Strawberry Jane

mommy's letting me try a yummy strawberry!
it's so sweet it makes me giggle
this is serious business ~ let me at it!

We have Light!

The chandelier is up! After locating a light restoration store, Kent picked up a cap, chain and candlestick covers that worked perfectly. He painted the cap to match the age of the fixture perfectly.
The color on the walls accents the view out the window. It's so warm and inviting. Beautiful!

Next phase of the kitchen

The walls and ceiling are painted!
Next will be the trim throughout and the stone tiles on the wall (left side of photo)
The new beams are sealed! He has done an amazing job!

Kitchen Update

Kent added 8x10 cedar beams to the kitchen eating area. This will give us the opportunity to hang a chandelier over the table, which because of the skylight we were undable to do, and give us some much needed evening light.
Next he added the texture that will eventually cover the walls of the entire house. Its soft enough to add visual interest not a visual distraction.A clean slate - the walls are primed and ready for paint.
And the new soffit and crown is added.

The Chandelier

Kent and I found this treasure in Snohomish at Faded Elegance. It is an old Italian Tole chandelier and it is going to look fabulous hanging from the new "notched" and oiled beams. Perfecto!

March's "Lions & Lambs"

I am confused. Is the saying "March comes in like a Lion and goes out like a Lamb" or the other way around. So far we have had snow at least once a week for the past month. I believe we have had more snow this year than any other year that we have lived here. Yes, it's beautiful. But I am so ready for the Seattle rain I have come to love and the green, not white, landscape of the Pacific Northwest.

AHQ fundraiser Thank You!

Thanks to all who supported us in the American Hero Quilts fundraiser. I am so grateful for the women in my quilt group that worked so hard to make this happen. For Sue, who had the vision of making sure our War Warriors are supported. I will never become tired of hearing her story or of supporting her in this great cause. I am thrilled to hear of the many guest that were touched and have now began making quilts and doing what they can to walk along side Sue on this journey. We were hopeing by the days end to make $3,000 and ended up making over $7300 in 6 hours on a blustery spring day.

It was amazing. Over 180 quilts hung around the room, 9 raffle items, over 30 silent auction items, tons of baked goods (thanks to many loving hands that baked and baked and baked for us) and grab bags of fabric, quilting and cook books galore...We even had 2 studly Marines help us out by holding quilts for Sue during her presentation!

To read more about the story visit Nan's blog http://www.potsandpins.com/

You are greatly appreciated!

American Hero Quilts Fundraiser

Our quilt group "Sammamish Sew Whats" have been working like crazy to get ready for our fundraiser. If you want to see what we have been up to go to Nan's blog http://www.potsandpins.com/ and check out March 3rd, March 2nd, February 28th and 26th to see the quilts we will be raffled off, and read about some of the businesses around the community that are donating silent auction items. We have golfing at Sahalee, the most beautiful bottle of wine from Woodenville Winery's private reserve, to gift baskets and certificates at local businesses!

Remember, if you want to buy raffle tickets (6 for $5) I am happy to enter them in the jars corresponding to the quilt you are interested in. We are also raffling off a Featherweight Sewing machine!

With 9 raffle quilts you are sure to be a winner!