There is a story behind these adorable, delicious cards...I was designing a shop banner for my sister-in-law's etsy shop and I asked her to send me ideas of styles that she likes. She sent me several sites. One of them had a post about these ABC cards. The moment I saw them I fell in love! Oh yes... love! Now lets be clear that this doesn't happen very often with me. I am usually a purposeful cautious buyer, but I knew instantly that I HAD to have these cards. The blog said that they were only sold at Michaels craft store. So I googled the phone number of my local Michaels and asked them to look and see if they had any so that I didn't make the 20 minute trip only to find out that they didn't have it! Well, this cranky man answers the phone and takes a look for me. "We don't have it." he says! I politely give him a possible sku number and ask him if he wouldn't mind looking again. (Seriously...what does a man know about scrapbook ABC cards...would he even know what to look for?) He comes back on the phone and says that they must not carry them. Not really believing him, but not wanting to make the drive I try to put the cards out of my mind. Well...a few days later I still HAD to have those cards. So yesterday I decided to make the drive just to see....well....they had them!!! Wahooo....I felt so victorious! Silly man....silly silly man....not only do you carry them, but you had 7! Bonus...they were only $6!! I LOVE these cards! They are even cuter than the pictures. They are 5x7 cards with the most adorable pictures of animals for each letter. On the back is some really neat facts for each animal! I plan on either finding a cute 5x7 photo album to put them in to turn it into a book, or laminating them and connecting them with a metal ring! The blog that I found them on said that she used them to make a border in her sons nursery! Too cute! Oh boy have I got joy!!
Another new love is this too cute fabric. I was shopping last week with my mother-in-law at Broadbents and saw this fun fabric... I immediately knew that I
needed to make something out of it! I thought of a quilt that a gal in my ward has for her baby that is to die for! So I am starting my first quilt! I am so excited. The pictures below are of my friends quilt that I am trying to copy the design of. My colors will be chocolate brown,
burnt orange (which by the way is one of my all time most favorite colors...seriously...my kitchen in my last house was this color), pattern, and blue! I plan on having mine machine quilted too! Wish me luck! I will post pictures of my quilt progress!
Yea for things that I love !!!
