Adorable Dress

Today I'm taking a break from the quilt piecing I've been doing.  Even though I'd like to keep plugging along with the BOM (block of the month) that I've been working on, I'm finally at a point that I can take a break and do something else.  This dress has been impatiently calling to me from the shelf in my sewing room.  It's the Georgia Dress by Cottage Mama. 

I should have been working on it yesterday, but I did this instead:

Of course this is the entry hall in my house before the baskets of shoes, helmets, work bags, and church bag are shoved under and around the bench.  I LOVE it!  I bought the bench off Craigslist around a year ago, and FINALLY repainted it!  Can you guess what my favorite color is?



I woke up this morning to the sweetest email from Papa Bear.  17 years ago we went on our first date, which came so close to NOT happening.  First, the movie was miraculously still playing after being in the theater forever (The Saint.)  Then, he was late showing up due to road work and I had just restarted the car and was leaving the parking lot.  I wouldn't have given him another chance.  Ok, well... he was hot... I probably would have.  So in his email this morning he sent a picture of a gift that I will have to wait for until he comes back from a work trip.  He took a picture of it with the hotel stationary behind it so I'd know it was real.

Isn't it pretty!  To explain the charms, I love butterflies, we were married on St. Patricks day, and the heart is for today (and maybe because of my favorite color?) 

Ok, time for me to get the kids to the Free Summer Movie, and then back to my little dress!  Have a marvelous day!