I hope everyone had a good Father's Day - did you all do something nice for the father/husband/brother in your life? I made my man lasagne (his favorite) for dinner and tried to let him take a nice nap but the kids kept escaping upstairs to jump on the bed and spill red popsicle juice on our quilt while I was trying to frost the chocolate cake and do all the dishes = Daddy didn't rest too well. Umm, Happy Father's Day honey! Thanks for being such a good sport.
In case you're wondering, no, I did not make this brightly colored apron for my husband as a Father's Day gift. I made it for him "just because."
And if you believe that, you don't know Steve AT ALL. There's no way he would ever be caught dead in such an outrageously designed apron. In fact, he balked at the aqua colored polo shirt I gave him for Father's Day. I don't think I'm ever going to get him to wear it (I've been trying to get him to branch out a little in his wardrobe colors) so I should probably just return the thing. ;-)
ANYWAY, I made this apron for my friend's daughter's kitchen-themed bridal shower. The one who is having a reception in town in a couple of weeks and I'm the one doing all the decorations for it...ack! Gotta get going on that very soon - with all the other events lately this wedding has totally snuck (sneaked?) up on me. It's going to be great (I hope) - can't wait to show you the pics.
So I made this apron with the techniques I showed you in the Reversible Cafe Apron tutorial (click on it in my sidebar under the tutorials category). The fabric is a punchy mix of Sandi Henderson's Farmer's Market, Michael Miller's Dandy Damask, and Amy Butler's Midwest Modern. The girl I made it for likes brights so that's what she got!
I also made an apron for her husband-to-be, because he likes to be in the kitchen too, but I didn't get a picture of that one. It's not as exciting as this one - no color explosion on his. Since I don't know the guy I figured I'd play it safe and stick with greens and blues .
We took my mom, who has been visiting with us for awhile, to the DC Temple this afternoon. It was a beautiful day, and we all enjoyed walking around, absorbing the magnificent views.
There was a puff of a cloud floating by just as I was photographing the grand spires. Perfect timing.
I spotted a cluster of lovely pink callas tucked away in the corner of the landscaping that I had to photograph, because as you probably already know I adore calla lilies.
I promise I didn't manipulate or stage this composition in any way - these two callas just happened to be growing like this, in an almost mirror-image arrangement.
Such delicate and elegant beauty, full of warmth and glowing with life. As I've said so many times before, God is the ultimate designer and artist. The infinite variety and astounding complexity of design in the natural world is as inspiring to me as it is intrigueing.
As Goethe put it, "Nature is the living, visible garment of God."
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