Gunnar Says NO!

Trying something new

I was adventurous this weekend and went snowshoeing with my friend Shannon and her husband!

Family

This post is going to ruin a little bit of a surprise, but it's too funny not to share... Belle and I were working on Valentines tonight and before we start writing on cards we make a list of everyone we are writing to. Well, apperently "Cody, LeeAnne, Lexi, and Gunnar" looked really long to her so she asked if she had to write all of their names. I told her "Cody and Family" would be ok. Then she wanted to know if she could write separate notes to Lexi and "the family", so this is how the inside of their card looks :) Love it!

Bags, Bags, Bags

I'll admit it, I've become obsessed! These are a few of the bags I've been working on. It's been really fun to play with different fabrics, patterns, and layouts.

I made a zippered pouch to go with this one, and it's my new purse.

I learned how to install a magnetic snap with this one.

LOVE this pattern from my coworker and the fact that I recycled some old jeans is pretty awesome.
Pink owls in honor of my friend Lori.
I bought this fabric because it reminded me of Shannon.
Ahh, my favorite, notice the aqua :) This is my school bag.
And a mini quilt I made, I thought it would be a nice TV blanket for Belle, but it's pretty small. I may give it to a coworker who's wife just had a baby.I'm off to make some yummy Super Bowl food!

Being creative

I've been slacking on the blog lately, sorry... Belle wanted to do a project together tonight so I found these little blank canvases that I'd stashed in my craft closet and we went to town. Here's what we ended up with:I think I want to add something to the heart, maybe "JUST BE" any thoughts?
Belle is definitely a budding artist, she did point out that her color scheme was "Vikings colors" though. Am I really surprised? No.

Christmas Card Keeper

Here's the book I made for storing special Christmas cards. I got the idea from an issue of Simple Scrapbooks. The pages are manila envelopes, so I'm putting our card on the outside and storing the cards we recieved on the inside. Another idea I saw was to use this as a portfolio for school work. Pretty cool!

Projects

Here are some purses/bags I've been working on:

Bag #1 Front
and back
Bag #2 front and back

Mom, here's a mini-version of the one you and I tried to figure out, I just used some scraps I had on hand...