Bird Pin Cushion.
Bird themed Burp Cloth
If you count Owls as Birds, I've made several Owl items, these are a few of my favorites.
Embroidery on an apron for my Mother In Law
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!
Thursday, May 9
Other Bird Projects
Here are some other Bird projects I have done recently. All of these have been featured on my blog in the past.
Bird Pin Cushion.
If you count Owls as Birds, I've made several Owl items, these are a few of my favorites.
Embroidery on an apron for my Mother In Law
A card to match the Apron above.
An Owl Pin Cushion Sewing Kit.
A denim Owl purse.
Another owl pin cushion.
Bird Pin Cushion.
If you count Owls as Birds, I've made several Owl items, these are a few of my favorites.
Embroidery on an apron for my Mother In Law
It's for the Birds Blog Hop Day 3
Wednesday, May 8
"It's for the Birds" Blog Hop Day 2
Today is Day 2 of the "It's for the Birds Blog Hop".
Check out these wonderful blogs for some Bird Fun!
Wednesday, May 8
Tuesday, May 7
Cowgirl Zipper Bag
I have a local friend that has made my little zipper pouches her "go to" gift for little girl birthday parties. Last week she texted me looking for something for a little girl that was having a birthday party at Storybook Ranch, a local venue for western themed events.
This is what I came up with. I was originally going to use denim but it was too stiff to double turn inside out plus add lining, so I opted for this blue tone on tone paisley I got as a remnant at one of my LQS. I love the Giddy font, I was happy the recipeint's name had an i so I could use a star to dot it.
I think it turned out pretty cute and I hear the little girl was happy to receive it. Thanks for stopping by.
I think it turned out pretty cute and I hear the little girl was happy to receive it. Thanks for stopping by.
My Spring Garden
It's begining to look alot like Spring in my garden. Many of perrineals are on their way back and starting to bloom! Here are a few of my favorite snapshots taken this weekend.
Snapdragons next to the birdbath. These are on their third year coming back...love them!
More Snapdragons, a mum on the left and Agusta Duelberg Salvia in the background. Love this little birdhouse I have sitting on a stump.
These are my Knock Out Roses in the front of the house. These are on their third fourth year and doing great. Back in February I prunned them down to about 2 feet and they came back stronger than ever!
I love this garden flag with artwork from Mary Engelbreit. "The Goal of Life: Living in Agreement with Nature". Love that quote and Mary's artwork.
My attempt at "thrill, fill and spill" in a flower pot in our front porch. Zinnias, lantana, verbina and monkey grass all in one pot. Love my God Answers Prayers stake.
Well, that's my little mini tour for now. I'll be posting more pictures as more things bloom. Hope you are having a great day!
Snapdragons next to the birdbath. These are on their third year coming back...love them!
More Snapdragons, a mum on the left and Agusta Duelberg Salvia in the background. Love this little birdhouse I have sitting on a stump.
These are my Knock Out Roses in the front of the house. These are on their third fourth year and doing great. Back in February I prunned them down to about 2 feet and they came back stronger than ever!
Our little recycled metal dachshund sits on this tree stump slice I found on the side of the road about three years ago. Husband thought I was crazy when I made him pull over to grab three (really wanted to grab them all). We were about 200 miles away from home...
"It's for the Birds" Blog Hop Day 1
Today is Day 1 of the "It's for the Birds Blog Hop".
I am so glad I am not up on the first day because I am not ready! My day is Friday. Check out these wonderful blogs for some Bird Fun!
I am so glad I am not up on the first day because I am not ready! My day is Friday. Check out these wonderful blogs for some Bird Fun!
Tuesday, May 7
Saturday, May 4
Farewell Fiesta
Buenos Dias everyone,
Yesterday we had a Farewell Fiesta for one of my coworkers at work. Somehow, I was given the task to plan the party. How does that happen to me all of the time?
Our coworker is relocating to Pennsylvania so obviously leaving Texas. I asked her what she would miss the most "Texas BBQ or Tex Mex cuisine". Once she said Tex-Mex, that was all I needed to start planning the menu and theme for the party.
Now PLEASE keep in mind this party was at work, on our conference room table no less so I could not do things to the extent that I would do at home. I planned a simple gathering at the end of the day so everyone could come by and bid our friend farewell. I played Mexican music but I had to keep the volume low--- because we were at work...you know what I mean. Along the same lines, I served lemonade instead of margaritas...you get the picture.
The menu was chips and salsa from a favorite local restaurant, El Fenix, queso made by one co-worker, corn salsa by another co-worker, Delimex taquitos with three different fillings, and Nothing Bundt Cakes bundtinis for dessert.
Here is the Fiesta table.
All these dishes and decorations are from my personal collection. I have an extensive collection of stuff in this theme because obviously I am Mexican (LOL) and love seasonal impractical entertaining stuff that you only use once or twice a year. I love getting the chance to use them but hate the hassel of digging them out of my dish closet, wrapping in bubble wrap and carrying off. Oh well....
Here is Cindy with the table. I made her wear that hat in many pictures...LOL. My office door is in the back ground. You can see I hung one of Micaela's little Mexican dresses from when she was a baby on our dry erase board on a make shift clothesline. (My boss thought it was "ineresting", but hey it covered the white board. You can also see the little bull pinata that was the focal point of our table too.
Here is a close up of some of the bundtinis. Nothing Bundt Cakes is a national franchise for delicious bundt cakes, they have around a dozen different flavors. We are lucky to have a location less than two miles from our office. I decorated the bundtinis with fiesta picks I got at the craft store.
Here are the Delimex taquitos.
If you have never had these they are great. The are in the frozen food section at the grocery store. You can deep or pan fry them or bake them in the over. I prefer frying them when it's a small quantity at home but these we baked off in the oven of our break room. We split them in half so they would be more like finger food.
Here is the delicious corn salsa made by one of our co-workers. It was delicioius and I will share the recipe when I get it from her.
Here is a close up of my fabulous letter dishes which are one of my most recent additions to my collection of entertaining stuff. I fell in love when I saw these on Pinterest and quickly ordered some to spell out our daughters name. Over the last 18 months I have been adding more letters to my collection so I can spell out more words. (it's quite addictive but oh so fun to have them on your buffet table). I've even started to give them as gifts and everyone seems to love them. I realized last week that if I ordered an S, I could spell out fiesta... so here is the letter S making a debut with other letters...LOL.
The Farewell Fiesta was FUN. Cindy enjoyed it and everyone enjoyed socializing with people from other departments on a casual basis. The last time we had a farewell party in our department was about five years ago... people just don't leave very often so it might be a while before we do this again...
Thanks for reading this far and I hope you have a great Cinco de Mayo manana!
Yesterday we had a Farewell Fiesta for one of my coworkers at work. Somehow, I was given the task to plan the party. How does that happen to me all of the time?
Our coworker is relocating to Pennsylvania so obviously leaving Texas. I asked her what she would miss the most "Texas BBQ or Tex Mex cuisine". Once she said Tex-Mex, that was all I needed to start planning the menu and theme for the party.
Now PLEASE keep in mind this party was at work, on our conference room table no less so I could not do things to the extent that I would do at home. I planned a simple gathering at the end of the day so everyone could come by and bid our friend farewell. I played Mexican music but I had to keep the volume low--- because we were at work...you know what I mean. Along the same lines, I served lemonade instead of margaritas...you get the picture.
The menu was chips and salsa from a favorite local restaurant, El Fenix, queso made by one co-worker, corn salsa by another co-worker, Delimex taquitos with three different fillings, and Nothing Bundt Cakes bundtinis for dessert.
Here is the Fiesta table.
Here is Cindy with the table. I made her wear that hat in many pictures...LOL. My office door is in the back ground. You can see I hung one of Micaela's little Mexican dresses from when she was a baby on our dry erase board on a make shift clothesline. (My boss thought it was "ineresting", but hey it covered the white board. You can also see the little bull pinata that was the focal point of our table too.
Here is a close up of some of the bundtinis. Nothing Bundt Cakes is a national franchise for delicious bundt cakes, they have around a dozen different flavors. We are lucky to have a location less than two miles from our office. I decorated the bundtinis with fiesta picks I got at the craft store.
Here are the Delimex taquitos.
Here is the delicious corn salsa made by one of our co-workers. It was delicioius and I will share the recipe when I get it from her.
Here is a close up of my fabulous letter dishes which are one of my most recent additions to my collection of entertaining stuff. I fell in love when I saw these on Pinterest and quickly ordered some to spell out our daughters name. Over the last 18 months I have been adding more letters to my collection so I can spell out more words. (it's quite addictive but oh so fun to have them on your buffet table). I've even started to give them as gifts and everyone seems to love them. I realized last week that if I ordered an S, I could spell out fiesta... so here is the letter S making a debut with other letters...LOL.
Thanks for reading this far and I hope you have a great Cinco de Mayo manana!
Wednesday, May 1
Tuesday, April 30
Monday, April 29
Shake Your Pom Poms Day 4
Today is Shake Your Pom Poms Day 4 of the Blog Hop.
Be sure to visit these blogs.
Sunday, April 28
Tis the Season for the Earth & blog catch up....
You've probably noticed I haven't posted many sewing projects the last few weeks, only the Pom Pom Blog Hop stuff from April 24. The reason is, it's Earth season. For me it's not day or month it's a season, my busiest time of the year as the Environmental Education Coordinator in our city. Our city is 141,000+ in population... Not everyone is green yet but I am working on it! Lol.
In the last several weeks, I have been hosting event after event, presenting to schools, scouts and church groups and just plain going bananas! The BIG events include the following.
After returning from the Texas Water Conference in Galveston back on the 11th, on April 13th -- I hosted our Texas Trash Off event. We had about 600 volunteers pick up litter all over the city. our city does not have a litter problem BUT if you look hard....you will find some! This was more than double the volunteers as any previous year so on one hand very overwhelmed (big gulp) and on the other hand doing back flips because it was so many residents were interested.
On April 20th, I helped host the Beautification Day at my daughter's school with the PTA and people from our local Kohl's department store. About 25 volunteers helped spread 10 cubic yards of mulch and compost to 62 trees and plant 240 drought tolerant flowers in the landscape to beautify the school campus. Here is Micaela in a wheelbarrow.
April 21st was Micaela's 8th birthday. We had a small celebration with family and will celebrate in May when we have a free weekend with her little friends. Here's a quick family snapshot right before she blew out the candles. We can't believe she is 8 already!
April 22nd was the 43rd anniversary of Earth Day. This marked my 15th year working in Environmental Stewardship, 10 years at BAG Corp in Dallas and 5 years at the City of McKinney. I feel very fortunate to be doing the type of work that makes a difference.
April 25th, I hosted a big Rain Barrel Building Workshop. I love rain barrels, this class is always popular.
Yesterday, April 27th, I hosted our Drug Take Back Event in partnership with our County Sheriff's Department and Police Department. OMG, this was my first time to host this event and it was a HUGE success. We collected more than 600 lbs of medicine and more than 25 large garbage bags of medicine packaging for recycling. We had more than 150 cars in a four our time span, that's a car every 90 seconds. Here I am with the officers that helped me. You can see all of the bags! I am so thankful this stuff is not in the landfill or the watershed.
At this point, I am over the hump. I have a few more big city wide events to go, a few more presentations at schools and that will be IT because the calls from schools and groups will slow down and my focus will change to promoting water conservation during the summer months as our area of North Texas is in a drought.
So there you have it, that's why I haven't sewn much lately. I hope this post didn't bore you to much. Hopefully something I posted in my list above will inspire you to do something to save the earth where you live if you are not doing it already. Thanks again for reading this far.
In the last several weeks, I have been hosting event after event, presenting to schools, scouts and church groups and just plain going bananas! The BIG events include the following.
After returning from the Texas Water Conference in Galveston back on the 11th, on April 13th -- I hosted our Texas Trash Off event. We had about 600 volunteers pick up litter all over the city. our city does not have a litter problem BUT if you look hard....you will find some! This was more than double the volunteers as any previous year so on one hand very overwhelmed (big gulp) and on the other hand doing back flips because it was so many residents were interested.
April 18th I hosted a gardening seminar for 50 residents, teaching residents about drought tolerant and native landscaping. This was really successful.
On April 20th, I helped host the Beautification Day at my daughter's school with the PTA and people from our local Kohl's department store. About 25 volunteers helped spread 10 cubic yards of mulch and compost to 62 trees and plant 240 drought tolerant flowers in the landscape to beautify the school campus. Here is Micaela in a wheelbarrow.
April 21st was Micaela's 8th birthday. We had a small celebration with family and will celebrate in May when we have a free weekend with her little friends. Here's a quick family snapshot right before she blew out the candles. We can't believe she is 8 already!
April 22nd was the 43rd anniversary of Earth Day. This marked my 15th year working in Environmental Stewardship, 10 years at BAG Corp in Dallas and 5 years at the City of McKinney. I feel very fortunate to be doing the type of work that makes a difference.
April 25th, I hosted a big Rain Barrel Building Workshop. I love rain barrels, this class is always popular.
Yesterday, April 27th, I hosted our Drug Take Back Event in partnership with our County Sheriff's Department and Police Department. OMG, this was my first time to host this event and it was a HUGE success. We collected more than 600 lbs of medicine and more than 25 large garbage bags of medicine packaging for recycling. We had more than 150 cars in a four our time span, that's a car every 90 seconds. Here I am with the officers that helped me. You can see all of the bags! I am so thankful this stuff is not in the landfill or the watershed.
So there you have it, that's why I haven't sewn much lately. I hope this post didn't bore you to much. Hopefully something I posted in my list above will inspire you to do something to save the earth where you live if you are not doing it already. Thanks again for reading this far.
Friday, April 26
Shake Your Pom Poms Day 3
Today is Day 3 of the Shake Your Pom Poms Blog Hop.
Be sure to visit these blogs.
Thursday, April 25
Shake Your Pom Poms Day 2
Today is Shake Your Pom Poms Day 2 of the Blog Hop.
Be sure to visit these blogs:
Be sure to visit these blogs:
Tuesday, April 23
Shake your Pom Poms Blog Hop
Welcome to my Blooming Where I am Planted blog and the FIRST day of the Shake Your Pom Poms Blog Hop.
This is my second time to hop with Mdm. Samm and I am excited to be here. Thank you to Thearica from Pig Tales and Quilts and of course Mdm Samm for organizing and cheerleading. Special thanks to Clover for sponsoring!
When the Shake Your Pom Poms Blog Hop was announced I knew I had to sign up because I had been wanting to make a throw pillow with pom pom fringe for my daughter's room for a while and this would make me do it!
I looked up several tutorials and found this one by Living with Punks. I wanted to make a small pillow with two colors, black & hot pink. I didn't want it to be square because most of the throw pillows on my daughter's bed are square. I thought a rectangle would work well.
Well here it is on the bed in her room. I think it looks pretty cute.
Micaela's room has been in transition for the last several months. We are slowly going from a spring pastel color scheme with flowers and butterflies to hot pink and black modern prints. Now that these pillows are made, I feel like we are one step closer to finally finishing this room.
Here is a close up of the pillow.... small but cute.
This small pillow took 6 yards of pom pom fringe. I was surprised the fringe didn't go farther considering I spaced the rows close together. To be honest, after about the 9-10th row I was pretty much on auto pilot. The biggest hassle was switching thread colors for every row. I tried not switching but it looked bad so I unstitched and did it over. Overall I am pleased with how this turned out, my 8 year old loves it and that's all that matters.
I've used pom pom fringe on several other projects, see the next enry for pictures. Be sure to stop by the other blogs to see what they did with their pom poms, thanks for stopping by.
Here are the rest of the blogs to visit:
This is my second time to hop with Mdm. Samm and I am excited to be here. Thank you to Thearica from Pig Tales and Quilts and of course Mdm Samm for organizing and cheerleading. Special thanks to Clover for sponsoring!
When the Shake Your Pom Poms Blog Hop was announced I knew I had to sign up because I had been wanting to make a throw pillow with pom pom fringe for my daughter's room for a while and this would make me do it!
I looked up several tutorials and found this one by Living with Punks. I wanted to make a small pillow with two colors, black & hot pink. I didn't want it to be square because most of the throw pillows on my daughter's bed are square. I thought a rectangle would work well.
Well here it is on the bed in her room. I think it looks pretty cute.
Micaela's room has been in transition for the last several months. We are slowly going from a spring pastel color scheme with flowers and butterflies to hot pink and black modern prints. Now that these pillows are made, I feel like we are one step closer to finally finishing this room.
Here is a close up of the pillow.... small but cute.
I've used pom pom fringe on several other projects, see the next enry for pictures. Be sure to stop by the other blogs to see what they did with their pom poms, thanks for stopping by.
Here are the rest of the blogs to visit:
Other Pom Pom Projects
Pom Pom fringe is kind of a staple in my sewing room decor also. I just realized that all three of my Janome machines have covers with Pom Pom fringe on the bottom edge. That wasn't planned at all, I honestly just realized it. I made these covers as I got the machines so probably 6 to 8 months apart over the last few years. Here is a close up of each one.
The Janome 300e
My Janome DC5100
The Janome 300e
The Janome 200e
My Janome DC5100
One of the pillows on the day bed in my sewing room has Pom Pom fringe too, notice the small pillow on the left behind the main 'sewing machine' pillow.
Well, that's it for my Pom Pom projects, thanks for stopping by. Make sure and visit the other blogs on the hop today. Have a great day!
Monday, April 22
Happy Earth Day
Happy Earth Day everyone! This marks my 15th year working in Environmental Stewardship, 10 years at BAG Corp in Dallas and 5 years at the City of McKinney. I feel very fortunate to be doing the type of work that makes a difference.
Earth Day Stamps
Celebrate Earth Day 2013 with Stamps from the US Postal Service. You can buy them online here.
I am so glad these are back!
8 is Great
We had a terrific weekend. Our little princess turned 8 yesterday. Here she is one day old in 2005.
And, here she is today! We love you Micaela!
Thursday, April 11
H2O
Big day. Posting from afar.
At Texas Water Conference in Galveston. Proud to be presenting an abstract about one of our water conservation programs w/colleagues from the Cities of Allen & Frisco. Special thanks to Allen for dreaming big & letting Frisco and Mckinney be a part of annual movement that teaches our residents how to conserve WATER!
At Texas Water Conference in Galveston. Proud to be presenting an abstract about one of our water conservation programs w/colleagues from the Cities of Allen & Frisco. Special thanks to Allen for dreaming big & letting Frisco and Mckinney be a part of annual movement that teaches our residents how to conserve WATER!
Friday, April 5
Red Red Red
TGIF, what a long week. This is my last free weekend before I have big city events every Saturday from now til practically Memorial Day.
Yesterday, I co-sponsored a Wellness Lunch & Learn with our HR department for our employees. The speaker was a long time friend of mine who actually mentored me back in the early 90's when I was a college intern. It's so crazy that 20 years later things came full circle for me and we are able to work together on projects. I never would have thought I would still live in the DFW area much less the same city where she is based.
I wanted to make a little thank you gift and this is what I came up with... tada a zipper pouch. Is anyone suprised? I think these zipper bags are my go-to gift now.
My husband made the matching pen on his lathe. He's getting really good at wood turning, I love when I am able to find acrylic or wood in his stash to match fabric in my stash, it makes the gifts more complete.
The lining in the zipper pouch was a polkadot print from SU Candy Cane collection. I am so pleased that the reds all matched. Believe it or not, I am working on some stuff that isn't zippered bags, I just can't show until the recipients receive. Stay tuned for some baby items as soon as these new family members hatch. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!
Yesterday, I co-sponsored a Wellness Lunch & Learn with our HR department for our employees. The speaker was a long time friend of mine who actually mentored me back in the early 90's when I was a college intern. It's so crazy that 20 years later things came full circle for me and we are able to work together on projects. I never would have thought I would still live in the DFW area much less the same city where she is based.
I wanted to make a little thank you gift and this is what I came up with... tada a zipper pouch. Is anyone suprised? I think these zipper bags are my go-to gift now.
My husband made the matching pen on his lathe. He's getting really good at wood turning, I love when I am able to find acrylic or wood in his stash to match fabric in my stash, it makes the gifts more complete.
Wednesday, April 3
Weenie Dog Pouches
Last week I got an order for a little herd of weenie dog pouches... nine of them! To be honest, I thought it was a prank but when the payment showed up in my PayPal account, I was quite pleased.
I think these little puppies turned out pretty cute. The buyer wanted them all to be different so I made the top band different colors and added the embroidered name.
I've never made so many pouches out of the same fabric before so this was a first. The buyer was giving them to her girlfriends on a Bachelorette trip. Isn't that fun?
Want one with your name on it? They are available in my Etsy Store. Thanks for stopping by!
I think these little puppies turned out pretty cute. The buyer wanted them all to be different so I made the top band different colors and added the embroidered name.
Want one with your name on it? They are available in my Etsy Store. Thanks for stopping by!
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