Tradition and Inspiration...

 Every year, my mom and four sisters and daughters, daughters-in-law and cousins get together this time of year and go to Historic Gardner Village and Womens Conference...

 Gardner Village is always decked out with witches and Halloween this time of year...I love seeing how they accessorize the outside and gets you really in the spirit of fall and Halloween...

 Part of my family, extended and wonderful...

 Halloween decor...

 Some more witches...

 I have noticed tutorials on pillows like these all over the internet in the past few months...

 This year, particularly, there was so much texture...

 these floral felt pillows were everywhere...

 I loved this quilt for a little girl's bed...it combined so many fabric choices and the flowers added a touch of feminine...

 Being of British heritage...I fell in love with the crowns...

 This lovely flocked chair would look great with my red couches...

 Loved the tailored look of this pillow with the simple pleating...

 you could always have a toad nearby...

 I loved this simple argyle pattern...wouldn't this be great in a little boy's room.  It has clean lines and would be so fun to decorate around...

 Pine Needles--one of my most favorite quilt haunts...did not disappoint this visit...

 I used part of this fabric line to make my pirate quilt, but I thought this was a fun quilt for the fabric...

 Great pillowcase idea to memorialize missions, traveling or anything significant in your life...

 Last time I was in the store, I bought this snails trail pattern...gotta get it done...

 Halloween quilts and projects at every turn...

 My mom getting acquainted with one of the witches hanging out...

Found this little picture in an antique store at Gardner Village...reminds me of a quote from The Help, where Skeeter's mother tells her, "sometimes courage skips a generation..."  I think you have to have great courage in today's world...Hope you enjoyed how we spent our Saturday on my birthday...I sure did!!!

Sister's Day

We had a Sister's Day yesterday....the pictures are out of order, but hey--this is what we did--went to My Heritage Quilt Store in Ogden,UT. She had these fun vintage aprons hanging at the ceiling...makes me laugh as I grew up with similar models...there were some cute displays....

Family busily trying to decide what to purchase ...

We started our journey at Rainbow Gardens--they always have great shopping with unique gifts...

Check out these adorable birds--they have a hidden zipper at the top and they are a little coin purse...


Darling paper clips with yo-yos. I thought this was a cute idea...

Lunch at The Greenery--did you know they are the home of the Mormon muffins? Let me tell you--you haven't lived until you have eaten one with that honey butter...




We are all smiles because we all love good food....

We became engrossed in coversations...and thoroughly enjoyed the day. We really try to get together several times a year with planned activities so we can see each other. I have 4 sisters and I realized that I am missing a picture of one..I am not the best photographer and I had some blurred photos...oh no....till next get together--in the meantime, we will feast on the memories...