Dinner and Bags

I did some embroidery last night and made some bags this morning. The first one is a medium tote and the second is a small hanging bag. I’m new to embroidery so these are fun and exciting for me to make.

We had the best dinner last night…this is just the veggie part of it. Pasta, chicken, and veggies, in a lemon and olive oil sauce. It’s served cold and so tasty…it was perfect for yesterday because it was 75 degrees.

Oh, don't forget about my GIVEAWAY!

Cuffs, the Bag That Wouldn't Shut Up!

Yesterday, after a long day with a migraine, things were finally starting to calm down. I was sitting on the couch and this bag popped into my head and said. “I must be made.” I was not in the mood to draw up a sketch or make a pattern last night…but the bag would not go away.

I grabbed a pencil and some printer paper, while my husband watched TV, I sketched. It took only two edits to the drawing to get the bag the way it wanted to be. Thought I was done for the night. I laid the sketch down and watched a little TV with DH…but that bag kept coming to the front of my mind. It said, “If you leave the sketch there, you’ll spill something on it. Make a Pattern!” “Grrr” I thought.

I looked at the pile of unused computer paper and thought about my pattern paper in the craft room. I just didn’t want to go get the pattern paper…or work in the craft room, so I decided to use computer paper. I thought, I can make the bag with three pattern pieces. (Reminded myself of the game show, “Name That Tune.”) I started to draw again. The pieces came out on the first try…everything fit together…no ruler…on erasing…just that simple.

I hoped the bag didn’t insist on being made last night…it didn’t. I made the bag this morning. It looks great if I do say so myself…there is only one problem…the bag in my head keeps telling me it was supposed to be white with a black cuff. LOL So I guess I’ll be making a trip to the fabric store and making the bag likes it wants to be.

Oh, don't forget about my GIVEAWAY!

My Baby’s Birthday!

Look at what the birthday girl made to take to school! Yep, those are ring pops on top of the cupcakes…and crushed hard candies too. She is so happy about them and she did them all on her own.


Today my baby is 10 years old…I’m not sure where the time has gone. My children look forward to their birthday so much…I don’t! My heart breaks because I’ll never have that age with them again. Every year that goes by I miss the years that were before. Time slips by so quickly, over half her childhood is gone and wonder if I let her be enough of a nine year old…or any age. Have I done enough to protect the short years of being a child? I know people will say you still have 8 years of childhood left…but we can’t get back these ten years and they went by so quickly…the next eight years will probably go by even faster.

Okay enough of that.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Chit Chat

I love this sachet I got in the mail today it smells wonderful and is so pretty. I got it for my jammie drawer…but now I want to display it. It’s from Chaos Into Art’s shop. This is what part of her announcement says, “Chaos Into Art features one of a kind stationery, bags, and gifts from reclaimed materials.”

This is such a great product. I got it in the mail today and have all ready used it to wash my hands. It smell so good and my hands aren’t dry like most other soaps leave them. I got both the soaps from Gingerbells Gifts.

Also in today’s mail I got Sweet Easter Faux Sugar Eggs from Sweet and Shabby Roses. This is so wonderful and delicate. I was afraid I was going to break it…just buy looking at it. The picture does not do it justice.

I thought I'd give a sneak peek at a swap I've been working on. This one has been very fun...but I think I got one of the colors wrong. They are teal, lemon, and lime. It’s the teal that has thrown me off. I thought I had been working with teal and then someone told me that they didn’t think there was enough teal to count as teal.

I found a cute Etsy shop while looking for some earrings. It’s called UniqueCharm…and she has some VERY "sweet" items.

In case you are wondering about some of the songs on my playlist...I'll give some info about one...every once in a while. The song I Do I Do I Do I Do by Abba always makes me smile...as soon as I hear the first note I get a big smile on my face. I keep telling my husband that if we renew our vows I'm going to make sure that song is playing.

Peek-A-Boo

Yesterday was a just a big game of peek-a-boo for us. The kids were popping out all over the place…even the pets got involved. Winifred loves to sleep in the sun behind the bedroom curtain…I came into the room and she peeked out at me.

Truly Scrumptious was peeking out from under the dresser.

Spring is also playing peek-a-boo. This little poppy was peeking out at us when my husband was cleaning up the back yard. I think it was taking shelter under the protection of the cactus...but the dog still found it. :(

Okay...enough peek-a-boo...

I don't usually make things with faces...mainly because I don't think I'm very good at making faces...but anyway...this is Mrs. and Mr. Pear.

Esty!

How Paisley Pears came to be...

The girls wanted me to make some kind of stuffed fruit for my shop...but I wasn't sure what to make...my oldest picked her favorite fruit...and the youngest picked the fabric...that is how Paisley Pears came to be. :o)




I also made this purse yesterday for my shop. I don't know if I'll be making another one. The pattern is very simple and...I've made harder things before...but I had to rip this one out four time. What was up with that!



Very exciting morning!!!! After listing the purse and pears I went to look at the treasury and they were one list away from allowing new lists…I waited…patently and got one! You can see it here

Eclipse Disappointment...but great mail!

I was thrilled with the mail today. I have been wanting some white flour sack towels to add fabric appliqué to for my kitchen…and an internet friend found some for me and sent them to me…she also sent gorgeous red, white, and pink Moda charms. I want to make two towels for each holiday…and these will be perfect for Valentine’s Day.
We tried to watch the eclipse last night…but the girls got bored and then the clouds moved in. I hoped for a better picture…I guess it wasn’t meant to be.

Get these chickies! Giveaway! CLOSED

To celebrate all the new and exciting things in my life I thought I’d do a giveaway/drawing! Since I have spring on my mind I’ll be giving away some cute stuffed chicks.

To enter the drawing all you need to do is…tell me what your favorite season is and why. Post it in the comment section.

On March 5th I’ll have one of my daughters draw a name from the hat and then I’ll post who the winner is…so be sure to come back here and look!

I forgot to mention...I'll ship anywhere!

I Love Spring!

We’ve had two springtime surprises this week. First this little yellow bird came and sang to us for most of the day.

Then our little black bird came back again this year to make his nest in a our saguaro!



Pretty soon we'll have roses and leaves on our trees. It should be about 73 degrees today!


I have decorated for spring/Easter already. This is the hutch in my kitchen…


I just love this bunny wreath…I got it from kandeland She has some very cute items.


I also bought an altered bunny for on top of the hutch from Addicted to Cute on Etsy.

This is Tucson!

The sky isn't very clear, but it is winter. I just wanted to see if I could post a picture. Yah me!

I did it!

I cannot believe I have started a blog. I feel so computer savvy...but then again...I can't figure out how to put my own background in. I want to mess around with this some more before I make more posts here.