Getting wordy [Thursday Think Tank]

Anyone else ever heard of wordle.net?  It makes these cool word clouds using your choice of words, a link, or a username.  I made this cloud using the making rebecca lynne link.  Pretty cool right?  I love how it has QUILT so huge and Thursday Think Tank is in there too.

I have to thank my mom for introducing me to this.  She was trying to figure out how to generate a word cloud and I stumbled upon wordle.net as I looked for her.  The more I thought about it the more I think that it would be cool to use words that remind me of each of my girls.  Make them a unique word cloud.  Print it out on fabric and make a pillow or something personalized for them.  Not a shabby idea is it...  Oooh or a personalized birthday card for someone - it would make a great card cover for a close friend.  You can change the colors, the layout, the font so there are a lot of options!

Worried about whether you are "allowed" to use your wordle results?  Check this out from wordle.net's FAQ:

"May I use my Wordles for...

Yes.

The images you create with Wordle are yours to use in any way you choose. You may print T-Shirts, business cards, brochures, what have you. On the other hand, when you place an image in the gallery, anyone else can use it too! So if you want to keep it to yourself, print it out without saving it.

Keep in mind that if you save a Wordle to the public Gallery, then you can't control how other people use it.

If you want to give credit to wordle.net, feel free! But it's not required."

Soooo....get wordle-ing.  If you guys make a word cloud let me know - I'd love to see your results...

- rebecca lynne

Feel free to rattle off anything that has been brewing in your creative heads.  It can be anything, quilting, home improvement, fashion, crafting, DIY gifts, cooking...whatever you have recently thought "hmmm, you know what I should create" is perfectly appropriate for the Think Tank.  Have a blog?  Grab the Thursday Think Tank button displayed on the right.  
Thanks to everyone who linked up last week.  Just a small request: Please remember to Add a Link to Thursday Think Tank in your Blog Post - that way the other people in the Linky Party are being shared with your readers!  Thank you!

Kate Spain Fandango for the Stale Stash Swap [Thursday Think Tank]

I've been thinking a lot...maybe a little too much.  Work has been pretty overwhelming/frustrating/taxing as of late.  So, instead of stressing too much about it I'd rather turn to more pleasant things like...

Whew hew!  It is here!

I missed out on Lucy's last swap [seriously :( because it was such a great idea] so I will be D$%N#! if I miss out on this one.

What Fat Quarter am I offering?

Kate Spain's Talavera Ole in Orange from her Fandango Collection

Rather than worry about whether the lighting on my camera portrays accurate coloring I am going with a web version.  It looks exactly the same!

What am I looking for?  Hmmm,  nothing specific, but my favorites are Anna Maria Horner and all things Japanese Print.  Also, I am collecting neutrals (taupes, grays, beige) right now too...

So how about you guys?  Check out the Stale Stash Swap and let me know what you are Thursday Thinking this week!

- rebecca lynne

Feel free to rattle off anything that has been brewing in your creative heads.  It can be anything, quilting, home improvement, fashion, crafting, DIY gifts, cooking...whatever you have recently thought "hmmm, you know what I should create" is perfectly appropriate for the Think Tank.  Have a blog?  Grab the Thursday Think Tank button displayed on the right.  
Thanks to everyone who linked up last week.  Just a small request: Please remember to Add a Link to Thursday Think Tank in your Blog Post - that way the other people in the Linky Party are being shared with your readers!  Thank you!

TTT Frustration

I've been so swamped at work that I prepared a draft post for today ahead of time. Unfortunately my Internet access at work won't allow me to access Blogger. Grrrr... I'm on my phone (thank goodness for smartphones!) but Blogger's editing board won't let me publish my drafted post via my phone. Sigh. Foiled again. Stay tuned for this evening when I get TTT up and running again. Hope you are all brainstorming in the meantime! - rebecca lynne

Weekend Planning [Thursday Think Tank]

This weekend I'm flying SOLO.  Well, Portia will be with me but otherwise this Mama is having a do whatever you want weekend.  So of course I have been over thinking exactly what it is I am going to do!

The food I plan on eating without curious nibblers...

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sleeping late in a Bed to Myself - well, me and my growing tummy...

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Potential Weekend To Dos...

- Quilt for Baby R

- Quilt for Baby B & G

- Sappy "bad girly" movies

- Prep for the Mr's Birthday

- Pay state sales taxes for Lush Cluster (bleh)

- Crayon Suitcase, maybe prep tutorial?

What about you.  What are you think tanking these days???

Feel free to rattle off anything that has been brewing in your creative heads.  It can be anything, quilting, home improvement, fashion, crafting, DIY gifts, cooking...whatever you have recently thought "hmmm, you know what I should create" is perfectly appropriate for the Think Tank.  Have a blog?  Grab the Thursday Think Tank button displayed on the right.  
Thanks to everyone who linked up last week.  Just a small request: Please remember to Add a Link to Thursday Think Tank in your Blog Post - that way the other people in the Linky Party are being shared with your readers!  Thank you!
- rebecca lynne

Still making baby...this time a boy quilt...

No, we still don't know whether we are having a boy or a girl (but, let's face it, chances are it is a girl, grin).  Nevertheless, as I said here, when it comes to a personalized baby quilt I am making one for each gender just in case.  You can see my "girl quilt" here and the "boy quilt" is below!

[Excuse the slight creases in the quilt.  I folded it up before our guests came and well, I wasn't going to dig out the iron again.  I know - LAZY.]

Boy Quilt

Unlike the "girl quilt" I didn't plan this one out at all.  As some of you know, I always buy all my fabric from shops online and in this case I bought from different collections and different shops.  So, to coordinate my fabric I used my usual computer layout method to match up the designs and colors but I didn't work on a layout...I totally winged it.  There came a point at the end where I was completely stuck and the Mr. stepped in and helped me get over my issues.  I literally made this in a few hours Saturday afternoon...and still had time to clean the house and cook dinner for guests.  Um, I'm gonna say it, amazing.

Fabrics:

Sheep Park (Laurie Wisbrun)

Ta Dot - lime and teal (Michael Miller)

Wooden Horses Royal (Michael Miller)

Chick Chick - the lime dots, blue dots, and the chicks themselves (Robert Kaufman)

Blue Solid and Dots from the Maman collection (Anne Marie Murphy for Cloud 9)

When I thought about it later I realized that if I do have a boy that is kind of how things are going to go.  I really planned things out with both of my girls...but when it comes to a boy I have no idea!  So honestly, like this quilt design, I will be winging it.  Winging it or not, I really do love it.  It is better than I expected and every time I look at it I find new things I adore about it.  Simple, fun, a tad loud, easy-going but still interesting - just how I'd imagine a little boy raised by me and the Mr. to be.

Chick Chick, Ta Dot, and the Dots from La Maman

The Sheep that started it all the those horses...L-O-V-E

This fabric FEELS amazing.  It is So Soft.

Miss E saw her Daddy taking all the please hold the quilt for me while I take photos glory and begged to be included.  She got so caught up in doing in a good job that she didn't smile until I reminded her to smile and look like she liked the quilt.  This face was her compromise to that request below:

Vana White - the Next Generation

I plan on backing this with the Sheep Park - I contemplated the Wooden Horses but I have a green theme going on at the moment.  Before then I will be starting two more baby quilt tops this week for a friend of mine who is having twins.  I think I shall have plenty of scraps and am thinking of gifting them away so do stay tuned as that will probably happen over the next week or two.

I hope you all had as productive a weekend as I did!  Get anything finished?  I'd love to see...  

- rebecca lynne