Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Tell Me Tuesday Link Party

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Go here to grab party and feature buttons!

(1) Frame to Tray / Creative Dominican

(2) Sugar and Flour Labels / The Thinking Closet

(3) Skirt Refashion / Domestic Bliss Squared

(4) Upcycled Denim Purse / Hong Kong Chic

(5) Embellished Flip Flops / The DIY Dreamer

(6) DIY Colorful Vinyl Pouches / Haberdashery Fun

You've been pinned! All the features have been pinned to my Tell Me Tuesday board on Pinterest!

**Calling for a co-host next week! We are planning a fun get to know you interview for those who want to co-host:) **

Ashley is taking a little break from blogging and will be back soon!

Leslie from Violet Imperfection is co- hosting with me today! Stop by and tell her hi! :)

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Thank you friends for all that have linked up! You all truly inspire me! :)

Tuesday Topics

Life. Love.Lauren

Ten things that make me happy, I love this. It is good to reflect on what makes you happy.

1. Watching Violet learn and explore. It amazes me how much she learns everyday. I can almost see her brain working as she figures things out.

2. When Marc comes home from work. Silly as it may sound, I love when Marc comes home at night. We eat dinner, spend time together as a family and talk about our days. It's simple and important.

3. Disney, you knew it would make the list. Disney never fails to make me smile.

4. Reading a book outside. I love to read and when the weather is nice enough to be outside tame reading it makes me so happy. A comfy chair, sunglasses and a book. Ahhhh, bliss.

5. Looking at photos. If you have been following this blog you probably know this. Taking photos, looking at them and having them in my walls makes me so happy. Pictures to me are capturing memories as they happen.

6. Diet Coke. I love it. I gave it up completely for the whole30 and I missed it. I am going to continue to give it up on a regular basis and just drink it as a treat.

7. Spending a week at the lake with my family. Our vacation is in July and I can't wait. Last year was so much fun! I can't wait to swim everyday, play with Violet, spend time with my family and just have an awesome, relaxing week.

8. Lobster. I could eat lobster everyday. Too bad it is so darn expensive.

9. Play dates. I am not the most social person out there but I have found a great group of moms and kids that are awesome. I look forward to our activities and the company.

10. Flowers. I love fresh flowers. In my house, in a garden and I love to look at them.

 

What makes you happy?

 

Monday, May 20, 2013

Violet's Quilt

After using fabric for Violet's weekly photos for her 1st year, we had a lot of fabric and weren't sure what to do with it.

My mom and I came up with the idea of making a quilt for Violet out of the fabrics. I have a hard time sewing a straight line so I turned the quilt over to my mom and let her have creative license.

She may have picked one of the more difficult patterns for the quilt but she wanted it that way. She decided on quilt squares made up if three different strips if fabric.

52 fabrics X 13 strips of each fabric = 676 strips cut out.

My mom is a sewing goddess.

She isn't finished with the quilt but she shared these photos of her work so far.

Isn't it amazing? I am so in love with how it looks. I look at these fabric squares and see my baby girl growing week after week. Sniff Sniff.

Here is baby girl in her 13 and 14 month photos. What should I do with these fabrics, hmmmm?