Graduations

It has been a busy week at the Riley house. Andy and I are both graduating this year, he from college with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, and I from law school. His commencement festivities were this week, so we've been hosting family, sitting through ceremonies, and partying! I'll try to post pictures of the happy graduate soon, but here's a little snapshot of the card I made for his graduation:

I got the idea from Pinterest. Andy is a huge science nerd, and studied aerospace engineering for many years before deciding to pursue economics. He was so geeked out about the elements of the periodic table that he didn't notice they spelled out CONGRATS.

What I've been up to

To be honest, most of what I've been up to these days is dotting i's, crossing t's, and running around like crazy! Still, I've found a little time to make some fun things. I was soooo lucky that law school was less crazy this semester, so I was able to fly home to throw a baby shower for my dear friend. I was also able to find time over the last couple months to make some really special gifts.

This is a Taggie Blanket. Little ones like the feel of the little satin tags, it's got fun textures for them to play with and snuggle on. I made one for my friend's shower, and another for a friend at school who is expecting a girl. I love the little owl ribbon and the print on the brown courdoroy!

This is a quilt I made for my friend. Owls are so trendy right now, and we ended up doing an owl theme for the shower. I'd like to say I made it with love as my only motivation, but when she opened it, and everyone gasped, that was pretty awesome, too. It's still a bit wrinkled in this picture, but with all the hubub, I didn't get a chance to get a good photo after I washed and pressed it.

To go with the owl theme, we had guests at the shower share "Words of Wisdom" with the Mommy-to-be. The notes people wrote were so sweet!

Here's just a little shot of the decor my mom and I made for the shower. It was so darling! There are little owls on most of the flags, which were tied along 16 feet of bannister!

Flower Belts

So, I posted my quick photo yesterday of the flower belt I made for my friend, and then, thought "Hey, I'll post it quick on Pinterest." And then it went viral. That is, considering that in the picture you can't even tell it's a belt, and then 25 people I've never met commented on it or posted about it, I would say it took on a life of its own. So, I thought I'd show you the other two belts I made for me!

Here's the one that is very similar to the one I posted about before:

And here's the fun yellow one with the daisies:

I made two of the yellow ones so I can have a gift handy for a friend's birthday in a couple weeks. I might wear the yellow one to a baby shower with that blue and white dress this coming weekend.

Here is the link for the tutorial I used to make the belts: http://www.according-to-kelly.com/2011/09/diy-flower-belt-from-your-homebased-mom/