Wreath Re-do

   My Mom's birthday is today. For one of her gifts, Alison and I redecorated the wreath on our front door. It turned out really pretty and Mama loved it!
   Here is the "before" picture. It had gotten quite dilapidated, so it was definitely time to do something with it!

Cutting the old decorations off of the wreath.  

Arranging the flowers and gluing them on.

 It's finished!

   The hydrangea is one of my favorites, and even if it takes a while to make it's really pretty simple. Cut out 20 petals in a rounded cross shape about 3/4" across. Stitch them onto a small oval of fabric using one cross stitch for each little petal.

For these poppies, cut out 3 circles in graduating sizes - our biggest for these flowers was 3 3/4". Lightly singe the edges over a candle. Stitch them together and attach a button or bead in the center.


I'd like to do more felt flower tutorials in the future, so stay tuned!

For the Love of Lenses

   My friend, Hannah, and I both really enjoy photography! For several months now, we have been wanting to start some sort of website where we can share our photos with each other and anyone else who is interested. We started planning how we wanted it to work, and asked several friends and relatives who also find great pleasure in taking pictures to join us in our endeavor. My brother, Daniel, very kindly helped us the technical design issues and we finally kicked off this week. I think it's going to be a lot of fun to post, and to read everyone else's posts! Come and read along as we all introduce ourselves and then start sharing our photography on...

Lens Love

Simple Serendipities Closing Sale

   Alison and I have enjoyed having an Etsy shop, but the time has come for us to close it - at least temporarily. Before we shut down, we are giving you the perfect chance to get the accessory you've been wanting! :) Come look around and if you find something you like, enter the coupon code JULYSALE for 40% off your purchase. Some of my favorites from simple Serendipities:

Sripture & a Snapshot

Color Your Summer

   Snapfish is holding a "Color Your Summer" contest with a new color theme to post pictures in each week. I'm having fun taking pictures with one color in mind, posting them, and seeing them with other people's photos of the same color. Every person that posts photos in each color wins a soft cover photo book!
Some of my colors so far this summer are:

BLUE

 

GREEN

YELLOW

RED

ORANGE

And a few other pictures that I took this morning...