My Stitch In Time

What Have I Been Up To??

2010-02-25T00:15:00.006-05:00

Wow!! Can you believe that we are a few days away from March?? I can't! Especially since we are supposed to get yet ANOTHER winter storm. We have already had the snowiest February on record here in western PA. Now we are supposed to have another 6-12" at least. UGH!! I have had enough already!

Ahhh.....I think that I am done with my little rant there. Just had to get that off my chest. LOL!! So the last time that I posted, I promised that I would show you the rest of my sewing room with the counter top in place. So here it is. I am so pleased with it! I absolutely love it!!
The color is a little off, but it really does look fabulous. The dark brown of the counter just looks spectacular against the creamy walls. And really pops against the white cabinets.

So there you go! There is my whole sewing room! I am so pleased with it. I just love spending time in there and my kids do too. They love to come in and see what I am doing.

So what have I been working on? Well, now that my room is all done, LOTS!! And I have been loving it!! I have been doing some hand stitching, but I have also been using my sewing and embroidery machine. The first thing that I have to show you is the adorable bag and blanket for my DD's American Girl Doll, Emily.

I loved making this and my DD is in love with it. We can't go anywhere now without Emily and her bag and blanket. Tonight she asked me if I could make a matching pillow for Emily. So I guess that I will be making one of those soon.

As you can see on the picture above, Emily has her name embroidered on her blanket. I have been working on the embroidery machine and learning new things about it every time that I try it. I am in love. So DH asked if I could embroider shirts for him for the summer for our business. So here are a couple of shirts that I did for him. I don't think they turned out too badly for the first ones that I have done.

So this is just a taste of what I have been doing. But it is late and I am really tired and have an early morning tomorrow.

So until next time (and I promise that it won't be so long next time!).....Happy Stitching!!

My "New" Room

2010-01-13T02:00:00.007-05:00

I am back home from my trip to Baltimore to work at the Phi Sigma Sigma headquarters office and trying to catch up from the couple of days out. So I wanted to FINALLY show you what my "new" and almost done sewing room looks like. I say almost done because we have ordered the countertop for my one set of cabinets, but of course, it is backordered. They told us that it was scheduled to be in this Friday so keep your fingers crossed for me. And what I have found is that I REALLY miss having this extra counter space for cutting and such.

So take a look. Here is the front of my room that looks out onto our front yard, notice all the "lovely" snow. 13 straight days of snow here in Western PA.

This is looking in from our kitchen to the side that you can see in the picture above. The cabinet on the wall is FULL of all my fabrics.

Here is the cabinet that I am waiting for the counter top for. It is 6' long. Lots of room for cutting and piecing. I may even use the wall for my piecing board. We will have to see. I would like to keep everything as clean as possible. My craft room before just felt too cluttered. This feels much better.

And here is the opposite wall looking into my kitchen. My ironing board isn't going to stay there, but it just happened to be on that wall. The picture in the left of the picture was the birth sampler my grandmother made for me.

So there you have it. It's my "new" and almost done sewing room. Hope you liked my little tour!

Until next time, Happy Stitching!

Happy New Year!!!

2010-01-01T12:52:00.000-05:00

I wanted to take just a minute to wish all of my online blogging friends a Happy New Year!! May this year be filled with love and happiness and good fortune for you and yours, and of course lots of stitching time!!

Happy New Year!!

Where Does The Time Go?

2009-12-23T07:48:00.002-05:00

I don't know about the rest of you, but I am not sure where the time has gone? There is always so much to do and never enough time. Do we do this to ourselves? I would say that I do. I don't know about the rest of you. I personally can't wait until tonight. Everything has to be done. And then I am taking a few days off. But I have to run already this morning......more to do of course. Tomorrow its me and my stitching and my comfy chair!!

I hope that everyone takes a little time to slow down and relax. Enjoy the season and the people in your life. There never seems to be enough time just for that.

Until next time, Happy Stitching.

Thanksgiving Trip To Disney World

2009-12-16T19:37:00.008-05:00

We had the most wonderful time at Walt Disney World over Thanksgiving. We flew out on the Tuesday night before Thanksgiving. Wednesday it rained most of the day in Orlando. So we spent the day running from shop to shop in Downtown Disney and we went to the mall. But the rest of the time was beautiful! It was a little chilly on some of the days, but for the most part it was great!!

I thought that I would share a few of the photos of our trip. Here is DD and I at Minnie's house in the Magic Kingdom. I love this snap.
This is the kids at Epcot Center. They love to have their faces painted.
Here is DD at the Bibbibi Bobbidi Boutique at Downtown Disney. They did her hair, makeup and nails. She loves to have her "spa" days!! But then again what girl doesn't?
And her is our favorite ride......The Magic Tea Cups! Too bad Daddy doesn't like spinny rides! The kids and I think that they are the best!!
It truly is the happiest place on earth! It is one of our favorite places!!

I will post some more tomorrow! I will have snaps to share of my sewing room.

Until next time, Happy Stitching!!

Jen

How A Month Can Fly

2009-12-15T01:14:00.005-05:00

Wow! I can hardly believe that it has been a month since I have posted here!! I have been following my favorites, but haven't had a chance to post. So over the next couple of days, I will post all the news of the last month and pictures of what has been happening. And there has been quite a lot, however, not nearly as much stitching as I would like.

There have been several large things going on in our life right now. I had posted last month regarding my sewing room and the catastrophe with the radiators leaking down the wall. It is now ALMOST done. I have to hang up a few more things. And I have to get the counter top on my long cabinet, but it just isn't in yet. I am going to post pictures of that later today. I waited too long to take the pics, but it was too dark and I just couldn't get the color to come out right. So I will take them tomorrow and then post. All I can say is that it was a VERY long process, but I think it was well worth the wait! I am EXTREMELY happy with the outcome for my sewing room. It is so different.

I have been doing a great deal of training for corrections officers around our state and it has been keeping my very busy. I was supposed to have one tomorrow, however they wanted to reschedule for January and I was never so excited!! I just need a break and this was VERY welcome.

We have most of the Christmas decorations up. I have a couple more things to put up and I am going to do that tomorrow. I have been doing Christmas shopping and am just about finished. I have a couple of small things to get and then to wrap them up. This is the latest it has been in a long time for me to get things wrapped up. Usually I am done at Thanksgiving with my gift list.

I was lucky enough to take a stitching class back in the middle of November. I took a silk gauze class. I have never worked on silk gauze, but I absolutely LOVE it!! Even though I have to put on those darn little reading glasses. Just a little too small for me to see easily.

And of course I can't forget that we fit a week long visit to Disney World in there. We took the kids over Thanksgiving and had the best time!! We spent 3 days in the Magic Kingdom, one day in Hollywood Studios and one day in Epcot Center. I will post those pictures this week for you all to see. It was great!

So as you can see, it has just been crazy here. But that is how life is. So I will show you what it looks like and the little bit of stitching that I have been doing.

So until next time, Happy Stitching!

Busy Week.....not much stitching :(

2009-11-14T09:04:00.003-05:00

Unfortunately this has been a very busy week and I have not had much time to do stitching. Right now my sewing room is completely empty and the wall paper is all off the walls. About 6 weeks ago, the furnace guy came to do our yearly service and forgot to tighten up the radiator in my DD's bedroom upstairs. By the time that we discovered it, the radiator had ran for 24+ hours and water was running down the wall in my sewing room and all over my hardwood floor.

Needless to say, the furnace guy came back and realized what he had done and immediately called the restoration people to come and start to work. Now it seems as if they are doing a good job, but lord are they slow. So yesterday, I decided that I had had enough. I called him three times and finally he answered the phone. I politely asked when he would be coming to finish my room. He replied that he had several jobs that he was working on. I politely informed him that we would be going to Disney for Thanksgiving and it needed to be done before then. He is coming back on Monday morning to continue his work. I think that I am going to have to stay on top of him to get this done. I really hate to seem like a pain in the butt, however, I WANT MY SEWING ROOM BACK!!!!

Today, I am going to take a class at my LNS. We are working on a small scissor fob that will be done on 40 count linen. I have never worked on this, so we will see how it goes. I don't really think that I need to take a class on this, but it is fun to stitch with others sometimes. I will post tomorrow night about this.

Tomorrow, I am taking my mom and DD to see the Radio City Rockettes. My DD is very excited about that. And I am too. I have never seen them before.

Well, if I am going to get everything done that needs to be before my class, I better get a move on it.

Until next time, Happy Stitching!

I Have Been A Busy Girl!

2009-11-09T20:40:00.008-05:00

Well I have had a busy weekend in my sewing room which leads to a very happy girl!! I guess I should really start last Thursday though. I was traveling for work and was able to stop at Bush Mountain Stitchery....which always makes a long travel day much better! So of course I had to do a little stash building while I was there. :) I picked up Bluebird's Thread Keep from Blackbird Designs and the threads to go with it. I got a 30 ct. Mocha Linen from Weeks Dye Works. I love the color. I also got the new thread slide from Just Nan. It is a cute Christmas one. I just couldn't resist. I also picked up more needles just because you can never have enough. And last but not least, I got a new needle minder from Puffin and Co. It is toooooo cute!! Take a look at all my goodies!

Then this weekend, I spent Saturday afternoon and Sunday making my first quilted tote bag. I was so excited that I actually did it. I know that there are several things on here that I could have done better, but I don't think that it turned out too badly for my first attempt. Please let me know what you think or if there are things that you think that I could have done better.
And just because I didn't get enough stitching done this weekend, I just had to start a new project. I am working on "Rose Sampler" Little House Needleworks. I have the thread keeper to go along with it. I just love little stitching goodies. I never can resist. This one I ordered from "Shakespeare's Peddler". If you have never visited Theresa's website, you should. She is a designer as well as a shop owner. She designs under Shakespeare's Peddler and Raise The Roof Designs. She is so nice and easy to deal with. I was just thinking that I am going to order one of her new designs called "Jenny Bean's Christmas Ornament". I just love the colors and too cute.

Well, I suppose that I had better get back to work. This stack setting here in front of me is never going to do itself. If I can just get one more thing done tonight, that would be great.

So until next time, Happy Stitching!!

Catching up

2009-11-05T01:58:00.007-05:00

I thought that I would have been able to post a little more regularly, but you know how life gets in the way. I have been busy and traveling some more. Plus my DD has been sick and even stayed home from school one day. Which is really something as she HATES to miss school! So I knew that she was really sick.

I have been finding a little time for stitching and stitching related things. If you haven't ever read any of Monica Ferris' stitching related mystery novels, I highly recommend them. Right now, I am reading "Blackwork". It is the newest one and it is just as good as the rest. They are really light reads and entertaining and boy does she know needlework lingo! LOL!!

I have also been back to working on "From Sea To Shining Sea" by Little House Needleworks. I am on the third house and I am doing the border pattern as I go. I think that it is coming along nicely.
Also, I forgot to post a picture of my little goblins and ghouls from Halloween. They had a great time trick or treating with their friends. My DS had two friends stay over night and my DD had one. So we had 5 kiddos here over night. I am so not used to that, but they were all really good.
Well, lots to do tomorrow. Or I guess I should say today when I wake up so I better get to bed. Just wanted to say Hi and show you my little cuties!!

Until next time, Happy Stitching!

Another finish....I am on a roll lately!!

2009-10-27T10:35:00.004-04:00

I did get it finished last night. I finished "My Pins" by Shepherd's Bush. I have not made one of these pincushions before. I know that it sounds odd, but I have only really done framed pieces or pillows. I think because I have always been afraid of the finishing for different things. But I have to say that I think that this turned out pretty well. I used crushed walnut shells for the filling. I can just see my son thinking that he should use it for a bean bag now!!

After I was done with that last night, I re-organized my stash a little bit and tried to decide what I was going to work on next. I am not really sure. I think that I may take a little pincushion by Blackbird Designs with me today. I have to take both kids to the dentist. Might as well shoot me NOW!!

Oh and on top of that, DH just came home sick from work. I really hope it isn't the flu, although I think that it probably is. He is light-headed and hot and cold. Oh the joy!!

Well off to work and work out before going on this wonderful adventure today!!

Until next time, Happy Stitching!!

A Finish & Other Fun Stuff

2009-10-25T19:11:00.009-04:00

Yesterday my DH picked up my framed "Mermaids" piece from my framer. DD really loves it and we think that it is going to go great in her room!! Here is the snap. I think that it turned out great. The color in the snap is a little off as it is after dusk. I forgot to take it during the day with natural light.

I also worked on my "Traveling Stitcher" and finished the stitching on it. Now I just have to get it sewn to the needle book and the bag. I posted a snap of the needle one before, but I am going to post it again. I couldn't get the Needles snap to lighten up at all without really making it look really off. I am going to have to learn to start taking these when it is light out.

I also have a new start. It is the "My Pins" pincushion by Shepherd's Bush. I didn't take a snap of that one because I am almost finished with it and I thought that I would just take it when I was completely done. This was a really quick and easy one.

Also today, we took the kids to a Corn Maze. They had so much fun but boy was it muddy!! This is a great corn maze that starts operation in mid-August. Here is a picture of the kids and DH up on the bridge at the corn maze.
Ok, so I am off now to do some finishing and to sweep the floor. All of these leaves that are falling off the trees onto the ground here in Western Pennsylvania always seem to end up all over my carpets!!

Until next time, Happy Stitching!!

A Drawing to Tell You About!

2009-10-24T15:10:00.002-04:00

You need to head on over to the Crafty Moo. Sarah is having a great drawing for a pumpkin pattern, threads AND fabric.....Silverweaver Boo!! Check it out, you won't want to miss this one!

Can It Truly Be A Month???

2009-10-22T19:46:00.011-04:00

Can it be truly a month since the last time that I posted here?? I can hardly believe it. But that's what it says. Work has been consuming a lot of my time. But I have been getting some "Stash Enhancement Shopping" done and some work on a couple of projects. With this fabric, I am going to make a notebook cover. I use so many notebooks for work and travel so much, so I always have one stuck in the car or the truck or in almost every bag that I carry. I really like the colors of this.

The next is for a small wristlet. My DD picked out the fabric and she wants me to make it for her. I think that I am going to try to embroider a flower on the front of it before I sew it.

Next is a collection of fabrics that I picked out to work on for a quilt called "Briar Rose". I found this pattern in a magazine and I think that it will be easy enough to start with. I really like these fabrics.

I have been working on a couple of projects when I get the time. The first one is something new that I have tried for the first time recently. It is called "Knotwork" and the pattern is by Theresa Layman. I really like it. It is easy and fairly quick. It is done using just two types of knots, a French Knot and a Colonial Knot. I really like it.

Then of course I have been working on the "Traveling Stitcher" by Little House Needlework. I don't have much more to do except finish the words and put my initials on. Then I will just have to do the finishing work on it.

So you see that I have been busy. Oh yes, I almost forgot. Along with all the traveling for work and follow up work after I got home, my DD had her 7th birthday. Her biggest present was something that she wanted, but that she had no idea that she was getting.
Well, I think that this post has gotten long enough. I will save some for my post tomorrow or Saturday. Thanks for looking and sticking with me. I hope to get back to my more regular schedule of posting on my blog.

Until next time, Happy Stitching!!

Finally!!

2009-09-22T22:32:00.006-04:00

I thought that I was going to go crazy.....I have been fighting with my blog and trying to post to it and haven't been able to, but I think that it is finally working. And look at that, it has only taken me ten days!! WooHoo!! LOL!

Well at least I have been busy. I finally finished the "Mermaids" for my DD's new underwater room. I took at picture of it before I sent it to be framed. I think that it turned out great!! I hope she likes it.

I was in a hurry when I took this picture so the colors didn't come out very well at all. But as soon as I get it back from being framed, I will take a much better picture of it.

This Saturday I went to a workshop sponsored by one of my local quilting shops where I bought my Bernina. They had a presenter there from Anita Goodesigns. It was a great day! Chris, the presenter, was very entertaining. And we were able to do four different projects. It was fantastic. I was so glad that I went. We were also able to purchase design sets at a discount and so I got some really cute ones. I can't wait to try them out!!

But that will have to wait for a little while as we are heading out for the NASCAR race in Dover, DE this weekend with a bunch of our friends. We always have such a good time and of course I take stitching with me to do as we are driving down and back!!

Oh yes, and I almost forgot to say that I have a new start. I am trying knots. Have you ever heard of Teresa Layman. My LNS had a trunk show of hers and I had seen it before, but decided maybe I would give it a try. And much to my surprise, I really like it!! It takes a little time and you have to be patient, but it is great!! I am working on a little bee project and really it isn't taking long at all. I don't have a picture just yet. But I will try to take one tomorrow. The light is not cooperating this evening.

Well, it is getting late and I would at least like to put needle to thread for 10 or 15 minutes before I go to bed tonight.

So until next time.......Happy Stitching!!

Wow!!

2009-09-11T01:33:00.001-04:00

Wow!! I can't believe how long it has been since I posted. But I really have been working on stitching. I should have "Mermaids" done tomorrow. I am just putting the last bubbles on. So I will take pics and post them this weekend. It is so darned cute!!!

It is late, but just wanted to say Hi and that I will be back this weekend with things to show you! Until then.......

Happy Stitching,

Finally Some Pictures To Post!

2009-08-31T01:16:00.010-04:00

Life just seems to happen sometimes and get in the way of all the things that I intended to do. Isn't that the way things usually happen? LOL!! At least in my life that is the way that it is!

Tomorrow, or should I say today, the kids go back to school. It hardly seems possible that summer has come and gone already. It seems like they just got out of school.

So I have been stitching in between all the work that we do during the summer with the business. I was in an All Seasons Ornament Exchange that was due at the end of August. I just saw on that blog that my partner has received her ornament so I can post the picture here. Karen lives in Australia and I was so nervous about this ornament exchange as it was the first one that I have ever participated in and I was so scared that I wouldn't do as good of a job as my partner. But I was pretty pleased with how it turned out. The was an M Design ornament from Just Cross Stitch Ornament Edition 2005. It is called Joy.
There are beads on this and a crystal star at the top. I really think that it came out well. The fabric is Weeks Dye Works 30 ct. called "Linen".

I received my ornament from my partner in the mail this week too. Karen and I had each other for partners. I absolutely love the ornament that she sent to me. It has a summer theme and on one side were flip flops (My Favorite) and then a patriotic/summer theme on the other. I just adore it!!

I have been working on my DD's picture for her underwater room theme. It is moving a little quicker now that the ornament is done. Here is the latest picture of the progress I have made on this one.
I haven't been able to get back to my "Traveling Stitcher". I will once things calm back down and we get back into our routine. Once we do, I will have more time to stitch and work on my embroidery machine, which I can't wait to get back to!!

Well, it is late or early, whichever way you want to look at it, so I better get to bed. They will be up early tomorrow!

Happy Stitching!!

Will have pictures to post tomorrow!

2009-08-27T01:36:00.003-04:00

Wow!! Where has the summer gone to? I can't believe its been a week since I posted last! All that I can say is that last week was a whole week of Mondays!! Yuck!!!

I finally finished my ornament exchange for Karen and got it out last week. And then I received mine from her as well. I will take pictures of it tomorrow and post them. The ornament is so cute and of two of my favorite things, flip flops and a patriotic theme!! I will also post the pictures of the one that I sent to her. I haven't seen where she received it yet, but I will post them anyway.

I have also been working on the Mermaid one from Country Cottage Needleworks, so I will post pictures of those too!!

Hope you have all had a wonderful week and that you stop back tomorrow to see the pictures.

Until then, Happy Stitching!
Jen

Fabulous Giveaway!!

2009-08-18T21:29:00.001-04:00

I am so excited to share a fabulous giveaway with you from Melissa! She is having a fantastic giveaway celebrating eight years and 1,000 posts on her blog!! Can you imagine?? That is absolutely amazing.

So jump on over to Melissa's website and sign up to win!

Summer is coming to an end.......

2009-08-13T23:45:00.012-04:00

The last days of summer of approaching and the kids want to go back to school but they don't. Funny how that always works. Today we took the kids to Cook's Forest to ride bumper boats and go karts and play miniature golf. They had a good time. Abby couldn't figure out how to get the bumper boats to always go straight when she wanted it to, just around and around in circles.

While we were out, I of course coerced my family to stop at our LNS, The Stitcher's Stash. I was doing a little more stash building. I bought the Loose Feathers Designs Nos. 35, 36, & 37 from Blackbird Designs. I got the wooden pincushion form to put the one sewing piece in. I also picked up the frame that "From Sea To Shining Sea" goes in. I am so excited. I also picked up the needlecase and scissor fob from Little House Needleworks.

Oh and I forgot to mention that as soon as I am done with the "From Sea To Shining Sea" series, I am going to start the "Winter Wonderland" serious by Country Cottage Needleworks and Crescent Colors. I bought this beautiful chocolate fabric to stitch it on. It is a "solo". This means that once this color is gone, the manufacturer will not make any more of it. I love it!!
So now I am back to finish off my ornament exchange to mail out on Monday!! I can't wait for my partner to see it! I hope she likes it, but I am a little nervous!

Hope you all have a good weekend, and Happy Stitching!

Jen

2009-08-10T16:01:00.000-04:00

Wow!! I have to say that I did not expect to be away quite SOOOO long, but you know how it goes and sometimes life just gets in the way!

We have been so busy and I had a trip to Norfolk, VA for work and was there for five days. That was a long time to be away from home. Then was back and traveling within PA and OH for our business and I have to say that I was happy not to have anything to do this past weekend!! I was a total bum! And sometimes you just need that!

So I wanted just to stop in and say 'Hello' and that I will take pictures of what I have been working on these past couple of weeks. I hope to post them tonight, if not it, will be tomorrow!!

Hope you all have been having a wonderful summer!

Happy Stitching!

Going away for a couple of days

2009-07-29T06:16:00.001-04:00

I am up WAY to early this morning as I have to get ready to go to the Phi Sigma Sigma Convention in Norfolk, VA. So it may be that you don't hear from me for a couple of days. I will be watching, but I don't know that I will have much time to post. I will be working and when we are at an event, I am totally swamped most of the time. But it is good and I hope to have fun. I will try to post if I can.

Happy Stitching until then!

A Little Update

2009-07-26T18:52:00.009-04:00

Well I have been getting a bunch of things listed on eBay and I am about to list some more. So that has been keeping me a little busy. I don't think that people realize how much work it takes to put things up on eBay to sell. If you want to check out what I have feel free to visit. I am just getting ready to put some scrapbook items up. Click here on Jen's Listings to see what I have available.

Now on to the fun stuff. I had so much fun the other day at one of my favorite shops, Bush Mountain Stitchery and Framing. Now they have relocated to Muncy, PA and they are open for business in their new digs. It is great!! If you have a chance, check it out! Maeann and Gary are great! So here are the great things that I got on Thursday. I LOVE Stash Building!!!

I got the Americana Patchwork from Blue Ribbon Designs, I got a 30 ct. Solo to do the Winter Wonderland by Country Cottage Needleworks on, one of those cute little Doodles and 30 ct. Weeks Dye Works linen called "Linen" with Silk N' Colors and matching beads to do an ornament exchange on so I can't tell you exactly what it is yet!!

My DD's "Mermaids" are coming along a little slower than I wanted, but they are coming.

So I better head back to work. I snuck a couple of minutes away from the truck pull we are running to post my fun stuff!! I hope you all are enjoying the weekend.

Happy Stitching!

Jen

Testing My New Phone

2009-07-24T12:14:00.000-04:00

I just got a new Blackberry and I am trying to see if I have it set up right to blog from it. Keep your fingers crossed!

Here's Another Great Surprise Giveaway!

2009-07-21T09:08:00.008-04:00

Here is another great surprise giveaway to check out at My Little Raggedy Blessings. She will be drawing for this on July 31st. Just click on the picture below.

Lots of Updates

2009-07-20T01:18:00.008-04:00

So we have been very busy here at our house this week. We have been painting the kids rooms, had a yard sale to get rid of a bunch of junk and I have been stitching!! Yippee!!

So my DD wanted to have her room done like an underwater scene. So her daddy did a GREAT job painting the room to look like her underwater kingdom. And we have sparkly curtains that we put up. We are waiting on her new bedding which is going to add mermaids to our underwater experience.
Then my DS wanted to have a John Deere theme to his room. So we were working on making that really reflect his obsession! LOL!! Again, daddy did a great job with the painting and the wall paper.
So now onto my stitching stuff!! I have put a few stitches into my "Traveling Stitcher" , but I just couldn't help but to have a new start with all the fun stuff we were doing in my DD's room. I have started "Mermaids" by Country Cottage Needleworks. It is a really fast stitch and is just so cute!!

Well, it is getting late here and so I am off to dream land as I have a busy day tomorrow. But I hope that you all had a good weekend and were able to put needle to fabric over the past couple of days!

Happy Stitching!
Jen

Another Great Giveaway!

2009-07-19T23:38:00.003-04:00

I have been checking out some other blogs today and I have found another great giveaway for you to check out. Hop on over to Plum Street Samplers to check out the giveaway for 5 new charts!

Jen

A Great Giveaway!

2009-07-19T11:00:00.003-04:00

On my daily rounds of checking the blogs today, I found this great blog with a wonderful giveaway. So I think that you should jump on over to Dip Diddly Designs and sign up for Jolene's first giveaway! It is a great La D Da pattern WITH fibers, fabric and needles!! Everything you need to get started! Good Luck!!

Pictures and Updates

2009-07-14T23:24:00.008-04:00

Well, I have to say that I have been very bad about keeping you updated. Summer time is so busy for us and especially this year with all the work we are doing to the house. But enough of my whining, I have some fun stuff to show you.

I have the needle book front done for my Traveling Stitcher by Little House Needleworks. I have also started the other part of the piece that goes on the back.

I have also been playing with the embroidery module to my embroidery machine. I am having so much fun with this!! This is my first completed project with my embroidery machine. It is a flip flop keychain that has a little pocket in it. I LOVE this and I am going to be making a couple different versions of this. I think that I could seriously get addicted to this! LOL!! Like I don't have enough other addictions to keep my busy!

Now what has really been keeping me busy is the painting that we have been doing in our house. We are painting the kids bedrooms and ours. My son has a John Deere theme in his. He is all about the tractors. He picked out a REALLY bright blue for the walls and he has John Deere border for around the top. Then he decided that the inside of his closet should be painted.......a VERY bright green. Ahhhh, at least it is only the inside of the closet.

And my daughter decided that she wanted an underwater theme to hers. She wanted it to look like she was underwater and she was looking up from the bottom of the ocean. Her favorite color is teal and so the walls are a dark teal color and then we are putting a couple colors of brown at the bottom of the wall to look like sand, green ocean plants up the walls and fishy stickers on the way to decorate all around. When it is all done, I will take snaps to show everyone. So far, it is looking really good.

Well, I am off to bed as we are off early tomorrow AM to see the newest Harry Potter movie! I am so excited! I bought the tickets as soon as they went on sale and my poor dear husband is getting drug along! LOL!

I will let you know how it is! Hope you all have a good week.

Happy Stitching,

Changing It Up

2009-07-07T11:04:00.004-04:00

These past couple of weeks have been exhausting to say the least!! We have been having a lot of shows to do with our business. I also had a HUGE project that was due for my regular job, but happy to say that it went very well, and I am very proud of that.

So I decided it was time for a little change on my blog. What do you think? I really like that it is brighter. I think some of the items are a little easier to see.

Well, my Traveling Stitcher piece is coming right along. I have the needle book part done and I am well on my way with the larger portion that will make a pocket. As soon as the battery in my camera is charged, I will take a picture to show you. I will also take a picture of some of the good stuff I have been getting. Let's just say that I have been doing some stash building! :)

Oh, and I have joined my first exchange! I am so excited!! It is a stitcher's choice ornament exchange. My partner is Karen from Australia. I am going to be popping over to her blog to see what I can find out about her likes and dislikes. This is my first one, so any advice from those of you that are pros at exchanges??

So I am off to the post office right now. Hopefully it won't take long for the battery to charge and I can show you all what I have been up to!!

Enjoy the beautiful day wherever you are and Happy Stitching!!

Busy Week....hopefully relaxing weekend

2009-06-25T21:29:00.006-04:00

This has been a busy week with work. But I have been able to get some stitching done. AND I got a couple of great packages in the mail from one of my favorite needlework shoppes on the web, Shakespeare's Peddler. Theresa is a very nice and knowledgeable stitcher and she has been having some GREAT sales! If you have a chance to check her out, you should at Shakespeare's Peddler.

I am working on the Traveling Stitcher from Little House Needleworks. It is coming along. Not too bad for not stitching much.
Now here is my good deals that I got from Shakespeare's Peddler. The colors are not quite as good as what I would have liked. They are much more vibrant. The pinkish one is a 28 ct. Cabernet Lugana. The other one really is purple mixed with blue and ivory. It is 28 ct. Starquest Linen. I am in love with both of them. Next to it is the next project that I will be working on. It is the Rose Thread Pouch by Little House Needleworks. I love it too!!

So I am off to list a couple of things on eBay this evening. But very quickly before I go, I was browsing some of my favorite blogs and came across this great site that has wonderful tutorials, including this one for a needlecase. So if you have a minute, check out The Painted Quilt. I really love this blog!

Well as always, Happy Stitching!

Where to start.........

2009-06-20T00:27:00.014-04:00

I can't believe that it has been two weeks since I last posted!! It has been so busy around here that sometimes I feel like my head is spinning! So where do I start to tell you about what I have been up to?

Well, first we had decided that we needed a new roof on the house (not really what you wanted to spend your money on) but its one of those things that you have to do. So when we started getting estimates for the roof, they were all saying the same thing to us......you need to have this chimney fixed before we can start!! UGH!! I don't know about where you live, but here, it is EXTREMELY difficult to find a mason. Well, we finally did and he told us that really the only option that we have is to complete rip down the chimney and start over, for way more reasons than I care to list here. So long story short, what we thought that was going to be expensive enough just about doubled in an instant!!

So we have 7/8 of our roof redone right now. The mason will start with the chimney on Monday morning and it will take him about two weeks to complete. Once he is done, the roofer will come back and finish the roof right around the chimney. I do have to say that the house really is looking great!! I love the change and I can't wait to see what it all looks like when the chimney is all done.

And on top of that, my DH started to build a small porch on the front of our house that I am VERY excited about!! We have never had porches on our house, which I really miss. So I can't wait till its all done so I can sit out there and stitch to my heart's content. When it is all done, I will take some pics and show you all!

So that is one thing, then on top of that, our summer business has started up, which takes more of my stitching time than I would like. We own a motorsport production company that has us traveling every weekend from Memorial Day to the first weekend of October. Plus there is all of the prep work and follow up work after each event.

So you may be asking what exactly is a motorsport production company. Well we produce tractor and truck pull events on the East Coast. It is a little hard to explain, but we do have a website at www.fullpullproductions.com. It might be easier to take a peek there than to try to explain exactly what we do.

Then this week we took the kiddos on a little mini-vacation. We took them out to the Poconos to an indoor water park called the Great Wolf Lodge. They had a blast!!

I was so happy while we were there that one of my dearest and closest friends came to have dinner with us on Wednesday night with her DS! I haven't seen her in quite awhile and talking on the phone or via computer just isn't the same!! The kids loved playing with each other too! Here they are being silly and playing up for the camera.
And in between all of these things, I have been cleaning out my house like a mad woman. My friend and I have decided to have a yard sale in the middle of July and I have decided that my house has needed a SERIOUS HOE OUT!! LOL!! So if you are in the area the middle of July, stop by.....I may even be getting rid of the kitchen sink!! Hahaha!!

Now on to what I have been doing stitching wise! I am so happy to say that I am FINALLY done with the last Monthly Flip-It!! I know that it doesn't sound like it, but I really did like stitching these up. They are too cute and I am so glad that I did them. My kids comment on them all the time. My last one is August. The overdyed fabric doesn't show up very well in this picture. I took several of them, but it just didn't seem to come out. Really it is a great green color.

Since that is done, I have started on my next 'take along' project. I am working on the Traveling Stitcher from Little House Needleworks. I don't have much done, but it is a start! :)

I have also been doing a little stitching shopping too! And I am ABSOLUTELY in LOVE with the two new Pixies from Nora Corbett! One is called Pansy and one is called Sweet Pea. I picked up both of them up and I am going to do them both on Pink Whisper. I don't think that this really soft, soft pink overdyed comes out nearly as beautiful in this picture as it is in person and it is just gorgeous with the purples in these two patterns.

UGH!! It must be too late. I can't get the picture to rotate and I hate when that happens. I will look at it tomorrow and post the picture.

Well, thanks for reading this super long post! So sorry about that! I still have more to tell, but that will wait for tomorrow. I hear my pillow calling!!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stitching!

Over A Week!!!

2009-06-04T17:30:00.003-04:00

I can't believe that it has been over a week since I have had a moment to post on here!! ast week was the end of school and since I am the school board president, I had several events that I had to attend. And on top of that, we have been picking out shingles for a new roof and bricks for a new chimney and materials for a porch that we are adding on. So needless to say, I have been watching everyone's blogs, just not able to attend to mine.

I have been able to do a little stitching though. I am half way done with the August Monthly Flip-It from Lizzie Kate. Really the fabric is more green than it appears. I just couldn't seem to get the picture to pick up the color.

I will be back later. Have to get ready for a board meeting in about 20 minutes. Have a good night and happy stitching!!

2009-05-27T01:24:00.000-04:00

I know that I promised pics, but that just hasn't happened!! I apologize, however, I have been working on a couple little things and I will post a picture soon. This weekend was just too nice to sit and stitch......ahhh, GASP!! Did I just say that!?!? LOL!! I was out opening our pool and getting the yard in shape. We are having a yard sale at our house in about 6 or 7 weeks and I would like everything to look nice. And have the pool to keep the kids occupied for the weekend while we are doing this. A good friend of mine is coming to my house with her stuff since I live on the main road through town. Last time we did this about 4 years ago, we made over $1,000!! Now that is a lot of Stash Cash!!! LOL!!

Time to hit the sack......be back tomorrow or maybe today I should say!! Thanks for checking in.

Update and Giveaway

2009-05-23T09:11:00.002-04:00

Hello Everyone~

It has been almost a week since I posted last and boy has it been a busy week!! I was in Wisconsin doing a training with the victim service staff there at the Department of Corrections, which I think went very well. Then when I got back, I had to get caught up on all the work that I had been putting aside because I was preparing for that presentation.

So I got a tiny bit of stitching done. I am starting on the LAST of the Monthly Flip-Its by Lizzie Kate. I really do love these little ones, but I am definitely ready to be done with the them. :) And just as I went to take a picture to add to my blog, the battery in my camera went dead. As soon as it is charged, I will add a picture here.

Also, I wanted to put a link here to Carol's blog. She is having a lovely giveaway of fabulous scissor fobs!! You should go and check it out!!

Quick Note

2009-05-18T14:28:00.003-04:00

I don't have too much time to write today. Just wanted to drop a quick note to show you one project that I finished on Sunday. It is made with one Honey Bun roll from Moda Fabrics. I thought it turned out cute. I do need to put a button on the front, but didn't have one at home that I liked with it.

I hope you all had a relaxing weekend!! Thanks for stopping by!

My Prize From Edgar

2009-05-17T15:31:00.003-04:00

You are not going to believe the FABULOUS prize that Edgar sent to me for his 2nd Blogoversary! It really was OVER THE TOP! He sent me a fabulous stitched ornament. Three pieces of beautiful fabrics, yummy chocolate, chocolate mints, a cup from San Francisco and a key chain from San Francisco. This really is a fantastic prize and I want to give a HUGE Thank YOU for everything to Edgar!! Here is a picture of my prize.

It's Been Awhile!

2009-05-14T12:58:00.005-04:00

Good Afternoon Everyone!

This has been such a busy week that I haven't had a minute to sit down and write to everyone. I promised that I would put up pics of DD at her dance recital last weekend. So here she is with a couple of other little girls in her class.

I think that they are too cute in their little costumes!! They did such a great job! She had two different numbers, one ballet and one tap. They really loved the tap number and everyone that was watching loved it too!

As I was uploading these pictures, I found one of my DS. I think that he must have been playing with my camera the other day.

And last but not least, here is the great Mother's Day presents that the kids got for me! I loved all of it and they were so excited that I was happy.

I have not had much time this week to do stitching, but I am hopeful that I will have a chance to do it tonight if I get all of my work done.

And speaking of which, I better get back to it so I can actually get some stitching done tonight! I will talk to everyone later. Thanks for stopping by!

HOLY COW!!!

2009-05-11T19:09:00.003-04:00

HOLY COW!!! Can you believe that Edgar's cute puppy picked me as the winner!!??!! Even if he was bribed with a treat!! LOL!! I am so excited!!

Just to update you, DD's dance recital was SPECTACULAR!! She did wonderful, so did her entire class! You could tell that they really liked the tap number more than the ballet, but they were so cute in their dinosaur costumes. I will post the pics of her and her friends tonight along with the fabulous Mother's Day presents that I received!!

I have to run to school board, but just wanted to send a quick "Thank You" to Edgar for drawing my name!!

The End is Coming!!

2009-05-08T07:51:00.000-04:00

Unfortunately, I have not gotten much stitching done since my last post. DD had recital practice all night Wednesday night and DS had his spring choral concert last night.....And tonight is the BIG dance recital night so there will be no stitching tonight. :(

And on top of all of this, there was a little accident with DH truck and now I have to take it today to get an estimate to fix the back quarter panel. Like I have time for all of this right now!! Oh well, just have to roll with it I guess.

I will take pictures of DD all dressed up tonight in her costume. She does look cute when we get everything on and her hair and makeup done.

Edgar's Drawing

2009-05-06T11:50:00.003-04:00

Because I am so new to blogging, I have never entered any drawings before. But I thought that I would. So I am entering Edgar's Drawing to try and win a prize!! :) Wish me luck! And go and check out his blog. I really like it!

Unexpected Finishes

2009-05-06T02:21:00.003-04:00

I can't believe that I finished two projects!! One last night and one this evening!! I finished my July Monthly Flip-It from Lizzie Kate. I had not intended to, but once I started stitching, I just didn't want to put it down.

The second was tonight. I got my sewing machine back and so I finished a little bag that I started a few days ago. It is my first completed "quilting" type project. All in all, not bad. I do have to work on the seams though. I guess it just takes practice, but I am pretty happy with it!! It has a zipper, which I have never tried before, and a pieced handle. My daughter wants one now to put her stuff in when we go away overnight. I think that it will be good for hairpieces and such!
So it has been pretty good!! I can't wait for this weekend! I plan on stitching and sewing all day on Saturday!! WooHoo!!

Crazy Week with a little progress

2009-05-04T12:56:00.009-04:00

What a busy and crazy week that I had last week! I was traveling a great deal for work. But I did manage to get a little bit of stitching done. Just a little bit on the July Flip-It and I finished "The Southwest" house on "From Sea To Shining Sea". I was was very happy about that. Here are the pictures of those two projects.

I also took some pictures to share with you of the other months that I already have done. I hope that you like these.

Well I hope that you liked all of these! I will be so glad to get these completed!! Just half of July and August left. Yippee!! Well I am off to pick up my sewing machine, so that I can finally start to play with the embroidery module! I am so excited!! :)

A Very Good Weekend!

2009-04-27T00:21:00.009-04:00

Well, this has ended up being a very productive end of the week and weekend! Where do I even start?? How about a picture of my new baby? I promised that I would take a picture of it to show you. This is the Bernina Aurora 440. I have been enjoying this so much I can't even tell you!

So my DH and DS were away this weekend. So it was just my DD and I or so I thought. She ended up going to a friend's house on Friday night and so I had a whole evening to myself with no one around to interrupt me and no work!! Yippee!! So I finished my Lizzie Kate Flip-It for June and I started on July. Here are these two.

So that was great and then I went into my craft room and started cutting out another quilting project. I am going to make a little bag for the kids to put their toothbrushes and such in for when they are traveling. I am coming along nicely there.

Well, I was in a pretty good mood and so I allowed DD to let her friend come and stay overnight with her. My ulterior motive was that I wanted to go to the cross stitch shop and two quilting stores yesterday and I thought she wouldn't mind to have a little friend along to keep her company.

I went to Sew Elegant where I bought my sewing machine so that I could ask a few questions and of course purchase some things for my stash. I bought some beautiful fabric to make a beginner quilt. It doesn't look too difficult, but we will see. Then we went to my LNS and I picked up my May that was done and dropped off June. And of course, added a couple of new things to my stash there as well.

Then it was off to find a quilting store that is supposed to be relatively close to my LNS. Well after a little driving around and a bribe of ice cream (really it was 86 degrees yesterday!), I finally found it and boy did I hit the mother load!! I don't think that I have ever been to a fabric store with that many bolts of fabric! I am definitely going to have to go back without little ones in tow.

That brings me to today. I have been sewing and doing handwork for many years, but I did go through a period of time where I was very much into scrapbooking. However, it just didn't fit with me as well as the fabric did. So today, I moved all the scrapbooking out of my craft room and turned it back into a sewing room. I was so happy!! Then my DD and started to work on a table runner that we bought the pattern and fabric for yesterday. It has flip flops on it and boy are the colors bright, but she loves it!! So I will take some pics of that when we start to make progress.

Well, it is late and I have to get up early. All in all, this was a great weekend!! I feel very productive!

My New Toy and Other Accomplishments

2009-04-22T12:18:00.004-04:00

I have been a busy busy girl!! I got my new Bernina and I LOVE IT!! I can't stop playing with it. It is wonderful! I wish that I would have bought one years ago. I will have to take a picture of it to show you. I totally forgot.

But here is one of my first projects that I made with it. I have quite a few of the pen drives to save things on. They were just scattered in my desk. So this is a case to keep them in. I thought it turned out so cute for my first project!! Now I have to make another one to put all my SD cards into.

I have been able to do a little bit of stitching in between playing with my new sewing machine. Here is the progress that I have made on the July Monthly Flip-It from Lizzie Kate. I just have to put the word on and the border and fill in the heart. That won't take long at all.

I am off to exercise now and then have a bite to eat. We have to go and pick up DH's truck that was being worked on today and that is interfering with my stitching time!! LOL!

Yesterday's Adventures

2009-04-17T09:19:00.004-04:00

I have not been stitching too much over these past couple of days unfortunately. I think that I am finally getting over this cold. Boy, I do not like being sick!! My DD got it and missed a day of school. She absolutely loves school and it just frustrated her to no end to stay home that day. Then yesterday DH got it as well and missed a day of work. He slept most of the day. Knock on wood that DS hasn't gotten it. I hope that he doesn't.

So while DH was home sick yesterday, I went on the kindergarten field trip to the zoo. The kids has so much fun. We ran all over the zoo and still wish that we had more time. The only bad part was that the bus drivers took the long way down to begin with and then got lost when we got close. They did however learn their lesson and take the shorter way home and didn't get lost. So that was a good thing! LOL! Here is a picture of the kids underneath the shark tank. I thought that this picture was really cool.

I will be working today and then hopefully finishing that Lizzie Kate Monthly Flip-It tonight so that I can take it for mounting tomorrow.

And I am SO excited!! My new Bernina is in and so I am going to pick it up tomorrow and learn how to use some of it. I think that it will take me a while to figure it all out, but I can't wait!!

I am off to work so I hope that everyone has a good day and I hope that you are having the same beautiful weather that we are right now!!

Oops!

2009-04-14T10:55:00.004-04:00

I guess I was feeling a lot worse last night than I thought. I totally didn't realize that I had already posted about my Lavender & Lace Angel. LOL!! Oh well.

So here is one that I did quite a long time ago by Just Nan. It is called "Liberty". She is one of my favorites. I have her hanging above my desk.
I seem to lean towards decorating a lot in my house with red, white and blue. I am not quite sure how I got to that, but I am just drawn towards it. I love decorating in the summer and most of it is with red, white and blue.

Well, off to do a little more work. I will post more later. Hopefully I will have a little more progress on my Flip-It done.

Lizzie Kate and Lavender & Lace

2009-04-14T00:58:00.005-04:00

Unfortunately I did not get nearly as much stitching done this weekend as I would have liked to because I have caught a terrible cold and so has my DD. We are both miserable and hoping it goes away SOON!!

Here is a picture of the most recent Lizzie Kate Monthly Flip-It that I have started. This is for the month of June. I only have June, July and August left to do. I wasn't sure I was going to like this one, but I think that I really do.

Then, I also have a picture of the first Lavender & Lace that I have tried to do, Angel of the Morning. I absolutely LOVE her. She is coming along very nicely, but I won't tell you how long I have truly been working on her. LOL!!

So hopefully when I get up in the morning I will be feeling a little bit better. Hopefully my DD will be too. If not, she will be staying home from school, which will make her VERY mad. Thankfully, she absolutely LOVES school and never wants to miss any of it.

Easter for us was very good. The kids always do a scavenger hunt to find their Easter baskets and they have so much fun doing it. This year was no exception. It was great.

Did you all see that I have been changing around the background and such on my blog? I am not sure about it. I adore flip flops, but I just wonder if this one is too busy. Let me know what you think about it!

I will post more pictures tomorrow, when I can breathe a little better through my nose.....UGH!! Till then, Happy Stitching!!

More Progress on LHN

2009-04-09T11:34:00.005-04:00

Here is the progress that I have made on "From Sea To Shining Sea". I am so amazed at how quickly this one is going. This will be done in no time. I hope that tonight or tomorrow I can have this second one done and start on the third one this weekend.

I have to take the kids to the dentist today. Yippee! They hate it and so do I. So I am taking one of my Lizzie Kate Monthly Flip-It Blocks with me to work on. I have June, July and August left to do. I will try to get some pictures of the rest of them posted. They are too cute.

Well, I am off for now to get ready to go. I have some work left to do this afternoon. But I think some will have to wait until we get back from the dentist's office and the little bit of errands that I need to get done.

Testing out posting by phone

2009-04-09T09:48:00.000-04:00

I have just registered my Blackberry and I am testing to see how this works. It amazes me the things that you can do with these devices now.

New Sewing Machine

2009-04-08T14:53:00.004-04:00

I am so excited!! I just ordered a new sewing machine!! I have not done a lot of sewing recently, but I really would like to start again. Some of the pieces are so expensive to have finished and I think that with a little practice, I could do it on my own and save some $$!! I got a new Bernina Aurora 440 QE and this month it comes with a FREE embroidery module!! I can't wait to get it!

I just got done exercising and so now I am off to shower and then tonight I am back to "From Sea To Shining Sea". I am moving right along on it and I will post a picture of my progress tonight when I am done stitching. We don't have many plans for this weekend so I think that I will spend a lot of it stitching away!! Yippee!!

More Projects

2009-04-07T01:13:00.008-04:00

I have not stitched much today. However, I was pulling threads to finish my last three Lizzie Kate Flip-Its Monthly Block Series. I also took some other pictures of projects that I have finished. This is the Christmas Elf from Mirabilia that I am working on right now.

Here is a Lizzie Kate Snippet that I just finished recently. It is the first Halloween piece that I have done. I think that it came out really cute.
Tomorrow is an early morning so I am off. Tomorrow I hope to get more stitching done. I want to work more on "From Sea To Shining Sea".

Yesterday's Accomplishments

2009-04-05T10:22:00.009-04:00

Yesterday was a nice relaxing day. We didn't have anything planned and I was able to work out and then work on some different projects. I repaired some shirts and pants for my DH. He is harder on clothes than anyone that I know.

I had to do some alterations to DD's dance costume. This year she is a dinosaur. Quite the interesting costume. Here is a picture of the ballet part of the costume.

Then after all that "work" was done, I was actually able to stitch on some fun things!! I worked some more on the 'From Sea To Shining Sea' by LHN. And I worked on my Lavender and Lace angel that I haven't worked on for a very long time! Here are a couple of pictures to my progress on those.

Today we are off to get DD's pictures taken in her costume and to get groceries. YUCK!! That is definitely NOT one of my favorite things to do!!

Time for bed soon

2009-04-03T00:34:00.007-04:00

Today was certainly a long day, but I did manage to get a little stitching in on my 'From Sea To Shining Sea'. I have started to work on the second house called 'The Southwest'. This project is actually moving quite quickly for being a larger project.

I did take some pictures today. I promised you one of my newest Longaberger basket that I am storing some of my stitching goodies in. So that is what you see here.

I also took some pictures of my needlework today. So I will post one here this evening as it is late and I have to get up early tomorrow.....or I guess I should say today.

This is a Lizzie Kate Snippet that I think any stitcher would love to have. I absolutely adore it. I just finished it a couple of months ago.

One last thing before I head to bed. Remember that April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This violence has affected someone that you know, whether you realize it or not. Support your local rape crisis centers and wear your teal ribbons all month to raise awareness.

Waiting on The Saab

2009-04-01T12:40:00.004-04:00

So instead of getting much accomplished today, I am in Wexford waiting for them to fix my Saab. Luckily it is still under warranty. But it is going to take all day. Finally after two hours of sitting in the waiting room, they gave me a loaner car. So I am having lunch at Panera and doing some work. I have to run some errands and then I will come back here if they aren't done with my truck so I can use the wireless again. Wish me luck!!

Moving My Stash

2009-03-31T15:06:00.004-04:00

Well, in the midst of all the phone calls and emails today for work, I received my Longaberger Treasures basket and stand today. My DH will be so happy because I was able to condense three baskets that were floating around into this!! It is so cute!! I will take a picture after Abby and I get back from dance class to post. Now I am off to get ready.

From Sea To Shining Sea

2009-03-30T23:45:00.005-04:00

Today I continued to work on "From Sea To Shining Sea" from Little House Needleworks. I am in love with this series. I decided that I am going to do this one and keep it for myself. I think that it will look great in the den. I have the "West Coast" done and the border over and under it. Here is a picture of what I have done so far. I am going to move onto the second house in the series "The Southwest".

I think that tomorrow I will try to take some more pictures of the things that I have done and have around the house. I end up giving so many away, I don't know if I can remember all of them.

Well, I am off to separate threads and head to bed. Last night was too late of a night and I hope to sleep a little better tonight.

First Post

2009-03-30T12:06:00.003-04:00

Welcome to my blog. I am VERY new to this and I am sure that I will be making A LOT of changes as I go. But I really like this idea and I think that I would like to share some of my life with others. I hope that you enjoy and that I can do some cool things here. Thanks for visiting.