North Carolina . . . Naturally

Some of the natural sites of North Carolina:

Hunting For Shark Teeth

Fort Fisher, North Carolina! This is at the southern tip past Carolina Beach and Kure Beach.

There is a large rocky area that when the tide comes in, hidden ocean treasures are supposedly deposited amongst the rocks. Then when the tide goes out you can climb around the rocks and find shells, shark teeth, and dental pieces from rays.

I guess we were a little late getting there . . . because all Caity found was this sad dead crab . . .

and some unique shells! But it was quite a fun adventure . . . and something that

we could never do at home in Utah!

North Carolina Quilting

One of the first stops on our month long adventure in North Carolina was to visit a couple of quilt shops in the Raleigh area before we headed down to the beaches. The first store was "Plain and Simple" and probably the cutest shope of the ones we saw.

Upstairs they had a display of original early 1900's quilts. The true 30's fabrics.

Air Force One

As we arrived yesterday afternoon at Raleigh, NC airport for our month adventure in North Carolina, we weren't allowed off of the plane right away. Security. For President Obama. Air Force One was getting ready to take off with the president. I didn't know he had been there, and I am not always up on politics and current events, but I must say, that as I watched Air Force One take off . . . I had goose bumps. It was a moment in my life. A unique opportunity. Greatness.

Here's the Buzzzzz!

My husband, Mike, keeps leaving the door open to get some air. It keeps making me a little crazy. Especially when the wasps that come in are attracted to the new yellow walls of my office where I am working on the computer. But today we had a new visitor. This big beautiful Dragonfly! I don't think I have ever seen one this close.

Here he is in Mike's hand! I wish I could have gotten a better picture of his sweet little alien-looking face, but he wanted to be off on other adventures, so . . . we sent him on his way . . .

and CLOSED THE DOOR!

Young Women

Here is a new pattern that can be made into a Wallhanging like shown above, or put into a frame with cork board for a Memory Board (below):


Each colored flower has the corresponding Young Women's Value embroidered by it. The quote at the bottom is embroidered saying, "Stand for Truth and Righteousness", and there is a little pocket to hold goals, mementoes, or Personal Progress items.

Can you tell I love buttons!?!

Winter Table Runner

Here is my newest pattern--a winter table runner. The appliqued blocks are out of wool and I tried to keep them to a "nature" aspect of the winter/holiday season. The pattern is just printing and should be available on the web site in 1-2 days. It was quite fun to work on and is a very usable size at about 16x28". The star is outlined in small seed beads. It's hard to think Christmas when it's 90 degress out, but always fun to have a project going!