PicMonkey

Note to self: Use PicMonkey to edit pictures for your blog in the future. Thanks, Desi!

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Blogging breeds ideas

I decided to start tonight's blogging adventure with checking out some enticing links from my reading list. Okay, some enticing links from one of my favorite blogs, Domestic Adventure. Oh, the ideas that flowed in.

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First, Erin shared this adorable chair.

Which gave me an idea for my son's heirloom wooden rocking chair, which used to be mine. Right now, it looks like this:

 It's got potential, right?

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Next, I followed one of Erin's links to Pinterest and this lovely project.

"Hmm, wouldn't this be an excellent solution for the ever-multiplying projects Brannon brings home?" I thought to myself. I already know which frame I would use to create it!

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Now, for the piece de resistance. A few clicks later, I wound up on Erin's adorable Things I Should Make board. (NOTE: If you click that link, you will be inspired.) Despite wanting to repin everything I saw, I was particularly drawn to this image:

Like manna from heaven, I finally saw the perfect quilt for my son's toddler bed: modern, straightforward, innovative, and best of all, stripey. My husband even approved! 

I have been collecting inspiration fabrics for Brannon's room since appoximately June, but I couldn't decide how to use them. Now, I have a decision, an inspiration picture, and even a pattern! All thanks to Erin's posts, links, and this great blog: Bijou Lovely. I love this quilt!

If you have got a minute, swing by Domestic Adventure and Bijou Lovely to check out more great ideas. If you're a quilter, Bijou Lovely sells the above pattern in PDF format for just 8 bucks!

Progress!

Tonight, I spent a ridiculous amount of time starting a new blog--GF2: Guilt Free Gluten Free. Unlike this blog, it is designed to help others, rather than simply entertain myself. It is born out of my experiences with and former ignorance of celiac disease and a desire to help others that all-too-common feeling of isolation that often accompanies being the only person who can't eat . I think this blog could really make a difference, and I am proud of it. It is nowhere near ready for publication, but there's progress.