Christmas Tree 2009

Our Christmas Tree is up! I am so excited! I love Christmas time. It is one of my favorite holidays. I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoyed putting up the tree!

Sore Fingers

I quilted some more last night and today. Boy, do my fingers hurt?! I cannot believe how painful it is to use a needle over and over again for about two hours! The process is so worth the pain, though! I can see my quilt starting to come together! It is a very relaxing process. I look forward to working on it more in the future.

My First Quilt

This weekend my grandmother came up to my house and helped me start my first quilt. Quilting is a little more complicated than I originally thought, but I Ioved the process. This first quilt is being made with the pattern pre-printed on the fabric, but next time I think I will start learning how to piece the tops together. All in all it was an amazing experience!

Playing Around

These are some photos I took one afternoon while playing outside with Molly. Enjoy!

The Great Flood Part II

About a month or so ago, it rained very hard in my neck of the woods. As you can tell from the pictures below, my yard looked like a pond. Our yard is always very wet. I call it the "Swamp." It still is very saturated from the rain we received. It will probably not be dry again until July of 2010!

New Art Medium

For some reason I have decided that a new art medium for me is going to be quilts!! I've been looking at tons of websites and blogs about the subject, studied countless pictures of traditional and modern quilts, and fallen completely in love with the aesthetics of the art form!! I have purchased the materials for my first quilt. I now await the arrival of my grandmother to help me get started. I am so excited!! I will post pictures of my progress as I go.

My Every Thoughtful Mind

Fall Pictures

Las Vegas Trip Pictures

I took these pictures on our trip to Las Vegas! The night photos are the best!!