You can access my shoppe by way of the Etsy button to the right (at the top of my blog). I love the way these turned out. They are all crib/baby size.
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Monday, February 20, 2012
My recent quilts
I finished up 4 quilts and finally have them listed in my Etsy Shoppe!
You can access my shoppe by way of the Etsy button to the right (at the top of my blog). I love the way these turned out. They are all crib/baby size.
You can access my shoppe by way of the Etsy button to the right (at the top of my blog). I love the way these turned out. They are all crib/baby size.Joining Grannies
I've made many granny squares (crochet) in my adult lifetime but always wondered the best way to join the squares.
HERE is a tutorial for just that. I shall try this next time.
Today I'm featuring>
What a great little blog. Go on over and join her in Google Friend Connect. No affiliation. Just a great fun blog. I just love string quilts. I love Chinese Coin quilts. All of her pics are amazing. :)
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Cute mouse
I believe you have to be a member of crochetville to view it? Maybe? Try it and see. You might just be able to view it and grab the cute pattern.
Have you signed up for my giveaway yet? If not, you have one week to do so. Spread the good word. Very few signed up so far! Click here to sign up!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Make it a relaxing Friday
I'm actually heading out to New Mexico next month for my cousin's wife's baby shower. I made her a quilt but I think this heating pad would be a great addition. Heck, we always focus on the baby, but let's get real, the mama is the one doing all the work! :)
Don't forget to sign up for my lovely giveaway HERE if you haven't already. Ends next weekend. :)
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Today I'm featuring....
This blogActually I love the crochet hat pattern for a toddler :)
Her blog if fabulous. No affiliation. Actually she does not know I'm featuring her LOL.
"Sew" Lovely!
I just love the blog world!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Another great giveaway...
Today I have the pleasure of introducing Ginger, owner of Etsy Shoppe Five Monkey Fabrics.
Ginger is amazing. She has had her Etsy shoppe opened only since last summer and she already has over 1,500 sales! Her fabric is awesome. Her prices even better.
The best part is that she is letting me hold a giveaway for a HUGE pack of fabric. This one you'll want to get in on...
Before I do that let me point out a few of my very favorites at Five Monkey Fabrics
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| LARK, Treasure Box in Ocean, 1 Half-Yard, Amy Butler, Westminster Fabrics |
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| Freshcut 2011 Fabric, Jellybean in Green |
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| Fox Trails Main Fabric in Green, Doohikey Designs for Riley Blake |
Now onto our giveaway!
This is what you will be winning! Amazing!
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| Freshcut 2011 Fabric Bundle, Heather Bailey for Free Spirit, 12 Fat Quarters (3 Yards) |
A few things you need to do to enter this...
1. Be a follower here at Butternut Street.
2. Head on over to Five Monkey Fabrics and tell me what your very favorite fabric is.
3. Come back here and comment with your link to the fabric you like.
1 extra entry if you like Five Monkey Fabrics on Facebook.
2 extra entries if you spread the word on your Facebook or Blog-please send me the link where you blogged about this! :)
I will end this giveaway on February 25th at midnite MST. You have over a week to enter and spread the word about this awesome 3 pack of fabric-3 yards for FREE fabric lovers! lol.
Good LUCK!
I will end this giveaway on February 25th at midnite MST. You have over a week to enter and spread the word about this awesome 3 pack of fabric-3 yards for FREE fabric lovers! lol.
Good LUCK!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Getting real....
Let's start off this post with a positive!
Megan (my recent sponsor) is offering this...
Enjoy your shopping at 40% off til Feb 21st! :)
My Valentine's gift to you: Save 40% off your entire order through Tuesday, Feb. 21 by entering the coupon LOVEFABRICLOVE at checkout!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/SanourrasFabricLove
Now the not-so-good things...
I've been working this job. This is a job that works directly with CPS, foster kids, troubled teens, etc. Fine. I am 'somewhat' used to this from past jobs. Well last night was the real 'kicker' ~meaning, kick me out of this job. Did I tell you I tend to job jump because of my emotions? I put myself in these jobs that are hard. I jeopardize myself like this. I'm working through it. I'm 40 now and just understanding myself, my personality, my 'ways'. Ok, back to the story...
I show up to a group home last night. They called me at the last minute to work this home. I drive 1 hour to get to this location stating "you'll get an extra $2 an hour if you drive it". Fine. Me, Niki, ya, always a do-er...UGH!
I walk into the home to see a little 14 year old boy badly burned, a burned victim. I walk upstairs in this very large strangely-odd home (it had a basement where the kids slept, it was 4 levels, on and on) with the supervisor and she hands me a huge binder to start 'reading about the boy's conditions'. Get to the 14 year old boy and read that he has 'anger issues' and a few years ago set his house on fire, burning himself and killing his little brother. Of course he suffers from PTSD, anger, trauma, on and on. Wow, Niki thinks to herself~this is going to be an interesting night {sarcastic}.
Then I meet the next kid...He's about 15. He is 'autistic' with the alcohol syndrome in utero, drug addicted, and 'off'. When I say Hi to him he does not respond appropriately. Talks about Phineas and Ferb (that cartoon). Fine. My son is autistic so I kinda get it but go along with everything. Niki thinks to herself, wow, this is a nice boy. Um, ya........
Read his file....he went after a teacher and stabbed her in the face, broke a girls arm, on and on. I think, "not this kid, he's nice". Niki (I'm telling myself now) don't let your guard down girl! So he apparently doesn't like staff talking. He says 'shut your mouth' and 'I'll kick your ass and cut your balls off'. I did not respond appropriately. I said "Not appropriate, and I don't have balls". LMAO. WHAT Niki???? You did NOT just say that to this kid. OMG!
Long story long story long story shortttttt......I am not going back there. I got off work at 10:30 p and it took me an hour to drive home. I'm tired. And my emotional state is weakened today. I will not be able to get that boy's burned face/body out of my mind for a while. Poor kids. Sad parents. What is up with this system? This crap is real! Kids living like this daily. Oh our system. Don't get me started.
Well, on a lighter note...
I'm going to relax today, watch my soap, quilt.
And I'll post pics of this new baby quilt I'm working on.
And we painted one large wall of our living room. I'll probably post a pic of that too.
Megan (my recent sponsor) is offering this...
Enjoy your shopping at 40% off til Feb 21st! :)
My Valentine's gift to you: Save 40% off your entire order through Tuesday, Feb. 21 by entering the coupon LOVEFABRICLOVE at checkout!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/SanourrasFabricLove
Now the not-so-good things...
I've been working this job. This is a job that works directly with CPS, foster kids, troubled teens, etc. Fine. I am 'somewhat' used to this from past jobs. Well last night was the real 'kicker' ~meaning, kick me out of this job. Did I tell you I tend to job jump because of my emotions? I put myself in these jobs that are hard. I jeopardize myself like this. I'm working through it. I'm 40 now and just understanding myself, my personality, my 'ways'. Ok, back to the story...
I show up to a group home last night. They called me at the last minute to work this home. I drive 1 hour to get to this location stating "you'll get an extra $2 an hour if you drive it". Fine. Me, Niki, ya, always a do-er...UGH!
I walk into the home to see a little 14 year old boy badly burned, a burned victim. I walk upstairs in this very large strangely-odd home (it had a basement where the kids slept, it was 4 levels, on and on) with the supervisor and she hands me a huge binder to start 'reading about the boy's conditions'. Get to the 14 year old boy and read that he has 'anger issues' and a few years ago set his house on fire, burning himself and killing his little brother. Of course he suffers from PTSD, anger, trauma, on and on. Wow, Niki thinks to herself~this is going to be an interesting night {sarcastic}.
Then I meet the next kid...He's about 15. He is 'autistic' with the alcohol syndrome in utero, drug addicted, and 'off'. When I say Hi to him he does not respond appropriately. Talks about Phineas and Ferb (that cartoon). Fine. My son is autistic so I kinda get it but go along with everything. Niki thinks to herself, wow, this is a nice boy. Um, ya........
Read his file....he went after a teacher and stabbed her in the face, broke a girls arm, on and on. I think, "not this kid, he's nice". Niki (I'm telling myself now) don't let your guard down girl! So he apparently doesn't like staff talking. He says 'shut your mouth' and 'I'll kick your ass and cut your balls off'. I did not respond appropriately. I said "Not appropriate, and I don't have balls". LMAO. WHAT Niki???? You did NOT just say that to this kid. OMG!
Long story long story long story shortttttt......I am not going back there. I got off work at 10:30 p and it took me an hour to drive home. I'm tired. And my emotional state is weakened today. I will not be able to get that boy's burned face/body out of my mind for a while. Poor kids. Sad parents. What is up with this system? This crap is real! Kids living like this daily. Oh our system. Don't get me started.
Well, on a lighter note...
I'm going to relax today, watch my soap, quilt.
And I'll post pics of this new baby quilt I'm working on.
And we painted one large wall of our living room. I'll probably post a pic of that too.
Monday, February 13, 2012
It's almost here...
Valentine's Day~
Do you have your Valentine's picked out? purchased? Made?
I have NONE.
I have 4 kids to buy for and 1 hubby ;)
I'm sticking with simple this year.
Candy hearts for the kids.
And I saw a perfect gift for hubby....the market by my house sells cute bamboo Valentine's plants. Hubby loves bamboo.
I will go back and get one of those.
HERE is an idea for a handmade decoration....Enjoy!
And here is one more
Doing anything fun today???
Do you have your Valentine's picked out? purchased? Made?
I have NONE.
I have 4 kids to buy for and 1 hubby ;)
I'm sticking with simple this year.
Candy hearts for the kids.
And I saw a perfect gift for hubby....the market by my house sells cute bamboo Valentine's plants. Hubby loves bamboo.
I will go back and get one of those.
HERE is an idea for a handmade decoration....Enjoy!
And here is one more
Sunday, February 12, 2012
The Fabric Winner!
Thank you to all who entered, and a HUGE Thank You to Megan for sponsoring this lovely giveaway.
I'm having more giveaways coming up....so stay tuned.
Make it a grand Sunday!
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Happy almost 100th AZ! And free bagels
Arizona celebrates it's 100th birthday on Valentine's Day!
I always remember my grandfather bragging about this because he was born in 1912, the same year Arizona became a state of the union-actually the 48th!
George W.P. Hunt was our first governor.
From Wikipedia:
The last Native Americans arrived in Arizona between 16,000 BC and 10,000 BC, while the history of Arizona as recorded by Europeans began when Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan, explored the area in 1539. Coronado's expedition entered the area in 1540–1542 during its search for CÃbola. Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino developed a chain of missions and taught the Indians Christianity in PimerÃa Alta (now southern Arizona and northern Sonora) in the 1690s and early 18th century. Spain founded fortified towns (presidios) at Tubac in 1752 and Tucson in 1775.
All of present-day Arizona became part of the Mexican State of Vieja California upon the Mexican assertion of independence from Spain in 1822. The United States took possession of most of Arizona at the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848. In 1853, the land below the Gila River was acquired from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase. Arizona was administered as part of the Territory of New Mexico until it was organized into a separate territory on February 24, 1863.
Arizona was admitted into the Union—officially becoming a U.S. state—on February 14, 1912.
Don't forget about my giveaway HERE if you've not entered yet!
Go HERE for 3 free bagels at Bruegger's bagels today. Only the 9th til 2 pm most locations. Gotta like 'em on FB.
make it a lovely day!
I always remember my grandfather bragging about this because he was born in 1912, the same year Arizona became a state of the union-actually the 48th!
George W.P. Hunt was our first governor.
From Wikipedia:
The last Native Americans arrived in Arizona between 16,000 BC and 10,000 BC, while the history of Arizona as recorded by Europeans began when Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan, explored the area in 1539. Coronado's expedition entered the area in 1540–1542 during its search for CÃbola. Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino developed a chain of missions and taught the Indians Christianity in PimerÃa Alta (now southern Arizona and northern Sonora) in the 1690s and early 18th century. Spain founded fortified towns (presidios) at Tubac in 1752 and Tucson in 1775.
All of present-day Arizona became part of the Mexican State of Vieja California upon the Mexican assertion of independence from Spain in 1822. The United States took possession of most of Arizona at the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848. In 1853, the land below the Gila River was acquired from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase. Arizona was administered as part of the Territory of New Mexico until it was organized into a separate territory on February 24, 1863.
Arizona was admitted into the Union—officially becoming a U.S. state—on February 14, 1912.
Don't forget about my giveaway HERE if you've not entered yet!
Go HERE for 3 free bagels at Bruegger's bagels today. Only the 9th til 2 pm most locations. Gotta like 'em on FB.
make it a lovely day!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Another fabulous giveaway!-ends soon!
Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to a lovely Etsy seller, Megan, who owns Sanourra's Fabric Love .
If you've never been by her shoppe I highly recommend it! She has some great quilt-shop quality cottons over there.
Some of my favorites for sale include:
Little Apples Layer Cake
Her prices are amazing and she currently has a great clearance section. Check it out HERE.
Megan is currently sponsoring a giveaway today that will end this Saturday MST at midnite. Here is what you will win:
If you've never been by her shoppe I highly recommend it! She has some great quilt-shop quality cottons over there.
Some of my favorites for sale include:
Little Apples Layer Cake
I love the wording on this vintage looking fabric. Would look great on a country-looking quilt.
And my very favorite:
Her prices are amazing and she currently has a great clearance section. Check it out HERE.
Megan is currently sponsoring a giveaway today that will end this Saturday MST at midnite. Here is what you will win:
Flora charm pack by Lauren and Jessi Jung
There's only a few things you need to do to win this lovely charm pack:
1. Be a follower of mine here at Butternut Street.
and
2. Become a friend/like Megan's FB page!-if you have FB.
and
3. Come back here and comment to let me know you entered.
Megan will be issuing a 40% off coupon via her Facebook page on February 14, to last until the 21st! Her Facebook page is www.facebook.com/SanourrasFabricLove
Good luck everyone!
Ends Saturday, hurry for the comments ;)
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| Etsy Shoppe Enter HERE |
Sunday, February 5, 2012
baby quilt
If I have a reason to make a quilt I always get it done fairly quickly.
So my cousin's wife is due in April, the shower is out of state in March (which we are going to) so I wanted to make a quilt, of course!
So this is a very modern looking one that I finished up last weekend.
I love the way it came out.
I was telling my aunt I finished her quilt and my aunt says "She doesn't like pink" (meaning the mom). GREAT! (sarcastic). So what's a girl to do? It's not TOO pink, but still. OMG I thought it was cute. I thought she'd love it. Now I'm doubting whether I should make another quilt without pink. Heck, it's a girl and they know it. Apparently she likes purple and green. OH MY! Ideas???
So my cousin's wife is due in April, the shower is out of state in March (which we are going to) so I wanted to make a quilt, of course!
So this is a very modern looking one that I finished up last weekend.
I love the way it came out.
I was telling my aunt I finished her quilt and my aunt says "She doesn't like pink" (meaning the mom). GREAT! (sarcastic). So what's a girl to do? It's not TOO pink, but still. OMG I thought it was cute. I thought she'd love it. Now I'm doubting whether I should make another quilt without pink. Heck, it's a girl and they know it. Apparently she likes purple and green. OH MY! Ideas???
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| BACK |
Comp
My son had another competition yesterday for JROTC in Phoenix.
Here are a few pics of that and a couple of me and the 2 little ones.
Here are a few pics of that and a couple of me and the 2 little ones.
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| marcus on far left |
Friday, February 3, 2012
The hearing
So we had the hearing today for Joey, my 10 y.o son with autism.
Fighting the government isn't pretty, folks.
So we will know in maybe 20 days what the outcome is. Who knows.
I feel good about him getting the services he needs and deserves but you just never know when it comes to the government stuff huh?
On a lighter note... Here is a picture of my chaotic desk. And an up close one.
Wanna share one of your computer space?
I'm so messy! I guess I never realized. It's an organized chaos really-kinda like my mind ;)wink.
Have yourself an awesome weekend friends!
Fighting the government isn't pretty, folks.
So we will know in maybe 20 days what the outcome is. Who knows.
I feel good about him getting the services he needs and deserves but you just never know when it comes to the government stuff huh?
On a lighter note... Here is a picture of my chaotic desk. And an up close one.
I'm so messy! I guess I never realized. It's an organized chaos really-kinda like my mind ;)wink.
Have yourself an awesome weekend friends!
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Oh so interesting~
So HERE today I found a great quilt. So easy, with such a punch! No pattern really needed if you've been quilting a while on your own.
I'm so glad she posted the link to the pattern/idea HERE
This gal has the layout/design for a few different options for the quilt.
Lovely.
I love how they use scraps up, but presenting it with a solid background.
The dark grey fabric really does the trick, in my opinion. Such a statement!
Make it a fabulous weekend, my friends.
Monday, January 23, 2012
um...
not much going on.
but i'm here.
i'm alive.
and tired.
been a long 2 weeks.
not much to write about.
stressed out pretty much all the time now.
well i'll stop at that.
i hope you are all well. just wanted to check in~realized it's been a week!
and a nice pic of the plants in my backyard, with a bee!
but i'm here.
i'm alive.
and tired.
been a long 2 weeks.
not much to write about.
stressed out pretty much all the time now.
well i'll stop at that.
i hope you are all well. just wanted to check in~realized it's been a week!
Monday, January 16, 2012
Some cool tutorials for little quilts *and 9th birthday pics*
Click HERE for a couple really neat little quilt tutorials.
Very simple but with an interesting finish.
My sweet Annalise celebrated her 9th birthday Saturday (her actual bday was yesterday, the 15th). We had a fun party at the house with a few of her very best friends.
Here are some pics of the celebration:
Very simple but with an interesting finish.
My sweet Annalise celebrated her 9th birthday Saturday (her actual bday was yesterday, the 15th). We had a fun party at the house with a few of her very best friends.
Here are some pics of the celebration:
(girlfriends)
(showing joe my son and james my nephew)
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| I love the way this pic turned out, the lighting is perfect. My baby is growing up :( |
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| her fav gift, the singalong bear that sang 'happy birthday' to her! |
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