So things have been busy here at House of G. Work is going great and school is going great. We've been enjoying the marvelous fall weather and last week we got pumpkins carved and roasted the seeds! I love this time of year!
Glen has been super busy doing canvasing and phone banking for this, this and this campaign. I'm so proud of him. Since Oregon is exclusively a vote by mail state, we made sure to get our ballots in early this year. Last Thursday, we packed up our stuff andI went over to our local and happily performed our civic duty over a few pints and a pumpkin crisp.
:-)
This past Saturday, Miranda and I went off and had a day of fun. We went to a spot called Petite Provence for breakfast (recommended by Julie and Cassondra) and it was INCREDIBLE! I'm planning on taking Glen there for breakfast this coming weekend!
Here's my sweet girlie at the restaurant...
After breakfast, we bopped all over town to some of our favorite shops and a few new ones including a shop called "House" on SE Hawthorne. FUN!!!!
So in other news, I've been working like a madwoman on swaps for Silver Bella. Eeeek! I can't wait!!! Only two weeks and two days to go!!!
Here's a sneak peek of the package I put together for the stash swap that Caitlin is hosting...
And then here are a few sneak peeks of the fabric fatbook that I'm hosting. This is so much fun! It's taking me a long time to finally get going on this but I think that was mainly because I went nuts buying supply possibilities. It took me forever to finally decide on a design! The cover in progress...
One of the cover panels completed...
And some bits from my page...
I've received a few pages from some participants and I'm SO excited to see this one come together. I think it's gonna be gorgeous!!!
MMM! Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day and you make the most delicious packages! Have a great time at Silver Bella and I am still planning on making it in 2 years!
Posted by: Gina | October 27, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Oooh, love the idea of voting over a pint & dessert at your fav. local pub! Might have to start that tradition (rather than the kitchen table...) By the way, is Silver Bella in Nebraska? Seems I heard Mary Engelbreit might be there for something.... she's to speak at the Sat. luncheon on the 15th of Nov.... Do you know about this? Fun fun fun!
Posted by: Jana | October 28, 2008 at 03:10 PM
I don't know how I missed your fabric fatbook....I would have been so in on that one! Bummer!
Posted by: natalie | October 28, 2008 at 06:46 PM
I LOVE your sneek peeks of the fatbook!! I can hardly wait to see it all come together. Thanks so much for hosting this amazing swap:)
melissa
Posted by: Melissa Danner | October 28, 2008 at 08:13 PM
Okay, talk about freakishly long, here comes Stephanie! You asked for it by putting your link on your email. Where to start? OMG...the sneak peek for the covers of one of which will be mine soooooooo...nnnnnn! OMG, 2, the Art and Soul pieces that you made-absolutely fab!!! OMG, 3, then you know I'm from Texas then my whole family moved to the Monterey Peninsula but now all live in Corvallis, OR? Wow, OR has soooooooo many great ideas. I never went to the polls when I lived in CA as I always signed up for the mail ballot which was fine and not have to give a special reason or anything. When we moved to Maryland and Paul and I went to register we said we wanted to vote absentee and they wigged. Are you going to be dead that day? Are you dying, a relative? It was worse than trying to get out of jury duty. It's not a huge deal but I think it would help lots more folks vote and I loved sitting in my own home and reading through the ballot propositions, etc. Okay, also in 3, no pumping your own gas? Brilliant, so why isn't every state doing that, especially when unemployement is at a historic low? And, 4, yurt camping?!!!!!!!!!! I love it, I want to got yurt camping, now, TAKE ME YURT CAMPING NOW OR I'LL HOLD MY BREATH! Just kidding but I do love it. I told you freakishly long but so much good stuff all at one time...thanks for sharing, Stephanie
Posted by: Stephanie | October 29, 2008 at 02:53 PM
Wow Michelle! Your covers are looking great! i love them!
Just wanted to say Hi! Happy Halloween, and I just tagged you!
oxox
Christine
Posted by: dollybelle | October 31, 2008 at 09:44 AM
Way to go, Glen! What a fantastic gift to your community and country :) I did my civic duty this time too, for our country's recent federal election.
Michelle, your fabric book looks fa-bu-lous. Girlfriend, you are so talented!
Posted by: Lilli | October 31, 2008 at 10:02 AM
go glen!
go obama.
OR - stay blue!
Posted by: celeste | November 01, 2008 at 09:44 PM
Miranda is so pretty.
yay Glen! how interesting--i did not know that oregon, or any state really, was exclusively vote by mail.
your projects are lovely. happy November!
Posted by: tricia | November 02, 2008 at 07:46 AM