K and N's House Warming

Well, K & N (Natie . . . is that what we decided it was?) got married this past weekend. Congrats!!! It was fabulous wedding and a fun weekend. Lots of pictures to come . . .

But first: a few weeks before the big day, K & N bought their first house (yahoo!) -
And, over the break, I'd made her a housewarming gift. It was my very first real sewing project, so it has a few problems, but overall, it turned out cute as a button . . . I think! I took some pictures before I mailed it.

Flower of the Month Club

For our anniversary, Patrick got me Flower of the Month Club! Here was his logic:

The Third Anniversary is traditionally leather, but I just got TWO new purses for Christmas, so leather was kinda out . . .

And, the Third Anniversary's "Modern" gift is Crystal or Glass, but we got so many beautiful crystal goblets, vases, bowls, etc. for the wedding that we really don't need any more . . .

Anniversary #	Traditional Gift	Modern Gift
First	Paper	Clocks
Second	Cotton	China
Third	Leather	Crystal / Glass
Fourth	Fruit / Flowers	Appliances
Fifth	Wood	Silverware
Sixth	Candy / Iron	Wood
Seventh	Wool / Copper	Desk Sets
Eighth	Bronze / Pottery	Linens / Lace
Ninth	Pottery / Willow	Leather
Tenth	Tin / Aluminum	Diamond Jewelry
Eleventh	Steel	Fashion Jewelry
Twelfth	Silk / Linen	Pearls
Thirteenth	Lace	Textiles / Furs
Fourteenth	Ivory	Gold Jewelry
Fifteenth	Crystal	Watches
Twentieth	China	Platinum
Twenty-Fifth	Silver	Silver
Thirtieth	Pearl	Diamond
Thirty-Fifth	Coral	Jade
Fortieth	Ruby	Ruby
Forty-Fifth	Sapphire	Sapphire
Fiftieth	Gold	Gold
Fifty-Fifth	Emerald	Emerald
Sixtieth	Diamond	Diamond

But, flowers go in vases . . . that was the leap . . . and I am always coming home from the grocery store with whatever flowers are on sale for $2.99 (they last the longest anyway) and I'd asked for Flower of the Month Club for Christmas, and no one got it . . .

So here are the January flowers. It's not a great picture, but they were pretty cool -