Red & Pink Hearts

I made this simple 

Red & Pink

Hearts

tablerunner

 and topped it with a pretty bowl filled with matching M&M's

placed between two pink heart candle holders

for a

sweet 

Valentine themed table.

Hershey's® ♥ Cookies

A Valentine version of

the classic cookie~ 

Peanut Butter Blossoms.

Just substitute Hershey's® Hearts

for the traditional Hershey's® Kisses

and 

voilá

dozens of Valentine cookies!

Easy Peasy!!

ADB makeovers

Yes, it is time again

 to create 32 new Auction Display Boards,

which need to be finished by...

NEXT WEEKEND!!

"YIKES"

The clock is ticking 

so better put on my creative thinking cap and get to work.

These display boards are for the Orphans Overseas Live Auction 

and part of the proceeds support the 

Karibu Centre in Thika, Kenya (below),

a project of Orphans Overseas in partnership with The Salvation Army. 

Above: photo's of the empty, unused buildings before the repair and renovation

 and 

Below:  pictures after, including the new covered wash area and gravel paths added in 2010 

These photos are from the trips Ron has taken to Kenya to work on projects at the Karibu Centre. 

yo-yo hearts

This is my current take-along project which I have been working on mostly at the high school women's basketball games. Since I am there twice a week for all three games (Freshman, JV & Varsity) I try to find time during warm-ups and at half-time to do some stitching. I need a total of 32 hearts to complete the project and I am over halfway so I may actually finish in time for 

Valentines Day!

♥ 

sympathy card

 I painted the lavender, paper quilted the bottom border and lined the envelope with matching paper to tie it all together. 

Circle of Hearts

candle coaster

Instead of a candle, I like to set this pretty heart topiary on top♥

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

This was a quick and easy mother/daughter project which we were able to complete in one afternoon, start to finish♥ 

A closer look at the coaster and also the sweet little tag that is attached to the topiary♥ 
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More Felted Wool Inspiration♥

mailed with ♥ L•O•V•E ♥

Yesterday I was so excited to find this heart sealed envelope in our mailbox. Even more exciting....the return address....it was "MOM mail"! The envelope was a bit puffy and a little squishy which piqued my curiosity.  As I walked back to the house I gently squeezed the hidden contents between my fingers trying to guess 

what I might find inside

?????? 

 It didn't take long to discover I had received a 

Grand Surprise...

 a LOVEly

felted wool ♥alentine candle wrap!

A Valentines gift from my parents

handmade with LOVE

by

my MOM!!!

Total cuteness!

I absolutely L•O•V•E love it!!

I couldn't wait to try it out so I immediately grabbed some candles and tied it on.

this

OR

this

So many choices, sew cute! 

A special ♥ felt(ed wool) Valentines Day keepsake!!

Winter Wonderland

Our first SNOW of the season 

finally arrived yesterday!! 

We took a drive out of town and the snow was so beautiful along the way I had to snap a few pictures.

Back at our house... 

it was snowing off and on throughout the day

which makes us

SNOW Happy!! 

★★★★ BREAD

A new FAVORITE....

Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart Bread

  ....it is deeeeelicious!

I served this easy to make yeast bread with an Italian dinner last night and received rave reviews. Next time we want to try it with a little marinara sauce as suggested in the recipe 

which can be found here .  

No SNOW...

no problem....

...plenty of faux SNOW here!


The cute wool Snowman Penny Rug was made by my mother who loves wool and creates so many beautiful things. In fact, a Round Robin Wool Pin Cushion that she and one of her friends made was posted last spring on the Sweet P Quilting and Creations blog. 
Go here to see their adorable pin cushion.
Go here to read Paulette's post today about meeting Mom at Starbuck's and their shopping trip to The Quilter's Faire. 
Sew fun!


And, here is my current faux SNOW project
...in progress...

This candle wrap pattern is from Bareroots.   

LOVE

 I ♥ this idea!

L♥VE how the shadow from the rings form the connecting hearts!

A simple,  fun DIY photo idea for Valentines Day, a Wedding or maybe even a special Anniversary. 

Polar Bear Water Skiing

a 

New Years Day 

tradition

HIGH speed water skiing in a COLD Willamette River....

Bbbrrrrrrr!

Ron is only a spotter and a photographer at this event but has a lot of fun with our friends who enjoy the thrill of cold, high speed water skiing.