Wednesday's Works

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My big beautiful bundle of joy was born this morning at 10am, weighing in at 9 pounds, 6 ounces. 

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I had to move furniture in the living room to have enough room to spread her out for photos, and I still had trouble getting her whole self in the pictures.  All of her ends are woven in, and she's all bundled and wrapped for her journey to NH.  I'll be so happy when she reaches her new home safely!

Makeover Monday: 2/25

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This is a standard issue US hospital baby blanket.  It was mailed to me by a repeat sosorosey customer, because this one belongs to her good friend who recently had a baby.  My customer wanted 3 eco-friendly "Baby's First Ornaments" made as a gift for the new mom!

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I really like how the striping made flecks of color throughout each star.  They all say "Nolan 2012" on  the charm, but each star is slightly different in pattern placement.  What a sweet and thoughtful gift!

Snowmen

My photos from the school breakfast event turned out pretty bad.  Too blurry to share, unfortunately.  But, I have another treasure to show you- a story written by Sophie yesterday morning.  She woke up before me and her dad and proceeded to entertain herself by writing this in her sketchbook.

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Page 1: The two-balled snowman was very sad because all of the three-balled snowmen were making fun of him for only having two balls. 

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Page 2: The sun came out and all of the three balled snowmen melted.  The two balled snowman didn't melt because he was so compact.  I love the karma here, and the speech/thinking bubbles are awesome.  You can click these to read and see the detail.

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The moral of the story:  Never make fun of anyone who is different. 

I have a sweetheart with a sweet heart :)

Ombre

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I had a special request in sosorosey for an upcycled catch all basket in red.  I shared several reds with my customer, and she decided she'd like a mix of shades.

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I played with lots of different options for color placement, and decided to try my hand at making this one an ombre effect.

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I started with my deepest cranberry red, circled up through brick, into cherry, and finally wound up with a faded chambray.

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It looks so pretty from so many different angles.  I had wondered if my color efforts would be noticed, but that fear was allayed when Sophie saw the basket this morning.  Right away she commented on how cool it was that the colors went from light to dark like that.

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Final measurements are about 9" wide and 4" high.  I like it so well, that I'm considering making a custom listing for the "ombre catch all".  What do you think?

Friday's Favorite Fabric Finds

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This week's fabrics feature unique patterns and bold colors!  The one on the far left has a blue honeycomb pattern, and the one with the butterfly has blue paisleys scattered throughout.  I figured these were just the ones to post to help us get though this "limbo" time.  It isn't winter and it isn't spring.  We're tired of cold weather and ready for the warmth and change of a new season.  Or is that just me?

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This week's treasure post is postponed until this weekend.  Sophie and the other "quality students" from each grade level were honored in a special breakfast this morning.  I need to go through my pictures to see if I got any that are not blurry.  It was a lovely occasion, and really nice of the teachers and staff to do such a nice job of rewarding these kids for their daily efforts.  We could all use more of that, in my opinion!

Wednesday's Works

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Still growing!  I've made lots of progress on my big rug over the last week- she is now more than 2/3 complete.  Her latest measurements are 50" across and 72" long.  That's 37" longer than last week at this time, and there are only 34" to go.  Barring any unusual circumstance, I will have the final shots to share with you next Wednesday.  Yippee!

Tuesday's Treat

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Today's treat comes to us from Olathe, Kansas!  Lynne sent these sweet photos of her Easter tree all decked out with sosorosey bunnies and stars.  Love that vintage quilt tree skirt, too :)

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Here's the tree at night- so festive with the little pastel lights.  Since Lynne was nice enough to send these photos (and some very lovely messages), we will forgive her for already being ready for Easter!!  Thank you, Lynne- happy spring to you!