And the two become one...

On June 26th, 2010 I went to the 30th wedding of my life thus far (give or take a few). It was a gorgeous outdoor wedding in Grass Valley, California. Besides the sweltering heat and bugs that assaulted us right at the start of the ceremony, everything was pretty darn amazing. We did have our "behind the scenes" drama and complications as all weddings do, but as I look back at the day all I can remember is Kim and Nic and their beautiful, smiling faces. It truly is awesome when you see God bring two of the most random people together and you know that they were utterly made for each other. I have no doubt in my mind that Kim and Nic will spend the rest of their lives in marital bliss. Whether it be attending Star Wars in Concert or munching on fruit snacks as they watch American Idol, they are one pair that was fit to be tied.

I wrote a short poem for my Matron of Honor speech and decided to turn it into a post-wedding gift for the bride. All I have to do now is find a frame that will fit the poem and the picture below. Also a little fyi - "Sunstone" is my sorority pledge name and for the past 8 years of our lives I have generally called Kim - Ruby and she has called me Sunstone or Sunny. I am pretty sure this will continue until we are in our 90's. Just think Ruby and Sunny make awesome old lady names.

(Great DIY project for anyone looking to give a really awesome and sentimental gift. I wish I had copies of the speeches from my Maid/Matron of Honor and Hector's Best Man. It would be fun to look back and read them)

The Bride and I - June 26th, 2010

Jade, Ruby and I
(p.s. I'm not fat - just pregnant)

Someone pointed out to me that it looks like we are on the teacups at Disneyland. So true.

An ode to random photos where you have no clue what was going through their minds when you said "Cheese"

Happy Wedding Season to all you out there who are engaged!!!

Crafternoon

So while I worked at FIDM we used to hold craft time in the afternoon and thus labeled this as Crafternoon. Since I am generally at home in the afternoons being unemployed I have found my most recent project for tomorrow's Crafternoon. A bird mobile. My dear friend Heather Duren shared this with me today (knowing that I am a lover of sewing) and I just fell in love. I hope to have the birds completed by the end of the week. Then I will be on a search for the perfect branches!

Loving All Things Ugly

Last night I had my Monday night sewing class at the Cont. Education College and we were told to bring 1 yard of fabric to class in order to make a gift bag for Valentine's Day. Well, 1 yard of fabric turned into 10 yards of fabric and some fabulously ugly prints. I took some pics to showcase exactly what I mean here.

So this beauty is going to be made into several pillows with a contrasting zipper in Tiffany Blue Teal.

  

And then this gray and striped fabulousness might be made into pillow covers as well, but I haven't 100% decided. It also might be made into several appliques. Which is my NEW favorite obsession. I will explain more in just a bit.

 

Lastly, this pile I wouldn't necessarily call "Ugly", but I am sure most people wouldn't proudly display that plaid in their Casa. However, these pieces work beautiful for this project I just started yesterday, which you can see below.

 

It's awesome right? Kudos to my dear friend Esther (aka Miata) for providing the inspiration behind this piece from a similar wall-hanging from Pier 1 I believe.

A little closer shows you all the different patterns of the fabric. It will eventually turn into a pillow cover as well, with a mustard color zipper. This piece got me so excited I stayed up until 2 am last night designing several other versions with different petal shapes. (**however I must confess that I was also conversing with my friend Carla in Romania and naming our unborn children, her clock was ringing Noon so it was rather perfect timing to be facebook chatting, although I should have been sound asleep)

This last photo shows you the little embellishments I am adding with a needle and thread. I am thinking about adding a rust color thread along with the mustard. I truly am in love with this piece. **mass-production soon to be featured on my etsy shop, unless Anthropologie picks it up and makes my dreams come true ; ) does anyone else want to sell all their belongings and move into that store and call it home?

Lastly, I will show you my rather pathetic "gift bag" I made during class last night. You can tell my heart just wasn't into gift bag making. First, I used white thread on marine blue fabric which could've added a cool design element except that it didn't and secondly the gold ribbon does NOT match the mustard bottom. However, it will be lovingly given to my husband on Valentines Day. For all he knows the gold and mustard are the exact same color and the white thread was meant to be white. Men can be sooo easy to please.... well, sometimes. So without further ado my haphazardly pieced gift bag.

 

I know its not terribly hideous, but I would honestly only give it to my husband or someone who was color blind.