Summers Crew: 2012

Christmas Tree Pillow Cover

I hand appliqued the tree. I used a metallic embroidery floss for the garland, a button for the tree topper and sequins for the ornaments. You can see it up close and with more detail at this link: Pillow

Minky Snuggle Blanket

I just listed these two items on my Etsy Shop. I made the minky blanket as a comfort item for my brother's baby. Here is a link to it: Blanket

I recently added this to my Etsy shop. It is hand appliqued wool felt on a cotton background. Because the owl and the branch are the same color I decided I needed to add something to distinguish the bird's legs from the branch. So I added some other colored felt detail to the branch. I like how it turned out. Here is a link: Etsy Link to Owl on Branch Pillow Cover

Lagoon

We haven't been to Lagoon for like 7 years. So when we got two tickets to Lagoon for buying our car, we decided to go. We chose a great day because most of the rest of the state was back in school while Davis County wasn't. We walked onto all the rides and really enjoyed ourselves. (Some a little too much) Phillip and Sydney both went on rides that made them nervous and learned to enjoy some of the scarier rides. One of the rides we couldn't convince Phil to go on he ended up liking so much that he went 10 times! That ride was an enclosed water slide over by the rocket that you went down on a raft. I think it is called the Hula Loop. We were proud of the kids for doing things they were nervous about doing. Sydney even went on the Rocket blast off twice. Here are some pictures of us (wet) after we got off Rattlesnake Rapids. Jen went on Wicked by herself because no one else would go with her--it ROCKED! Even though Jen and the kids took Bonine before we went, we still had to take it easy after too many roller coaster type rides.

Phillip got the wettest!

More Etsy items from SumrtymCottage

These are a few more items I have recently added to my shop!

I hand appliqued this felt owl onto a yellow cotton background.
Thanks to my Mom who taught me how to sew!

I found these bottle caps and decided to turn them into magnets.

I think my Dad would like these.

I have just opened a shop on a website called Etsy. Etsy is a place for people to sell handmade and vintage items. I have posted some of the items I sell in my shop. If you would like to see more, here is a link to my shop on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/SumrtymCottage
SumrtymCottage is the name of my shop. If you can or would like to link my shop, please get in touch with me through email: sumrtymjen@gmail.com or use the link above.

My New Ride: Subaru Outback!

I sold my van! We no longer will need room for five passengers because Meredith is leaving for college! So here's my new ride: an '11 Subaru Outback Wagon. It should get better gas mileage than the van.