Snow Day

I'm going through a really boring phase here. So I'm trotting out the weather to entertain you. Because finally, we had some weather. Elizabeth was on Twitter showing off her snow photo yesterday. I didn't get to see any snow in my backyard, which was a huge disappointment. So I went looking around a bit to see what was out there.
I wasn't the only one looking to take some pictures of snow. Looks like these folks were too.. lets hope they didn't tweet and drive.

And then I came home and finished up this little project. See what I mean? Not even the same kind of shelf.. but I still like how it turned out.

I'm featuring my Cath Kidston soap, which I ordered just for the box. I can't use products with fragrance, so I gave the soap away. My mom will like the soap, and, well, I'll enjoy the box. Also seen here is my little Martha Stewart Ornament, the chair. Seriously, it's a close as I'll ever get to the darling one that Alicia has. (you'll need to scroll a bit) I am all about the copycat.

OMG She is so smart.

You must MUST go here.
Could Monica be any funnier? I think not.
Now I need to use my super powers to think of something to blog about tomorrow.
Activated.

Crazy Good.

Seriously, this is the kind of Christmas spirit I wish I could harness. Check it out. Could that be any cuter?

Oh and what about this?

Happy weekending peeps. xo

Oh Dolly!

Or is it Oh Holly? What I do know is she's done it again! Dolly Dresses 2 and 3 are my favorites from Quilt Market. I may have mentioned it.. I'm not sure. Anyway starting today Holly will be featuring some of our favorite people. Hop on over to her blog and check it out. I'm going to go hug my Dolly Dresses book. And you know what's cool? You can print your own PDF of all the fabrics so you can get your shopping list in order. And seriously, can't wait to see what people are doing with that panel!!!

Now to wait till spring to get my hands on the fabric, that' s going to be rough. Have a good weekend peeps!

Wednesday

So peeps what are you up to? I seem to be busy all day but accomplishing very little. Yesterday I went to Michael's and to a couple of Joanns. Why is always so crowded? Is there a good time to go? If there is I don't know when. Didn't find the small dark pink pom poms, the trim kind. How can I go about copying Elizabeth if I don't have dark pink pom pom trim?

I love this shelf. Of course in my mind I was thinking it was a totally different shape so what exactly was I thinking??? Anyway, my shelf needs some pink pom poms.

I just love close up shots because they don't reveal the fact that my sewing table is a mess.

Cute huh?



Went to Elizabeth's yesterday, her house is looking wonderful. She's working on the second tree. I can't wait for her to share some photos. I love looking at Christmas decorations.

Ok, what shall I do today? You guys have a good day. xo

Cheery

So yesterday Elizabeth and I finally got out on a little road trip. Our friend Becky had written all about a new antiques store in Turlock and we decided to go check it out. We haven't been getting out and about like we have in the past. Weird. Elizabeth enjoyed the shopping and also the Chipotle lunch. I'm not going to lie, I loved it too! But ha, she didn't have her camera and I did. Before she knew I was going to take her picture she brought me this darling little snow girl.

It looks like my Christmas decorations are coming together here in the sewing room.

Happy Day my sweet peeps! xo

December

Good morning my sweet little peeps, how are you? Is your tree up? I know so many people have been working on their Christmas decorations already. I did pick up a couple of red cyclamen for the front porch pots but that's about as far as I've gone with the decorations. I'm working on the mood though, as you can see.

I checked into what I was up to last year on December first.. I was over at Elizabeth's and we were working on our Sweet Simple Scarf Sets. And she had cookies. Too bad Nick isn't there to make more. Because cookies=Christmas Spirit I believe.

You can still download that PDF, there are a lot of cute scarf sets out there just begging to be fixed up. Of course you can download my Come Around for Coffee pattern as well. It would be cute in some Christmas fabric.

Or like me, you can just drink some coffee, there's still 24 days to go.

Good Morning!

Good grief peoples, it seems like forever since I sat down here at the blog. How goes it with you guys? All that Christmas talk for the past two weeks has me all mixed up, it's still November right?

So I was totally thinking about all the crafts people mentioned during the blog hop. Amy mentioned the TV Guide folding, that's how I know she's much younger than I, we were folding Reader's Digest back in the day. Pat mentioned that on her blog, which cracked me up. It was crazy fun just thinking about stuff I hadn't thought of in years.

Of course I had to go looking to see if I could find some kind of picture of the fish. The internet is amazing because it took like a minute to find that. But here you go, a Sweetheart Soap fish.


I've been sewing of course. Not a lot. Remembering stuff takes a lot of time. I found some of the holiday Junior Mints. That makes me thing of Sharon.

Ok, I'm trying to get back in the groove. Tell me what's new peeps! xo

Happy Thanksgiving Peoples!

Hope you have a great day. xop

This Picture Has a Story

Back in the middle of the hop, my bloggy friend Jen.e tagged me for a cute little photo meme. I adapted the rules for my own photo library, and came up with these two shots.

These came from a day with Frankie. We had gone for lunch at Toasties and then went to the cemetery to see the deer, then drove along the beach, toooooo cold to get out of the car!

Tag. you're it! Let me know and I'll come check out your photos too!

here are the rules:
*open your first photo folder
*scroll down to the 10th picture
(if you don't have 10 in that one, then go to the next folder that does)
*post that photo and the story behind that photo on your blog
*tag 5 friends to do the same

Winners!

Get a load of all those prizes!! Gudrun announced the winners over at her blog! Congratulations to Thea, Arlette and What Comes Next! There's still another chance to win a prize if you post a picture of your finished blog hop project on the Flickr site. You will have until Tuesday December 1st to upload your photos. We will then draw a name of one lucky person to receive some goodies. Instructions on how to upload a photo are on the Flickr page. This gives you an extra week to get some of these finished and snap a photo.

Thanks again everybody!

Back At It.

Good morning peeps! It's a regular Christmas-free Monday around here! Whoo hooo! Because seriously, I'm so over Christmas. This week will be focused on getting ready for Thanksgiving around here. You know, during the day, not on the blog. I have no heartwarming Thanksgiving stories, that I can think of anyway. Plenty of stuff to be thankful for, but you know, stories.. not so much. I was looking through all my photos from the past couple of weeks thinking I'd have tons to talk about from regular life, but turns out, the two things I have are Frankie's birthday and my ironing board cover.

One exciting and fun, and one not so much.

Tomorrow if all goes well we'll be revealing the winners over on Gudrun's blog. I can't thank you guys enough for the wonderful turn out on the blog hop!

p.s. check out the flickr pool, you guys have been busy!

Crafty goodness

Today is about Christmas crafting. .. its been a while since Frankie and I did some crafts, I think this is the last one we did together.. that I can remember anyway. Inspired by Alicia's pompoms and some Japanese craft books. Its a fun project, very happy and colorful. Alicia references this tutorial, over at Kiddley. Perfect for young and old. And even grinches.

I wonder where my mom got all her great craft ideas when we were growing up, you know, without the internet! Was there some secret mom underground where the instructions for soap fish were passed around? You know, those oval shaped bars with matching tulle over them to make a big fishy tail, sequins glued on. The little pearl headed pins we used for them to stand on? Any one? sound familiar? I know other people made the mosaic ashtrays, I've seen those in antique stores. I think those were kits. Leather laced wallets? Embossed Copper? WOODBURNING????

Ok, well that's enough of that. I guess we'll end this holiday blog hop on that slightly scary note!!

Today is Linda's day!! I know she' s cooking up something good for us. Check it out.

So hoppers, thanks for coming by and listening to my crazy Christmas stories. I hadn't thought of so many of them in ages. Gudrun will be tallying up the comments and announcing the winner in a couple of days, so stay tuned.

And starting Monday, back to our regularly scheduled program. Yikes, it's almost Thanksgiving! Thanks again everyone. You guys are the greatest. xo

Favorite Christmas Quilt

Good morning peeps! First off a special good morning to my sweet little Frankie, today she turns 22!! I'm so proud of her and love her so much. Happy Birthday!!

Now back to our regularly schedule day of the Cross Country Blog hop. Tomorrow is the last day, make sure you've made your comments on everyone's special day so you can be entered into the big drawing. It's Roseann's day and get out the Kleenex, I know she' s going to be tugging at our heartstrings again today.

Today's topic is about our favorite Christmas quilts. R is for Rose isn't a Christmas pattern, but when I saw this wonderful border print from a 3 Sisters Christmas line a few years back I knew it would be perfect. Elizabeth helped me out doing the embroidery, she didn't like my puffy paint idea (just kidding).

Ok, I think there' s just one more day to hop. Good thing, I need to go get a turkey. xop