street fashion #5

new journal

i'm making a new journal for myself. this quilted piece is going to be on the cover and an assortment of these papers will be inside. i plan on doing some stitching on the pages and spiral binding the book. (the quilted cover will be stitched to colored cardstock with room on the side to punch the holes).

on my desk

look who's 6 months old!

six months already! growing so fast.

street fashion #4

street fashion #3

street fashion #2

street fashion #1

i've been working on a new series of art work. they are mixed media pieces created on posterboard, most are 12" x 12". the pieces were inspired by silhouettes, fashion, grafitti/street art. they were inspired by the work of hush, alisa burke, and some of my past work - here,

here, here, here, and here (my art, third photo down under see what's inside). all of these pieces were created with collage, gel medium, and paint. also, they all feature the same silhouette. i've created eight so far, #1 is featured below and i'll be showing the others one at a time over the next couple of week, in between other posts.

Street Fashion #1

the scrap of target bag seen here came from one of my bundles. it has some ink transfer on it from a photocopy that was under it in the bundle (see photos 24 and 25, in this post), also, the yellowing of the circles is from the sun.

pinterest lemon blueberry bread and blueberry danish

it's no secret i love love pinterest. i have many boards full of pins. one of those boards is my food and drink board. on this board i've pinned many foods that look yummy, with the intention of trying all of the various recipes. i'm working on that...today i'm sharing with you photos of what i made from two of those recipes. the first is lemon blueberry yogurt bread. um, yum! this bread is more like a cake and it is moist and delicious. i used vanilla yogurt, instead of the plain that the recipe calls for, and i skipped doing the lemon syrup (but not the glaze, i did that). i just didn't think that i needed the syrup too (and i didn't). this is delicious cold.

the second recipe is for a strawberry cream cheese danish. i used blueberries instead. again, very tasty, although i think this is best right after it comes out of the oven, while the danish still has some crisp to it, later after being refridgerated, it gets soft, still good but softer.

christmas cards

i made these little christmas cards last year. simple stencil and spray paint. there are four cards with the christmas tree on them (sprayed directly on the card) and two with the snowflake on them (sprayed on separate paper, cut and glued to card), the snowflake ones also have teeny tiny stickers (making memories) that say let it snow! all six cards are available in my etsy shop.

scrappy note cards (tutorial tuesday)

as you know, i'm alway looking for new ways to use my many many scraps. recently i came up with these fun little note cards. they're oh so simple to make and each one uses up quite a few scraps. i had a lot of fun making these cards.

Materials Needed
blank note cards (michaels)
scraps (fabric and paper)
sewing machine/needle and thread
scrap paper
pencil
scissors
buttons
double sided tape (scotch)

Directions
1. make a rectangle template from your scrap paper that is a little bit smaller than the front of your card
2. cut several of these rectangles from your scrap paper.
3. sort through scraps and pull out a handful that catch your eye.
4. arrange and sew scraps to rectangle.
5. sew on button, if desired.
6. using double stick tape, attach stitched rectangle to front of card.

these cards are perfect for a handwritten hello or thank you note. they would also make great gifts. if you make some, i would love to see them! leave me a link in the comments section.

don't have time to make some cards? all the cards seen in this post are available in my etsy shop.

published!

i have two new articles out this month! one in sew somerset and one in art quilting studio (both available from stampington. the article in sew somerset is on two of my mini journals, this one and this one. and the article in art quilting studio is on my mini quilts and the book i made to keep them in.

chicken pot pie

now that the cold weather is upon us, i've started making this delicious and simple chicken pot pie again.

Ingredients
2 cups of pulled chicken (i use the rotisserie chickens from the grocery store, leftover thanksgiving or christmas turkey will work too)
2 cups frozen mixed veggies
2 (18 oz) jars of gravy
1 tube of crescent rolls
salt and pepper

Directions
1. Combine chicken, veggies, gravy, and salt and pepper in a deep skillet.
Cook until everything is hot.
2. Pour mix into an 11" x 7" glass baking dish.
3. Unroll cresent rolls onto a plate. Do not separate triangles. You should have 4 rectangles total. Lay 3 of those rectangles over filling mix.
4. Bake in a 375 degree oven for about 15 minutes or until the crust is brown and is not doughy underneath.

(You could also use a 2nd can of crescents and lay 3 rectangles in the bottom of the pan to make a bottom crust. If you do this bake the bottom crust by itself for about 5 minutes first.)

now you may have realized that you are going to have 1 crescent roll rectangle left over. i like to take that left over rectangle, separate it into the two triangles and put a dollop of cream cheese and a dollop of jelly in each, roll them up (be sure to tuck the sides in as you roll, so that the filling doesn't ooze out), and bake them with the pot pie. please note that these little jelly rolls need a little less cook time than the pot pie - 10-12 minutes for the rolls instead of the 15 for the pot pie.

cream cheese and jelly rolls

baby shower scrapbook

back in may, the girls at work threw me a baby shower. i got tons of awesome gifts for miss maddy and a lot of really nice cards and my friend tanya took a bunch of photos. i finally got around to doing something with everything. i made a little scrapbook.


i had loose photo album pages for a 3 ring binder type of photo album. they had a spot at the top for a photo, a memo spot in the middle, and a spot at the bottom for a photo. i cut the page apart, carefully removing the memo section so that i had a page that held one photo on each side. i put all of my photos in the photo pages.


then i punched a hole in all of my cards, two card size pieces of paper cut from gift bags, a napkin from the shower, and two pieces of cardstock big enough to cover everything.


on one piece of cardstock (the back cover) i stuck part of a balloon to one side of it and to the other piece of cardstock (the front cover) i stuck an invitation to the shower that someone had saved for me and one of the gift ribbons (curly with dangly heart beads).


then i used a binding ring (found at staples) to hold it all together. to the binding ring, i tied another curly ribbon, a pink bow, and the little pink booties that were on the cake.


and voila! simple, cute, scrapbook!

front coverpagesphotos and cards

booties