Mary Lou Raffle Quilt "Park Bench Quilters"

"Park Bench Quilters"

A long time family friend of mine, Mary Lou Weidman, is an amazing artist and quilter. She is so inspirational to me as a person and as an artist. Once you see what this amazing woman can to with fabric, you'll be just as amazed as I am. She is such a giving person and (as I understand it) drew out the design of the quilt pictured above for the Fiber Artist guild of Spokane,WA/and Idaho who then pieced it all together. The proceed of the raffle will go to cover the cost of their quilt show in April.

If you would like to purchase tickets they are $1 each. Please make your checks out to "Sew Uniquely You" and send to the address below:

Nancy Huck2338

West Courtland
Spokane, WA 99205

She is asking for a self-addressed, stamped envelope from those who would like to have the raffle ticket stubs mailed to them. Otherwise she will keep the stubs from all the out-of-town folks and put their tickets in the bin for the drawing. Don't forget, she needs a phone number or email as a contact.

What a beautiful work of art! It has such great details. I personally love how the feet dangle below the ladies. So clever. Please keep in mind that this a Wall sized quilt. You can read more info. about the raffle and about Mary Lou at her blog found here. I would like to ask you, that if you know of ladies who are into quilting or would just love to add a new piece of art to their home, please pass on this info. to them as the money helps support local artisans in the Spokane, WA/Idaho areas. Thank you so much. Good luck to you all!!!!

It's Official!

My new home for the next 2 years!

This past week has been a busy one for me. I have spent the majority of it trying to figure out if I was going to be able to go back to school and start the Prosthetics & Orthotics Tech program at SFCC this spring.

Problem one: I discovered that my FAFSA form was out of order and it needed to be fixed ASAP. I was able to fix it but will have to wait to see if I will receive any assistance until after the quarter starts.

Problem number two: I have no extra money to pay for this right now. I have been out of work and trying to find something. This is one of the driving factors of me even thinking about going back to school. I realized this week that I have never given my parents credit where credit is due. My parents are the absolute best parents that anyone could ask for. I may not have known this growing up as I was too young to realize. Over the past couple of years, especially this past year, I am learning who they are as people and as parents. They decided to help me pay for this quarter so I can be enrolled in the program and not have to wait until the fall quarter. Thank you for supporting me mom & dad...LOVE you guys so much!!!!

Problem three: TODAY was the last day to pay. I drove over 140 miles today to get this situation taken care of! Thank goodness it was a beautifully sunny, crisp day to take a drive around town. I soon discovered what it was like to be a "real student" and have to do everything for yourself. (I say "real student" because I never had to register, pay or put any effort into going to school before. Being on scholarship really spoiled me.) UGH! What a process.

All-in-all, I feel like it is meant to be. I feel so strongly convicted to pursue this degree that I spend a lot of my free time researching different aspects of the industry. Some people may not understand why I would ever want to do this program, but those of you who know me will probably agree this is simply something I was born to do. After a very long day, I am proud to say that I am officially a student at SFCC enrolled in the P&O Tech program!!!! I might be singing a different tune once I actually start classes on the 6th of April, but that's what life is about. Putting yourself out there to be used by God. Which me luck ya'll:)

Pictures are from SFCC O&P program page.

It Will Only Cost Me an Arm and a Leg

(Thanks for the title my bff:) It made me laugh.) I HOPE that I finally figured it out. LOL! Today I met with Clay Wright. He is an amazingly inspirational professor at Spokane Falls Community College. Yes, I said COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Get over it. So this is going to be my 3rd, count um, 3rd degree. Not too bad. I'll have more than my bff. AND that is just the icing on her cupcake (she loves those things). Now the only thing left to figure out is financial aid. YUCK! I have done all the necessary paper work, I am just waiting for the go ahead that I qualified. I'm trying not to get my hopes up only to be let down the day class is supposed to start. So to all of you out there who come by and read my blog post, please say a little prayer for me. It is much appreciated.

Let me tell you about the program that I chose. Or that chose me, rather. I knew the second Mr. Wright said, "Think of this as arts and crafts with a purpose" that I have found what I was designed to do. On April 6th, 2009 I will be starting the Prosthetics & Orthotics Technician program out at SFCC! The best part about the whole thing is that I will be using my creative gift, my compassion for people and my M.B.A. will be put to use once I have completed the Tech program here in Spokane to pursue a Practitioner license in Chicago. WOO WHOOOOOO!!!!! By the time I am done, It would have only taken me about 8 years of college to finally be done with school and have a direction in life that is worth traveling. WOW! And, it will only cost an arm and a leg.....a little P&O humor.

If you're curious about the program here is the link.

Spread Shirt

Well, many of you know that I have been designing and trying to focus seriously on PhotoShop since October. I decided to work on designs for products as another way to make extra income. An example of a product that is in my Spreadshirt store is posted on the right hand side of my page. You can just click on the picture, or you can visit my store here.

Tonight I found myself not sleeping again and decided to tackle St. Patrick's Day ware. As a tradition, in my circle of friends and family, we go out for St. Pat's and do it in style. LOL! Not really in style, but we sure do enjoy ourselves:) If you find that you are going to be head out this year for St. Pat's why not make it a group effort and get all matched up? In my Spreadshirt store you will find a few items listed that could help you enjoy the evening. And, if you would be willing, please tell your other friends and family that I have this fun store and that I can do custom orders as well. Thanks. PLUS, right now you get 17% off $25.00 or more before shipping and tax!!!!!

I hope you all are planning on getting your Designated Drivers lined up this week!? Here are a few pictures of my past St. Pat's escapades. Enjoy:)

No judging. It was WAAAAAY late in the evening. LOL. Below is my brother in his pink V hockey jersey and his friends. That was a good night.

Spring Fever

Yesterday I had a serious case of spring fever. I just HAD to organize. Living in an apartment with a roommate and two cats, there is hardly a time when you can be alone or not feel like your walking on top of each other. Winter is almost over (around this part of the country that can mean another 2 more months of possible snow YIKES!) and I have been feeling a serious need to downsize a lot of my crafting supplies, clothes, games and books. I will be attending school starting April 6th and will have zero time for organization and spring cleaning.

However, my main motivation is the plain and simple fact that I need to find some more cash. For fees, books and gas money. I do not want to take out any more student loans if I can avoid it. I've only been out of school going on 5 months now and realized that I need a very secure recession/depression proof job (I know there really isn't such a thing, I just mean some career that isn't going anywhere for a while). I am looking into two fields both of which I find extremely interesting and that I have an aptitude for. We shall see which path I take in a couple of days.

Wish me luck!

509 Designs

1st item posted in our Etsy.com shop
Well, I have finally posted my first item in our Etsy.com shop (can be found here by visiting: 509Designs). I would love it if you could head on over, visit the store and come back to post a comment about your experience there. ANY kind of feedback is MUCH appreciated as I am totally willing to follow through on this. As many of you know my roommate (B.F.F. Jaime's blog found here: Creative Entertaining) and I have been trying to find ways to sell our products for about a year and a half will little to no success. We fell this a great way for us to get our ideas out there and establish one dimension of our customer base. Please check back with our Esty.com store 509 Designs as more items will be available. OH! I almost forgot....509 Designs has a blog as well that you can join here! Thank you:)

Opps!

Hey everyone! I didn't realize that the link I had put up about my blog wasn't working because of human error, LOL:) I have fixed the problem and hope everyone will take the link on over to my new blog. Enjoy.