Happy Hearts!

Hello again! Just wanted to show you my latest altered project for Valentine's Day. Aren't these fun? The shapes are from Say It With Letters and they come unfinished so that you can decorate them to your heart's content! I love this shape with the wings - it's actually two shapes I strung together with wire. Check out that shop - it's full of fun things!

Also - my fabric hearts were featured again today on FoundHandmade . What a neat site. I have to check it out and find out more about how it works.


Now on sale at Trinkets ! :) Happy Valentine's Day! :)

Check it Out! :)

Hey check this out! One of my Etsy products made it into the Scrapbook & Cards Today Blog today!


Kimber McGray used my fabric hearts as inspiration for a card she did. Didn't it turn out cute? I love it! Thanks, Kimber! :)

Here's more fabric hearts from my shop.
Lots more Valentine goodies at Trinkets!

Time for a new post

Hello everyone! I haven't posted because I just haven't had the time or felt that I had anything worthwhile to say, but I think my blog is lonely!

We had a nice Christmas - did you? Now I feel like I'm playing catchup - paying bills, cleaning, rearranging. For Christmas my husband got me a lot of nice things, but one of the best was a new Keurig Coffee Maker. (Hope I spelled that right!) Anyway - all of us love that thing - it's the only thing keeping me motivated! And my daughter loves it too because I can make hot chocolate with it. Anyway - great present. The holiday was a bit different too, because my kids seem older to me, and lately I have just been so appreciative of them. They fight a LOT but sometimes they don't and they're just super loving and wonderful. I just feel like I need to document somewhere in writing for the world to see - how much I love them. They really are the best thing in my life and I can't imagine never having kids. I don't get out much - and so to have two people who tell you they love you daily - it's a good thing. Okay - sorry - don't know where all that came from - usually I try to keep this impersonal - but there it is!

Here's some things I've been making lately - late at night. I'm excited to move on to Valentine-y things and start thinking spring again!

Giveaway Winner Announced!

I didn't forget! But it is midnight, so I did wait til the very end of the day to choose a winner for my Christmas giveaway. Thank you to all who entered - wish I could give all you nice ladies a little present - sorry! :( But the big winner is..... Lisa! Here's a link to her blog: Pupylov . Hooray!

Lisa - email me your snail mail address to laurie cass at comcast dot net, and I'll get your goodies shipped out to you as soon as possible! Thank you all for playing. And now, to bed! Tomorrow back to Christmas craziness! :)

Christmas Cuteness and a Giveaway!

Hello girls - long time no talk! Lots of busy, pretty shiny Christmas goodness going on around here! Check out this adorable pink tree that one of my best buddies gave me this morning! I covered it with some of my flowers. I like it!
Also - look at these awesome ornaments I got this week from the swap sponsored by Deb at Say It With Letters . Thank you for organizing this again, Debbie! :) When I have time I'm going to come back and add each girl's link.
And Joyce went the extra mile and made me this! Oh I love it! Thank you Joyce!
Here's the ones I made. I am so into fabric and polka dots right now!
Also - check out the awesome bunch of giveaways going on over at Fresh and Fun! I'm hoping to win some yummy fabric from the Fabric Closet on Etsy. (www.fabriccloset.etsy.com). Thanks for the chance to win!
I'm also having a little giveaway of my own. Here's some fun Christmas crafting supplies - leave me a comment here by December 17 and I'll announce the winner on Friday the 18th and ship these goodies out to you in time to make some cute cards! Included is an adorable Martha Stewart bird punch (I have one and I love it!) as well as some super neat SEI clear Christmas stamps. Check out my Etsy shop Trinkets and leave me another comment telling me what you love and I'll enter your name twice! Blog about my giveaway and I'll enter your name a third time! Hope you win! :) Happy Holidays!

Sewing, Sewing, Sewing....

What have I been doing lately? Sewing, sewing, sewing.... it's a good thing I enjoy it so much!
I'll bet my Mom never thought I'd ever take it up, although when I was younger she wanted me to. There is something so wonderful about making something yourself with fabric - such an: "I did this!" feeling of accomplishment. Thanks for not giving up on me Mom! I'll never have your talent but I sure enjoy playing around with it.



We're having an early Thanksgiving this weekend with my family and I am so excited! I am thankful that everyone in my family is well and safe at home. What is everyone else doing for Thanksgiving?

Best Friends and the Weekend!

Hey Everyone -
Last weekend I got to spend time with two of my bestest friends which is something that doesn't happen as much as it used to. We went up to see my friend Debbie who has twins and is pregnant AGAIN! Yay! I am so happy for her and her family. Here she is with one of her adorable babies. I hope she doesn't mind me showing this here. Also went with my other best friend Carole, and it was just so relaxing to spend time together. We have known each other for so long and I am so blessed to have these girls in my life.

And on the way home Carole and I stopped at this awesome Christmas craft fair! Yay! (Sorry, Debbie!) I spent way too much on some beautiful primitive/country ornaments and things (my weakness) - and there was so much to see. I came home with this huge handmade wooden house that is lit inside. I love houses. I put it on our dining room table and I love it - my husband didn't love it as much. :) Ha.
And this weekend there are more craft fairs - I love to go and see what other people have made - Christmas is such a fun time of year. I've already started decorating! Here's some things I've made recently for the shop both for Christmas and otherwise.


Hope you have a great weekend! :)

Happiness

Isn't it funny that a paper plate full of buttons can make me so happy? I love color and I love looking at these.
I've been getting the kids ready for Halloween - I'll post pictures here of them after we get some good shots. My son is going as a Ghostbuster and my daughter as a belly dancer. Not sure yet how I'm going to make that one warm enough!
Here's some new projects I've been working on lately.


Hope you all have a fantastic Halloween weekend! :)

So, it's been a while since I've posted, and I feel so left out of the loop! Thank you everyone, for all your sweet responses to my last post. Reading your comments REALLY cheered me up. I felt much better and got over my sad feelings - so thanks!
Getting this in the mail cheered me too - look what I won from Michele over at This Good Day! Isn't it sweet? And she threw in another beautiful tag that I wasn't expecting - and all of it was beautifully wrapped in tissue tied with seam binding. Thank you so much Michele! I love it!

And here's some new projects I've been working on. I made these trees and I really liked them. I'm going to try some more with non-traditional colors soon like pink and blue. I think that will be cute.
I've also started working on some new stuffed houses - here's a mini one just for fun and I'm working on a bigger one now. I don't know why I love them so much, I just do! Anyone else like houses as much as me? I have bird houses, doll houses, mini houses - all over my house - I think it drives my husband nuts! But I can't help it! I'll post the new ones soon.

And here's another project I forgot to post before - it's my "Jolly" letters from Say It With Letters. I decorated them in a kind of non-traditional color scheme and I can't wait to hang them up on my wall. After Halloween is over, of course!


Have a wonderful week, everyone, and thanks again for your kind comments - you're awesome friends! :)

Stopping to Count My Blessings

Hey everyone - I am feeling a little sentimental tonight and emotional for some reason and just wanted to post to see if anyone was out there! I feel like fall is whipping by and I just can't catch five minutes of time to enjoy it. Fall is my favorite season and it's just so beautiful here in New England. I am spoiled!

Here's some funny pictures of my two kids participating in the Harvest Fest Corn eating contest a week ago! Neither of them won, but it sure was fun to watch them gobble up corn as fast as they could. I am super blessed to have such wonderful kids.

Later we went to see the fireworks and I snapped this photo of my hubby and daughter. It's one of my favorites. It was a super relaxing evening and we just don't get many of those with everyone's busy schedules. So looking at this makes me feel good.
I hope you're all enjoying the fall and taking time with your dear family and friends. :)

Feels Like Fall

Hi Everyone!
I just spent all afternoon outside with my little one. She pulled me out and I'm glad she did. We spent an hour just sitting in the sun on the front lawn of the house, - laying around in the grass, wrestling and just doing nothing. Totally relaxing and totally what I've needed lately. I've been trying to teach her to whistle with a piece of grass between her fingers like my Mom and Dad taught me. A happy memory. Anyone else out there able to do it? It does take some practice!
And look at these beautiful tags I received in the mail yesterday from my friend Tracy over at Tied Up Memories. She uses kraft paper for the backing which makes them look like leaves which I think is so cool. I hung them on an old twisted wire tree that I bought a few years ago at a church sale but haven't used much until now. Check out Tracy's beautiful Etsy shop here.

Another one of the tags on the left in this picture is from Laura over at Busybee-Laura. I did a Halloween swap with her and she sent me the tag with the purple spider on it and the MOST beautiful Halloween apron (and many other wonderful Halloween goodies!). I wish I had taken a picture of it but it's been put to use many times already and it's hanging downstairs in my pantry! Check out her Etsy shop here!: Gigi Kay.
And last but not least, I was thrilled today to have one of my pieces featured on the front page of Lollishops! Sadie Lou sent me the sweetest note and then I went to go see it - set amongst the most beautiful things ever! Go check out Lollishops if you have time - it's worth the trip!