This was the first walkaway dress I made, if you recall:

And tonight I finished this walkaway dress:

I’m offering these custom-made in the Etsy shop for a super-low introductory price.

Brought to you by Ellie!

This quilt was commissioned by a friend of mine from high school who is expecting her second daughter soon.  I think its gorgeous!  You can see the quilt, the crib skirt, and the crib bumper here:

I know, I know, I put too many ribbon ties on the crib bumper, but she can cut off any extras.  Cribs have different width bars, spacing, etc so I wanted her to have plenty of options to get it secure.  These really are the most gorgeous fabrics!!

I finished these two matching quilts today, and I think they turned out beautifully!

They are for sale in our Etsy shop, Birnam Grove – you can click on the pictures to go straight to the listings. I hope whoever buys them loves them as much as I do!  I think these are the most cheerful fabrics ever, they made me smile the whole time I was making them.

The good: Today is another snow day, but after having school for three whole days in a row, I don’t mind so much! So far today I’ve done accounting and paid bills, fixed a lot of foods for the kids (cantaloupe, sandwiches, fried eggs, muffins), put pork ribs with a chipolte-cinnamon rub into the oven to cook for dinner, liberated handles from ugly purses so I can re-purpose them into lovely purses to sell in the Etsy shop, watched the kids take a 1.5 hour bath, and played Wii games with Killian. Next up I’m planning on finishing one quilt and starting another quilt and hopefully making some more progress on the never-ending laundry piles. I was quite burnt out on snowdays, but am making the best of today!

The bad: Erin and I are both looking for full-time jobs, and neither of us has had luck yet. Erin had an interview but didn’t get the job she wanted, and I haven’t even gotten an interview yet. But, I will keep applying and work on trusting that the perfect job is out there for me and I will get it at the right time. (Right?) In the meantime, I love my part-time job and would happily stay there forever if it were full-time with benefits.

David and I went to a fundraiser for Ellie’s school – it was great! Here we are in our Mardi Gras party outfits: