tO JoYE

I want to thank Ms. Joye. She is an amazing social worker and person. She was very gracious in helping me finish my hours for my LCSW. Because of her, I finished my 3200 hrs / 104 weeks of supervision. Right now my application, documentation, and money has been submitted to the Board of Behavioral Sciences and I am waiting to hear if I am able to move forward and set a date to take my first out of two exams. I am very nervous, but thanks to amazing supervisors along the way, I think I'll do just fine.

At the last supervision, I surprised Joye with this bag I made, as a thank you gift. She met with me every week for about 7 months. So here's to you, Joye...

Now I am fully aware that the picture above is upside down...I can't seem to rotate it around. But I wanted to show everyone the ab(sew)lutely simple tag. Anyways, I've seen Joye a couple times since and she loves and uses the bag!

thAnK YoU For ViSitINg!

Hello All!

It has been a very long time since I blogged last, but I have some things stored up that I am now sharing. I apologize to everyone that has come to my blog looking for new creations. A lot has happened since I blogged last. Let's start...

My best friend Christina had her bridal shower in Washington DC. It was a success. I took on the task of making invitations. Here was a little of what I used...

Unfortunately I never took a picture of the final product. Not to toot my own horn, but they were darn cute :)

While in Washington DC, I got engaged! I was so surprised. I love being surprised, but I also love ruining them. So Jay was very happy that I did not ruin the surprise, in fact, I didn't even expect it. He asked for my parents blessing on Christmas Eve, informing them that he was planning on proposing in DC. My friend Janelle was with us when it happened. Even she did not know the plan, as Jay was afraid if he told my friends, they would spoil the surprise. There were pictures taken by Janelle of the proposal in actual time, but Jay will not share those photos. But here is one photo.

Let's see, what else... I think it is time to do some separate posts of a couple of creations. See you in a few minutes :)

cHriStmas PreSenTS...continued...

As promised, here are some of the christmas presents I gave out this year. I have a couple more that I will post soon. So, let's begin...

This was a bag I made for my sister-in-law. It is a simple cross-body bag. I placed an inside zipper along with outside slip pockets. I really like the pattern of the fabric and the soft tones of green. It sophisticated a simple bag. 

The next two bags came out wonderfully. One was for my mother and the other for a friend. What I really love about these bags is the size. A great size for work, travel, etc. Each had a zipper pocket on the inside and one I added cell phone holders. I wish I would have added the extra slip pockets to the other bag, but they just never made it there. I especially like the fabric of the green bag, it is very zen like. 

The last the picture is a traveling tie holder. When I saw this project in Stitch Magazine, I knew it would be a perfect present for my dad. He travels a lot, for both work and pleasure. My father is a professor, so a lot of his traveling is to speak at conferences, so he always packs ties. So here it is...