Oh geez.

He's crawling. Big time.

I feel so old.

(I hate to be lame and do a mostly-pics blog post, but I've got a TON going on this week! Our spring musical is Friday night, I have a booth at a craft fair on Saturday (my first!), and then our end-of-the-year choir party (bouncy house, obstacle course, crafts, pizza, pie-in-the-face! Woot!) is Sunday. Between now and Friday I need to finish sewing the stuff for the craft fair, monogram 10 v-neck t-shirts for my volunteer appreciation gifts and embroider 12 beach towels with names on them as a gift for my graduating 5th graders. Needless to say, I'm a little busy.)

Today I was thinking about a few things that are making me feel old,

or at least that time is passing way too quickly.

(forgive the 2 pics from my blackberry camera. it was all I had when the moment arose.)

A. See that orange hat? That's my little brother. DRIVING A CAR.

*faints*

He's 10 years younger than me, and still that somehow doesn't seem old enough to drive.

B. Noah is drinking out of a sippy cup. Are you kidding me?

C. He stands up and then WALKS AROUND his excersaucer.

D. Today he decided that if something (like a Bumbo) is in his way and he is trying to crawl to something, he will simply climb OVER it.

Oh AND he has his top two teeth now. 4 teeth total.

Oh man. I'm not ok with ANY of this.

If I somehow do end up with a free second this week, I will spend it Noah-proofing the house.

There's still time!

There's still time to stroll on over to Annabelle Lynn and enter her giveaway for an item from my etsy shop!

Want one of these?

Or maybe one of these?

...or maybe even, if you ask nicely and bat your eyelashes all sweet-like, one of these?

(ok, upon re-reading that, it was admittedly creepy. sorry about that.)

Run! It ends tomorrow!

Poppy

My grandmama found all of my great grandmother's quilt tops yesterday. She stacked up 4 big boxes, put them in my backseat and seriously had a tear in her eye- she was so happy "that someone has an interest in them".

Are you kidding me?!

My great Granny + me + sewing = LOVE

They pretty much all have this satin fabric on them which sorta crushes my dreams of having one long-arm quilted immediately (instant gratification, anyone?) but I am absolutely in love with this one:

Hello, Poppy quilt.

I would like to finish you quickly with a modern-ish backing and pretty blue binding.

Any ideas on a fabric for the back? I need major help because, as I mentioned before, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.

Let me have my "I'm-a-80-year-old-woman-trapped-in-a-25-year-old's-body" moment, please.

You may have seen where I posted recently about the quilt class I'm taking starting in May. I have this bizarre facination with quilts and a ddep desire to make one -why? I don't know, maybe it's because I know it's something I will probably suck at and I like a challenge. Maybe it's because I love old people and think that it would be cool to have a reason to hang out with more of them. Who knows? I'm pretty sure it's because they're so frickin' beautiful!

I read Cluck Cluck Sew daily (she's who made the two quilts/tops above) and check out the Fresh Modern Quilts flickr group hourly (ehh.. I exaggerate a little). If you have a free 5 minutes (ha!) check out that flickr group- if not, here are a few of my faves:

I can't possibly be the only 25 year old out there who thinks this is amazing, can I?!

I have it in my head that after I take that quilting class and sew my first quilt, that I will be able to make a quilt for Noah's big boy bed in his next room. The only problem with this plan is that I SUCK at putting fabrics together. I don't see a print and immediately think "Ooh! That would totally compliment this fabric!" (which I'm pretty sure is basically a requirement for making a quilt) I have to look at what other people have put together and go with that. So that will probably become a problem in the long run quilting-wise. However, this may be my saving grace: Fresh Squeezed Fabric puts together fabrics by collection for you and sells you a bundle of fabric- and not just Amy Butler and Michael Miller (like a lot of shops do!) but of lines and designers I've never heard of! SCORE!

Ok, if you've read all of this instead of just looking at the pretty pictures then rolling out- high-five! Do you have any quilts in your house? Is there a story behind them or did you just buy one (which is what I may end up doing if this class thing doesn't work out the way I planned!)?

BTW, if you're interested at least a little in any of this, check out these two blogs: Diary of a Quilter and Oh, Fransson! . LOVE.

Lookie who's talking about ME!

Rebecca over at Annabelle Lynn is a stinkin' sweetheart. She contacted me a couple weeks ago about an etsy order and after checking out her blog and seeing that she A) is from SC as well, B) has 2 precious little guys who she dresses in jon-jons as well (see? I'm not the only one!) and C) has some of my favorite jams playing as I read through her blog - I decided I love her! Her basket ministry, Annabelle Baskets, (named after her own sweet angel baby) is amazing! She sends Annabelle baskets to "heart babies" that are filled with useful things- blankets, socks, hats, etc. How special is that?!

Also, I think that God must have given her little one Noah's helping of hair in addition to his:

HOW PRESH IS HE?!

Anyways, this week she is doing a giveaway on her blog from wee little winslow- head on over there and enter and read all about Rebecca and her family's amazing story of love, hope and a COMPLETE and total trust in the Lord that allows them to continue to praise Him through their loss. Wow- so inspiring!

coming soon to the etsy shop...

mmm... minky!

The #1 seller in my etsy shop- by FAR- is the custom camera strap. I've had MULTIPLE people ask me about making minky camera straps- how freakin' snuggly would that be around your neck?! VERY!

Check out a closer look at the inside of this thing:

I have just mailed out 2 of these babies to some very snap-happy ladies (MWAC, anyone?) to try out and let me know if there's anything that needs to be imporoved on them. If they're as comfy as suggly as I think they are, they should be in the shop in the next week or so!