My oldest daughter, Cedi, went on two field trips for school last week. Here’s the picture of her and her class at the Creek Bed Country Farmacy. And here’s a picture of her and her class at the Fire Station.
Home Sweet Home Quilt Along – Sashing Tutorial, Diamonds in the Rough (11)
11. Diamonds in the Rough This next sashing for the Home Sweet Home Quilt Along Quilt was done using the Tri Recs Ruler which can either be purchased at your Local Quilt Shop (LQS) or you can order it online from one of my fabulous sponsors – the Fat Quarter Shop. I will be using […]
Craftsy Block of the Month Update
I was putting all my BOM’s into one post but since I haven’t gotten very far on any of them I think I’ll break them up into separate posts as they all come to their end. Today I’m going to show you my progress on the Craftsy Block of the Month. I have 9 of […]
imagine
‘imagine’ by PersimonDreams created for the 103rd nonteam treasury challenge: http://treasurychallengenonteam.blogspot.com/2012/10/treasury-nonteam-challenge-103.html Butterfly Mask Gold Cop… HypnozoDesign $38.00 Brown Antler Headband, … SevenLittleRab… $10.00 Jack o Lantern Creepy H… loopyboopy $275.00 2013 Calendar – Imagine… ImagineStudio $24.00 Tiny Top Hat in Red Spa… ThatsaHat $20.00 Imagine Necklace – John… Exaltation $19.00 Handmade Child Cape Bat… OriginalsbyLau… […]
The Glitter Workshop is moving BACK to the East Side
I am beyond excited for my good friend Naomi of the Glitter Workshop! She is having her Grand Opening at her NEW location on the East Side of Madison. Check out all of the sneak peeks for tomorrow HERE. photo by Funky Monkey Photography Naomi will be celebrating her Grand Opening TOMORROW, October 5th from […]
RAWards VOTE Now for Persimon Dreams please
HEY Peeps! Voting for RAWARDS begins today! Don’t forget to vote for your favorite artists, (and especially your favorite VISUAL ARTIST – ahem, Persimon Dreams) I was so lucky to have been a featured artist in a RAW Show twice this year – in March I showcased my jewelry and then in July, my quilts […]
cApRi’S LeMoNaDe StAnD
I have to admit that we don’t get to do too many ‘special’ things with our girls during the fall. They help us with our work and we see them for meals and things but we don’t get out much, watch movies or even snuggle all that much during these three months. Luckily they have […]
Christmas in July Block-a-thon Quilt Complete
Yeah! I’m so excited to report that I have finished another amazing quilt! I’ll admit – this is probably going to be the last decent sized quilt I’ll have to share with you all for awhile but don’t worry it definitely won’t be the last. I have a few in the works right now just […]
please don’t squeeze my apples
When I first started to work in the apple business one of the most important lessons I was taught by the Lapacek’s was to be extremely gentle when handling the apples. If you handle an apple too harshly it will bruise – even if you just squeeze it – a bruise will form. Maybe not […]
Karmen Linder Photography Orchard Photoshoot
One of the awesome benefits of living on a gorgeous apple orchard is that photographer’s love to use it for their ‘back drop’ during photo shoots. About a month back I was contacted by a ‘new to me’ photographer, a miss Karmen Linder of Karmen Linder Photography. She came out to the orchard, we chatted, […]