Auditory Deliciousness
Todays artist is Adele. I have to admit that at first I did not really like her. Personally I am not a fan of her 'Chasing Pavements' song. It is overplayed and I don't know why it bothers me, but it does. Well thanks to Pandora, I discovered more of her songs and changed my mind. I absolutely adore this song. Adele's voice is so smooth and beautiful. So this goes to show that you need to always give someone a second chance!!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Hallelujah
Auditory Deliciousness
I don't know if anyone has heard of Kate Voegele, but she is basically a-mazing! I love her version of Hallelujah. Her voice is just beautiful. Enjoy!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Mismatched Fine China
It all started with this. . .
My mother in-law is an amazing host. Every time she has a party she always has the cutest favors. This adorable tea cup was one of those favors. She found them at the DI, a thrift store. She grew some wheat grass in them, and had one at each place setting.
I immediately fell in love with the idea of having fine china. When I got married we didn't register for china (who knows why?!). I mentioned to my mother in-law that I would love to start looking at thrift stores for fine china. I didn't want them to match at all, the more eclectic the better. This was in April, in December to my surprise and delight I opened my Christmas present from her and fell in love.
She spent 9 months combing thrift stores in search of fine china. I now had a place settings for 8. Each place setting has a matching dinner plate, salad plate, saucer and tea cup. Some of the sets even have a matching bowl, or an extra plate.
Even though they match within each place setting, all of the settings are totally different. To top it off she also bought me 8 water goblets, 8 wine glasses, and 8 sherbet cups, all of which are real crystal.
For the main dinner plate she spent $1 on each one. For the other salad plates, bowls and dessert plates, she spent $.50 each. The saucers and tea cups were also each $.50. When you add this up it equals $22.50!! I couldn't believe it. After all of my research, the estimated (due to the one mystery place setting) total is around $275.
I wasn't able to identify the crystal glasses, but I did research how much it would be to buy a similar set. To average out the prices I am going to say around $10. This would mean that all of the crystal would cost around $240. My mother in-law paid $1 for the water goblets and $.50 for the wine glasses and sherbet cups. Add this all together and you get $16!
Friday, March 4, 2011
Bunting Baby Quilt
I have tried to make quilts for a few of my good friends when they have had babies. A little while ago, one of my really good friends had twins. To be honest the thought of making two pieced quilts was a little overwhelming. At that time my life was on overdrive and I had too much to do as it was.
While searching for a fast and easy, yet cute pattern I came across this from A Pretty Cool Life. I love the colors and how simple it is.
While searching for a fast and easy, yet cute pattern I came across this from A Pretty Cool Life. I love the colors and how simple it is.
Since she had a boy and a girl, it was fun to change up the colors to make them gender specific.
I made my quilts a little different size then the pattern says. They actually ended up being larger. When I went to the fabric store to get the white material, I came across a great sale, so I ended up buying material that is meant for bed sheets. This material is so wide. When measuring the width of the quilt I was able to just cut all the way across. The width of the material is the perfect amount for the front and back of the quilt. I also used more bunting because my quilts were larger.
I wanted to add a little something to the quilt. I loved the simplicity, but felt it needed a little boost. I decided to add embroidered clouds as part of the quilting.
I wanted the baby girl quilt to be different from the baby boy quilt, so I decided to embroider pink clouds. I love how they look with the pink fabric.
This quilt was so easy. I am definitely going to make more if I ever need a quick project.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Please forgive me
Auditory Deliciousness
This week I present you with David Gray. He has been around for quite a while but that doesn't mean he isn't awesome!! I absolutely love this song. I can honestly say I have never seen this video before now. All I can say is quirky! I actually really like how off beat this video is.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)