688415917117776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8430481359446659344.post-35199500883275983642012-07-11T23:24:00.001-07:002012-07-11T23:24:57.569-07:00{Busy Busy Busy}<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've been super busy recently working to finish (3) quilts before leaving to Alaska to visit M! Here's how they turned out:</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The first two are for twins that my co-worker & his wife just had! They wanted to be surprised on their genders, so I picked what I thought was a cute, but still gender neutral theme! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I used cotton for the piecing, and then "snuggle" flannel & "minky" for the applique. :) I LOVe how the 3D parts (elephant's ear & owl's wings) turned out! </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then the third quilt I made for a friend of mine who has been sick & in the hospital for the past month! Made entirely of quilter's flannel, this thing is SO cozy. It's kind of a weird quilt to present in the middle of July when we've been having 80 degree weather, but I think he liked it anyway. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Started this on June 23rd, finished July 10th. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fabric used: Quilters Flannel (next time I'll write down the collection/designer!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But first--vacation! I'm leaving tomorrow for 10 days in Alaska, and I still am not quite packed! I'll try & update on the goings-on there while I'm there if I have time, or when I get back. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>So a few of my friends have recently started up, or updated their blogs, and it has inspired me to get back into the swing of things over here! I think this blog has exactly (19) views right now, and I'm pretty sure most of them are me, accidentally clicking the wrong buttons & ending up viewing it myself. (Still not quite used to this platform!)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>So here's what's been going on since I posted last...only 6 months ago! *Sheesh!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I ended up getting in touch with the advisers at the community college, getting it approved through work, & enrolling in Accounting 201! I actually just had my final earlier this month. It was a basic accounting class, which I really think is just what I needed. Part of it made me super excited about the prospect of going further in accounting, and part of it made me really nervous about the idea. I got an "A" in the class, and really did enjoy it, but I'm perplexed about what to try next. I had thought that there was a "Business Administration" degree/certificate plan that I could pursue, but I'm having trouble finding all the necessary information, and the advisers I've spoken with don't seem all that well equipped to deal with a student that also works full time. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I've learned that I really love bookkeeping & data entry too much to ever be an accountant. It seems like that job revolves around reviewing information, rather than getting your hands dirty with it! That's why I'm thinking business administration might be a better fit for me, but again..I don't feel like I have enough answers yet to make a final decision. I'd like to be able to work towards a bachelor's degree, but part of that might just be my own pride--I'd like to graduate again, and feel like I didn't cut myself short by "only" earning my associates. I'm hoping to get a lot more of this sorted out this summer so I can jump in again come Fall quarter! If I'm going to do this, I want to start taking at least 1 class per quarter, so I'm not 70 by the time I finish! I really am kicking myself for not taking advantage of my company's reimbursement program earlier! I could have had 3 years worth of classes under my belt. :) Oh well, live & learn!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I'm hoping to also clarify if a business administration degree/certificate would give me the information I would need to run my own small business!...Hopefully this is all sorted out soon! I'm the type of person who loves having a "road map", and knowing exactly where I'm going! Measurable goals are important for me! :)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Crafts:</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Well, I am in the middle of (4) quilts right now...yikes! I really love quilting, but I hate when it happens like this & I can't pay attention to one at a time. I started the first one of this set a while back when everything was so quite that I had the funny thought to finish it & try to sell it. But then, people started having babies and whatnot, and that plan went out the window! That quilt, and two others I've also started since then are going to end up being gifts to babies/new moms (can't wait to finish), and the one I started most recently is going to a friend of mine who recently received a pretty serious diagnosis & is spending quite some time in the hospital. I think a homemade, flannel (sooo soft) quilt might be just what the Dr. ordered! (Although I do need to call the hospital to make sure patients are allowed to have personal items like quilts in their rooms...I'll make myself a note to do that tomorrow) </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Then I also have (2) additional quilts that I'll be starting once this wave is complete! I really do think I need to do a better job of keeping track of all the quilts I've made.. even counting them, maybe! I remember I tried to piece it all back together once from pictures on FB, but I don't remember the # at that time, or how many I've done since then! (Hopefully this blog will help me sort that out.)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Other projects I've started/finished/worked on since my last update are:</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><u>Kitchen Table turned Computer Desk</u></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Oh, Mikhal & I had a great time with this table refinishing project! We started out with an old white & pine kitchen table that had been in my family since I was about 9 years old. We received it as a hand-me-down from my Mom when we lived in the apartment, and it served us just fine as our kitchen/dining room when we lived there! Once we moved here, though, we needed something bigger to accommodate the four of us, and the HUGE parties we plan on having. :) </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Instead of disposing of this one & searching for another computer desk, we simply decided to give this one some new life! Mikhal helped me with the sanding, staining (oy, the staining!) and the painting, and we ended up with a realllly cute table. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The top is stained pretty dark, because we wanted it to match our bedroom furniture set, and the legs were painted a shade of red to match the accent colors in our room. :) All in all, I am really happy with how it turned out, even though we thought it might have defeated us a few times. :) </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>We're still trying to figure out how to get the chair seat stained the same color to match.. :)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><u>LOVE art for our bedroom</u></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I had seem some neat wall art projects on pinterest, and decided to incorporate a couple into our bedroom for the big empty wall we had near our bed. I've always loved the "love verses" in 1 Corinthians, so we used that for our theme. I purchased big wooden letters that spell out "LOVE is..." and then glued tiny wooden letters onto (3) separate canvases with the rest of the verse. Again this was a DIY project that got a way from me a little as far as cost & time put into it, but I'm so happy with the end result, the long nights spent painting all the individual letters feel so worth it! I had a couple of the letters fall off the canvas during the moving/hanging process, so once I glue those back on, I'll make sure to get a picture posted here of the finished product! </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I'm also going to continue with the "Love" theme for our room. I think it matches up so perfectly with the red color we've got going for our accents. :) </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Some other ideas I've got bouncing around are to do some kind of "love" related throw pillows (for both the loveseat & couch), and maybe a wall hanging or framed embroidery project with some "love" related lyrics. I especially love Warren Barfield's song, "Love is not a fight". </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><u>Misc. Household improvements with M</u></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>M & I were both really feeling antsy about the lack of decoration in the house, so for a while her & I (or her & Mikhal during some work days) went out slowly started finding things to help make it feel more homey! We ended up getting new curtains for the dining room, living room & "library", as well as a new table cloth, new art work, new shelves, new lamps, etc... basically, the place is looking much more lived in, and loved! Everyone is always so impressed when they come to visit. We even invited the landlords over, and they were really happy to see that people who loved the house as much as they do were living here & taking good care of it. :)</i></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><u>Real life "pinterest" board</u></i><br />
<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Part of our household improvement project was me finally getting some kind of boards up in the green room to organize my upcoming art projects! I found both a white board & bulletin board, and Mikhal hung them up for me on the wall! I am able to switch them out so I can keep the one that I'm using most often at eye height, with the other hung below. It's pretty neat! I've already got quite a few things listed to work on when I have time. :) </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>This was another idea I got from pinterest. When L, C (Friends) & J (sister) and I were up in Seattle a few months back, we stopped at the "Re-store" where they sell old building materials, and I picked up some cute 4x4" tiles, with the intention of turning them into cute coasters. :) Finally this last week I picked up some paper doileys, & spray paint to finish the project! I really think they turned out pretty neat. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>These are just two samples of how they turned out. I had others I liked better, but I think they are on a different memory card! </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Well the biggest piece of news is that Mikhal is currently living in & working in Alaska! He's been gone 2-3 weeks (it feels like forever, so it's hard to keep track of how long it's really been), and will probably stay on up there until 1) he gets called back by the union, 2) his brother in law runs out of work for him. His brother builds houses, & got quite a few good jobs for this summer, but needed help to finish them, and Mikhal could certainly use something to do (and we can always use extra $$!!). Luckily I'm going up to visit him for a week next month, so it will help break up the fact that he will be one for probably 2 months once this is all said and done! </i></span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The only good thing I've found about him being gone so far is that I've been able to spend some good quality time with girlfriends I haven't seen in a while! It's been great! :) </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>In other news, I'm only 2.4 pounds away from my goal weight! For those of you who don't know me well, I've lost 35+ pounds over the last 16 months or so! It's been a LONG process, but I'm so close now, and I've really been motivated these last few weeks to finally break through to goal weight! I've got my weigh in (Weight Watchers) tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes! I'd been pretty 1/2 hearted on the program for a while, and was getting frustrated with myself for my yo-yo weight gains & losses (1-2 lbs a week). Hopefully this is the week! Then I can start my 6 weeks of maintenance, and then on to being a free lifetime member! :) It's a pretty exciting prospect. I think once all is said and done, I'll probably be in the best shape I've ever been in. I'm already seeing muscle definition that I've never had before. Just going to take a big more fat burning to uncover some more. :) *haha. I'm both excited, and kind of horrified at the idea that I'll be able to post a before & after picture up soon! I've got the exact "before" picture in mind, and will take an "after" in the same place in similar clothes, etc. Stay tuned! ;) </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Well, I think those are the biggest updates so far! I'll do my best to get better about taking pictures to go along with all these facts, I know it makes for a LONG read without something to break it all up, but I appreciate you staying with me. :)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Until next time... </i></span><br />
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<br /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02941688415917117776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8430481359446659344.post-25246258081354891382012-01-30T22:59:00.000-08:002012-01-30T22:59:49.202-08:00The Brown, Cream & Red Room...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">One of the projects I've been working on since moving into this great house of ours, is our bedroom! I guess I was never really inspired to be all that creative in our two bedrooms before this one--but I just LOVE this room! We're thinking that before they remodeled the house, our room actually used to be two rooms side by side, but then they decided to break down a portion of the wall in between, wall off one door, and viola--you have our room! <br />
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Because the space is SO big and wonderful, we decided to break it into the two halves (unofficially), and make one side our "sleeping" side, and one side for more of a "sitting room"/"office". :) We found a really nice love-seat & ottoman set on craigslist and it fits on the "sitting" side, perfectly! (Although sometimes the ottoman ends up on the "living" side, covered in stacks of clean clothes...*smile*)<br />
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I had found, and had hung some cute flowery red/brown/cream colored pictures/paintings at our apartment in various rooms, but thought they would look cute in our room here, so I hung two in our room on opposite sides of the window across from the bed, and two in the "sitting room" side, one by the door, and one by the "office" corner. I was again inspired, this time by the red accents, and I think I am going to start working them into more of my decorating through-out this room!<br />
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For my other red accents, I've got a super cute rug, and then made my own cream curtains, with really cute red lacy under-lay. The only thing I wish I had done differently is to make the cream curtains a bit more full. They're made out of pretty stiff upholstery type fabric, and they look a bit rigid. That was one of the reasons that I decided to add the underlay, to make it a little more flowy. :)<br />
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Anyways, that's the basic plan for our room decorations! <br />
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In other news, I did finally work my way up to e-mailing the department chairs (for accounting & business) at our local college to see if I could get some guidance about going back to school! (As far as which of the two I should focus on, and which of the different programs within each I should set my sights on. I haven't heard back yet, but I am getting more and more excited thinking about the idea! Reading through the course descriptions, I think accounting might be the way I want to go, but I think getting to talk with both ladies will help me decide! <br />
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As for my other crafts--I'm currently in the middle of two different quilts, with a couple more in the "hopper" for production as soon as I finish these two! I'll try & post pictures of the two quilts once I finish them for your viewing pleasure! :)<br />
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Until next time...<br />
</div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02941688415917117776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8430481359446659344.post-66442956768921377052012-01-12T22:36:00.001-08:002012-06-27T21:12:36.797-07:00The Brown, Cream & Red Room {Part 2}<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is a handy little diagram I made up a while back to help explain the layout of our bedroom. I had sent it via text message to the blog a while back, but had forgotten to ever update & publish it! In the coming posts I'll do my best to document the personal touches I've added to the room in the last few months that have really made it feel like ours! </span></div>
</div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02941688415917117776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8430481359446659344.post-38301194359052466842012-01-02T16:48:00.000-08:002012-01-02T16:48:47.237-08:00New Beginnings<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've been tossing the idea of starting my own business (making & selling crafty items) around in my head for a couple of years now, and I figured the start of this new year (2012!) was a good time to stop just thinking about the idea, and instead--get the ball rolling!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">For those of you who might stumble across this blog, without knowing me personally--I'll give you a quick bio. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">My name is Anne, and I am the youngest old person most people have ever met. :) I'm 22 years old, but most people guess I'm older than that when we first met, and once they know me better--know that I <em>must</em> be an old lady stuck in this younger body.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"> My friends at work helped me come up with this list of reasons that brought us to that conclusion:</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> I love cats...and have three of them. (Shadrach, Meshach & Abby )</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I wear a lot of sweaters (Cute, modern, looking ones--but sweaters none the less)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I love wearing pearls. (Earrings & necklaces, mostly)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I pay my bills the "old fashioned" way with a check and a postage stamp--rather than "e-pay". </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I love doing crafty things like quilting, sewing, scrapbooking, etc...</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I got a traffic ticket once for driving too slowly...</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I'm sure that list will only grow longer as I actually get older, but for now, that's all we have. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And now back to my bio...I got married 3 1/2 years ago to my "highschool sweetheart", Mikhal. (Pronounced: Michael)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We don't have any kids yet, but do plan on having a family someday in the coming years. That's actually one of my motivations for wanting to start a business. When we do decide to start having kids, I plan on retiring from my current job to take up the call of "Stay at Home Mom", and while I know I will certainly be busy--I'd still like to have something to work on in my down time that is fun, and that can help contribute to our finances. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Other than that, there's plenty to know about me--but not enough time in the day to write it all out! I'm sure it'll come out on it's own during the coming blog posts. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Oh, one thing I should mention is why I named my blog what I did. Mikhal and I recently moved into a rental house with his sister, M & her husband, A. (We call it "MAMA's house for short.) In this new big glorious combined house of ours, there is a beautifull bright green room that M & I called dibs on for a craft space! I was inspired the moment I walked in, and knew that I'd be able to create beautiful things in there. This blog will be used to help document those things. Pictures, Notes, Tips, Tutorials, etc... as well as my progress toward my bigger goal of owning & running my own business! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Thanks for reading, and I hope you're able to stick around and see where this takes me! :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">--Anne</span> </span>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02941688415917117776noreply@blogger.com0