New Years Resolution

I know its a lil early for the New Years Resolutions but I'm posting anyway! :o)

My new years resolutions (not in any particular order):
Be a better mom and wife
Get organized and stay organized
Post @ least once a wk on my blogs (family, craft, and cooking)
Really put an effort into my Mary Kay business - www.marykay.com/lesliemorgan2010
Upcycle and handmade only - I will try for 3 months and see how it goes
Clip coupons and USE them!!!! (part of being organized - i know)
Keep my house clean
Enjoy the little things
Not stress so much - especially w/ noise!
Really try to do my "Morgan 5" aka "Morning 5"
Write down something I'm thankful for everyday - to help me be more grateful :o)
Be prepared - get my emergency preparedness stuff in order

I know some of these are on the general side but do you really expect me to share all the details and let anyone in the world completely into my life? Sorry, not gonna happen. :o)

Feel free to check up on me with any of these things! I do better when I know someone will be checking up on me. :o)

Self Publishing

If anybody knows anything about how I can self publish some of my patterns let me know! Thanks!

Quilt Contest

I have entered the quilt I made for Bailey into a quilt contest! I'm pretty excited about it! Check it out!

http://quiltinggallery.com/photo-contests/natures-best/contestants-large-quilts/

It's not up yet... It has to be approved first. When it does show up it is call "African Sunrise". I'm pretty proud of it. Go check it out!

Etsy

Check out these 2 new etsy shops! Grand Opening Sales going on NOW! Hurry in to get the sale prices!

Mine is www.simpleandmore.etsy.com Sale through Aug 14th. I still have more things I need to get posted so check back often!

My sister's is www.shoognmoo.etsy.com Sale through Aug 7th!

Diaper Bag

Here is the diaper bag I made for my friend. Sorry for the sideways pix. I'm using my mom's computer & can't get the pix to rotate. Enjoy!

Matching changing mat

Inside of bag

outside cell phone pocket

Diaper bag

Another Baby Shower

I have another bb shower to go to on sat so I finally got around to making the blanket and booties. Once again the photos are from my phone so just bear with the pix. :o)

I just went and saw what bedding she was registered for and got the receiving blankets that matched the set. I bought some brown flannel for the back and just wrapped the back around the front for the binding! I am quite proud of this blanket and the booties. I have leftover so if I'm having a boy I'll probably be making it for my baby. If not I know 4 others having babies around the time that I am so I'm sure one of them is bound to have a boy. :o)

I love the quilting job I did on this. Just simple horizontal lines that were spaced about 1/2" from the seams. I love it! Hope you enjoy!

Slacking

Wow! I thought I was slacking on my family blog but I'm really slacking here! So I have been doing some projects. Don't worry I didn't give up on the world of crafting! This first one is a quilt I did for my SIL for christmas. She loves giraffes so I wanted to make a quilt with giraffes for her.

I went online and googled giraffes and found a couple of pix of an African sunrise with giraffes in the pic but they were silouettes. I thought that would make an awesome quilt that Bailey would like and nobody on earth would have one like it! So I set to drawing it out transfering to graph paper and making a pattern. I found the fabric I wanted to use, put it all together and came out with my first ever everything! :o) It was the first quilt I've actually completed and had quilted. First time binding a quilt. It was a first for designing the quilt. It was also the first (of many) that I planned to give away.

So here it is! The Front and than the back.

I must say I was quite proud! I do need help with binding but I found an article today that I think helped me figure out what I was doing wrong... We'll see with the next blanket that I do...I'm doing another bb blanket for a bb shower that I have in a wk...I still have to start. :o) Here is the other bb blanket I did for a shower I went to at the beginning of the month.

Oh and the little booties that I made to go along with it! Sorry if the pix are poor quality I took them on my phone and emailed them to myself so I could get them posted.