enjoying baker's dozen from studio calico

i feel like i didn't get enough time to spend creating with this kit. too many other things to get done before i left for CHA. but i am incredibly happy with my layouts because of the moments that they documented. this one is my favorite, it's so very simple, and the picture is not great, but it is so us. we'd gone on a walk on MLK Jr. day and i happened to bring my camera. the afternoon shadows were lovely, we were walking side by side along the path, i made everyone stop so i could take a picture. it captures the feeling perfectly. love the stage our family is in right now. it's crazy busy, but very fulfilling. i used the AC slick writer to write on the crate stickers, very important when you have a shiny surface you need to write on.i painted, misted, and stitched on this one. it was so much fun to create this one, it just kind of fell into place. not counting paint drying time, it took about 30 minutes. i love that. the MM bling circle kept losing gems, so i started gluing them onto the layout :)

i was getting ready to leave for the week in CA and was already missing my family. putting this together probably didn't help my sense of homesickness, but i really liked how colorful it turned out. that journaling stamp is going to be a favorite of mine, i just have a feeling. i used this ink for the pink ampersand. that stamp was a free one if you bought an add on a few months ago.

all in all, i loved this kit and the add ons. and seeing that they sold out in no time at all, i'm betting it's going to be a favorite of a lot of other studio calico members. i am excited to see what everyone comes up with, there was so much to play with, it really lived up to its name of baker's dozen.

now i'm anxiously awaiting the march kit, it's such a happy kit and there's something i'm REALLY excited about playing with in it... but that's all i can say. :)

but until then, i'll upload some photos of the week in CA. so much fun!

look mom, i sewed on fabric!

it really is a pity. my mom spent a lot of time teaching me how to sew. and for many years, i sewed all the time. i made a lot of my own clothes because i could exactly what i wanted that way. i was really pretty good, i made my wedding dress. it wasn't fancy, but it was just what i wanted. i made my kids' clothes until about 8 years ago. then i just stopped. i bought a really nice sewing machine just before i stopped sewing, now it only gets used to sew on paper. but thanks to ronda and her daughter lexi, i pulled out the machine to create something out of fabric. a few years ago, ronda made an amy butler birdie sling for lexi to use in high school. it was so cute, i asked annie if it was something she would like herself. she was game. so this summer, ronda and lexi took annie and i to the quilting store; lexi and annie both picked out fabric for their new bags. it took me a few days of sewing here and there, but i finally managed to get that bag done. and i think you can tell just how happy it made annie :) i think it turned out exactly like she'd imagined.



now i know i remember how to sew on fabric, i'm a little worried i'm going to be heading back to the quilting store sooner than later. such pretty colors there...