Sally's Angelworks

{fun winter table topper tutorial}

So I finally got a chance to start some of my new Christmas projects!!!

And I actually finished one!! yay!! This week is a finishing week, for sure! yay!!

I know you will want to make one of these, since it's a pretty fast put together, hop on over to Julie's Blog HERE to see the picture tutorial that I've put together to show you how it's done! yay!!!!

This is a new format that I'm going to post from time to time...an all picture tutorial!! Most of us know what to do, but we need a little visual help just to make it all work right!! Hope you like it as much as I do! :)

Don't forget on December 13th begins my 12 days of Christmas...you will LOVE it!! And I've got some best friends who are going to join me in sharing some ideas that are going to be such a treat for you!!

For now, just put your feet up and enjoy a good Christmas tune, some wassail, and maybe a Christmas movie or two or three...

It IS the most wonderful time of the year!!!

{who's in?}

 

So, I was blog hopping tonight (one of my fave relaxation techniques!! even though it gets me all inspired to do a million projects!!), and I came upon Melissa's blog, Polka Dot Chair! Soooo fun! And she is doing a little Handmade Christmas Quilt Along to keep herself accountable to finish her three lap quilts for her three children! I have about 7 projects that i HAVE to get done by Christmas, so this was a perfect incentive! 

Join me in joining her!! We can be finishers...not just starters!! I believe!!

and what about this?? for the new year????

I'm in!!! are you??? Wanna join me in this monthly challenge? Not too much of a committment! Only a committment to get better at free motion quilting once a month! I'm starting my new year's goals and it's not even December yet! What????

Let me hear what you are up to!!! I'm sure it's fun and exciting!! :)

{we are thankful - a tutorial}

I'm super excited to bring you this QUICK banner tutorial for you tonight!!

You can whip this up in an afternoon! I promise!

Here's what you need:

SUPPLIES:

1 charm pack (5" squares)

Iron on adhesive - I used Heat and Bond lite! I also love Steam-a-Seam lite

pencil

rick rack in a coordinating color

sewing machine!!

optional: computer/printer/word processing software & a light table

also optional: one sheep

 

That's it...Let's do this!!

Pick out the number of squares equal to the number of letters in your words in both light and dark colorways. For me, I had 13 letters in my saying, so I got 26 squares, 13 light and 13 dark!!

Using a computer and software with your desired font, print out your saying. Using the iron on adhesive sheets and a light table, trace the letters BACKWARDS!! (this is important...otherwise you will be ironing on your letters the wrong way!! eek!!)

Cut out around each letter leaving a little space around the letters.

Take off the paper on the back side of the iron on adhesive sheet. and Iron them onto the WRONG side of your DARK fabric.

Cut your letters out!! yipeeeee! they look so cool! Now place them on the FRONT side of your LIGHT fabric squares.

 

Love this!!

Iron them onto the front side of your light fabric!! 

***hint: if you are going to use this banner over and over again, you will probably want to zigzag around each letter to solidify it!***

***FUN FACT: I actually made this while my house was in an uproar! Since the first part didn't require my sewing machine which was close by(but space was a bit unavailable), I could do all of this in my kitchen! yay!!***

Pin the rick rack exactly where you want it on the tops of each square making sure your letters are all the right way and everything is spelled correctly!! (I checked 4 times!! LOL!!)

Sew that rick rack on!!

make sure you have a sheep watching over your sewing! It always helps!! :

and this is what you get!!!

(love this pic of Cora's!!)

all in an afternoon! LOVE!!!

Let me know if you make something with this little easy peasy tutorial!! yay!! I'm thinking up many Christmas phrases that I LOVE!!!

happy weekend!! remember, hope abounds in thankfulness!

{i am ever so THANKFUL}

Yes!! I am soooo thankful! 

we had a marvelous thanksgiving! The three days before were a bit hectic, as you know if you regularly read the blog!!!

Let me share with you all of the fun and excitement we experienced this last week!!

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Remember this picture?

after three and a half days, this is what it became...

and what about this picture???

it became this...

pretty sweet, huh????

and this picture???

(Mr Gorgeous's man cave!!)

and it became this...

*sigh*

I'm saving the craft studio pics until I get a couple more of my project piles finished!! teeheee!!

but what about my living room? that room that was the "Catch-all" for the three and a half days it took to get our floors put in...(I'm going to call it the Hoarders Room!!)...

here's the before...

and here is the final project!!!

love love love my "new" house!! I'll share some more pics soon!! :)

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Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays!! I know that a thankful heart is what gives me the hope that makes life more than just bearable!! It makes it exciting and full of wildness!! (good wildness of course!!) 

So in this spirit, here are some pics from our family get together at our house. We had 25 people. Sooooo fun! We love to combine both Mr Gorgeous's fam and my fam together...actually we pretty much do everything together...just sayin'...

 on Tuesday, my Emma and her friend Jonathan made yeast rolls! They were sooo tasty. I was afraid they wouldn't make enough, but one batch made around 40 rolls!! They were so proud!!

Here is the turkey mid bake...this is after 3 hours of baking, and just after I took the cheesecloth off of the top!

yep, this is three pots of potatoes (15lbs) and a pot of giblets...(my fil uses the broth from the giblets for the gravy....ohhhhhh my, it's good...actually, I guess it's better if you don't know about giblets! LOL!!!)

ohhhh the man I am soooo thankful for...(had to pop that in there!!) 

the turkey carved...

yummmmy buffet!! :)

cranfluff!!! Yummmmm!!!

I know mom loved that I snapped this pic of her!! LOL!!! and all of the food was really really yummmmmmy!!!

my brother and one of his sweetie girlies!!!

So here's a fun pic of all of us!! yay!!!!!

We took these later after my brother and his fam had left. We missed them, but we had a bit of fun with the camera timers!!

here's our silly one...(traditions die hard in our fam!)

love love love this pic!! :)

So we had Mr Gorgeous's sweet grandmother and her dear sweetie driving from New Mexico to spend Thanksgiving with us! And they have a dear friend who didn't have Thanksgiving plans! So we invited him over to our Thanksgiving celebration. It was very fun to get to know him.

I have to introduce him, because he's an author! (one of Mr Gorgeous's goals in life!) Stephen Grimble has a book on Amazon right now called For Love & Liberty. Now I can't review it yet, since I havn't read it...Mr G started it! So I'll let you know what we think! :)

Here's a pic of Mr G and Mr Grimble! :) 

So now Stephen is an official Keller...he's survived Thanksgiving with us! :)

Love this vignette!! 

did I mention how much I LOVE fall???

This was us in the evening!!! :) crashed from the turkey!! LOL!!

counting my blessings...

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I would be remiss if I didn't show off a little fabric love and fun...

I went crazy in Julie's store this last week and bought 7 different fabric lines!! ohhh yeah, baby! They came in on Wednesday...ooooooooooo...i am in love!! ♥

I will post better pics with some ideas of what I may or may not create with these..nice!!!

Don't forget to go grab your fabrics this weekend at Julie's store!! yipeeeeeee!!!

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and last but not least, for you my readers...a mini tutorial!! 

a tutorial for this banner...yay!!!

but...you'll have to wait until Sat night. I'm going to post a fun picture tutorial for you! This is perfect for you to use for Christmas time! Or photo shoots! or whatever you want to say! LOVE!!!

So I'll see you Saturday night! 

and don't forget...my 12 Days of Christmas starts on the 13th!! yay!!! a fun, inspirational way to enjoy the holiday season...with a little crafting bent, of course!!

I am thankful for YOU, my blogging buddies and community!! love ya!! ♥

(thanks, cora keller for the first and last pic in this stream of pics!!)

{renovations...literally & figuratively}

Do you ever think about moving? Some of you probably have done it recently! Some probably haven't done it in a while. A friend once told me that after moving almost every year, after living in the same house for 11 years, she still had that itch to move!

I love my house! If I need a little change, I will just move the furniture around. Or reorganize my craft room. Or change up the mantle. 

But recently, we thought about moving. Nothing drastic...just thinking about buying another house in our neighborhood, moving into it and renting our house out. After really thinking about it and weighing the pros and cons (a lot more cons than pros came up, thank goodness!!), we thought about what we would have to get done to the house just to rent it out. 

...then we decided!! We wanted to do those things to the house and then stay in it! Why wait until someone else can reap the benefits??

So, that's where we are...4 days before Thanksgiving...and we are hosting Thanksgiving...did I mention that? 

That's how we roll...give us a deadline and we will make it!!

Speaking of deadlines, the last of my advent calendars have been whipped up, wrapped, and mailed out!! (If you have one in this last batch of orders, you WILL receive it by Wednesday at the latest! yay!!)

I love these! And I loved every minute of creating them!! That is such a wonderful thing! What a blessing!!

Anyway, back to my craziness at home. I wanted to share a couple of wild before/during pics for you, so I can share the after!! (yay! another source of accountability! It will be done by Thursday!!)

{I know...a hair blurry, but the piano in the kitchen??? pure awesomeness!!}

Previously, this was our music room (thus the pics of the kids on their instruments), but it will again become our dining room!

Mr Gorgeous's man cave!! so weird empty!!

my craft studio in disarray!! ohhhh, at this point there wasn't any room for all of this stuff (and the stuff in the bottom of the closet!! eeeeeek!!) in our living room...but the flooring guys found room in every nook and cranny of our downstairs!! I'll post an empty pic tomorrow...

our master bath...it will be tiled!! and I picked the tile at the flooring store...and it matches PERFECTLY!! (thanks, God, for the little things!!)

Our stairs will be completely redone with wood laminate! I think I'm most excited about this!!

uhhhh, yeah...the living room. It doesn't get a new floor...just new furniture and a new purpose! I'm sooo going to love the before and after of this room the best, I think!! (It's a little more full now with my studio throwing up on this room, too!!)

So after all of these chaotic pictures, let me share just a little beauty with you to finish the post!!

While cleaning out my closet of my hanging clothes, my wedding dress made a beautiful appearance!! I adore this!!!

This December, Mr Gorgeous and I will have been married for 20 years!!! *sigh* and I'm even more in love with him than ever!! ♥

My sheep are ever my reminder that I'm being cared for amidst all of the chaos!! yay!!!

and last, but certainly not least, my darling Emma turned 12 today...my third child is soooo beautiful, and she's growing up just a little too fast for this momma!

Super excited to announce as I close up this post my 12 days of Christmas posting is coming!!!! yipeeee!!!

Be sure to visit back here everyday starting December 13th with a new somethin' somethin' each and every day!! Tips, techniques, products, and wonderful projects for you to read about and join in with me!! How fun is that???

Thanks for praying for me and my family during this chaotic, yet VERY blessed time!!! 

(ps: all digi elements here in this post are from Danielle Young's Give Thanks Word Art)

{winner!! & a little sneaky peek}

...and we have a winner!!! 

Mr Random picked Gill to win the book An Angel's Wish!!

I hope you love it as much as I do, Gill!! I'm sending out an email to you right now!! yipeeeeee!!

If you have won something from me from my past giveaway, don't worry!! It's not lost. I am mailing everything out this Wednesday!! Ohhhh, you know right now I'm buried in advent calendars!!

But, the last of the sold calendars should be mailed out by either Thursday or Friday, SOoooooo I will have some new things in the shop...and here are some sneaky peeks!!

Can Christmas preparation be any more fun than this?????

{kitchen inspiration + a little advent announcement}

Ohhhhhhh, I am super excited (this is my new phrase!!) about today!! It's Monday, for sure!! New beginnings and new projects and newness all around!!

This week I am working on my last batch of advent calendars to send out before December 1st. I have a couple of slots open for a calendar, so if you have wanted one of these, today is the day to order. As of Wednesday, I will not have these in my store! Grab one today!!

I have other things coming out very soon in the store...they are the cutest little (big) projects that you will LOVE!! And I'm getting ready for Black Friday/Cyber Monday by finishing up these Christmas projects that you will not want to miss!!

I'm also very very excited to announce that Amanda has finished her first issue of the Quilted Fish + Design Team's Delighted Emag!! You will LOVE it! Best part? it's free!!! (okay, really, the best part is the eye candy projects inside!!) 

Open publication - Free publishing - More crafting

I will be anouncing my winner for the Angel's Wish book tomorrow morning, so be sure and get your comments in on this post here!!

Have a wonderful fresh new start today! Did I mention I just love Mondays????

{fingers in pies or cream puffs and other craziness!}

So I'm due for a calling out...for sure!! 

Everyone knows I'm a little over the top with my committments and with all I do. A lot of people ask how do I do it all?? Well, Mr Gorgeous does the laundry and bathrooms!! and my girlies do all the dishes!! :) And I try to compartmentalize each area I'm involved in. 

Today, though, I want to share a little bit of everything I'm involved with right now! So hold on to your seats!! Here it comes! sally's true confessions!!

------------------QUILTING---------------------

After Quilt Market, I always try to grab my girlies and go to Quilt Festival with my mom. It's tradition. And this year was no different. Not only that, but my darling mother-in-law got us free tickets to go like she has for the past three years!! so we went for free!! LOVE that!! :) 

At Festival, we tend to just run around a little bit and see what we want to see and then take a gander at the quilt show itself and then go home. This year, we went straight to my darling friend Dixie who taught me how to quilt. She works every year at a LQS's booth, and this year she stood with the Shop Hop quilt and answered questions about the Festival shop hop. 

Dixie is like a third grandma to my kiddos! We've known her since the week my oldest was born!!

So fun!!

So at Market, I bit the bullet and bought one of these!!! A Big Shot Pro!! I'm soooo excited about this!! Can't wait to make my own kits and jelly rolls and stuff!!! :) 
 

 At Festival, I had to take my kids and mom to the Sizzix booth to show the girlies what I got!!

They got to cut some half square triangles! So fun!!!

After we ran around a little looking for things I hadn't gotten at Market, we went to the winning quilt exhibits!! (disclaimer...cell phone pics! still learning how to get the best shot!!)

That dragon is completely made of thread painting! What??? Pure gorgeousness!!

I wish this weren't so blurry, but each of those little bitty fruits and veggies were hand appliqued!! 

and in this one, Santa is quilted on this quilt!! Here's a closeup...don't konw if you can see it or not, but he has blue eyes!! (below! - look just left of his throne. Click the pic to make it bigger!)

Here are some random shots of quilts i liked in the other exhibits! (sorry I dont' take notes when snapping pics!! eeek!)

My sweeties!!!! :)

----------------------------CHURCH------------------------------

So at our church right now, Brighton Church, we have created a new drama group called Brighton Players. Mr Gorgeous and I are the musical directors (really, he is, but I do enough that I'm gonna lump me in there, too!! LOL!!).

We are putting on our first production this weekend!!!

Besides playing the cello in the production and keeping Mr Gorgeous honest throughout the music, I sewed a couple of costumes!! A couple of "real" rabbit costumes!! (I will forever be sneezing faux fur!!!)

I thought you'd want to see my darling baby girl with her "Bunny 2" costume!!!

cute, huh?? It's nice to occassionally know that I can use a pattern! :) 

Along with Lil being Bunny2, my sweet Emma is the boat in the play, Cora is the assistant director, Mr Gorgeous is using his genius piano skills to carry and direct the music, and I will be playing my cello! My darling Quentin will be celebrating his 14th birthday tomorrow, so he was exonerated from acting this time! LOL!! He will probably help take tickets and whatever else needs to be done on Saturday and Sunday. It's a family affair, for sure!!!

If you are local, come out and see the show!! It's a fantastic rendition of this book!! The music is just fabulous!!! Mark has done a phenomenal job of writing music that touches the heart and goes perfectly with the story and acting!! Hope to see you there!!!

---------------------MUSIC----------------------

Along with playing music for the Velveteen Rabbit, Mr Gorgeous and I, along with our band, Brazos River Turnaround, are in rehearsals preparing for our next Christmas Jazz CD!! Did you get the first one???

You can download it on CD Baby HERE!!!

You can download it on iTunes HERE!!!

We will be back in the studio next week recording our next installment!!! And there are some fun takes on traditional Christmas tunes!! And some not so traditional sounds!!! :) But you will LOVE it all, I promise!!

(love this shot of mr g!!)

We also have two local Christmas concerts planned, so be sure to come out and see us if you are local!! yipeeeee!!! (see our blog here!!)

----------------------DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING----------------------

ohhhhhhh, I adore it, you know I do!!! 

I am on the CheeryOs over at Oscraps, and one of our many blessings is that we get to scrap and share new products with everyone!!! I haven't taken much time to scrap in the last few months, let alone, be cheery at the O, but that has been changing in the last few weeks. 

If you are a digital scrapbooker, or a paper scrapper and want to find an online "hOme", the O is the place to be!! The family atmosphere is beyond compare!! These girlies with whom I've worked for years, are the best friends a girlie can have! 

First, check out the Daily Os!! It's a daily thread where we just come and be ourselves, and post our do-todays. It's like Cheers ("NORM!!") only, online and without most of the beer!! 

Second, check out the store!!! Such amazing products!! and amazing designers!!!

Third, check out the gallery!! Inspirational LOs!! (LOs=layouts)

Of course, you can join in on the challenges!!!

And lastly, we are keeping that O blog hopping!!! So fun!!! Enjoy!!

Here's my latest LO using the Oscraps latest "Facebook" collab:

A very fun way to document our lives!!! Adore!!!

-------------LIFE IN GENERAL--------------

To keep sane, I love to take a little time here and there for myself. God has given me so many blessings, and I try to often stop and really appreciate my surroundings!!! 

Sometimes I need a time out to just see the pretties of the world...

Here's what I found yesterday while I was out shopping...

...at Restoration Hardware!! 

{new addiction - linen}

{Cora was Goldilocks trying out all of the seating in the store...this one was Papa Bear's couch!! LOL!!}

Then a quick stop at Barnes and Noble to get some coffee...

i LOVE LOVE this monster!! (and Cora's expression here!!) LOL!!

my loot from Barnes and Noble!!! :) I hope to submit to most, if not all of these magazines in the next year!!! So loving the inspiration...

and on to my fave store in the world...I don't know why, but the artistic hipster nature of this store just makes me happy just to stand in it...anthropologie...

angels...*sigh*

Sheep!!!! *sigh*

wooly reindeer...*sigh*

I want to make a bunch of these trees!!!

You know me and aprons...love!!

Love a good distressed cabinet...

Love a good wool coat...I may actually attempt making one of these this season!!

Glitter!!!

and my loot from anthropologie...I can't get out of there without getting a little something something to craft with...

birdie paper clips...love!!

gorgeous red twine for Christmas packages!

and Vintage number stamps...

We moved on to Free People...another love of mine!! Love these hats...I may splurge and go back and get the one on the left...*sigh* love!!!

Then I took Cora to Pier One...just to check out their holiday stuffs...

Wouldn't those go great with all of that new mushroom fabric stuff that I LOVE???

glass angels! 

Did I mention that i LOVE linen chairs??? May have to take an upholstry class!!!

-------------------------FAMILY---------------------------

love this man...

i was showing off my new cheater glasses...teehee..it was dark in the restaurant, but I still think he's gorgeous!! ♥

and my nieces just turned one!!!

(my brother and Alice)

my mom and Olivia...

totally darling ones!!!

I got a new phone and had to try the front facing camera setting...we are so fun, don'tcha think???

--------------------SHEEP---------------------

You knew it was coming...yep, I love sheep!!

Why do I love sheep so much?

Because I love my Shepherd so much. And the Word of God says that the sheep will know the voice of the Shepherd. And that voice, according to his Word, is always singing over me!! Can't you just imagine a shepherd in the field with a gorgeous voice singing to those sheep? This is a truth that I stand upon! And that voice is the provider of all for me, including all of these things that I've posted! How exciting is that??? 

For that reason, I love sheep...

my latest sheep...my darling friend Dixie gave me this pin cushion kit for my birthday, and I finally took the time to make it!! (I desperately needed another pin cushion!!)

I hope and pray that you'll take the time this month to really stop and listen for that sweet voice singing over you!! All you have to do is look around...see the pretties in your life!! Write down your gratitudes daily...ping me on FB and share your blessings! Go and find the thankful thread at Oscraps...or just email me! I'll tell you how thankful I am that you are my friend!! :) Because I am...

very thankful!!!

{inspired ideas magazine = exciting!!!}

Ohhhhhh I'm soooo excited to be able to announce that I have been published in Amy Powers' Inspired Ideas, the Christmas Issue!! 

{order here!!}

Here's the first two-page spread of my project!!!

Embroidered Sachets...ohhh I wish the internet was smell-o-vision, because these smell heavenly!!!

Embroidered Sachets...ohhh I wish the internet was smell-o-vision, because these smell heavenly!!! Now, I know you want to learn how to make these!!! I have all of the instructions and wonderful fun pics (you can see my gorgeous thumb!! LOL!!!) explaining how to do it!!

{order here!!}

And here are some pics that weren't published that I took of my project!! 

LOVE!!!

and if that doesn't intice you to {order here}, then check out these other contributors' first page spreads...

Aren't they amazing???

Check out a preview below:

Ohhh so excited to be a part of this awesome publication!!! Thanks, Amy!! ♥

Be sure and order yours here!!!!!

{fall quilt market - take 3 + a teaser!!}

For my giveaway, be sure to post a comment (or two or three) on this post here!!! You've got until next Monday, Nov 14th!! Better hurry!!

Okay, so where were we???

How about some loot pictures?? Yeah, we all love good loot pics. 

Now, if you don't know what Sample Spree is, it is a two hour shopping extravaganza that select companies choose to participate in, usually the day before Market starts. This year it was Friday, Oct 28th. You sit in line for a crazy amount of hours (we sat for 3 hours!! eek!!) and then when they open the doors, you RUN for the booth from which you want to buy stuff. Usually it's the Moda booth, because they have lots and lots of fat quarters and fat eighth packs of the fabrics that are just announced and shown at Market. 

The thing is everything is wholesale, only open to business with credentials (tax ID, business bank acct) which includes cottage industry stores like mine. But mainly, Market is geared towards quilt stores...fabric stores, pattern stores, etc. So the manufacturers want the stores to get "Samples" of their products so they can make "Samples" for their stores!! :) 

So here is what I got...

Thomas Knauer's Pear Tree...I already have a great Christmas idea for these fabrics...out of the box is soooo fun!!

You've seen these, but I have to show them again!! CUTE!!!! ♥

Aneela's "A Walk in the Woods"...adorable!! 

Here's another shot of it...

On a whim, I picked up Cosmo Cricket's Salt Air from Moda...

Love these label panels!! Stay Tuned to the blog in the near future...they may be involved in a little giveaway later!! hmmmmmmm....

And of course, when you go to Market, you get little samples of fun stuff like these:

Kate Spain's "Good Fortune" 2.5" squares came with a fortune cookie...it was very tasty...LOL!!

Cute fortune, huh?? LOVE!! :)

Moda was also giving away these little needle holders. That's a design by Lu Summers! CUTE!!!

and I was really desperate for one since I keep losing my embroidery needles!!

 yay!!!! I needed that!! :)

Back to the show...

Speaking of Moda, we made the rounds around their designers' booths on Monday...Here are some of them...

Blackbird designs...i am in LOVE with this butterfly quilt!!! sooo gorgeous!!

Bunny Hill's Ooh La La line with their Owl quilt...love the buttons!!

American Jane!! Sandy and her hubby in her beautiful booth!! (ohhhh and I just got a fat quarter in the mail from Julie with one of her Pezzy Prints!! eeeeek!! LOVE!!)

Minick and Simpson...love the red white and blue!! very fun!! (i have some mug rugs and table runners in the shop using their fabric!!)

Me and My Sister...fun and bold!!

Here's a closeup of their cool handmade lamps...

isn't that awesome???

Jan Patek quilt patterns..i LOVE the dresden turkey!! ♥

Here's Bunny Hill's Christmas quilt! Ohhhh I wish I had time for these cool applique patterns!!

And it was super fun to meet Pat Bravo (who is super fun on FB!!) from Art Gallery Fabrics!

Not only were her designs gorgeous, but her accent was soooo awesome!! You just have to meet her in person!! :)

I also snapped a bunch of pics of quilts that inspired me...

love the use of templates!! And they gave us a couple, too!! I'll definitely have to try that!! yay!!

totally excited that Julie has that fabric coming!!

and we met Lotta Jansdotter who designed the fabric on the left called Echo. Gorgeous!!! :)

love the trees!!! fun, fun pattern!!

and a Sugar and Spice sighting!! (fabric by Amanda!!!) LOVE!!

We loved the Basic Grey booth...I took a bunch of pics of it...

the projects ideas soooo inspired me!!

*sigh* I'm in project heaven looking at these pics!!

Ohhh Natalie Lymer of Cinderberry Stitches fame was such a cutie!! And her fabric is soooo phenomenal!! Love love love!!! 

(stole this pic from Julie!! Thanks, girlie!!) Aren't we almost as adorable as her cute little mushrooms and hedgehogs???

*sigh* will have to buy gobs of that!!!

I loved the happiness of this quilt!! (sorry it's dark...no flash policy for me, sorry!! LOL!!)

These next few pics are from Kellie Wulfsohn's ("Don't Look Now") booth...not only is she an amazing pattern designer, she also designs fabric for Riley Blake...soooo fun!!

Completely in love with these monsters...and she used hand-turned applique for every circle!! What???? Amazing!!

and a couple more fun quilts...

 

and Carolee from Adornit!! I love her!! Such fun happy designs!!!

Here I am with my fellow red headed twitter friend, Jan from Daisy Janie! Her newest line of Organic Fabrics is called Tilly! And these are my colors!! Can't wait to order some of these scrumptious fabrics!

sometimes i just love simple chintz...yep, i'm a HUGE chintz fan...

Aren't these fun designs? Mark Cesarik did a great job! I especially love the BIG yoyo quilt!

We kept walking by the Anna Griffin booth!! *sigh*

 

 

some other fun inspiration!! :) 

Betz White's new line, Stitch...so cute!!

again, this pic is to assuage my hexie addiction!! (I haven't made one hexagon yet, but I did get great instructions from Julie on how to do it easily, so you will see something soon...perhaps not quite this involved!! LOL!!)

Anna Marie Horner's booth! Pretty!!!

And of course, you've probably already seen really pretty pics of Amy Butler's booth with her new line, Lark featured! You can get Lark right now in Julie's store!! pure gorgeousness!!!

and her husband, David, has a new design company out, too! It's called Parson Gray and his new line is out...his booth was right next to Amy's (they are so cute!! Follow them on facebook and you can see how these booths were constructed and their trip to Houston and lots of other inspiration!!) Anyway, Amy was at lunch when we went by, but we did stop and talk to David. We talked band stuff...it was fun!

They are the nicest people! :) and pretty excellent designers, too!! :)

Well, that's pretty much it for my Market pics...I do have some festival pics that I took this last Friday when I went with my mom and my two girlies! It was soooo crazy after being there for four days for Market to go back for Festival...it was jam packed full of people! wow!!!  I will share those pics sometime this next week!!

Before I go, I have to share that two of our design team girlies are giving away Accuquilt Go! Baby Cutters!! Ohhhh you have TWO chances to win!! wow!!

So hop on over to Jackie's blog and Julie's blog and enter to WIN!! yay!!!

and one last pic and tease for you!!

All will be revealed tomorrow, but I'm SUPER EXCITED to let you in on a little secret in my post that may have something to do with this picture...

come back tomorrow!! and don't forget to enter in all the giveaway craziness!! LOL!!!

blessings!!