happy birthday to me!

i had an amazing birthday on saturday. first thing in the morning, my boyfriend gave me this beauty:




he is so good. i found it on etsy ages ago and fell in love with it. i even looked it up again a few weeks ago and was heartbroken that it had been sold! it's gigantic (86x100) and mostly hand-sewn. i plan on bringing it to the next meeting because it's 100000x prettier in person.

then later on in the day, i went and checked my mail and found even more goodies! my pretty {little} pouch swap was waiting for me, and i was totally blown away by how amazing it was!!! the super-sweet jen made me this great little wristlet that i used right away! it was filled with totally practical items that i would have ended up putting in there anyway. it was so thoughtful of her! i really love how she went out of her way to make something that was so *me*!




i mean, look how well she pegged me! an order i had just made from superbuzzy also came in the mail that day, with the same fabric she used in it! she really got my taste.

lucky duck!

yesterday, we had another great lamqg meeting. we gave our home goods swap items to our secret partners, and i think i lucked out on both ends! i got to make something for someone i hadn't met, so i was a little nervous. but luckily the super-sweet hollie seemed to really like the sewing machine cover i made her. and i liked it so much that i think i might have to make a similar one for myself!

and i really hit the swap partner jackpot on the gift i received. liz is one of my favorite quilters in our guild. she always has great, bold colors and really graphic patterns. she made me this amazing pillow, and i can't wait to put it to good use!




she really pulled together all of my likes into one BIG pillow! and bucky was a big fan, too. he couldn't stop sniffing it!