Spoonflower fabrics, my anniversary, and some links

• a. Wedding day, Muncie, Indiana
• b. One year anniversary trip, Niagara Falls & Toronto
• c. Early 2-year anniversary and trip to see friends in the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland
• d. We liked Northern Ireland so much we returned the next year. Loved Giant’s Causeway!
• e. Maine coast anniversary trip, 4 years
• f. Early 5-year anny trip to Montreal & Quebec City

As you can see, we don’t do a lot of warm-weather vacations! I did, however, manage to trick him into going on a Caribbean cruise somewhere in there. And we’ve been fortunate to have a few Las Vegas warm-weather-cations. He’s pretty awesome!

In other news, I received my Spoonflower charm squares in the mail! Thanks to AnneMarie for organizing this swap.

Oh, do I have plans for these… Actually, I don’t have any plans just yet, but these will be fun to throw into patchwork projects here and there. 🙂

And here are a few crafty links from around the Web:
 
About Family Crafts: Learn how you can make back to school fun with all of these crafts and activities.

Aileen’s Musings: Stop by and read Aileen’s book review on Margot’s new book New Dimensions in Bead and Wire Jewelry: Unexpected Combinations, Unique Designs and enter to win a book of your own!

Carmi’s Art/Life World
Carmi showcases the cards she made with a free Crafters Companion download. 

Craftside- A behind-the-scenes peek at our crafty world: This week at Craftside there is a fun idea on customize black and white fabric with colored markers, cutting an orange to look like a chrysanthemum with a recipe, a tutorial on how to sew sequins on “Road Warrior” style and a fun video of Carla Sonheim’s illustrations.

Crafty Princess Diaries: Tammy shares a super easy baby afghan to crochet for that special baby boy.

Eileen – The Artful Crafter: How to make a tubular wine bottle tote from a cardboard mailing tube. 

Mixed Media Artist: Remember when altering altoid tins was all the rage? Cyndi shares an accordian book that she made using a tin as the cover! It’s still a lot of fun!