I made these using Rebecca's tutorial. Easy, fast, I'm going to make a million more.

We didn't make this, but are grateful to whoever did.

April Showers

I love April. Even when it rains! Spring is wonderful, and so is this fabric-- April Showers from Alexander Henry.

Buying prints on Etsy is so exciting! We just purchased these three prints from Brandi Strickland's shop. Her mixed media collage work is spectacular, and will make the perfect addition to our office!

Swap!

My friend Rebecca and I had our own little fabric swap, and look at the SO CUTE fabric I received! I love it, and am absolutely adoring it. We also did a small handmade goodie exchange: she made me two cupcake heat pads AND gave me these white floral hair clips from Etsy. Oh, and to top it all off a tiny card with an ice cream cone sticker on it! Ok—hearts, cupcakes, anchors, lobsters, polka dots, ice cream cones with smiley faces. . . seriously, what could be better?! NOTHING! Thanks Rebecca, you are awesome!!!

Etsy Valentines Finds

Fabric Heart Patch
Peony 2 Signed Fine Art Photograph
Love cats cut out Valentines card
Friends Forever necklace set

Random Awesomeness

Image from Frieda Maria


I'd love to share with you some of my recent finds within the wonderful online community:

Fifty People One Question
So cool! They asked 50 people the same two questions in 434 different cities and filmed the responses.

Frieda Maria
Art and photography at its finest.

Eley Kishimoto
Gorgeous fashion and fabrics.

i.anton's Flickr Photostream
Photographs that will blow your mind.

5 more days until Christmas! My, how the days fly by. Happy Holidays everyone!

Hello Betty

Hi guys, it's been a while! We've been so busy getting ready for the holidays, training for & running a half marathon in Vegas, and planning our June wedding! Anyway, we hope to start posting more entries. Here is a sneak peak of the Hello Betty fabric collection by Chloe's Closet for Moda. I'm super excited, it will be arriving at SMS very soon!

Catherine's Animals

Wow. Visit Catherine Ledner's website.Her photographs are truly remarkable.

Etsy Finds

Hemp silk blend single pleat sleeveless dress

Creamy Dreamy Rose Earrings

Espresso Cups

60 Mini Heart Buttons

Handmade Holidays

It's time, once again, for the Sew,Mama,Sew! Handmade Holidays!!! Be sure to stop by the SMS blog this month to get some wonderful gift ideas, tutorials, recipes and prizes!! There's a lot going on, and trust me you don't want to miss it! I must admit I wasn't excited about the holidays until I got to help out with this. . . now I'm PUMPED!

More Birds

This is cool.

Hadley

Some new prints we bought on Etsy for our living room. By another artist local to Portland: Hadley Hutton. It seems that we're definitely attracted to bird illustrations.