Pumpkins!

Check out our little seedlings! Last year, my mom bought me a cute little pumpkin to give my apartment some Fall & Halloween atmosphere (I was saving for a wedding). The pumpkin did its job, then I threw it in some dirt outside to let it rot. It finally did a few months ago...then, we let the seeds sit in that spot a while longer until I bought some Zinnias to plant in that spot (now that I'm married, I can buy things like flowers). So, the pumpkin seeds were thrown away in a box first, only to be saved and put in a galvanized bucket.

These babies are small, maybe around an inch. I'll keep you posted on how these guys do!
 

Vintage Fabric Finds

Estate sales are a great place to snag fabric. It's always cheap and you can awesome vintage fabrics. Learning to sew is on my to do list, so I grabbed a grocery bag full of fabric for less than $5!

Vintage Pillow ticking and lace. The red and blue ticking is already sewn in to a pillow form and has a small hole for stuffing. That should be an easy first project!

  
Really love the gray/pink/blue and whit/pink/green floral fabrics shown above.

  
The red fabric is Waverly - for mere cents! And below, more awesome vintage fabrics.

Final picture shows most of the fabric I bought.  Do you have any project ideas or tips for a newbie to sewing?

3 Months

Today, we've been married for 3 months. It's a short time compared to the almost 8 years we dated before we were married. To celebrate, we took the dogs for a walk by Muddy Creek. We missed the cows at the nearby farm, but I did catch a moth on a pretty yellow flower.

The best part about the walk was seeing the progress Jack made out there. Somewhere along the way, Jack became fearful of other people and dogs, and now lunges and growls at every one he sees. During the walk, we managed to have Jack sit and calmly watch people walk, run, bike, and push a stroller by. He still jumped at the dogs, but, he made progress. We'll get there slowly.

We definitely had a good Sunday morning. How was yours?