10 days til I'm headed home to Pasco. Even more exciting, 11 days until my brother is home from Bolivia!! I cant wait!!

Hopefully the next 1 1/2 weeks goes by fast!!

Need a project?

Try this...

My friend Lindsay and I have been into sewing lately, and its so fun creating stuff! We're really into bedding, so the other day we made this flannel strip rag quilt for our good friend who just had a baby, and let me tell ya, it was SO EASY! And its super cute! Interested? Here's the directions:

Choose your fabric. You'll need 5 different fabrics.

note: make sure you preshrink the fabric before cutting!!!

-Middle accent fabric: 7/8 yard
-1st light fabric (in our case, we chose the darker fabrics): 1 1/4 yard
-2nd light fabric (or dark fabric): 2/3 yard
-1st main color fabric: 3/4 yard
-2nd main fabric: 3/4 yard
total yardage: 4 1/2 yard.

Cutting your strips:

Middle accent fabric: cut 2 7" strips and 4-4" strips
1st light fabric: cut 4-6" and 4-5" strips
2nd light fabric: cut 4-6"strips
1st main color fabric: cut 4'7" strips
2nd main color fabric: cut 4-7" strips

Now its the fun part...putting it together!
1. Match up the front and the back of each same size strip
2. Sew each pair of strips together on one of the sides, using 1/2" to 5/8" seams
3. After each pairs are sewed together, sew all of the strips together in the order of your choice, and make sure you keep the seams facing the same side of the quilt. Sew the outer edge of the quilt leaving the same amount of seam allowance
4. Clip the seams allowance. The closer you clip, the more the seams will fray
5. Wash and dry to have the quilt fray (which in our picture, that has not been done yet)

Easy, Right?!

One of my best friends got home from her mission from Texas this last Thursday. I still cant believe she's home already. That 1 1/2 years had gone by so fast! Most of the girls went to meet her at the airport so Amanda and I made a sign for us. That's right, TIN FOIL! We're creative! WELCOME HOME SISTER CLARK!

Lastly, it was my birthday last Saturday. The big 23! It doesn't even sound old, so I'm not going to pretend like it is! My birthday kind of started Friday at work so Matt surprised me with this delicious treat...


Its an edible arrangement made out of deliciously perfect fruit. It was delicious!

I didnt really know what I wanted to do for my birthday this year, so we decided to hit up the sales in Park City. Matt was such a good sport to go shopping with me all day! Then on Monday I made him spend half his memorial day holiday dejunking our house. It was a great birthday weekend and he definitely deserves Best Husband Ever Award!