Two years ago today....

We walked down the aisle!  Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband, Jeremy.  You are the best!

Photographed by Kurtis Wiersma

What I've Been Up To

I've been slowly starting some Christmas gifts.  I actually finished one project!  Right before our trip to the Jersey shore, I made some headbands following this tutorial.  The only thing I changed up was instead of using elastic, I used 2 hair elastics.  The hair elastics didn't pull my hair and kept the headband in place.  I also wore the headband during the 5K I wogged (walk/jog, I decided what I really did was not running at all, so I can't call it wunning...so it's now known as wogging) last Saturday. 

The one Christmas gift I finished was for our nephew.  After looking around on some blogs and websites, I came up with a fishing set.  I sewed up some fish.  Added button for eyes and sewed in some washers for the mouth.  I then made a fishing hook out of felt and put a strong magnet inside the hook.  I made the pole out of a wooden dowel and string.  I wrapped felt around the handle to give a good grip.  I really like how it came out! Check out my model... ;-)

The other project I've been working on, but haven't finished, is some felt food for our 4-year old niece.  She is always playing her in kitchen and 'cooking' up some meals for everyone.  As of right now, I made about a dozen raviolis, four strawberries, two carrots and one bean.  I want to make a few more beans and then some more fruits and veggies.  I love making the felt food!  It's so easy to make and everything is super cute. 

And that's what I've been up to for the past few weeks!  Hopefully I will finish up a few more things this week to post soon. 

As for my cooking...not too much going on with that.  But I am planning on making some pot roast this week!

Craft Hope Project 9

I came across Craft Hope about a year ago, but never helped with any of the projects.  The most recent project, project 8, was to make towels and washcloths to send down to the Gulf Coast to help clean the oil off of animals.  It felt really good to help out in some way.

Craft Hope just announced project 9, which is to make colorful pillowcases for the organization ConKerr Cancer.  The pillowcases are given to kids in the hospital, to help make their room more cheery and to help make the kids smile.  

I can't wait to get to pick out some bright and colorful fabrics!  I know what I'll be doing this weekend.

Ocean Beach 2010!

This past week, Jeremy and I spent a few days at the beach with family.  My mom rented a house in Ocean Beach, NJ and it was just a short walk to the ocean.  The weather was perfect and the ocean was warm!  I'm not a huge fan of swimming in the ocean, but it was too hot not to go in.  

I woke up early Thursday and Friday to take a walk on the beach and collect some shells and sea glass.  I didn't find too many things, but my cousin and I did find a baby hermit crab!

Most of our time there was spent relaxing, oh, and eating!  We had happy hour, went to the boardwalk, got ice cream.  It was a great little break from everything!  Below are a few more pictures from our trip.

I cannot believe we are in the last week of July.  Where has the summer gone?  But I have to say, this summer has been quite relaxing and doesn't seem to be nearly as busy as last year.  I have actually been able to enjoy the pool!  But the end of the summer also means time to start working on all those Christmas presents I want to make this year.  Anyone have any ideas on what to make my nieces?  They are between the ages of 4 and 6.  I think I have everything else figured out for the rest of my family members.  

Oh, and one last thing.  I sold my very first item on Etsy two weeks ago!  Woo hoo!!

Mini-Vacation!

Jeremy and I off for a little vacation to the beach. 

This is what it looked like the last time we went...  It rained the entire time.  The wind blew and I thought the windows were going to shatter.  So let's hope for some good weather this time around!

I did get around to make a quick beach blanket.  I love the colors!  It was a simple quilt, with 10x10 blocks and I used a sheet for the back. 

I'll be sure to post our vacation recap when we get back!