Pinterest

So a few months ago, I started using pinterest. It's been really fun and I get hooked easily. I'm trying to be good and actually DO some of the things that I pin on my boards, so it's not completely wasted time. For example, I found this quote: 

Then yesterday, I found it again while planning out my wall for my kids' photos in my front room. We've added one more little one since I had done the wall and so poor little Chubby Bubby (as he will hence be known on the blog) wasn't represented. It was time to rectify that. So, inspired by this quote, we came up with this: 

I'm really happy with it (although I will be getting poster putty to hold the DANG cheap picture frames level! They drive me CRAZY!) and so glad I had pinterest to reference. 

HOWEVER, there is one thing that bugs me about pinterest. (And based on conversations I've had, it bugs other people too.) It's etiquette, really. It's just a way to be nice that people are missing out on, and maybe it's just that they don't know better. BUT, here's the thing: when you pin something, CLICK THE LINK FIRST! If you've been looking at a whole category on a blog and then pin from that spot, you're linking everyone back to a WHOLE category, which will expand over time. On the other hand, if you click the post that your idea is featured in, every time someone clicks on that pin, it'll take them to the idea you meant! It'll make people SO much happier when they click on your pin, I promise. 

Giveaway

Check out this giveaway over at Our Family Treat. It's a gorgeous necklace from Of the Earth Jewelry and you get your choice of colors! Hooray!

Finished Project

So I finished that blanket for my little one, who was born March 10th.  He's a pretty adorable guy and we love him a ton, but he keeps us seriously busy, so projects have been slowed down yet again at our house.  I've been getting caught up in Pinterest though, and trying to actually follow through on some of the things that I pin. Enter: The Great Pinterest Challenge. I entered my quilt for Eli (or Chubby Bubby as he shall be known on the blog from now on!) in the sewing contest and the Olive Garden breadsticks I made in the recipe contest.  (And WOW! Those breadsticks were AMAZING! SO good!)  Anyway, I need help with the contest. If you're on facebook, PLEASE go "like" HoneyBear Lane and vote on my All Star Quilt in this album. *You have to like HoneyBear Lane first or the vote won't count. Also, commenting doesn't get me any extra votes, but I'd still love to hear what you all think! ;)*  THEN go to Topsy Turvy and vote on my breadsticks in this album. Voting ends Friday night at midnight. Thanks in advance for everyone who votes for me!  I appreciate it SO much!

Finished part 1 of the project!

Well, I've never done a quilt top before.  But I fell in love with this quilt over at Sew Dang Cute and when I found out I was having a boy, I had to go for it.  With a month to go (tomorrow! Yay!) and finding out that I'm already dilated (which I've never been this early with any of the other three!) it scared me into action. So I started applique-ing like mad yesterday, and got the quilt top finished today.  I'm so excited about it!  It's not perfect by any means, but it could have gone much worse for sure.

*Sorry for the bad angle!*

I'm looking at places right now where I can take it to get it professionally quilted.  I'll be using the Warm & White cotton batting, which is also a first for me. I normally use the polyester stuff, but I wanted this to not be quite so fluffy, but still warm.  Hopefully the quilting will be done in the next week or so, so that I can sort of relax about it before he shows up.

Tomorrow I'll be working on a rag quilt for him too, which is also a first, so hopefully that will go well.  I got it all cut out tonight and decided how I want it to look.  Since he'll (hopefully!) be a March baby, I didn't want it to be overly warm, so I'm not using batting at all in this one.  I'm excited about all of these projects and actually being able (and remembering) to post them. So thanks for checking it out!

Toni's giving away Chocolate!

So, Toni over at Bowl Full of Lemons is teaming up with Beth to give away a basket of stuff from Dove Chocolate Discoveries!  Go check it out over there to see what is in it.  It looks so yummy (especially since I'm in the final 4 week countdown to the end of the gestational diabetes!).  Go leave a comment and enter!