{"id":758,"date":"2015-02-13T11:58:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T18:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/?p=758"},"modified":"2015-08-14T10:11:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T17:11:18","slug":"happiness-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/happiness-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

My weekends have been a blur this year and I’ve spent much of my time being wonderfully creative: One retreat spent figuring out whether digital photo album design is my direction, another, helping friends bottle a barrel of wine. \"2015HappyBottling\"<\/a>
\nHowever, last weekend, I created stuff!<\/p>\n

My client requested colorful cards for her annual birthday set. I designed them with a thoughtful stamp and silk flowers. My process was to cut the paper and stamp, then coordinate flowers and assemble, finishing with a blingy brad for sparkle. By the time I’d finished 50, I had a vibrant garden on my desk!
\n\"2015HappyBdayCard\"<\/a> \"2015HappyBdayCards\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Next up: sewing!
\nAt a workshop<\/a> with Joe the quilter last year, learned a fun technique for assembling 6″ blocks. I zipped together a bunch of them, but didn’t make the second cut and promptly set them aside. Fast forward…<\/p>\n

When I pulled it out again, I realized that there really wasn’t much fabric left and I should just make as many blocks as I could. Below, I have the 5″, 4″, 2″ and 1″ strips waiting along the left side while chain piecing the 3″ pairs. \"2015HappinessBlocks\"<\/a>I totally forgot about making another round of ‘block strips’ and cutting again. Oh well, I’ll blame that on hot-from-the-oven brownies! \ud83d\ude09\"2015HappinessSetup\"<\/a>
\nOnce I began assembling this quilt, I liked the fact that only the corners had to match up. It took me a little time to double check, but I think it looks fun. Like minty, purple ice cream!\"2015HappinessLayout\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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