do you know me?

crazy thing happened this weekend. my family went up to a nearby reservoir to play for the day with some friends, the smarts. they also had a few other friends up there and some family we had never met. i was introduced to kenzie's cousins and she asked if our family had blog and if kenzie had a link to it on her blog. yup, yup, and yup. and then kenzie told her i had another blog called hayleaves. no way! your hayleaves???? yes, that's me. she has been wondering who i am cause everyone she knows has a link to my blog on their blog. how funny that all those people are my family or jeff's family or our friends. so thanks to everyone out there that has my link on their blog! i felt famous for a minute... well until i put the connection together that her little brother is married to jeff's cousin. but still- people are starting to recognize the name and every little bit helps in this business!

oh, and here is a picture of the little skirt i made up for kamryn from the valance i bought at the di. it turned out so cute! and the first person that saw it bought the other skirt on the spot.

something to snuggle to

a few weeks ago a girl i use to play bunco with called and wanted a quilt made for her mom. her dad passed away a year ago (today) and she wanted to give her mom something to remember him by. she asked if i could put their wedding photo on the quilt with some stitching. i can stitch, but not well enough (or quick enough) to sell that service so i called my aunt marci (her sister in law) and she took care of that part for me. when i got it all done i was very sad that i had put the picture in the quilt... cause i wanted to keep it. it turned out so nice and it matched my front room beautifully! oh well, i hope her mom loves snuggling to it as she thinks of her sweet hubby.

thank you denise for letting me do this!!!!

this weeks di finds...

ok- so i posted on my family blog about my experience at the di this week. i wanted to show everyone my finds. the sheets are going to be made into lounge pants and maybe a few skirts.

but check out the cute white curtains. those are being made into little skirts. there is enough for 2 skirts- one for my little kamryn and one for???? anyone need a cute skirt for little girl? i'll post pics when they are done, but the quilter just called and i have to pick up my next project that needs to be done by saturday!

more refinishing

and the chair to go with the desk... (yes, that is the di price tag)

(before)

(after)

finally done!

i admit, i have a little addiction to ksl.com. i bought this desk a few months ago off it. i don't have a good place to refinish it in my house so i had to wait for warmer weather. it finally arrived this week. i couldn't sleep this morning just knowing that my desk was waiting for me out in my carport. and her she is.... (before)

and after a few hours of primping and priming, a day of fishing and an afternoon of guarding her from hunter with a paint brush her she stands...

some of you might be a little shocked at the color- jeff hates it!!!! but this is my baby, i have to look at her everyday, sit next her for hours out of my week and i wanted something fun, funky, cheerful and energetic. i couldn't be more excited at how she turned out! the bugger was trying to find handles for her. i've tried every place i've ever heard of and nobody carries the size i needed. so i had to fill in her holes with wood filler and i will be off to target to get these, or these, or maybe these. do you think the pink will be a little much???? please- give me feed back!

a little side tracked...

yesterday i had every intention of not only finishing the laundry (lofty goal-eh?), but also of working on my previous post. while switching the laundry my old shower curtain finally made it through the cycle and i was 'inspired'. i've been dying to make myself a purse, but i can't find the perfect pattern or the perfect material... and doesn't free and 'going to waist in storage' not fit 'perfect'... perfectly???

(before)

(after)

(equipt with side pockets and everything!)

i raided my aunt marci's stash of purse patterns a few days ago, but just couldn't bring myself to make what i took. they are dang cute, but just not what i was envisioning for my next purse.

so from scratch and a picture in my mind this is my prototype ended up like . now i have to go back, make a few tweeks, and draw out the pattern. i bought some upholstery material yesterday that i think would make for some beautiful bags. i just hope they turn out close to the other pictures in my head!

more to come...

plans...

my plans for this week.... my plans for this next weekend....

my work to good use!

this is the blessing dress from an earlier post. i love to see my creations on the wee ones. just thought i'd share pictures of this cute little angel.

and this is my best friend from high school and the little squirt that grew up down the block (he's not so little anymore), their 2 kids plus the little angel. i would have never pictured these 2 together back in the day, but they are just too dang cute, and don't they make the cutest little kids!!!!