STT Dec. Daily

This is one of my albums from Stash to Treasure.  I did not get the kit so I made this from my stash.  I am in the process of making the other album.  These are taking much longer than I anticipated but are so much fun.  Since I am making both albums, I decided to make one not related to Christmas. 

star quilt

Well here it is...my first ever quilt that I completed all myself!  I usually send the tops out to be quilted.  I started with a small one since I have never quilted a top before and because I do not have a long arm machine.  This is called a Texas star.  I sewed the top by hand and then machine quilted it using in the ditch.  I loved the pattern so much that I made a larger quilt with the same pattern using Texas bluebonnets.  It is gorgeous but I have not got it quilted yet.

Christmas Ornament

This is a "memory" ornament that I made for my daughter this year.  She is 18 months old and so much fun!
The design is an original by me.  I can't even tell you how many hours I have trying to get it right!  I did several do-overs.  When I get an idea in my mind, I am usually determined to make it work if possible.

I put korkers on the bottom for "snow" and there are our favorite memories from the past year that are written on the tree.

Sketchy Thursdays Sketch 1.13

Wow!  I thought I had until midnight.  This is my first time participating and I completed this layout in less than an hour!  So proud of myself.  This is a new record for me.  I hope you enjoy!

New to this...

With my addiction to paper crafting, I decided to make a serious attempt at card making.  I found a couple of websites that are so helpful and fun.  So, here are a couple of my first tries.  I got the sketches from card patterns.blogspot and the flower in the second card is made from the butterfly's to build stamp set from the Stamps of Life.

Starting out

Hello there!  I am going to start out by saying that I started this blog for two main reasons.  One is so that I will have a way to share my artwork and two, I figure that if I write about my goals publically that I will be more productive with them.  We will see how that works out.  So I guess...first things first.  My new years goals:
1.  Lose the last of the baby weight.
2. Get organized,  the entire house.
3. Declutter.  Anything that is broken, stained,too little, too big, doesn't work or fit right, out it goes!
4. Finish all current projects before beginning new ones.  This one is tough.  I find inspiration all around me and some ideas just seem too good to wait on.

I am making very good progress already.  Starting off strong!  I finished my daughters memory christmas ornament.  Got all of our important papers all in one area and filed properly.  I started an inspiration journal for all my "next" projects.  Finished a quilt I pieced together 3 years ago!  Finished making my DIY scrapbook cover.   My new passion is making scrapbook covers.  So much fun and there are so many talented ladies out there with great ideas!  I will post some pics soon.

Here are the projects:
1. Quilt two tops I have had completed for about 3-4 years.
2. Piece together A third quilt I have had in the works for a long time.
3. Finish the remodel of our half bath.  New tile and countertop.  I just need to paint, buy some wall hangings and get some cute towels to match. Oh, and refinish the cabinets.  *sigh*
4. Complete Christmas journals that I am making.
5.  I have a special project for my husbands b-day which I need to do.
6.  Complete my "pay it forward" facebook challenge.  Almost finished with that. And...
7.  The neverending project of keeping my daughters scrapbook up to date.

That is pretty much all the big stuff.  Now I need to go tend to this list.  I hope to have everything finished by May.  **fingers crossed**