She Kissed a Frog

And found her Prince.

After 2 years of dating a very nice young man, my daughter and he got engaged last month. The wedding is set for next July; plenty of time to get things in order. I'm very excited and not at all anxious ~ My one and only baby girl has always been very smart, confident, opinionated, headstrong and marches to the beat of her own drum. In other words: she knows exactly what she wants for a wedding and has it nailed down. I just smile, nod and get out the credit card.

In the last couple of years she'd ask me how I knew her dad was my Mr. Right. Oh. Um. Gee, how does one know...for sure? It's a leap of faith. It truly is. But what did I say? "You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince charming." Yeah, I said that.

After last month's Big Announcement I recalled the kiss a lot of frogs comment and remembered I had the frog and turtle panel by Julie Paschkis somewhere in my craft-room closet. I'm taking a break from Christmas items to work on it. Perhaps it'll be a gift to the bride, or her Prince.

Sometimes you have to kiss a lot of frogs, but what about the turtle?

Row Row Row Your Boat WIP

My latest work-in-progress is another design by illustrator Julie Paschkis. julie's site  I love her work! This little pillow features a man in a boat calmly drifting along. The green swirls of the river have been quilted. I’ve trimmed the pillow and started on the center lantern. Many more beads will have to be hand sewn onto this treasure before it’s completed; the journey continues.

Lots of little yellow and crystal seed beads with a few small faux pearls will make this lantern shine.



Grass green seed beads trim this lovely pillow.