My First Sale

This week brought my first sale! That was very exciting!

I took the Queens antique shopping today and out to lunch.

Queen 1 got a bag and Queen 2 got a watch. I got a ring made out of buttons. Very Cute. Pictures will come later.

I also started quilting my owl quilt. It is going to take a long time because I'm doing little patterns. It was nice to be with the sewing machine again.

You can go to the store by www.denawaynedesign.etsy.com

I just figured that one out. Very blonde of me I know.

Hope your week has been a good one.

Word to the Wise....

Don't do DC in the summer on a weekend!!!!! We , ok, I, thought that it would be fun to drive into DC and hit a museum or two this Sat. There were no big events that I knew of going on and something fun for the family to do....right? Wrong!!! The drive down was nice no traffic. Don't get me wrong, I knew it was going to be busy. I had no idea it would be that busy! We tried to drive around for an hour to find parking. I say tried to drive because the amount of people trying to cross the intersection, I mean every intersection made this very difficult. People lined up down the street to get into the museum, every one we passed. Ok, mistake, maybe Georgetown won't be so bad? Drive over there and nope, every bit as bad. So get out of the DC area and head home feeling frustrated that we couldn't do something fun for the kiddos and for ourselves.

Yesterday, I skipped church and took the kids to the indoor pool rec center in the next town. they loved the two story slide and we hung out there for two hours until my poor eyes could no longer take the fumes from the pool, lots of chemicals. Took them to Wendy's for lunch- we don't do fast food very often so this was a treat. Came home and I got ready for a "big girls" party. My friend hosted a jewerly party. I met some great women and drank some sangria- 1/2 a glass cause I'm a lite weight. Bought something for the queens for Christmas. I wear two rings and earrings and I never take them off or change them, so nothing for me. Now had it been a fabric party I would have been all over that. Tee Hee. Soulmate made some awesome burgers for dinner and then we watched a bad movie.

The new library opened up in town so I think we are going to do that today. This week is going to be hot. We've been spoiled up til now. I am still thinking about getting to my quilts to put them together, but so far only thinking. Hope you had a good weekend and remember DC on a Sat......Bad idea.

A Owl or Two

I've been drawing and stitching these guys while watching tv with the family. I'm sure this will be the next project down the road.

The girls and I have been enjoying the weather the last few days. In the 80's here. Warm enough to swim but nice for mom who reads by the pool.

I've met a few people....New neighbors moving in and everyone so far has been very nice. I spoke with the lady across the street for about a half an hour. They are pouring the last foundation in our neighborhood and working on the house behind us with filling in the foundation. It is a little loud, but yessterday it didn't feel like we were home much anyway.

Queen 1 had a horseback riding lesson and Queen 2 and I played with all the barn animals. They were barrel racing yesterday.....fun to watch.

Today is my niece's birthday. Happy Birthday Gracie Lou!!!!!

One turned into Two

So, this is the first idea of my owl quilt. Each center has one of the wise owls in it and then I did a log cabin around them. Some ended up being bigger than others because why would I want to use a pattern? or measure? that is just restricting. So I put it together like a puzzle and this is what I got. Now to do the back...... I used all the scraps I had and did strips of 1 inch, 2 inch and 2.5 inch widths. I had one log cabin left over so throw that in too, gather all the fabric I used in the top and this is what you get. I liked it so much that I decided to turn it into another quilt top. So now backs are almost done and then I can sandwich and quilt. Although my sewing time has really taken a hit now that the kiddos are out of school ,so maybe it will get done in this lifetime.

Our Weekend

We saw fireworks two nights in row.

We planted lots of flowers and put mulch in the front yard

Looks so much better.

We had Steve and Rosemary over for dinner and had a great time. I made corn chowder, garlic bread and salad. It was yum, if I do say so myself. Soulmate took us out to dinner on the 4th and we went to Bonefish Grill- also very yum and I didn't have to clean up, which made it even better. We went to church and ran some errands yesterday, made potatoe salad- more yum, and grilled hot dogs. We had a good family weekend. How was yours?

It is my sister's birthday today!!!! Happy Birthday Sister!!! We love you!!

Time at the barn

Queen 1 went on a trail ride

I hung out with Lily and Daisy and loved them up.

Queen 2 was giving love to Playboy

denawaynedesign NOW OPEN!!!

I bit the bullet and opened an Etsy shop. As you can tell by the title it is named "denawaynedesign" Go to www.etsy.com and put in denawaynedesign under the sellers and you can see my stuff. Because this is a new experience for me I would all feedback you would like to give.