{A Pillow For Dawn}

My friend recently celebrated a birthday, so I made her a pillow cover!

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When I finally re-open my Etsy shop, you'll be able to find pillow covers similar to this one in there!

Happy Birthday Dawn!

{A Quilt For Megan}

Remember this "sneak peek" ??? Here it is!!! I used a tutorial over at Film In The Fridge to make this string quilt for Megan, my friend for 15 years, who just got married in Hawaii. It turned out SO beautiful that I am going to make another one! :)

I used mostly Kaffe Fassett fabrics in purple, green and turquoise, and added some extras in there,... some dots, solids and even batiks!

The string quilt pattern was so much fun! I had a blast making it. Can't wait to get started on another string quilt.

Don't you just love how it feels to finish a quilt, wash it and pull it out of the dryer in all its crinkly-ness??? Perfect!

{My New, Old Machine}

Well, that is just a lovely sight, no?

Let me tell you a little story of how I acquired this beauty.

When I was young, I used to both babysit for and go to church with a nice nice lady. Her family moved away and I recently re-connected with her on Facebook. I remember sewing with her and the other church ladies on Saturdays to make quilts for donation,... and making homemade ice cream too! :) Anyway, she mentioned that she had a few sewing machines that she never used and I offered to buy one from her.

"Life is too short" she told me and the next thing I knew I was in possession of a wonderful gift! You read that right! GIFT. She gave me this Bernina sewing machine just for no reason at all.

I have to be honest. I have had it for a really long time. It went to my mother's house when I was still living in Maryland and sat there for months until I came back to Texas. My two favorite features of this machine are the hands free foot lifter and the pedal tap needle-down. After using this machine, I wonder how I was ever sewing on anything else. I will save my first sewing machine because I have made a lot of beauties with that little Singer,... but I am loving my sweet gift and am even more eager to get sewing. I will cherish it and create on it in honor of such a sweet lady.

To say a little "Thank you" I whipped up this little mini wonky star quilt.

I hope to make a larger size quilt with these pretty little stars, they were fun and easy!

Friends, I am off to HAWAII for a week! Yes,... Hawaii,... you can be jealous, I would be ;) Looking forward to beautiful weather, some zip lining, swimming, beaches, and a super fun wedding. I will over load you with pictures when we get back.

XOXO

{Kristie, Rich & Lexi}

Snuck in a last photo shoot before leaving Baltimore one last time.

This is Kristie, Rich and their pup, Lexi. It was a fun shoot, but don't be fooled by the beautiful sunshine, it was pretty chilly out still!

Folks, let me tell you, since we got back to Dallas three weeks ago, I have been majorly pregnant, surrounded by mess and boxes, no television, no internet, no vehicle. I apologize for yet another disappearance, but we just got internet hooked up yesterday! I missed all of you and I have a few catch up posts to do! Talk soon :)

{Little Man Parker}

This little man is Parker. Isn't he sooo cute?? I did pictures with a friend of mine and her family for some Christmas gifts a month or so ago and Parker was a great subject!

Right in the middle of the shoot, he fell fast asleep on the rug on the floor. Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. After his little power nap we were able to get some more fabulous smiles.

Congrats on your beautiful little boy Jen & Pete! :)

{A Holiday Photo Shoot with Miss Madison}

Did everyone have a beautiful holiday??? Mine was great! BUSY but fun! My husband and I went to Texas for a few days to hang out with my family and headed back to Maryland on Christmas day to hang out with Tom's family. While we were in Texas, I managed to fit in a photo shoot with Madison and Megan.

Let me tell you something,... this girl might end up a model. She is 7 and a complete natural. She came up with poses I never thought she would! :)

Megan wanted to give Kyle pictures of his daughter for Christmas, so we scheduled this last minute shoot for the 23rd, headed over to Mimi's for breakfast while editing as many pictures as fast as possible. I believe Megan took the pictures for one hour developing and got them framed and wrapped just in time.

These turned out great, I hope Kyle loved them.

a cute little outtake :)

{Little Miss Madison}

Madison was a wonderful subject for some sweet pictures. She was very smily and she loved to eat her adorable purple tutu!

{Ethan}

Okay, okay,.... I KNOW!!! I really have no excuse for my absence, really. Just lost track of things for a bit. I could blame it on the "winter blues" but we aren't so far into the "winter" yet that I don't think that would really fly. So,... here I am now and I have a few things to catch up on. Unfortunately, none of them are craft related, mostly just photography and a little trip home to Texas,.... but I will try not to disappoint if you will forgive me for falling off the planet for a little while. :)

This little guy is Ethan. His mom works with me and we ran out for a quick photo shoot a few weeks ago. Isn't he just an adorable little man!?!?!

He didn't love this little fall set up and this is really the only picture I got of him sitting in the chair. I would love to try this again because it's just so stinking cute!!! These pictures were taken in the same park as Amy & Arek's pictures, just in a different area.

There is a little garden near the park entrance that we played in for a while too in some Ravens gear.

Stay tuned,... I have some lost time to make up for :)

{Amy & Arek get Engaged}

I spent some time with my friends Amy & Arek a few weeks ago taking some pictures to celebrate their engagement and I think they turned out really adorable.

We went to Patapsco State Park and went all over taking pictures. It was a BEAUTIFUL day and just a blast taking pictures.

Amy & Arek are getting married In October, 2011 and I am excited to be a part of their big day! Can't wait! Congrats guys!