friends are friends forever.

finally, summer is here and i have a chance to breathe.  between weddings, side jobs, travel and visits from friends i've not had a chance to blog since (gasp) february!  i have been up to things, but have failed to share them with my large audience (wink!) i know you've all missed me, so may this bit of work tide you over until i can post some more things i've been working on...

this is a friendship quilt. now i can't take credit for the idea, i was just the seamstress.  for a recent bridal shower, we had all the guests write out a square for the bride which shared a memory, advice or just some lovely words. we then presented it to her at the rehearsal dinner.  its a great way to creatively display your friendship forever.

stage coach.

in hopes of taking advantage of the tax credit and upgrading to a new home, we've been looking at a number of houses lately.  in order to buy we will in turn have to sell...not an easy task these days. as such, we've been encouraged to de-clutter and "stage" our home.

the master bedroom has been a haphazard pile of mis-matched furniture pieces including two night stands (i used that word loosely). one resembled a fat stack of wood pieced together to form what i think is the heaviest piece of furniture in my home, and the other was an IKEA tv tray stained in cocoa, of course, match my dresser from second time around (yes, i bought it in college.)  needless to say leaving these items in the room would hinder any attempt at "staging".

i scoured the aisles of hobby lobby in hopes of finding a treasure, and totally scored.  i found two honkin' candle sticks on the clearance rack (80% OFF!) and on the same rack 2 bizarro, decorative, wooden plates. as individuals, maybe strange, but put them together and hello night stand!  check them out. now on to the basement...

beaver love.

my friend katy is getting hitched in june!  i am honored that she asked kjfdesigns to do the invites. here is how her idea for the save the dates flushed out into a printed postcard.  cute, fun, bright, and warm, just like the happy couple!

snap photos.

have you ever had an exhorbitant amount of great photos from a memorable vacation or fabulous event and would love to display them all but don't want to overwhelm your living space?  i just got back our wedding photos and our photographer is pheonominal at capturing artistic shots.  i picked about 8 of my favorites (of the 700+) and decided to do a romantic photo collage in our bedroom. i duotoned the photos to match our room (a mezcla of warm browns and oranges), printed them in various sizes, framed, mounted, and voila--wall art in a snap.