Johnson's Shut-In and Taum Sauk Mountain

Yesterday Jon and I went to Johnson's Shut-In and Taum Sauk Mountain in Southeast Missouri. From our house it only takes about 30-45 minutes to get there. It has been so beautiful around here lately with all of the leaves changing! All of the gorgeous reds, yellows, oranges and greens....it puts me in a good mood! Here are some photos from yesterday (I probably took around 150) but don't worry I won't post them all!

Quilt Market

Quilt Market was awesome! Alayna and I drove down to Houston, Texas last Thursday and drove back up to Missouri on Wednesday! I left feeling inspired, tired, excited, and wondering where the week went! We had sooo much fun at Market and helping at my mom's shop, http://www.sunflower-quilts.com/. I don't know how we did it, but we managed to get through market all on Monday! We went on Sunday just to look at the quilts on display and that left Monday for the booths! SunFlower Quilts has had a busy week with visitors from all over! Here are some pictures of our Market adventures!

Alayna and I

Mom in front of the fabric elephant! This guy was so cute! When you put your hand in front of his nose he makes a kissing noise!

Texas Quilt!

Sunflower Quilt!

This peacock had feathers and everything!

By far the most exciting part of Market was meeting Amy Butler! I LOVE Amy Butler and have for some time now! Not only are her fabrics and designs amazing, but she was so incredibly nice! Meeting her made the entire Market for me! Definitely go check out her website and all her cute new stuff!! Amy Butler's Website

Amy Butler and I!

This bag is her Birdie Sling Bag that I just love! It was super easy to make and it's just an all around cute bag!

Birthday Presents

This past weekend was my nephew Xavier's 2nd birthday and my other nephew Jordan's baptism!! BIG celebration weekend! Here are some photos from the weekend and photos of what I made them for presents!

I made a crayon roll for Xavier because he is really enjoying coloring!

These are triangle crayons that are supposed to help beginners learn how to hold a crayon.

Xavier using his new crayons!!

This is a wall hanging I painted for Jordan's room. His room is mostly navy with touches of red and is sports themed, so I thought this would be perfect!

Cupcakes Rachel and I made! Cookie-bo (cookie monster), Elmo and Oscar

Jon and Jordan

Matt, Rachel, Xavier and Jordan at the baptism!

Jordan with his parents and Godparents!

Today's Projects

I did a lot of sewing today!

The first things I made today are travel tissue holders! They turned out super cute and are the easiest things to make!

Ozzie being a model!

Pink cherries tissue holder

Purple sewing tissue holder

All four together

Mini crinkle tag blanket baby blue with kitties

back of the mini crinkle tag blanket

medium crinkle tag blanket 1

pink dots

back of medium crinkle tag blanket

medium crinkle tag blanket 2

royal blue

back of medium tag blanket 2

blankets 1 & 2 backs

blankets 1 & 2 fronts