The One with the Quilt

And the new winner for prettiest present ever.  Mom totally spoiled me for Christmas this year!  Don't worry siblings, you'll get your turn :)  It was a fluke that I reaped the benefits of Mom's new sewing machine first.  And the quilting class.

About a week after we got home from Christmas we got a good sized box in the mail.  Of course I thought it was just something Justin ordered off eBay but my name was on it!  Yay!  Who doesn't love mail, especially packages?  I opened it up right then and cried.  Again.  For our wedding Mom found some beautiful damask fabric online and made what probably felt like 100 tablecloths.  I mentioned that it would be fun to use the scraps to make a quilt someday.  The amazing thing is I had totally forgotten I said that, but Mom didn't!  She was so sneaky and put together this beautiful bedspread.

Here are the befores:

I bought this bedspread my senior year of undergrad.  Yeah, it's getting a little old but we both like green so it has worked well so far in our marriage :)

Woops, here you can see we got a little lazy and didn't put the bed skirt back on.

I liked all the pillows that came with it...

 And the afters:

But this is so much better!!!

Look how pretty!  And detailed!!

My mom rocks!  And if you're wondering why the corner is turned out...

It says this!  How sweet :)

I love the blue and purple accents as those were our wedding flower colors.  Isn't it amazing?!!!!

The One with the Prettiest Present Ever!

So remember just a few days ago when I posted about Mom's birthday and how amazing she is?  This is why.

When we got home from school yesterday there was a big box on our doorstep.  And for once my name was on it!  Justin gets packages all the time due to his eBay habit.  Back to the topic, it was our presents from Mom and Dad and the first thing I pulled out wasn't a beautifully wrapped box, it was this gorgeous Christmas tree skirt!  What a wonderful surprise!

 Love these fabrics!!

The backside is so soft!  Someday our children will fall asleep under the tree on this :)

Just like the one we had growing up!  I almost cried I was so excited!!  You can see in this picture that we have our village under the tree right now but I actually used an old white mattress pad underneath some batting for the "snow."  We make do with what we have :)

Last year we used a Gator blanket.  I thought it only fair since there is an Arizona ornament actually on the tree.

Anyway, I am suuuuper excited to use my real, beautiful Christmas tree skirt!!

The One with the Big Birthday

Happy Birthday to Mom!!

I love my mom!! 

She is the most amazing woman in the world.

Seriously, if you want something done and you want it done right, don't do it yourself...

ask my mom!

She is ridiculously smart, organized and extremely talented.

When I grow up I want to be just like her :)