Easter Bunny House

Last night for date night, Cody and I found ourselves wandering around Michael's craft store (real romantic, I know). They had a couple different Easter foamy houses that you could assemble and I thought that it would be a perfect activity to do with Claire. She loves, LOVES sticky foamy projects.

It only took us about 45 minutes to put it together. I put the structure together, Claire placed all the stickies and decorations on, and Morgan kinda helped (she poked the foamies out that needed to be poked out). I only lost my patience twice, apologized to a traumatized Morgan, and viola! Easter bunny house finished. That's pretty good for us! It is so cute in person, because it just sparkles and the colors are so bright. It cost $7 but I bet if you wanted to buy one you could find a Michael's coupon and get it for half off.



Speaking of sticky foamies, Claire is always sneaking into our stash (because we have a stash of sticky foamies being that I am part magpie and collect things that sparkle) and making crafts out of them. A few weeks ago, she got some plain brown pots with a seed in it from primary. She decided to bling it out and added some sparkly hearts when we got home. I found these on the window sill and it made me smile. The girl has got style.

Rainbow Cake

After seeing various rainbow cakes on the web, I just had to try one. Marjie's birthday just after St. Patricks day seemed like the perfect time. I just used a white cake mix, divided it into six equal portions and add food coloring to get the desired color. I baked them in 9 inch round cake pans for 6 or 7 minutes each (they are so thin they cook very fast). The next day I assembled and frosted and, Voila!! Rainbow cake.

What I did with my not-so-pretty quilt . . .

Remember the quilt that didn't turn out? 

Well, I made more library bags with the appliques.  I'll be giving them away to various friends of Mike's (he has mostly girl friends). 

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The pink bag is one-sided.

Aunt Shell's quilt

Here is another quilt that Shells made for her neice. I love it. The fabrics are from a Heather Bailey collection and I really like them. It was fun to quilt, and it will soon be on the way to its new owner.

Princess Caddie

Prepare to be amazed! Ha ha! (say that like the villain in Meet the Robinson's.)


Can you guess what is in this purse?

Okay, if you guessed a princess caddie, congratulations, Captain Obvious, since that is the title of the post. But this is an absolutely awesome princess caddie, with a super cool surprise on the inside. It is almost as magical as Mary Poppin's bag. Okay, not quite.

The purse unfolds to reveal. . . .

. . .Tada!

A princess castle inside!

A collapsible castle.



and pockets to store your princess paraphernalia. Or as Morgan thinks, a place for your princesses to go to sleep.
Then collapse the castle, fold the purse back up and you have a princess caddie for on the go- perfect for restaurants, dr's office, dmv (which I have to visit soon, dang), or long car rides.

So this idea had been floating around my head since I saw Jill's Car Caddie on SYTYC several months ago. It took a lot of planning and designing, and it was only as I started assembling it did I realize some things that didn't work, that were the wrong measurements, and things that would look better next time. I am definitely going to try this again with those improvements (because I have two g irl s and me thinks I will need two princess caddies).

Monica's Quilts

Mom made this quilt for Samantha. I love the colors and pattern. Gabby is covering up an appliqued Holly Hobby type girl. But trust me, it's cute.

I made this about 9 years ago. It is a log cabin pattern with all the red fabric grouped together. Log cabins are fast and easy. This is king size quilt, the biggest I have ever made.

Brooke made this for Gabby. I love the colors and the flowers.

This is a quilt that I started about 5 years ago and finished a few months ago. I had all the 9 patch pieces cut and sewn into strips, but that is all I did 5 years ago. Finishing it didn't take too long, but I am not terribly pleased with it. The picture actually makes it look better than what it is. It still needs to be quilted.

I love how this quilt turned out. Mom sent me the fabric and the yellow brick road pattern a few years ago. I made it around Christmas time and I just love it. I love the fabric, the pattern (who has not yet used the Yellow Brick Road pattern? It is so quick and easy, even if you make the same major mistake that mom and I made). It also still needs to be quilted.

I made this 11 or 12 years ago. I am still a big fan of the Morning Star pattern.

Mom made this for Ben. I love the contrast between the bright yellow and the dark blue and the pinwheels. I love this quilt.

Mom made this for Ben. It is flannel and he used it as a bedspread.

Mom made this flannel quilt for Samantha.

Mom made this for Gabby. I love all of the pink and the scalloped edges.

Mom and Michelle made this for Samantha, but Benjamin now claims it has his own.
And again, I love the yellow and blue.

Gabby insisted on being the quilt model in some of the pictures.

Mom made this for my 3rd wedding anniversary. So thoughtful. I love the fans. And I love the quilting. It also has an antique feel to it, both in the choice of fabric and the fact that it has been used so much.

And there you have it. I am pretty sure I missed some along the way, but I would say that is a pretty darn good collection. Thanks for the quilts everyone.

More finished Guilts

Let's start at the very beginning, the very best place to start.

This is my wedding quilt that Mom made for me. I love it so much. And I think mom likes me best because I got my quilt within months of getting married. I'm just saying.

We have used it on our bed for 7 1/2 years and it has held up nicely, except for one little square where a particular fabric had worn through and torn. When mom was here to help with Luke, she hand stitched a new fabric over it and it looks like new. I love it!

This is the quilt mom made for Claire. It is so lovely and she put a lot of work into it.

Look closely, she hand-appliqued the flowers and hearts and then also did a great job machine stitching it.

Here is the one she made for Morgan. It, too, is so lovely. I love the colors and the scalloped border.

If you look closely, you can see in the white squares, there is a quilted daisy. Love it!

Here is another quilt I received for Morgan. My friend, Kate, made this for her. It is a really cool quilt- with the polka dots and fuzzy fabric.

This is a recent acquisition. Monica made this for the Lukesters and I just love it! The pictures doesn't do the colors justice.

My mom did the quilting, little waves, and it looks so good.

I have more, but I think they have already been posted. Morgan's favorite thing in the whole world is her blanket that Michelle made, and Michelle also made Luke the sailboat blanket, and my mom made Luke the Safari blanket (which come to think of it, I don't think that one is posted yet, so I will have to post in my next post).

I have one talented family.