TGIFF is HERE!!!

 Welcome everyone!!!

Today I am honored to be hosting Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday.

Well, let's get right to it.

I have been having trouble getting back into the swing of things in the new year.

But I do have a big finish, or at least a big one for me.

I have joined my first Bee this year.

 

(there's still room if you want to join.)

I was asked to make a tree block.

That was about all the direction we were given.

So here it is:

(If you look closely you can see it needs a tad bit more work)

This is my first Bee, first time using stabilizer, first time making something for another sewer/ quilter....

A lot of firsts.

I really do like how it turned out though.

Go ahead and link up you finishes.

Then sit back and check out what everyone else was busy doing this week.

I am getting ready to snuggle in, as we will be in a winter storm watch tonight through tomorrow.

Here's to staying warm.

-luv-

KristyLou

PIDI #2

Not sure what PIDI (Pinned It & Did It) is?

Check it out here.

So today as I was getting ready for work, I remembered a hairdo blog that I pinned.

Here is the blog (http://www.thesmallthingsblog.com/) that has a million things on it.

But here is what I attempted

It was not too hard, and when I have more time, I think I could perfect it more.

For a 5 minute first try while I was running out the door...

here are some snapshots.

(After a few failed self-photos, I had to enlist the hubby, who thought it was weird I was taking a picture of my hair, esp at 5:50am...)

It looked really good.

Then I tried to mess with it to fix one piece.

It went downhill from there.

So these pictures are the almost good pictures!

Have you Pinned It & Did It this week?

-luv-

KristyLou

PIDI #1

I am totally making this up!

Maybe it will catch on.

Ever since I started pinning

I have been trying to figure out how to start actually doing.

You know what I mean right?

So I have a wedding board....

but I am already married, and my baby sister is taking time planning,

so I can't jump in and help with details yet.

I have a baby board....

but no baby.

Maybe someday!

I have a bathroom board....

but no interest in renovations or sprucing up yet.

You get the picture.

The two boards I think I will get the most out of, at least right now, is the FOOD and the QUILTY one.

So yesterday, as I am daydreaming working at work...

I am starting to think about dinner.

What to make.... what to make....

I am racking my brain for the usuals:

-order pizza (did that Saturday)

-make chili (did that last week)

And I got to thinking,

why not make something I pinned off of  .

Right?

That's why we have it.

And then I had the great idea to do a little review on it.

Hence PIDI (Pinned It & Did It)!!!!

So, here goes.

Last night I made Chicken Enchilada's with Green Chilli Sour Cream Sauce.

YUMMY!

I loved it.

It even looked like this when it came out of the oven.

I say, go pin it and try it.

Let me know what you think.

And let me know what you have tried on  !!!

-luv-

KristyLou

It feels like....

-20 right now!

I cannot believe on Tuesday I took the dog for a walk in a long sleeve t-shirt!

Anyway, no Friday finishes from me this week.

I have been taking it easy.

Next week is a different story though.

I will be hosting:

So go check out what everyone else is up to.Then go sew up a storm.Finally, come back here next Friday and show us what you did.
And just because I am dreaming of warm vacations,here are some photos form my most recent vacation. 

New Orleans

Costa Maya

Belieze

Honduras

Cozumel

Hopefully These will keep me warm until June!
-luv-KristyLou

WIP Wednesday

I just have a quick WIP report today.

I have not had much time this year to get back into sewing.

I did order and receive a darning/ embroidery foot.

I practiced with it a bit & will work on my SewCalGal's FMQ challenge piece this weekend.

(See Sidebar)

You can see my practice leaves, my name, my husbands name, January, March, etc...

I also started to work on a Bee Block.

Its supposed to be a Tree of Life block, without much direction (which has proved to be fun).

I started to make a practice one because I am impatiently waiting for my Kona white fabric to come in the mail.

I don't like it, so I sketched another idea out.

Only time will tell if it turns out anything like this...

Go check out what everyone else is up to!

 -luv-
KristyLou

Vacation

This blog has been on a creativity vacation.

So have I.

Here are some pictures from the sunny south.

(Mexico, Belieze, & Honduras).

My sisters!

My mom & dad!

Sisters, dad, me, hubby!

Me, hubby, and our cruise ship!

Family Dinner!

Christmas day boarding the ship in New Orleans!

Sisters, me, & hubby!

Lisa!

Ethan!

Beach Break!

New Years Eve, last night on ship!

Happy 2012!!! Lets start it out right :)

-luv-

KristyLou

2011 Books

Last Christmas I received a Kindle from my hubby.

I decided I was going to keep track of the books I had read for the year.

I read 34!!!

By far, my favorite was The Hunger Games, the first book.
(I read it BEFORE it was super-popular)

I might just have to read it again before I see the movie!

This year we bought a treadmill for/ from both of us.

If that works out as well as the Kindle...

I am looking forward to 2012!!!!!!!

As an archive for myself, here they are:

Marley & Me

John Grogan

Untouchable

Scott O'Connor

Throwaway

Heather Huffman

Sing You Home

Jodi Picoult

Graveyard Games

Sheri Leigh

This Fine Life

Eva Marie Everson

Megan's Way

Melissa Foster

The Autobiography of an Executioner

David R. Dow

Now You See Her

James Patterson

Happily Ever After

Susan May Warren

Freaks

Tess Gerritsen

Life's A Beach

Claire Cook

Mockingjay

Catching Fire

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

One Small Victory

Maryann Miller

A Promise to Remember

Kathryn Cushman

Shattered: A Daughter's Regret

Melody Carlson

Water For Elephants

Sara Gruen

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Stieg Larsson

Alone

Lisa Gardner

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson

Bridge To Happiness

Jill Barnett

Stuck in the Middle

Virgina Smith

Saving Rachel

John Locke

Love At First Flight

Marie Force

Longing at Shadows: Tales of Love and Madness

Kevin Koperski

Leaving Home: Short Pieces

Jodi Picoult

Always the Baker, Never the Bride

Sandra D. Bricker

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Happy Ever After

Nora Roberts

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

Savor the Moment 

Nora Roberts