A few weeks ago we headed up to Sedona to check out the fall foliage. It was beautiful!

We had a nice afternoon hiking around the canyon and then spent the evening walking through dowtown Sedona. Just a fun quick getaway!

Wow, can I say that I was shocked at all the comments I got from the last post about my Craft Closet? I had no idea! I seriously got more comments on that post than when I announced I was getting married.... We must all take our crafting pretty seriously!

Since there were a lot of questions asked regarding where I got my stuff, I figured it would be easiest to post it all, so here we go!

Where did I get this fabric?

That is not a simple answer. This fabric is all from Joel Dewberry's Ginseng Line. I bought all of it online, but from various sources. I usually look at websites like quilthome.com, fabric.com and fatquartershop.com to figure out what fabric I want. And then I hunt the web for the best deals. In this case, I bought most of it from an Ebay seller. This particular fabric is homedecor fabric so its a little heavier and wider than normal.... which is the next question - what am I making??? And I am not going to tell, you'll have to wait and see when it is done! HA!

The Magnet board is from IKEA and man is it strong!

These magnetic jars with dividers are from Michaels (use a Coupon!)

Super strong magnets from IKEA

These holders are also from IKEA.

Where did I get the ribbon holder?

I got it at Michaels (use a Coupon or wait for them to go on sale for 40-50% off -it happens often!). I think it was around $15 or less. The only bummer is that the rods don't fit most of my ribbons. But I just bought a couple of cheap dowels, may not be as cute, but I really don't care!

Here are some more highlights from the closet:

This paper holder, divider thing is also from Michaels, again used a 50% coupon and it was definitely under $20.

This might be my favorite thing of all. This sweater hanger thingy I got at Burlington coat factory for around$8! Its so aweseme - not only does it have the dividers in the main body that I can use for fabric, projects and other stuff... But the backs and the sides have all these great pockets, so everything I ever need is right in reach! LOVE IT!

I used some magazine holders (from IKEA) to put 8 1/2 x 11 paper in as well as magazines of course! And a big plastic paper holder from Michaels for my 12x12 paper.

The table is from Costco and it measures 4 ft x 2ft. Its perfect! I love having it there, its not really big enough to sew on, but its perfect when I need to whip up something quick for Young Womens, or a birthday card or some other random craft I come up with!

Yards of deliciousness!

I received these goodies in the mail today and I am so giddy! Can't wait to begin sewing away on all these yards and yards of delicious fabric!

On another, slightly related bit of excitement, My "craft closet" is ready for use! Yeah! Adam bought my table and got the magnet board and ribbon holder up for me yesterday!

Its already been in full use and I LOVE it! The best part? I can close the doors and hide it all away!

Craft on!

When friends come to town..

You grind bean in rocks....

and play with butterflies...

and make pies....

and sew up cute things...
see told you cute!
And then you eat at In and Out cause your friend has never been there...

Yep that pretty much sums it up! OK, well except the part where we also HAD to have Mafa Chicken (aka cold chicken... um most of you probably have no clue so moving on).... and we HAD to eat at Rosas (sensing a food theme here?) ... Oh and HAD to go to a girly move - Julie and Julia (again with the food theme, what the heck? Is that all we do!... Come to think of it, even the picture Adam made us take at the Botanical gardens was of us grinding beans.... good grief!) At least we managed to get a run in Saturday morning. Thanks for a fun "food filled" weekend Mary!

Oregon Coast

Last week Adam and I spent the week on the Oregon Coast with my parents. It was a WONDERFUL getaway, and much needed! It was very relaxing and we had a great time. Here are some highlights:

We flew into Eugene and stayed the night there and had my parents pick us up on the way in the morning. Our room was of course very nice. Adam still has Diamond, or Platinum or whatever status with Hilton, so we almost always get upgraded. That night was no exception. They put us in a Suite on one of the floors that you have to use your key to get access to. I had no idea that these "special" floors have complimentary snacks at night and breakfast in the morning! Here's the view from the Hotel where you can see University of Oregon Stadium in the background. Adam had never been to Eugene, so in the morning we took a walk to the campus while we waited for my parents.

One of our activities was going to the Aquarium in Eugene. It was raining that morning so I didn't even try to get any pictures outside and most of the inside is too dark for pictures. However, Adam did find his way into the divers helmet! Scary!

We rented a beach house that was less than a quarter mile from the beach. We had a view from our house to the beach (I don't know why I never took a picture! Maybe it was because the view was partially blocked by the Casino! HAHA!). If you ever want to take a trip to the Oregon Coast, I highly recommend the beach houses. The price was great and we actually could have had several more people staying there. Ours was two stories, three bedrooms, hot tub, full kitchen and it also had a foosball table and air hockey in the garage. One of the great things was right out our back doors there were tons of blackberry bushes so one morning we picked a bunch and had blackberry pancakes with blackberry syrup. YUM!!!!

One of my favorite things (besides the beach of course) to do on the Oregon Coast is to go to the Tillamoock Cheese Factory! LOVE IT! You get samples of all sorts of cheeses, I think we had cheese curds, mozzarella, pepperjack, some jalapeno spread, horseradish something or other and my favorite, extra sharp white Cheddar. YUMM! And you can't go to the cheese factory without getting ice cream! Each of us got a sampler so we tried lots of flavors, I think my favorite of all time is Chocolate Peanut Butter, its soooo tasty! Here Adam and I play the farmer and the Cow.. I had to be the Cow since he is tall...

I love how the Oregon Coast is so different from the typical beaches people think of. Its so neat to be able to be on the beach on minute and in the forest the next. Our beach house attracted several woodland creatures. We came home from a walk on the beach one night and found these guys waiting for us:

But perhaps the most fun were these guys we found on our back porch one night. My mom kept saying how she wanted to see a raccoon, and sure enough they showed up!

It started with just one that my dad fed a bag of popcorn, he even tried to open the door and come in! He momentarily left but brought back 4 of his friends! We fed them our leftovers since we were leaving the next day... I am pretty sure we probably shouldn't have done that!
Hopefully the next guests at the house will enjoy them too.

On our way back from Tillamoock, Adam saw a sign for some waterfalls, so we followed the sign down a road, not knowing how far we would have to go or what we would see when we got there. Turns out it was worth it! We found these pretty falls, they weren't particularly large, but they were pretty and it was nice to get in a little hike.

My mom and I in the woods by the falls, turns out its the only good picture I have of my mom from the whole trip! And sadly all the ones of my dad are super blurry.

Do you think Adam would actually follow the directions of this sign?

NOPE

And of course we spend plenty of time doing this:

Enjoying the beach. This was the first night we arrived. It had rained on our drive up but stopped when we got there. I was so excited to have blue skies and nice weather. If you have ever been to the Oregon Coast, you know your lucky to get clear skies! But it didn't stop that night. The ENTIRE next day was clear. No clouds at all and highs in the 70's! There wasn't even any wind! I was able to go for a run on the beach in the morning which was awesome and we even had fun playing in the water.

This is a picture of my parents and Adam seeing if they could make it out to a rock before the tide came in... I think they eventually got there!

See that NO CLOUDS!!!! AMAZING!!!!

Thanks for a great trip Mom and Papa! We had a wonderful time!