Fancy Pants CHA Release: Artist Edition: Mixed Media Album

Here is another new release from Fancy Pants Designs! I used the Mixed Media Album — just one of the new items in the Artist Edition collection. Take a look!

Included with each Mixed Media Album is: 2 brown felt and 2 chipboard sheets; 1 printed acrylic, 1 canvas, 1 mirror and 1 corrugated board sheet. Such fun textures to play with!

Head on over to the Fancy Pants blog to see how Brenda Hurd and Ronda Palazzari used this album too, and to see the other cool products in the Artist Edition collection. Oh! And you know what else you'll find there? A chance to win a sampling of Fancy Pants BRAND NEW product. Just leave a comment on the post that applies to you (one is for US residents and one is for international residents). Good luck!

Fancy Pants CHA Release: Road Show

Here's another peek at some of Fancy Pants Designs new product that's going to be released next week at CHA. This layout uses Road Show. Mmmm, such gorgeous papers, rub-ons and FLOCKED transparency. So cool. Check out the Fancy Pants blog again today and the next few days for more project inspiration and a GIVEAWAY soon!

Fancy Pants CHA Release: About A Girl

Fancy Pants Designs is releasing brand new product again at CHA next week! They always come out with the coolest product and this release is no exception. Take a look at a couple projects I created using About A Girl. I had way too much fun!

To see more cool projects using this line, check out the Fancy Pants blog. The design team members are rockin' the new product there. And if you keep coming back to the FP blog, you'll see some of the other new collections over the next few days. Woo hoo!

Fridge Calendar

I love calendars. I've found some really cool ones the past few years, but didn't get a chance to shop for one this year and didn't want to order one online. So, I decided to make my own! I created this mini calendar for my refrigerator, so I could keep it in our kitchen where it will always be in sight. I downloaded a free calendar template online and added in my own dates. To get complete instructions on how to make your own, along with more photos of this project, you can check out today's Fancy This post on the Fancy Pants Designs blog.

A Handmade Wreath

This is what my man and his girls made today.

They spent the entire afternoon cutting and bending limbs from my parents grapevines for the wreath shape and then they cut pine bows and holly from the yard to fill it in. I love that the girls created something so beautiful with their dad and they did it all without my knowing. It was a wonderful surprise when they came in the house with this beautiful wreath! So fun!

Unfinished quilts ... finished!

These quilts had been sitting in a bag, unfinished, for several years (gasp!) and are now, finally getting to see the light of day. I recently passed them along to a friend who finished them for me (thanks a ton, Linda!) and I picked them up from her this morning. Yay! Now to find homes for them on my walls.

This is the first quilt top I ever made. Circa late 80's. Gotta love pink and green and black. I started to hand quilt it, but Linda finished it for me and put the binding on. I think I may hang this in Josie's room.

My mom made this quilt top and gave it to me to finish, which I then passed along to Linda to finish. :-)

My mom made this quilt top for Hattie when I was pregnant with her. I machine quilted it. Linda added the binding. I love the chicken fabric in this one.

This one is my favorite. It's string quilt top I made when we lived in Muskegon. Seeing this quilt brings back sweet memories of sewing in my little home office/studio. Linda added simple wavy machine quilting and binding. Love it.

A Little Bit Vintage

I've been hoping to share photos of my sweater that I finished recently, but I have yet to sew the buttons on. My aunt is firing some up for me, since I didn't have enough in the set I had already picked out. So, in the mean time, I've started another sweater and knitted up this fun hat. It comes from The Yarn Girls Guide to Knits for All Seasons. I love how quick and easy it was and I LOVE the little button on the side. Just adds a little bit of a vintage look to it. I used two strands of Briar Rose Fibers Fourth of July (one hank).

Stay tuned ... sweater photos to come soon.