Liv has arrived!

This is a little late but well worth the wait! ;) 

 Liv Monroe! 

Born February 24th at 10:14 pm, she was 5lbs and 18 inches long! 

We have prayed so much for this sweet baby girl and are so thankful to the Lord that she is finally here! And she is absolutely perfect! 

LIV, laugh, love MODA BABY SHOWER

A few weekends ago my friend Heather and I had the pleasure of throwing our best friend, Jessica, a baby shower and it turned out just lovely. One of the sweetest ladies at her church, Cindy, offered for us to host the shower in her beautiful home. 

We all had so much fun eating, chatting, making onesies and celebrating baby LIV! 

FREE Printables Below! 

HORS D'OEUVRES... 

We began the party with some hors d'oeuvres & treats... 

My lovely sister brought Grape Meatballs, Spinach Dip with Pita Chips and Devonshire Tidbits (yeah, I didn't know what they were either but YUM). 

Heather's mom brought the world's most amazing fruit salad.

Katie and Raven brought delicious petit fours & cookies.

I made Brownie Truffles. 

ONESIES... 

Then we moved into the kitchen for the Onesie Making Party. I was blown away at how wonderful everyone's onesies turned out. I printed off a few examples but for the most part everyone came up with their own designs. 

CAKE...

After Onesies, we cut the delicious cake and opened gifts. 

I had seen the pink layered cake on Pinterest and fell in love so I had to make it for the shower. 

I used a vanilla cake for the 3 bottom layers and just used varying amounts of red food coloring. The top layer I made strawberry! YUM!

BABY WISHES

While everyone ate their cake we filled out a Baby Wishes card for baby Liv. 

Baby Wishes PRINTABLES are available on my ETSY Shop... 

Printable Baby Wishes PDF Here 

APPLIQUE TEMPLATES... 

I have provided all of the templates you will need for your own shower. 

Click here for a complete Step-by-Step Onesie how to. 

ONESIE PARTY now available on ETSY!

We shall have fun!

If one does only what needs to be done, 

one most likely shall never have fun. 

SLICED... a sewing competition

I am absolutely thrilled to be a judge for the new 

Moda Bake Shop sewing competition!

I hope all of you quilters are taking this opportunity to get your creative juices going because I can't wait to see the creations you are going to come up with! 

Get busy quilters because you are not going to want to miss out on those awesome prize packages!  

Milkin' the Mustache

I am pretty sure this mug would make my work day alot more fun! 

I am planning on making these for everyone in my department for my own sheer enjoyment really. 

: ) 

DIY Tutorial @ the Tortoise and the Hare.

Which one would you like? 

Check back for the United Notions group mustache photo ; )

Let's make life fun!  

Sweet Weekend

With what looks like a rainy weekend, I say turn on some happy music and bake away! 

I'm pretty sure these sweet little treats will brighten up a dreary day! 

I've done enough drooling on Pinterest so now it is time to put some of those recipes into action. 

Click images for Pinterest source!

And I am currently LOVING this sweet song by Ok Sweetheart!

Hope you have a sweet weekend!

Can'ts into CANS!

This is one of my favorite quotes and time to make it happen!

Mommy

Today I thank you God. Thank you for another year with my beautiful Mommy. 

Words cannot express how much I love her. Father thank you for giving me to her. For no one else could possibly exemplify Your love for me more than she does. 

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

 Love never ends.

Father, when I read this verse I see my mom in each line. 

Mom would always tell me she was so thankful You gave me to her because she feared anyone else would have killed me. Apparently I only "looked" like an angel in my younger days. ; ) 

She told me about the time I was screaming and crying so hard she had to lock herself in the bathroom so she could keep her sanity all the while I am outside the bathroom door trying to beat it down to get to her. (I am pretty sure I am not ready for children by the way) 

She didn't kill me thank goodness! And here we are 20-something years later and we are Best Friends. 

Father, it is hard for me to understand that You love me more than she does. My mind just can't understand that. But thank you. Father, I know you know the fear in my heart of losing her so thank you for another birthday to celebrate. 

Another year to have her to call when I just need to hear her voice. 

Another year of the best hugs ever.

Another year of someone who understands me and always know Exactly the right words to say.

Another year of pure joy & laughter!

Absolutely no one could take her place. 

This year we got to make so many wonderful memories together. 

 One of my favorites being the new memory of going on a mission trip together. 

Nicaragua was such a blessing and I am so thankful I got to share that with her.

 "Strength and dignity are her clothing,
   and she laughs at the time to come.
She opens her mouth with wisdom,
   and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
She looks well to the ways of her household
   and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and call her blessed;
   her husband also, and he praises her:
"Many women have done excellently,
   but you surpass them all."
 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
   but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised."

Proverbs 31: 25-30

And here are a few of my favorite pics of us from the past... 

"Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good,
    for His steadfast love endures forever"

Psalm 136

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!!!

Add it to the List...

Ok, I don't know if I have menitoned that I am pretty much in love with anything that has to do with weddings. Well I am. Everything about them is just magical. Being single and not having actually been through the wedding process allows me all the freedom in the world to believe that the entire process IS actually magical! Please don't try to tell me otherwise. : ) MAGICAL. The end.

That being said, here is another addition to my future wedding list.

That lovely lettering is absolutely stunning. In addition to all things wedding, I also have an incredible love for typography so I feel this will be a necessity. Don't you?

With fall approaching, let's drool over these for a minute...

Ok, I'm done. Back to reality.

But if you want to keep dreaming visit her blog for more!

M.I.A

Ok, here is a quick catch up via pictures!

Well, back in July I got a NEW office! Yippeee!

I was so excited but it was a bit... plain.

So I finally got around to sprucing it up a bit.

DIY Vintage Chalkboard Frame tutorial here.

LOTS of celebrations over the past weeks! God is good! : )

Other than that, we are all going crazy over here getting ready for MARKET!!!

I am currently working on the Notions Catalog so make sure and stop by at market to see all my hard work ; )

Joy & Blessings!