Krazy Straw Valentines

My goal for this Valentine's Day was a no-candy valentine for Noah to give to his classmates (he has 9 classmates on Mondays/Wednesdays and 9 different classmates on Tuesdays/Thursdays, so that seemed like a reasonable amount to make).

Oh, and to not be up til the wee hours of morning working on them the night before.

 I think I figured out a way to combine the non-candy element with Noah's first valentines - 

Krazy Straw Valentines! 

I'm just shocked that I got him to make a fist. 

(confession: he's clutching a green skittle in that fist.)

(... which actually worked awesome with the green krazy straws.)

So Valentines are done! 

His class doesn't address them, just hand them out, so I'm done! Wahoo! 

The outtakes are pretty awesome, too. 

(umm... what?)

Happy (early!) Valentine's Day! 

Picture dump!

Look! My kid has hair! Lots of it! 

Also, Noah and Rufio have been getting along really well lately. I mean, they've never NOT gotten along, but Rufio is wanting to actually be around Noah, which is new to both of them. 

They even snuggle up to watch TV. 

I went to Mary Jo's last week in search of some gingham, polka dot and striped fabrics to use for applique shirts. Check out what I found in the remnants section packs of pretty much every color ever for a grand total of $3.40! SCORE!

Noah and Joe took some time from playing to help me un-baste my triangle quilt. What cuties. 

Have you ever seen Jaybird Quilts' tutorial for making quilt labels the Spoonflower way? I remember reading it a loooong time ago but thought "$20 a yard?! Spoonflower is crazy!" but as it turns out, it's $16.50/yard when you design the image AND I got 64 (or more) labels out of one yard (three different label designs!) and they are now printing on Kona cotton which is great because that's the only solids I use in quilts, so I know it will go smoothly if I piece it into the back of a quilt! I did some of my quilting logo in yellow, some in grey and some plain ol' solid ones for quilts I give as gifts (with room for a message or quote). 

I'm now on my FOURTH t-shirt quilt order. Woohoo! I did something either genius or stupid by posting pics and info to my sorority's alumni Facebook page. Over 50 people have asked for more information so I'm hoping this is a good thing!  I've got one heading to the quilters today and one in the process of being pieced!

I also discovered this week that you can use a 40% off coupon on a whole BOLT of fabric/batting at Hobby Lobby! Who knew? 

So now I officially have 20 yards of 90" wide batting at my disposal. Sheesh- with all the supplies ready to go, I better get to quiltin'!

Have a great weekend! 

4 years.

On this day four years ago, I married the boy I had a crush on since 10th grade World History class. 

We vowed and smiled and danced...


Your's is the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
Now I don't know where I am
Don't know where I've been
But I know where I want to go.

and talked to every person we've ever met in our lives. 

I swear they were all there.

Everyone had an awesome time. 

Including my dad, whose birthday was the day before. 

I'm pretty sure he thought the reception was his birthday party. 

As much fun as the day was, I was so glad when it was over and we could start our life together. 

So far, it's been awesome.