I still need to get real lighting for the nursery, but I picked up this tiny lamp at Hobby Lobby for $7 along with some clearance trim.

You know what happened next…

Love,
Tiff
I still need to get real lighting for the nursery, but I picked up this tiny lamp at Hobby Lobby for $7 along with some clearance trim.

You know what happened next…

Love,
Tiff
Hobby Lobby had these darling metal pedestals and glass cloches on sale. I thought that they would be perfect for my cupcake’s cupcake-themed nursery. I settled on just one, though a whole baked good display would be awesome…

The cutouts made me think of doilies or lace. My smaller ceramic cupcakes can fit in there perfectly! I can’t wait to really get cracking on setting up the nursery!
Love,
Tiff
For my birthday, Brendan installed some wrought-iron brackets to the cut-out between our kitchen and dining room.

I did some sewing for my dear Dad Knapp. He likes to sit in his easy chair with a large Coke and watch sports. Therefore, I sewed up a set of coasters that feature four popular athletic balls (football, soccer, baseball, and basketball) on one side and gray with scarlet “writing” on the other. The scarlet and gray coordinate with the living room and, more importantly, they are the colors for Ohio State University.


Back in Tennessee, I bought some holiday fabric from Hobby Lobby. I finally found some coordinating cotton here in the UP to start a quilt. The blue, cream, and brown is from Wal-Mart. The winter scene, cardinals, snowflakes, and pine-cones came from Hobby Lobby.

I think instead of a “Christmas” quilt, it will be a winter quilt since nothing is overtly Christmas. That way I can use it for the entirety of the UP’s long winter season.
Love,
Tiff
During my last week in Tennessee, in between packing and painting, I did a tiny bit of sewing. I decided my new apartment would need some new kitchen potholders! I used two different patterns from my two sewing books that were birthday presents: One-Yard Wonders and Amy Butler’s In Stitches. The fabric came from my stash. The pink cupcake fabric and brown polka dot material comes from Jo-Ann’s. The colorful stripes fabric was a clearance fabric at Hobby Lobby.
until Christmas. I think I need to start thinking about making a Christmas quilt. Don’t you agree?

cardinals, Christmas in the forest, and pinecones
Love,
Tiff