This is my nephew Devin. He lives in New Zealand with Kevin's sister and her DH. He turned three this past November. For his birthday I made him a traditional star quilt. I think that it is a pretty good first try. They are really complicated to get them to fit together just right. Apparently he loves it alot and tries to drag it everywhere with him. This is the baby sized one. I am currently working on a bedspread size one for him to take back home with him after he comes to visit in May. I am feeling quite overwhelmed on the first day of Spring Break. The weather isn't that nice yet and my boys have cabin fever extrodinaire. They each have a friend over and I am ready to run and hide. 6 little boys made more noise that I thought humanly possible. We are so gonna have to find some "field trip" activities this week or I will be sitting in a corner babbling when it is over! :) TTYL!

Libby

So here she is! BPISS CH Leolynne's Liberty Belle or "Libby". Finally a picture of the American Cocker puppy that I can't stop talking about! This was her second dog show. She had flown to BC the weekend before with her breeder taking Winners Bitch for 5 points and Best Puppy in Specialty! This is a very big win! She finished her championship easily in the weekend pictures with way more points than she needed! :) This weekend there is a local show so although we are not playing to get points we are hoping for some more Puppy Groups and maybe even a Puppy Show. That is of course if I can get my act together. She is certainly nice enough to do it but showing these small dogs on a table and holding thier tail is just kiling me. I have been going to classes on Tuesday nights so hopefully some of it will pay off! I have been stamping away with about 10 cards and a couple of projects just ready to upload but I want to wait until they arrive at thier destination. No sense in spoiling the surprise! TTYL!!

OK so it's not a card.............

My Mom has been driving me crazy forever about learning to quilt with her, either taking a class or reading a book and teaching her. LOL! My Mom isn't, how can I put it? gifted in the instructions department. All the while she was slowly amassing more quilting supplies than her dining room could hold. Well in August I gave in. Sh started with Native American Star Blankets and I started with a traditional Sue Bonnet Sue pattern. I'm not sure if it was the "Holly Hobby" dollies I loved or it was because the sample was pink, but I had a plan. Alliyah and Summer were already fighting over who was going to get it. I was leaning toward Summer since on the bottom bunk we could see it as well as her bunk was a double and this was quite a large pattern. I had all my dollies done by the end of August and back to school for me and the kids. By then my Mom had a good handle on things and she kept going on her own. In October we made a trip to Fargo where I bought the pink for around my squares and then my quilt just sat, and sat and sat. Well I finally got up enough gumption and finished it. Here it is. I am quite proud of how it turned out! Proud enough that it's final resting place is my stamp room! ;)

Cards, Cards and more Cards!

I have been stamping like a madwoman as of late. I guess what they say about depressed artists doing great work is true! LOL!! Stamping has been soothing my sadness and I am even creating stuff I love! The problem is I love it all so much I have either submitted it for contests or am giving it to my secret friends, so I can't post it just in case. But I do have a few things I could share. This card I made for Betty. She is da bomb! My Nik has asthma (quite serious) and isn't able to have stuffed animals. A couple of years ago, I found this awesome bear at Target, made especially for kids with asthma. After a close encounter with Marco the Aussie, I realised that we needed more than one. So I posted to my dearest friends on SCS if they could watch their Targets for them, and if they could pick one up for him. Well Betty went above and beyond. She found 2 bears, a Rottweiler, and a panther. She found a few others too but those are the ones Nik chose to share his heart with. The first bear made it to our house late last week. Here is a pic with Cuddly and his new buddy Robin. Robin is named after the little girl at school he has a crush on. Yes, he is only 8! :) TTYL!