Our dogs have been super cute lately.
Impromptu cuddling*...
Falling asleep in randomly cute places...
Helping with wedding preparations...
I love my furballs!
*This never happens!!! They are usually content to stay as far away from each other as possible.
Bella wanted to peek in and say hello this evening. She had a bath and was feeling pretty.
I have class this weekend and hopefully we'll be painting on Sunday, so I may not be around until Monday. I might have some studio progress to share :)
Have a good weekend! And for you Okies out there, I took some new goods over to DNA. Galleries in the plaza district if you feel like shopping. There are Embroidered onesies and bibs, crocheted bows, scarves and some jewelry.
Look at that, My craft room has exploded again!
It looks like it is time to purge.
Paint is also in order. I'm thinking of these colors:
A bright pink and a light gray. I'll probably end up painting the trim white as well. This is the only room in the house that doesn't have white trim.
And I must have these in aqua or yellow.
A new chair would rock my face off too.
But first, the cleaning has to begin.
And since I assaulted your eyes with my messy studio, have some cuteness:
January
My uncle made some awesomeness for my bedroom!
I turned 26 and sheldon got me Hello Kitty Cupcakes - thus proving that I would marry him one day ;)
February
I made meat cupcakes!
Sheldon and I celebrated our first Valentine's Day together.
March
I made a pretty baby blanket in awesome colors for an awesome person.
I got my first tattoos!
April
We went to Vegas for Viva Las Vegas... Yeah that's pretty much all I did.
May
I made a lot of these in preparation for the May Deluxe.
Sheldon moved in.
June
Sheldon's dog Dewey moved in. 
I made some family silhouettes for our bedroom.
July
We spent a lot of time with Sheldon's family in Muskogee, OK where we found this awesome cabinet that now holds, dvds, cds, and ps2 and 3 games.
We had our first dinner party as a couple.
August
I decided I needed to embroider more, and I started by adding embroidered animals to my knitted baby blankets.
I started my next big embroidery project/tattoo design
September
Sheldon proposed! We'll be getting married September 18, 2010.
I decided to try my hand at quilting.
October
I crafted this awesome costume!
We had a family pumpkin carving party!
November
Amy and I taught an embroidery class together. We had a great time!
Sheldon and I started our own Thanksgiving traditions. Including friendsgiving with my friends.
December
I participated in my 3rd Deluxe Indie Bazaar. 
Most recently, we had our first family ordeal. Dewey bit Bella on the 28th, resulting in a freaked out mama and 7 stitches to Bella's noggin. She's doing great now. I'm sure it was an accident, where he snapped and accidentally made contact. If it was on purpose he would have done a lot more damage.
Anyways, thanks for reading this year and next year will be full of more crafting, and definitely more wedding planning! Come back tomorrow to see my 2010 goals!
We had a lovely Thanksgiving. We spent most of our time with Sheldon's family. I'm getting more used to being with a big family. It's nice. There is always something going on. Especially with the girls around.
My favorite thing to do after I get home from a trip is sleep in my own bed. Now that I am well rested, I have two days to do whatever I want before going back to the daily grind.
I have to make our advent calendar!!! and finish my holiday organizer. I worked on the latter a lot on Thursday night at my parents' house but it still needs some work.
I crocheted most of the weekend. It was the easiest thing to do without taking up space. I made 3 granny square scarves and 4 hats. I would post a picture right now, but I'm going to be lazy this morning. :)
We are going to clean today and get out the Christmas decorations. I love decorating for Christmastime. Sadly, my house is so small I don't have room for many things. I guess I'm ok with this, but I would really like to be able to put up a big tree and all of my ornaments.
Tomorrow, I must finish my coat! It is getting really cold here and I'm ready to show off my handmade creation. I'm really close to being done. I just have to hem it and do the buttons. I probably need to take it to the dry cleaners to get off the fuzzies and give it a good pressing, but I probably won't.
Ok, I've got to get busy! I'll leave you with some cuteness from the weekend...
The Bella embroidery is finished! I'm pretty happy with the results, but not happy enough.
She just looks kind of bored...
If you've ever met Bella in person, you probably realized that she's really not a dog at all, she's her own weird breed of cat/pig/alien baby. And since I can't embroider her infamous Bella yell, I had a hard time making this embroidery 100% Bella. So I went back to the drawing board... literally. I came up with this.
For some reason, this one captures her essence just a little more. It's weird, because the first one looks like her. I'm pretty sure I would be happy with it if it weren't going to be tattooed on me. I want my tattoo to look exactly like my baby girl. And really, it only took about 6 hours to make a new one.
What do you all think? Which do you like better? Sheldon insists that they are both perfect. I think he just wants me to stop embroidering her so he doesn't end up with a couch full of Bella pillows with ball trim edges (because you know that is what these are turning into).
Side note - don't you love my new $1.50 afghan from the thrift store?!
Ok, so now for a shameless plug...
I'm teaching a class on creating and transferring your own embroidery patterns at the Deluxe Craft Weekend. So if you want to make a dog portrait for yourself this is the place to be! (like my segway?)
If you sign up for the craft weekend, you get Friday to Sunday from 9am-9pm full of crafting, socializing and fun. All your meals are provided and you get to leave your stuff out for 3 days without having to clean up. I know those of you without a studio would probably love that idea (and so would your household).
But wait, there's more... If you can't do the whole weekend, for any number of reasons, you can sign up to take a la carte workshops, like the one I'm teaching. If you don't embroider, take my class to make your own design, then take the embroidery 101 class to learn the basics. There are tons of workshops on everything from whittling to serger basics. Take a look.
The weekend is September 25th - 27th at okcCoCo. This is also the place that has a crafting get together once a month. I'm super excited to finally make it out there and have some fun with crafters!
And yes, his full name IS Dewey Decimal System. Sheldon got Dewey the day he started working at the library. I must admit I was afraid of bringing another dog into the house. Bella isn't exactly hospitable when it comes to other dogs. But they have actually been ok. I wouldn't actually say they get along, but they are really good at pretending the other isn't there.
Dewey is a lover 
And a really good cuddler despite the fact that he is really bony.
And here's some Bella just so she's not left out.
I almost let this most important day pass by!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BELLA!!!
I've had my pretty girl for a year now. She has made my life more fulfilling and makes me smile every day. Have a year in review...
Bella decided she didin't like outside for the first time ever 
Boyfriend wrecked his car on Monday...
I organized the craft room some...
Bella looked cute and slept a lot...
I made homemade chicken and rice soup and it was delicious...
We wore appropriate attire for watching TV in my drafty house...
We watched:
1 episode of Ugly Betty
7 episodes of True Blood
4 episodes of Firefly
2 episodes of Arrested Development
The Ninth Gate
Pecker
