Wednesday, February 24, 2010

My talented daughter - Melissa!

All my children amaze me. They all are very talented and I am so proud of them! Melissa is really getting into scrapbooking and card making. she recently was asked to design some cards for Treasure Box Designs. well...... here it is!

Treasure

a really sweet, cute, adorable Easter card! She used Copic markers. Oh BTW, both Melissa and I have have been excepted to take a Copic certification class! we are beyond excited.

So go have a look at Melissa's card. It's great!

I am soooo proud of you sweetie....

Mom

Monday, February 22, 2010

What a Saturday!

OK, I have done it again! put the pictures in backwards -- sorry! for Christmas we gave Demi everything to make her own PJ bottoms - this is her modeling her PJ's! she spent the night on Saturday and we finished them up. She did a very good job on them. she is quite the sewer! Next - quilting! LOL! Saturday was a very full day. in the morning I had to work because it was the shop's birthday! 5 years old! Happy Birthday Oasis! afterwards, I went over to Jenn's. Jenn and I went and saw Dear John. yes we cried. you always cry at a Nicholas Sparks movie or book! he is one of my favorite authors. afterwards, Jenn and I went back to her home and we made lemon bread with the girls. Justin? I think he was glued to the computer! LOL!
Anyway, here are my girls cooking......


and here are the 2 loaves - yummy..... I will try and share the recipe later. I got it from home based mom blog.
And here is our Lexi girl! she LOVES Michael Jackson. I mean she LOVES him! she has only watch his new movie - This is it - about a zillion times. she love watching and dancing along with Michael. I have never seen the movie so we started it while I was there.

I took a video, but can't seem to upload it. maybe later......
after that the girls and I went to Olive Garden - YUMMO! have you tried there new soup? Chicken and Gnocchi? very good.
Thanks girls for such a wonderful afternoon and evening! love you......
Mom/Grandma
Lorene




Sunday, February 21, 2010

Redwork Day!

Hi everyone! just a warning, this post has a gazillion pics! these ladies are cranking!!!!! Here is Susan with Feb and March little quilts. she had the cutest little hanger for them....
Rita with her Feb quilt....

Pam did this one. this is a stamped piece that she finished.

Pam's mother made this quilt. it is a stamped quilt. all in cross stitch and hand quilted. it is so pretty.....

Nancy made this wedding quilt for her and her hubby. all the family signed it.

Nancy did this wall hanging for their bedroom

Here is a fun pin cushion Nancy did.....

This pretty bag is from leftovers! way too cute Nancy!

Here is Nancy's quilt all done! I can't believe she has finished!
a little cup cake that I am sure will grow up to be wonderful!

AND Nancy finished her bunny hill BOM!!!!
Margie's mother passed away in December. She found this little doily that her mother had embroidered when Margie was very little. what a treasure Margie!
Margie belongs to the civil war club too! here is her quilt from that group.....

Mardi's cute wall hanging!
Lois did sun bonnet Sue! so sweet.....

Jancye did this quilter's blessing. click on the photo to enlarge it. so pretty.....

she also made this pillow from Bird Brain.......

Cyndi has all her panels done for over the river! WOW!!!! This quilt is sooooo detailed. it will be so pretty.....
Charlene is almost done with her Queen and her court quilt. isn't it beautiful? it inspires me to get mine done!
Charlene also shared her oranges and grapefruit from her trees. I can tell you the oranges were wonderful!!!

here is Charlene with her crab apple Christmas tote she made.....

and her feb little quilt.....

here is Carmen with her sashiko koi fish. Can't wait to see what she is going to do with them.

Arlene with her feb and mar little quilts
and Arlene with her little basket wall hanging....
Thank you ladies for another fantastic meeting. it's hard keeping up with you all!
Lorene

Happy Valentines Day! - a little late.....

Hi everyone! I just wanted to thank my hubby for the beautiful roses, little bear and perfume I recieved for Valentines Day. Thank you sweetie! I love you forever.......

Lorene

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Thornberries and Another Finish!!!!

Friday was thornberries! I love going and seeing what everyone is up to, how everything is going, show and tell! love it all. we always have lunch and you know, we are really good cooks! here is Barb working on those pesky little 9 patches. they are so cute, but pesky! LOL! Sue and Bobbi joined the civil war group at 3 dudes and here is sue working on her blocks. they were soooo pretty!
Terry has a new little grandson coming and here is the beginning of his quilt. soooo cute!

here is the group working on all their stuff.....

and here is my finished (it was almost finished at TB - but now it is finished!) civil was quilt. I started this several years ago at the Koop when they had a $5 BOM. each month you would bring your block back. if you didn't bring your block back, it would cost you another $5. I think this quilt cost about $15 to $20! LOL! but it is now finished and I really like it. I don't have very much civil was fabric in my stash. I do have 2 finished civil war quilts. I think it might be growing on me. this make s #8 UFO finish for this year! this sure feels good.....
enjoy...
Lorene

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

More UFO's finished

this feels so good to finish! if I ever get completely caught up, I will NEVER have this many to do again! or rather, that's my plan! this quilt was from a mystery - burger queen - have it your way quilt. you could pick any block. the only thing was you had to make the blocks in sizes 3", 6", 9', and 12". I really like how it turned out. I do love stars. and I love red and cream quilts. this quilt is about 2 years old I think. OK, this one probably looks familar. I finished the sister quilt last month. a couple of years ago I bought a lot of this fabric when it went on sale - enough for these two quilts and more. I started them and got sidetracked. so now #1 AND #2 are finished. I still had enough fabric to make another top. not an UFO but I have used alot of that fabric. I am hoping after I peice the back it will be back! we will see.....
so this is #6 and 7 UFO's for this year! go me!!!!
Lorene

Happy Birthday!

hi everyone! over the weekend we celebrated Bruce and Keith's birthday. here is a box and card that Melissa made for Bruce. You know that he is Batman! LOL! here is Keith's box and card. both were full of CHOCOLATE!!!!!
here is Eva, Lexy, Jackson and Jen singing happy birthday!

My sister Cindy loves to play with the kiddos1 here is Zoe flying....


and gunner man flying, he isn't so sure.....

here are the birthday guys opening their presents

Happy birthday guys!!! love ya
Lorene