Hello! Happy February everyone. This year seems to be scooting right along for me. I'm pretty sure a couple of other people I know are finding this month to be going rather quickly. My friend from Korea, Jessica, and her husband just had their first! She is an absolute doll. So, of course, a baby blanket is a must. Jessica is a big cow lover and the pictures they posted on Facebook of the … [Read more...]
Teddy Bear Picnic Baby Blanket
You know how sometimes you have an image in your head and it all just comes together? Well, that is not at all what happened with this quilt. This blanket is for a friend having twins. I already made the Star Spangled baby blanket for the baby boy and I wanted a similar but not identical quilt for the girl. I had a picture in my head of a happily colored scrappy star blanket in which the white … [Read more...]
“Springy” Baby Blanket
Surprise, surprise! I have another friend about to bring a baby home. Since it's just the beginning of April, I found it fitting to sew up a Spring blanket.I met the soon to be mom of two, Miss Jordana, almost two years ago at PWOC. She was a co-facilitator of the first class I had here. She is so sweet and welcoming and has some of the most amazing stories about her grandmother. I really wish … [Read more...]
Army Helicopter Cake
My kids like to come up with themes for their birthday cakes. Which is fun, because I like to decorate cakes for them. I go to Pinterest for inspiration and just try to mimic the ones I see. But this time I had to do good old fashioned figuring on my own (with a little help from Sister.)Brother's birthday was this last weekend and all he wanted was a Kermit the Frog puppet and a cake consisting … [Read more...]
Hugs and Kisses for Elsie May
Something many of you may not know about me is that I am currently on the woman's ministry board here at Camp Humphreys. It's called Protestant Women of the Chapel, or PWOC, for short. I have the fun position, Vice President: Programs. That means I get to plan the programs, which are like a single day women's retreats. I've done five so far and I have two more to go before I hand the job over … [Read more...]