mission accomplished!

Despite the snowy roads and cold temperature, we did gather at Kacie's yesterday for some blanket making. Above is an assortment of what we made and a quite unflattering photo of me, sitting next to my Mom.

Olivia: rounding corners on a blanket.

Shelby: making fringe like a pro.

We had fun together and felt good about doing something that will matter to others. Olivia, Shelby and I are looking forward to the drop off date next Saturday. If you can support Project Linus, for Haiti, or at any time of the year to help people locally, visit their website ::HERE::.

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tonight, i unearthed some treasures...

I remember loving this photo back then, but now, 3.5 years later, it made me choke up a little.

These were taken by my good friends Amy and Carla in October 2006. The color could not be more perfect. Wow.

This little sassy pants still acts much the same but she sure has grown up a lot in appearance!

I never ordered this one back then but I am going to now. If I get it up on a wall, I can smile each time I walk by instead of when I happen upon it buried on a hard drive. Sigh.

L O V E all of these. So grateful we made the effort. Totally committing to doing this again in the Spring. Ok Clicky Chicks?!

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project linus: blankets for Haiti

I saw a tweet last week about the Cincinnati Chapter of Project Linus aiming to collect 1000 blankets to ship to Haiti. I love this idea b/c my kids can be involved, my Mom, sister and niece can help...and just like I had hoped, everyone got on board. So Saturday, we have plans to meet at my niece's apartment for snacks, drinks and Sugar cupcakes while also making 6 or so blankets.

Yesterday, I went and bought the fabric. The plan is for at least 4 fleece blankets, single ply according to their specs. And I bought fabric to make two flannel blankets as well. I figured I could whip those up early as the others are no sew.

I did get one blanket finished but since I had not sewn in awhile, I encountered some issues. One of the issues being that all my stitches were wonky which I did not realize until I had done two sides. So...after a quick Google search, I realized using the zig zag stitch would be a better choice for flannel. I ripped out the first two hemmed sides and began again.

And it looks like this. Nice and cozy. It is an extremely grey day so the blanket did not photograph as well as I know it could :) I am ready to whip up the second one and am eyeballing all the ideas for finishing off fleece blankets. Who knew so many variations on one theme existed?

The best part is how super excited my kids are. They love the fabric. They love that I sewed the first one. They cannot wait to help on the next blankets. Olivia asked specifically WHO would be doing the delivery of the blankets and was thrilled that she is included. A totally feel good project all.the.way.around.

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Magic Bars

This is a tried and true recipe. It has been around forever and tops my lists of favs. They make me think of my friend Beth because she likes them and my mother in law, because she always makes them at Christmas. I made a batch to share tomorrow for Teacher Appreciation Day as part of Catholic School's Week at my girls' school. I am all about using the butterscotch chips, just so you know: Magic Bar Recipe. Pin It

the modern sick day

True to form, instead of finishing my 2009 photo book, I moved ahead to a 2010 memory. I am so loving these simple, striking templates from Leora Sanford at Little Dreamer. And the rest is from a new collab kit, sweet + tart. I am thinking a lot about shaking it up a bit and returning to doing some layouts for each girl's book. There is just too much new stuff, it is a shame not to use it.

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