karee-ations

So lately, I've been thinking up different projects to do when Josh works late or has to work Saturdays. (He said that this next Saturday *might* be the last one for a while. YAY!) I'm grateful that he has so much work to do because that means we are making money! but at the same time, its hard sometimes because I miss sleeping in on Saturdays and making breakfast with my best friend. Anyway, I've picked up cross stitching and I am actually very surprised at how well I remembered what my Home Economics teachers taught me in middle school and the one sewing class I took in high school. I saw a pillow at Deseret book with this saying on it and debated about getting it for my Mom and MIL for Mother's day, but then decided I could make something much cooler than a pillow, and probably something a lot cheaper. Here's what I came up with.

I did different colors for each one and I was so proud of the way they turned out. They may not be perfect, but they were definitely stitched with love. 

Our niece Lucy got baptized the same weekend that Kevin graduated from high school.  Josh and I were sad we couldn't go, so I decided to send her a card with a CTR necklace in it or something. I looked for literally weeks before finding something that I thought was kind of cool. I remember at my baptism I was so excited to wear all my new jewelry and I wanted her to have the same kind of feeling. Nothing ever really stuck out to me, so I started to frantically look for something else. Then I noticed my cross stitching stuff. So I came up with a little design in my head and drew it out on paper before drawing it on the fabric. This actually translated perfectly from what I had in my head, which is pretty rare because most things I see in my head usually don't come out the way I pictured. I was more surprised with my drawing skills than my cross stitching skills this time! I had Josh sew on some grass by a couple of the flowers because, after all, he is a grass expert! That way, the present was from both of us. 

We sent the present with Josh's parents because they were headed down to see Lucy. She called me a couple days after she got baptized to thank me for the present! I felt so cool to have Lu call me and personally thank me :) Josh said he doesn't even think she's called him e.v.e.r.  Here it is... 

Now, my only problem is thinking of another project to do!