A finished product...

Here's a quickie on the blanket I had mentioned earlier. I said I would post pictures of the blanket I made for a friend, and here they finally are. It's a rag quilt made with flannel material.

An up close shot.

Here's a shot of the back.

Anyway, it was a fun project! Always a little time consuming, but I think that it turned out cute in the end. If you couldn't tell by the back, I was inspired by Strawberry Shortcake :)

What I've been reading lately...
So I finally have a few things to post, but a few of them require me finding the cord for the camera to hook it up to the computer. And since that hasn't happened yet I've been slow blogging. But I will give you a heads up, I have a pregnancy picture to post--for those of you who don't get to see me, you will probably a kick out it more than others. I also just finished making a baby blanket for a friend at work who is having a baby girl soon. (I actually remembered this morning that I couldn't take it to her yet since I hadn't taken a picture of it yet).
We went to a friend's house the other night and she told me she was tired of reading about BLUE, since I haven't posted anything new. She suggested I share what I am reading since I am usually reading something. So this post is going to be about what I've been reading over the last few months--here you go Jessica!
For most of you who know me this will probably come as a surprise, but I have read a few adult books in the last few months--shocker, I know. I read "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Suns" (I think that's the name of the second one). I really liked both of them! I definitely feel like I learned something about life somewhere else. Another adult book I read was "Water for Elephants"--I liked the story, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone because of the very descriptive and graphic in a few parts. And I'm not talking graphic as in gruesome, I'm saying inappropriate graphic. I only read it because it was for a book club. I did enjoy the book, but it was hard to get over some parts, and I would have rather not read those scenes (hope that makes sense).
Now on to kids books. I have always been a huge fan of Andrew Clements and have recently read 3 of his books: "No Talking," "Things Not Seen," and "Things Hoped For." I liked all 3 of them. "No Talking" was very similar to all of his books, funny entertaining, and it teaches kids something. The other two were different than most of his books. They were written for a little bit older audience (7th grade) and the stories were very detailed and creative. I especially liked those two a lot. "Things not Seen" is the first one, and "Things Hoped For" is the second. They are not based on the same story, but the first story is interwoven into the second, so I suggest reading the 1st one first.
I am currently reading "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer. I got it yesterday at Costco for $15. Not bad! So far the story has been a little confusing at first because it jumps around a lot. But that was only the first 30-40 pages, and we all know it takes a little while to get introduced to characters and get into the story. And so this morning as I was reading a little I was definitely getting into the story more. I'll have to keep you updated on how the story is coming.
Besides pregnancy books, which I'm sure all of you have already read, that's about all of the books so far. I've been trying to read Shannon Hale's new book, but our library can't find it in the library anywhere. So if she finds it, I'll read it and let you know what I think.
I guess that's it for now! Hope I didn't bore you too badly :)