7 in '11
Head over Here to the Inspired Mess blog to join in with the 7 in '11 as we work on Seven goals we have for 2011 together! Check it out and lets work together!
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about to ring in the new year....
Its been a while since I have sat down to blog. Shame on me. As the year 2010 draws to a close, I realize that i need to wrap up some things here in the blog. one of the last things i talked about was the insanity that my house was going through. I wanted a computer armoire for the living room..... wellllllll not that easy. Couldn't fine anything in our price range that didn't look like office furniture. hmpf ! Then, hub had a GREAT idea....turn our TV armoire into one for the computer. Score! Now, what to do with the TV. Apparently all of America has nice flat screen TVs now...except us! I wasn't in the market for a new TV (sorry dear!). We looked and looked and finally ended up with something from the IKEA Hemnes series . perfect! Perfect that is until i brought it home from the store in ATL , about 3 hours away...and hub assembled it all, and though it fit...there was too much on that wall of the Living room. It looked like a wall of black wood!!!! sigh. crazy like...
What the CRAP?
right now my life is a big ole pile of chaos! somehow i have ended up redoing half my house RIGHT before the holidays! seriously, how do i do these things to myself? well hopefully it will really come together, mostly, before Thanksgiving next week and eventually i will be able to show you some of it...right now i have a fall festival to take the kids to! xox cyndi
give away
Donna's Decembers is having two give aways over in her blog HERE . If you are interested in some crafty goodness.....head on over and enter to win...but hurry, the winner will be picked this Saturday!
a T shirt quilt
This is my new best friend! Sta-flow liquid starch! i am in love with it. SOOOO much better than spray starch and yet so hard to find! good for many things...but especially helpful if you are making a T shirt quilt. My Cousin's hub was killed about three years ago in a car wreck leaving her with a 6month old. Well, that "baby" just turned three and I was so honored to be a part of the most amazing gift ever! My darling cousin saved a number of her late hub's T shirts in hopes of one day having a quilt made for their son! *pick me*choose me*I want to do it* PLEASE**** so, I was trusted, and got the bag of shirts back during the Summer. I started looking around online because i knew this had to be the most amazing T shirt quilt EVER! I found some really nice, and IMO not so nice, stuff out there. The most helpful was This site. I loved what she was doing and OH MY she had a book! Well i ordered that baby and then..... used a lot of her ideas with a few of mine and ende...
a Jumble of Squares
Well here it is! finally. I made this quilt for a friend of mine's daughter. I meant to make it shortly after she was born. They didn't know what they were having...well, a baby of course, but not the sex! So i wanted to wait and make the quilt for the baby...and i hadn't met him or her yet! Well, Ruthie turned 1 several months ago...and i had an idea, but no quilt. Found out a few weeks ago that they will be having an addition to the family in about 9 months and that gave me the incentive to get in gear! The mom of this particular Ruthie, hates all things pink and frilly. I didn't want the quilt to be too babyish...i wanted her to be able to love it for a long time. I absolutely LOVE this quilt. I didn't want to give it away! See that 2nd square from the top in the right row? It's cherries on a blue background. That fabric has been in my stash for YEARS waiting to become something fabulous....now it is! I love those cherries and I am thrilled that at least pa...