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Last night my husband and I were watching a movie when I asked him to look up typewriters on craigslist. I figured that I could probably get one in okay working condition for about $40.  It was a mistake to ask him to do the search... Thinking that our local options were simply not good enough (and there weren't that many many manual typrewriters listed) he did a bigger search and stumbled upon this {$600} beauty .  Now I'm pretty convinced that I need to have a pink typewriter.  If only I had been looking two years ago this Royal pink one could have been all mine.  Better start saving up my pennies. And by the way - we talked about typewriters for almost two hours before he actually asked why I needed one. :)

I have been thinking about what kind of flowers to give my mom for the last few weeks. And I was sure that I was going to do something with blue hydrangeas, but it all changed when I saw these pinky-orange roses. I think the arrangement turned out pretty good for an amateur, but next time I'm going to try using some flower foam in the bottom to keep the stems from going all over the place. And the reason I had hydrangeas on the brain...I finally found the batik that looks like a blue hydrangea (top row, third from left).  I got the top row selections at Rosie's Calico Cupboard and the bottom row were all Christmas gifts from my sweet mother-in-law. I have a throw pillow from my husband's grandma that has one tiny piece I have been trying to match for a while. Now that I have it I'll have to come up with an awesome project.

It's been too long!   While I was off having a baby I managed to squeeze in a couple crafty projects.  I'll do a quick recap and then hopefully stay on top of more regular updates.  I have lots more planned for this year - quilts, scrapbooks, mini books, cards, baby clothes, applique, and the list could go on and on. From the baby shower...   A whole mess of onesies before they were decorated.  We had a table set up with iron-on transfers, fabric markers and paints for everyone to decorate.  Then I got to pick the winner! I made a felt goodie bag for everyone to load up candy from the candy bar on their way out.  The batik fabric leaves are die cut from the Tim Holtz sizzix die. Yay for the candy bar!  I still have leftover candy corn three months later...  Thank you notes for a co-worker that was having a baby...  I got a set of cards and envelops from Michael's and fancied them up with a Stampin' Up punch, baker's twine from The Twinery , and stamps from Memor