Owls & Elephants – Baby quilt preview

Almost done! Here’s a sneak peek:

National Pie Day observed

Thanks to my friend Rachel of Rachel’s Cooking, I learned that Sunday was National Pie Day! So I made a delightful cherry pie in honor of the holiday. (Cherries picked from our friend S & L’s cherry tree.)

No pictures of the cherry pie – we dug into it too fast. But here are a few other pies I made last week. The “house” pie, was for Nick’s every other Tuesday lunch at work where they discuss crazy architecture ideas. And then I made us a N & H pie! Yum!

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At our wedding, (almost 4 years ago!) we had pie instead of cake. All the neighbor ladies brought homemade fruit pie over for a grand total of 40 pies! My oh my! It was wonderful!

The Mary bag

I made my sis a reversible purse and zippered pouch for Christmas. It was sure fun to make – and I even tried it out for a weekend to “break it in”. I really wanted to keep it! Here it is:

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Want to make one too? Free downloadable pattern available from VeryPurplePerson. Happy Sewing!

Calculator watch

Nick surprised me with a hilarious Christmas gift – a calculator watch!


It makes me smile every time I look at it. The fiscal office gals at work really want one. I frequently stop by their office to help compute tough numbers now that I have this watch. It has all the best functions + – / x. It will be perfect for the upcoming tax season and for unit pricing at the grocery store...


I am now officially a nerd. A nerd with the funniest husband ever!

Typography is wonderful

Typography done right is wonderful. Check out these sweet typographic maps I came across today. Such a practical way to label a map – it brings it to life. Words no longer label location but become location: streets and rivers and neighborhoods. I love it!

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CHICAGO

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SAN FRANSCISCO

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SEATTLE

Owls, elephants, and babies

This New Year’s weekend was spent with wonderful friends. Friends that are fun, in the same boat of life, and all striving to glorify God. And a few of them are expecting!

I’m excited to make a baby quilt for one of the wee ones. It will be a “neutral” quilt – as the baby specifics will be a birthing day surprise.

Green & brown – owls & elephants – dots & stripes!

{via www.fabric.com design wall}

When Nick broke his leg…

Two weeks ago Nick broke his leg. He has been a trooper through the surgery, pain, and slow-down in life. Lord willing, it will heal soon and he’ll be back on his feet…without crutches!

The day he broke his leg (golfing) – one of the first things he said was, “I guess we won’t be putting those egress windows in this afternoon.” What a guy. :)

And of course we didn’t put the windows in. Instead his amazing co-workers surprised us one day and put both of them in for us! That was so thoughtful of them! And many other people have been such a blessing – bringing food, transporting Nick to Dr. appointments, and stepping in when I was gone to Washington D.C. last week for work. Thank you to all for your generous help!

So here’s a few pictures from D.C.. If I ever get the opportunity to go back, I would love for Nick to join me – to browse museums, walk the mall from the Capitol to the White House, and eat the best guacamole ever at Oyamel Cocina Mexicana.

It is hard to capture the rich history found in our nation’s capital in a photo. I opted to “remember” most of it instead of always grabbing the camera. But here are a few:

We did a “Night Tour” of the Monuments – I loved the Lincoln Memorial pictured below and seeing the reflection of the Washington Monument on the water.

One of my favorite tours was of Mt. Vernon – home of our first President George Washington. More to come on this…