Sewing Spaces

I wish I had more space for a room dedicated entirely to sewing!

If I did, I would install Ikea's Expedit desk and shelf system.

This scrapbooking space is inspirational:



Here are some other great IKEA craft workspaces:
- dontcallmebecky
- modkidboutique
- yvestown

And a special shout-out to the organization skills of Marcy Penner... This space is amazing!

Block Party Fabric Giveaway!

The group at Block Party are having a fabric giveaway...

Don't miss out!

Texas / UTEP baby blanket

This weekend we were out of town for a wedding and I had to miss my friend's baby shower! I was so sad to miss it... I had come up with the perfect baby gift idea months ago. And doggone it. I couldn't be two places at once!

The mom-to-be is Texas Longhorns graduate. The dad-to-be is a UTEP Miners graduate. Both are big football fans. Their lil' baby boy even has a sports themed nursery waiting for him!

What was my baby gift idea? A Texas Longhorns / UTEP Miners baby quilt.



The UTEP Miners side was made using the school colors (orange & blue) and a white background. A friend gave me a Miners t-shirt, which I used for the UTEP logo and the Miners pickax. The best part of the t-shirt was the Texas Longhorn, stamped with a pickax!



The Texas Longhorns side is a myriad of Longhorns fabric and a t-shirt. Texas fabric is much easier to come by, especially in its hometown! I had the best time creating wacky, modern blocks with Texas fabrics.




The quilt was binded with black & white fabric, to tie the two sides together.

I hope Baby Brown enjoys his new blankie!

Working Girl

Sometimes its tough being a working girl.... Thank goodness for Carly Simon.



Happy Monday!!!

Puppy Graduation

My puppy is a puppy school graduate!



Sunday was the big day. Graduation test included sit, lay down, sit & stay, down & stay, come when called, and tricks. Chauncey can "high five" and almost rollover.



For a graduation gift, I got Chauncey his first football. He is so ready to rumble! He's got fall football fever!!

Reasons I love Austin: Live Music

Last night we saw a new "superband" play at Stubb's. Them Crooked Vultures features drummer Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Desert Sessions, Eagles of Death Metal) and bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin).



The show did not disappoint. Their album doesn't debut till later this month, but every song was HAWT!

What can I say? Josh Homme is my music boyfriend. I love everything he does.

And Dave Grohl? That dude gives 110% to every song. Crazy amazing.

Halloween Crafts

My cousin* Jodi was featured over at craftzine.com!





* Jodi's grandma and my grandma were sisters. Our moms are first cousins. I randomly found her on myspace a year or so ago, and I've really enjoyed getting to know her these few years, via the web. Who knew we would both grow up to be craftaholics?