Josey's #1 Fan!!!!!!!!!!

Today ROCKS!!!! Josey plays in her very first school sporting event as a 6th grader tonight. Volleyball season is here and I can't wait to see my girl serve that ball. We practiced for two straight weeks this summer on her overhand serve and she is awesome!! Her 8th grade friend, Brittney, told her that she's got one of the best serves on the team!! I couldn't have my Josey girl not know how to serve overhand...it's the competitive side of me coming out!!

Sooooooooo, being that I AM Josey's #1 fan, I had to have a special game day bag right? Remember when I went that little purse party a few weeks ago? This is my new bag. We'll pretend those zebra stripes are wildcat stripes okay? And our school colors are black and white so I think it's especially fun! I'll bring some snack, cash, lip gloss and my camera tonight, I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!

But wait, I couldn't just leave the bag unadorned now could I? Oh no. We must have adornment on our wildcat bag. So I went to work this moring and made a soldered piece to tie onto my bag.
I stitched together two vintage like ribbons and tied my soldered piece onto my bag handle. I used that vintage jewel button to secure it on extra good by adding some stitches through the entire knot of the bow.
And for the soldering, I used a wavy edged copper tape from Simply Swank, a pawprint stamp, SU! letters, more of that checkered ribbon and some Marth Stewart glitter.
For the back side, I used a simple black and white polka dot. My bag is actually cream colored so I distressed all the edges with Ranger Distress ink.
So there you have it! I'm off to get things done around here so we can head out for the 5:30 game. Goooooooo Cats!!

By the way, the battery in my Trailblazer is DEADER than a door nail. (What is a door nail anyway?) I called Eric with specific instructions to bring home a new battery or whatever is needed and to FIX IT pronto. If my new bag and I have to ride to the ballgame in Eric's lowriding, Nissan Flintstone Mobile I will not be a happy #1 Fan. I swear my butt drags the highway in that thing! :)

Papertrey Soldered Quilt Blocks

Hi everyone, by now I'm in Chicago for CHA! I wanted to show you some soldered pieces that made using the Papertrey Quilter's Sampler and Sentiment sets. I startd out by stamping quilt blocks onto PTI patterned papers. I punched them out with a 3/4" square punch, available at PTI also (a must have with this set). I added a little shading to the stamped quilt blocks with Copic Sketch markers.
Then I adhered various quilt blocks to a square of solid cardstock.
On the other side, I pieced together a sentiment that I just LOVE. It was too long to fit into my square so I stamped it, then cut it into strips. I like the homemade look it gives. I then inked both sides of my piece with Ranger Distress Ink for a vintage look then soldered my pieces to make pendants.

I'll be giving these pendants as gifts to some fellow Papertrey Designers. I included a snippet of ribbon so they can be tied onto a bag or name badge, etc. Later on, the pendant could hang from a chain or ribbon and be used as a necklace. I could see these soldered pieces also being used to tie around a baby quilt as a gift.....maybe hang off a big basket that holds winter blankets....or maybe on a sewing basket. Ohhhh, the possibilities!
I'll take lots of photos at CHA to share when I get back! Hope you're having a great summer!!