I Won!

So many great things to tell today!!
First of all, I won my very first giveaway today!!!! I was selected by Amy at Park City Girl as part of her Quilt Festival as a winner. I am sooo excited. I have never won anything online before and what a great prize : $10 gift certificate to Wish Upon a Quilt. I have been shopping a little and have been eyeing the Neptune line from Moda for some time. Wish Upon a Quilt has a wonderful selection of the line. I just have to decide which print I want. I am so excited. The Quilt Festival was such a great way to see all of the gorgeous and creative quilts out there. So many talented quilters all over the country.
I hope all of you are liking the new layout, background, and fonts you see all around you. I can not take any credit. Amanda of Kevin & Amanda is such a lifesaver and creator of the cutest fonts. Her website is full of tutorials with the easiest directions of how to adjust your blog. I am definitely not computer savvy in the program writing/html coding way in the least. I know absolutely nothing about any of it. Amanda was so quick to email me with the answers to all of my questions and was able to show me how to make changes to my layout. If you are looking for a new font, go check her out. All of her fonts are FREE! She is right there to help you get it going too. Thanks Amanda!!
Today is Trae's first day off coming off a long 4 day stretch. His weekend was so crazy in the ER. There are weekends that are ok and easy to deal with. This was not one of them though. 4 straight days of busy, crazy work in the ER. I am glad to have him back and he is so glad to not be working today!! We are having dinner with our wonderful friends the Courtneys. We miss them and always have a great time at their house.
I'm still so excited I won!

Quilt Festival

I have not posted about my quilt in a while. I have been working on it. Slowly and steadily it is coming along. I decided to quilt it by hand, hence the reason it is taking me so long to complete it. I was reminded of this today when I was reading Aunt Spicy's blog today about a quilt festival over at Park City Girl. There are so many wonderful prizes at the quilt festival. The rules are that you post about your favorite quilt on your own blog and then post a link at Park City Girl to be registered for prizes.
My favorite quilt is the one I am currently working on for several reasons. I have already blogged about it here, here, and here. The quilt is my favorite because it is the first one I have ever made that I plan on keeping. (I make it sound like I have been making quilts for years for everyone I know.) Well I can count all the quilts I have made on 1 hand, but that is not the point. I love the fabric colors. They are so bright and cheery. Every time I look at them, I smile. There is a lot of yellows, blues, pinks, and greens. So spring-time cheery. The more I think about it, I am not sure any decorating I will do in our house will match it, but that's ok too. This quilt has been a gift to myself since its beginning. So that might have something to do with why it is my favorite also. I took a class and knew all along that this would be in my home someday. It just makes me happy. Trae and I are always searching to surround ourselves with the things that make us happy. And this makes me happy, and the fact that I am happy makes Trae happy. It is a wonderful cycle! So I hope all of you enjoy my unfinished quilt as much as I do as I continue working on it.

"Real Girls Wear Pearls"

I had to let everyone know about the giveaway going on at my flip flopz! She has the most adorable hand painted signs with very southern phrases. My personal favorite is "Sweet tea spoken here" I love it! She is giving away one of these precious signs and the winner gets to choose their colors and phrase!! I want to win this so bad! Also check out her etsy page too! You can purchase on of these signs also, but getting it in a giveaway is so much fun!

Good luck to all who enter!