Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Storm

The view after today's storm:


And since I was taking pictures of the view, here is one of the new school that is being built by our building.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Horicon Marsh, WI

Jason and I went to Wisconsin for the weekend to look at a location for our wedding. We've decided to have a very small wedding and we went to see a Bed & Breakfast in Horicon, WI.
Horicon is a small town about one hour northwest of Milwaukee. We also visited some of the surrounding areas (Mayville, Beaver Dam, Columbus) and spent a little time in Milwaukee. Here are some pictures from the Horicon Marsh (http://www.horiconmarsh.org/index.asp).



Monday, May 31, 2010

Happy Birthday Grandma June!

Grandma's birthday party was Saturday and she really enjoyed spending the day with her family. It was fun to see her open the quilt and enjoy looking at all of the quilt squares we made. Her actual birthday is tomorrow, June 1st. Happy Birthday Grandma June!


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Finished!

Grandma June's quilt is done! My mom did the quilting and added the binding. You can see the fabric we chose for the back and binding below. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at Grandma's birthday party in less than two weeks! And, I can't wait to see what Grandma thinks of her quilt!

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Handmade Mother's Day Gifts

Happy Mother's Day to our moms! Jason spent a nice day with his mom today and we got to see my mom last weekend when we met my parents in Indiana for a weekend away and to give my mom the quilt for my grandma. This is my mom's mother's day gift; a picture of our family quilted into a pillow cover.

Jason's mom's gifts included this embroidered pillowcase with one of her favorite flowers, lilacs, and this kitchen towel with mushrooms (she has a little mushroom garden so we thought she would like this).

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Engaged!

Jason asked me to marry him last week and I said YES! We are very excited. He spent the last couple of months working with an amazing jewelry artist to design my ring (http://alexandrahart.blogspot.com/2010/04/oval-engagement.html) and the proposal was very private and personal. It was perfect. We've been together for over four years now, and I thought it would be fun to reflect on some of our memories together. Here are pictures from the last four years (in reverse order).










Tuesday, April 20, 2010

With A Border

Here is the quilt top again...with a border this time.