Post Cards

I went to a fun class on Saturday and had some major fun making postcards. Here is one of them for your viewing pleasure. Hope you like!

We used peltex for the center, muslin for the back. Used heat and bond to adhere the background and applique shapes onto the front then before sticking the back on, machine quilted around the applique. Heat and bond to adhere the muslin then machine quilted around the edge. I then glued on some gems to finish it off. I am sending this one to my Sandy Stitcher ladies to wish them a Happy Valentines. I know they are going to love it!!!!!

Painted Sign

Howdy,
Had to share one of my latest creation. I found an old cupboard door at restore $5. Whoever had it before me had graciously sanded it already so I didn't have to do much in preparation, YAY! I put a coat of paint on it let it dry. Then printed letters from word and transferred them to the board with graphite paper. After transferring I hand painted with black.

Once the black was all filled in, I let it dry then took it outside for a good sanding, then wiped it down with stain, dried and sprayed with a satin finish. I then added hooks for hanging onto the back.
Here are a couple shots of the finished product.

I finally got it hung up but haven't taken a picture of that yet. After doing this one, I did another one for a friend of mine that just bought her first brand new home. On ours, I put the date we were married as the established date, on hers I put the date that she closed. I thought they turned out great and am excited to make more signs. They were inexpensive, quick and look very professionally done. Hope you like it.

Gloves and Quilt

South Carolina is beautiful and well, if I could find a job here, everything would be fabulous. I will keep trying and stay motified but in the meantime, it gives me the opportunity to try some new things. I recently went a took a knitting class to learn how to make fingerless gloves. I finally finished them after struggling a bit with the thumbs. So, here they are for you all to see. My first official finished knitted project. YAY!!!!

I did these with a number 5, 9" round needles and double ended needles for the thumbs. I have knitted before but have only actually made dishcloths so doing some lacework, round needles and double ended needles was all new to me. My mom found a pattern that she feels will be easier so I can't wait to get it so I can try it.
My mom is so extremely talented and I wanted to share with you a cute lap blanket that she made for me for Christmas. I use it almost every day and just had to share.

This quilt was machine quilted and tied in the middle of each square. Totally love it, thank momma!!!!!

Savannah, GA

Howdy folks,
So another little update. Before the girls went back to Utah, we spent the day in Savannah. Well actually what happened was that I was able to get their return flights out of the Savannah airport for about $100 cheaper for each ticket, so with a savings of $200 and the fact that we wanted to see Savannah, we decided to make the trip. Its only about an hr and 45 minutes from our house so it really isn't that big of a deal. It was fabulous. Very small town feel and so much history. My only complaint was that it was January 1st and a lot of stuff was closed. We had been told about this little hole in the wall bbq place that was supposed to be the best bbq in the south, it was closed. Many of the stores were closed, the visitors center was closed and well, I guess we will just have to go back.
Anyway, we were still able to see a lot of stuff and here are the pictures to share.

 This picture was taken right in downtown Savannah. There is a park that has a headstone in it.

This was the sidewalk as we were headed to the cemetary. It was so cool how the trees were lined up and the mossy stuff was hanging down and blowing.

 These old police cars were parked in front of the police station. They have been restored obviously but really cool to see.

 Front view

 The black police car

Front view

 This was the entry to the cemetary. This cemetary primarily has people lost during the revolutionary war from 1775 to 1783. It was freaky. I learned from reading a South Carolina history book that the war, although technically ended in 1783, fighting continued in Charleston for almost two more years. The book said that in those two years, more soldier died than actually died during the entire war. They didn't count any of the loyalists or anyone who died from sickness to the numbers would actually be much higher.

This is a shot of the cemetary. This was only one section though, it was actually much bigger than this picture makes it look. Many of the headstones cannot be read, but the ones that can are amazingly poetic. Kylee even commented on how the wording was so different that what we would use today.

This was a current cop car/taxi cab that was parked in fron of the police station. It is used to discourage drinking and driving. The front, police portion says "this ride costs $1800" the back end says "this one costs $20". Thought it was pretty cool.

 The next stop was Tybee beach, this was the lighthouse there. It was so beautiful. So far, this is my favorite area and beach. I really want to head back here for a mini vacation. Lots of rentals right on the beach.

Quinton holding the lighthouse.

 Scott and Quinton on the beach at Tybee.

 Kylee and Scott on Tybee Beach

 Katie and Scott on Tybee Beach

 Down the beach from where we were. It was cold and there was hardly anyone on the beach. I bet its crowded in the summer.

 The sand was so pretty. I was hoping you could tell from this picture how white and soft and pretty. I recommend this beach to anyone looking for a place to vacation.

 Kylee pondering! I think she was thinking about not wanting to leave!

Anyway, I am sure hoping that once it warms up here that we will have visitors, lots of visitors. Well and I hope I can get a job soon. I am going a little stir crazy. I did get offered a job to teach little kids how to draw. I may take the lady up on that more for the fun of it than the money. Maybe it would at least pay for my crafting expenses. LOL.

Catching up

Hello all,
Okay so I have totally neglected the blog. I will try to catch up on everything. The girls are now back in Utah and I am desperately trying to find a job. That is pretty much it. Over the holidays though we had quite a busy time. Here are some of the pics.

We made a quick stop at Graceland in Memphis on our way to SC. We didn't do the tour because we had Harley with us. My mom is totally in love with Elvis and by judging the pic above, so is Kylee. LOL

These are pics from our day in Charleston-

After our carriage ride, Katie had to pet the horse.

I decided that anyone who comes and visits us will get their picture taken in front of the fountain. I think I will start a scrapbook.

 Before you can go on the carriage ride we had to wait for a ping pong ball, like the lottery draw. It tells the carriage driver which tour they are allowed to take you on.

This is a picture of the ceiling of one of the houses in Charleston. They paint the ceiling's this blue color because it is believed the evil spirits will be kept away. It also apparently keeps birds and other things from making homes there because they think it is the sky.

I just love the architecture in Charleston. There is a school that is ran out of the old city jail. I would love to go learn all about how to restore historical homes but in the mean time, we decided to go on a haunted tour later that night.

The entrance to the jail

One of the jail cells. They kept a large number of people in the jail. I believe they said the jail was built to house 150 and at one time had over 600. The average life span once sentenced was two months.

They told us that there are headstones at this cemetary that are the oldest in the US. Freaky!

We were waiting outside the jail for our tour and Katie captured this spirit shooting through our picture. It was however later determined that it was Katie's hair. LOL.

A late night picture of another cemetary. I seriously can't believe we were walking around taking pictures.

Okay, there is more but I need to get to work on my resume so I will post more tomorrow. Scott has to work all weekend. I am just glad someone is working. I did go take a knitting class in Summerville. I love that town and will be posting pictures soon. I think that is where I would like us to settle eventually. I am just totally in love with the town. Anyway... more later.