Project Finished

Here is my latest finished project. This cute pillow I made for my friend Terry to use as a class sample. This will be great to have....a finished Christmas present. YEA!

Girls Night Out

What a fun night I had. I met with 3 of my friends for a wonderful dinner out at Olive Garden. The group included Cindy, Terry, Kathy and I, we were actually celebrating Kathy's birthday. This is our former Thursday Club group minus 2 other members, Judy and Ann who couldn't make it tonight. Back when we all had little kids and were stay at home moms we would meet every Thursday(that's how we became the "Thursday Club") at one of our homes and work on our projects. Some of us did crafts, some sorting pictures and even some times sorting socks but most important we became best of friends. It is so great to be a member of such wonderful friends. We can always count on each other through our good times and even more important our bad time.

Busy Weekend

What a busy weekend. I started off by going to my grandson, Hunter's soccer game but forgot to bring my camera. I will have to post pictures after his next game. It was alot of fun to watch, those 4 & 5 year olds are so cute. After the game I went home and watched 5 of my 6 grand kids. It wasn't to bad because I put them to work for a bit. They helped me reorganize my toys. Notice I said "reorganize", I wonder how long they will stay organized this time? Here is Reagen helping out.

Faithy helped me wash the windows. She was such a good helper.

This is Connor and well he did just what ever he wanted. He has such a cute personality and loves just to do his own thing.

It wasn't all work and no play. The older boys played some basketball, yep right in my living room. Would you believe nothing got broken. All the kids spent some time coloring, watching a movie and even played some soccer outside.

And then ended up checking out the internet to see what they should be for Halloween...Humm I think one wants to be Darth Vader, one wants to be a witch that flies and the others are still undecided. I'm sure they will all change several times since we still have several weeks before its time to trick or treat.

They all had alot of fun together and when the parents all came home we all sat down for our usual "Sunday Family Dinner" but on Saturday this time. I sure was pooped when they all went home but it was fun to have them here. They all love to be together, I am blessed!

NEW ARRIVAL!

Late Friday night, after 34 hours of labor my nephew Zeb and his wife Jenn welcomed their new baby girl into the world. They hadn't found out before if it would be a boy or a girl so she was a fun surprise. They named her Eris and she weighed in at 7 lbs. 9 oz. She is absolutely darling.
Here she is with her Mommy and Daddy. Zeb and Jenn you are going to be great parents. Congratulations!

A New Adventure!

I have decided to begin a new adventure. I am going to open an Etsy shop. What is an Etsy shop you say, well it is an online site where you can go and buy and sell handmade items. I have wanted to do this for awhile and decided to just jump in and get it going. I have not yet got mine all set up and figured out (I think it's my age...takes me a little longer than most...don't tell my kids tho) so while I am still working on getting that all up and running I thought I would post some pictures of items I am selling with the prices and if anyone out there in blogland is interested just post a comment and leave your contact information, what you are interested in and I will get back to you. All prices shown are for those who are local (Mesa, AZ area) and want to pick up the item. If I need to mail anything, which I am more than willing to do, the postage will be extra. I will charge exactly what the postage is, no more. So here goes...

First I have this cute little skirt. I have had fun making several of these. These I am selling for $30 and it includes the headband. The flowers on the skirt are pinned on with a safety pin so that when you need to wash this it can be removed. This skirt is a size 5-6.


This cute bag I just finished tonight. It is approx. 18" wide X 12" long. The base for this bag is a black plastic mesh and it also has a handmade flower on it. These flowers are my new thing for the moment. I am asking $22.50 for this sweet bag.


This kitchen towel has a pieced quilt strip along the front bottom and is also bound with some of my favorite quilt fabric and I am asking $7.50 for it.

And last but not least here is what I am going to call a "Grab and Go". This is for the times you are taking baby out on a fast trip and just don't want to be caught without the essentials but don't want to drag out a big diapper bag. I have also included a matching burp cloth with it. This set goes for $10.

Here is a look at the inside of the "Grab and Go". I guess I should mention that it holds a travel size package of wipes and a couple of diaper and even a small bottle of hand sanitizer (these items are not included). The "Grab and Go" also comes in handy even for you Grandma's out there. I keep mine in my car for those special occassions.

As you can see I am selling pretty much this and that, whatever I am in the mood to make at the time. You should check back often because you just never know what I might have on here, I always have many ideas roaming around in my head. I will definately let you know when my Etsy shop is up and running.

A few more things...

Ok, here are a few more things that I am selling. These are baby burp clothes. These first one I crochet aroung the edge. I am offering the crochet ones for $5 a piece.

And these have rick rack around the edge and they are only $3 a piece.

I must be partial to blue because it seems I have quite a few that color. They make great gifts.

One day when I was doing some online surfing I found homemade pillow cases with crochet edges, so I just had to try one. Here is mine. This pillowcase is $12.00.

And last but not least here are a couple of crochet dish clothes for $3.00 each. These are something I really enjoy making. I love trying the different crochet stitches on these.

Hope you like what you have seen and if you are interested in anything just leave a comment with your contact information and I will get back with you. Thanks for taking the time to look.

ANOTHER Birthday???

I know you out there in blog land are saying, "surely they are not celebrating another birthday"...well Big family=lots of birthdays. Today is my cute little grandson Thane's 6th birthday. He is a first grader this year. We are going to celebrate this weekend by taking him to the movies and of course there has to be birthday cake and cousins too. HAPPY BIRTHDAY THANE! Grandma loves you.
Speaking of birthdays, I thought I would show this little caddy that I made for a friends birthday gift. I have sewing stuff in this one but it would be great to hold just about anything you want. It would be good for the kids rooms to hold their treasures or crayons etc, in a bathroom or even with baby items in it for the nursery. The ideas could be endless.

Here is a picture of the inside. Lots of pockets. I think I need to make me one too. I love all the pockets.