busy bee summer!

well - i have been So busy this summer so far. weddings (my cousin) and babies (my best friend's) and lots for me to work on. Non-etsy things, which is fun, because i love my sewing machine and i love quilting. So here are some pics of what i have been up to, more to come next week once the mom and dad to be get there gifts :)this is the top 1/3rd of a wedding gift quilt. these are roses and leaves, and moose and grass will take up the bottom 2/3rd of the quilt. I love making homemade treasures like this, but about this time i always wish for more time, and that i didn't treasure making these forever gifts! its exhausting! :)

here are a couple new things on my etsy site... http://jenvecc.etsy.com

who's been featured- oh me!

so i just checked my email, and got a nice note from KimberRose that she had featured me on her blog! thanks Kimberly! :) quick go see ~ oh i'm so excited!

http://alongaroadlesstraveled.blogspot.com/2010/06/treasury-tuesday-rain.html

p.s. working on 4 new clutches... keep an eye out!

~jen

little itty bitties...

so yesterday i spent a few hours in my sewing room... organizing! i got enough of my mom in me that i need to compulsively organize sometimes. which it ended up being a really good thing. I hung some cork board to hang inspiration... and went thru all my back magazines of "Quilting Arts" (which as a side note is an incredibly inspiring magazine-even if you don't quilt). Well when i was going thru the mags i found an article about creating "inchies" small, quick, impulsive, creative, test quilts! the article said to try to make them about an inch. way to small for me! i mean i like making big things (remember went to school for sculpture!) so i increased the size to 2.5 inches. which is still pretty small.

I layered some nice blue fabrics and then went to work playing... check out what i ended up with!
i think that these will be fun to make... not really sure what i will do with them. maybe attach into a wall hanging once i have a few of them...? not sure... please share any ideas! :)

have a super day!
~jen

what... no work today!

today is the day that me and mom played hookie from work. there is a store near me that every year for mothers day has everything for a woman at 20% off. this includes Dansko shoes/clogs. Danskos are one my favorite things... along with plants. good thing today included both! here are some pics from the day... enjoy!

my bleeding heart.... so pretty.

columbine.. pink and yellow

planted some cosmos... the dog wanted a taste too!
herbs... dill, oregano, cilantro and purple sage

oh i love spring, new plants and new shoes!
~jen

what rain does...

yup, i live in southern massachusetts where we got like 7-9" of rain in a day. so everything was flooded including my basement! but now the sun is shining and things are shooting out of the ground! i love it... i love plants and my garden, and plants that come back every year so i don't have plant them! and i love mom that gave me a greenish thumb!

here are some pics of my favorites :)

a bloom from the magnolia tree! so pretty!


i can't even believe that these are my hosta's... anyone want any???

here is my bleeding heart - i think its gonna be BIG this year!

here are my chickens and hens...

i've been spotted!

no not by Katie.... by QuellyRue Designs!

I've been featured on her blog...
http://quellyruedesigns.blogspot.com/2010/03/spotted-on-etsy-jenvecc.html

I'm so excited and so grateful. So be quick like an Easter Bunny and go see...

~jen

katie - katie - kate!!

today is kate's birthday! she is 1 year old!
here is a great video of her playing with her favorite toy, mr. ice cream man!

have a great st patty's day!
~jen