A Trip Back Home {montana landscape photos}

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The drive from Missoula to my hometown is beautiful.  The Blackfoot River is one reason.  I rafted this river many times when I was young.  

The Blackfoot

This was probably my favorite shot from the trip.  This tree was just outside Paws Up ranch and caught my eye from the road. 

The Tree

Today...

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They came today....  

My prints that is!  My black frames have been hanging on my wall for nearly a week waiting for the prints to fill them.  

Here is just one sneak-peek of a frame I used to match my colorful thread.  I love how colorful this spot is in my sewing room.  I have a bookshelf below that I am considering painting red.  What do you think?

My new project......

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I have been busy...  Not only do I keep up with 5 kids, homeschool, clean the house, cook the meals...  but I also have a sewing business.  Since last summer I have my own office/sewing room.  Jesse picked the paint color, "swamp-water" green.  To be honest, I have a really hard time with interior decorating.  It just isn't my gift I guess.  My fabric sat in stacks on white plastic shelving, while my custom built sewing table and cupboards were in the middle of a sea of fabric.  Once I get going, it is really hard to stay organized and clean.  It probably has something to do with too many ideas, not enough time to sew them all. So this past week, I have had inspiration.  I got a new dresser for all my fabric.  My sister-in-law got this dresser  from the garbage.  It was a hideous bright red.  She spent hours stripping, sanding and re-staining this dresser.  It is a fabulous dresser now.  And I just got it hauled up to my sewing room!  So I rummaged through the attic and found some awesome black frames, got my pink tool set, and started hammering away hanging frames around.  And I even measured to make sure they were all even!  That is so un-me.  I never measure, always eye it.  One white plastic shelve is now gone, my fabric is nicely organized by colors in my new dresser.  I ordered all the prints for the frames, they should be in any day.  Which I am really excited about because all the pictures are from our Chile trip.  And this picture brings me to today.  I organized my thread by color!  It looked so pretty when I was finished I had to take a pic.  And it was pretty fun because I got to use Jesse's new toy:  his brand new 5D.  That was fun.  I ended taking fun ones of my toddler too.  I am excited about my newly organized sewing room.  I will post more pics after I get all my prints for the black frames.  And I have another white plastic shelve to get rid of... and a few plastic bins of fabric.  :)

The Vineyards of Central Chile

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This is a pathway just below the bungalow we stayed at the Clos Apalta Vineyard in Central Chile.  It was a beautiful experience as you can see:)

This the view of the vineyard which produces the Number 1 highest quality wine in the world according to the Wine Spectator.  It's called Clos Apalta.  We had the chance to hike these ridges where ancient Incan Indians had hand built a stone wall bordering the entire ridge.

2009 Wedding Wire Bride

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Dear Jesse, 

Congratulations! You have been chosen to receive a 2009 Bride’s Choice Award! This award recognizes vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellent quality of service, responsiveness, professionalism, value of cost and flexibility. 

Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the company, the Bride’s Choice Awards are determined exclusively by recent newlyweds through surveys and reviews. That means your past clients have spoken on your behalf and chosen you for this honor!