Ipsy April

 April's theme was "Beauty Rocks!" And this month's bag sure did rock!

 Big Sexy Hair Root Pump volumizing spray mousse. I've only used a few times, but I love all Big Sexy Hair products.  I am missing my big sexy hair right now but have finally been able to put it back into a high ponytail!  Yep, we're gonna grow it out.  I think.  It's in that frumpy stage right now so we'll see if I can get through this.

 Dr. Brant microdermabrasion skin exfoliant.  My skin has died and gone to heaven with this stuff. The smell is good, the scrub is good, the feeling after is amazing. I was telling Dustin the week before I got this that I need a good face scrub and then VOILA! The Ipsy peeps read my mind and sent me this.  I liked it so much that I splurged and bought a full size.  It will last for a good long time and my skin will be much happier with it.

Starlooks Luscious Longwear Lip Pencil in Naked. I've never been a lip liner gal, but I like this one.  The Naked tone matches my lips well and goes with all my glosses.  It also matches perfectly with March's BareMinerals lipstick!

Urban Decay 24/7 Velvet Eyeliner in Black Velvet.  This eyeliner did not work for me.  It would not go over my eyeshadow and I don't think I could put it on before shadowing.  I have been using it if I ever do my bottom lashes or outside corners, but I'm happy to stick with my regular liquid eyeliner.

Elizabeth Mott Pop! Goes the Shadow in Champagne.  Even though I like my pigments, I really love this shadow as an inner eye highlighter.  Very happy with the eyeshadow pick for this month!

There were some great items in this month's bag! Made me very happy. :)  It's such a great deal! You can join get all this goodness for just $10 a month here!

Ipsy March

 This month's Ipsy bag was about called "Destination Beauty".  I was not a huge fan of this month's bag (which is why this has probably taken me so long to post about), and am only going to use half the products.

 This is the BareMinerals Moxie lipstick in Get Ready.  The color is pretty good, but at first I didn't feel like it had as much sheen as I usually like with my glosses.  I have come to like it more and will typically add a coat of clear/similar colored Moxie lipgloss to get the shine I like.

 Pixi flawless beauty primer.  It is supposed to be an "even skintone face primer" and "adds a youthful glow".  I haven't noticed it doing anything for my skin tone, and it would add that youthful glow if you wore it alone, but once you cover it with a foundation, the "glow" is gone, which I'm okay with as I felt it just makes me look shiny.  I do use this as a primer, but I wouldn't switch my BB cream or regular primer for this brand.  But hey, at least I'm using it. :)

 Be a Bombshell eyeshadow quad in Bora Bora.  I don't even know what to say about this one.  I like the colors? But as I was testing them on my hand, I found that I have EXACTLY the same colors in pigment form, which I like better:

The right side is BAM Bora Bora, the left side are my pigments- a blue-turns-gold BareMinerals, Perky from Hot Mess, Beyonce Brown from Hot Mess, and Peaches and Cream from Hot Mess.  I like the Hot Mess hues better, and the pigment form better... so this quad went to a friend.

 Nicole by OPI nailpolish in On What Grounds.  I like this color.  I think it's a super pretty blue.  But this is a textured nail polish and the thought of texture on my nails weirds me out.  I haven't tried it yet and don't know if I will.  Anyone's birthday coming up that would like this? :)

 The March Ipsy bag by some designer in San Fran or something... meh.  I wasn't impressed.  but it currently holds all my lipglosses very nicely.  :)
I know this hasn't been a raving review, but hey, for only $10 a month I don't expect to love everything I get.  Still worth it. :)
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Quilts, Quilts, Quilts!

This book is what started it all from my quilting class

I haven't posted any quilt pics in a while.  Not since this one featuring my first quilt ever or this one showing off the first chevron I made, which turned out super adorable.  But those were in 2012.  Which means I'm due for a serious update!

Most of my quilts are still works in progress.  I think I need to get to work finishing them before we pack everything up!

This lil slugger quilt is for a future baby boy.  Back in 2012 we had a bit of an obsession with buying all baby things that were baseball or cupcake related.  And now they are all stored in a tote waiting for a miracle (maybe by the time I'm 30, eh?).  Still needs quilting and binding and I think I will make that my next project.

 

 The original plan for Audrey's quilt was to be a yellow and gray chevron.  I got the fabric and started cutting it out. Then I realized that the pieces were kinda small and would therefore take FOREVER to make a decent sized baby quilt.  So I set that stash aside and started new making the pink/green/white one. 

 After falling in love with that quilt, I needed to finish the yellow and gray one I had started.  And I also LOVE this quilt.  I sent it to Rae Anna (a stampin up card club friend) in Salem and she did the beautiful quilting on this.  I still need to bind it.

This next quilt came from a strip cuddle set I picked up in Salem and once I put it together, I didn't love it so much. It was super quick and easy, but I still need to bind it (can you tell that binding is not my favorite?) and then find someone to give it away to/sell to.  Any takers?

Next came this quilt for Kendra's baby Kinsey.  Her nursery is a princess/butterfly theme and I thought it turned out pretty cute.  I formulated the pattern on my own by combining a few others I liked.  Quilting again is by Rae Anna, also the binding.

 

My snowmaggedon quilt is still a work in progress, not fully pieced.  This is one where I was super excited about the fabrics but then didn't like what I did with them.  Kinda makes me sad because they had such potential! You live and you learn. 

The latest quilt is for Dallin and Becky's baby boy coming in August. I call this one Rex named after what I call their baby (and Dallin's love of dinosaurs in his youth). :)  It will be sent to Rae Anna this month for a cute dino quilting pattern and then I will bind it and have it ready for a baby shower in July!

Other projects I'm excited about:
A quilt for my sister coming home from Japan in July featuring a Japanese "porkypine" print:

Another strip cuddle quilt, this time with fabrics I picked out myself and LOVE:

I haven't bought the fabric yet, but friends Sarah and Tyler are having a baby this summer too so I need to get crackin' on their quilt.

I'd love to make another chevron quilt, this time trying a different kind of pattern without the triangles.  So many projects to work on and so little free time!