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*Hats knit for all kids in 3 days AND they are adored (hats by kids, kids by me) from here
Hi there, here we are back to blogger flipping pics...but let's not get over wrought about it OK? I will try. Here are all of my findings...$8 worth of buttons...whoopee!
I fell in total love with these weird egg cups. Birds and the one was aqua, white and black, I had to take them home, but they are kind of strange. I also found these odd little wooden doll heads for $0.25, of course they had to come home too.
This poodle fabric is so, so great...kind of shiny, 2 yards and it didn't do anything weird after I washed it. PLUS the poodles are HUGE and kind of ugly cool. The other is a yard of a peppy flour sack material. I do have to admit that this grabby lady snagged some very odd white material with big red dutch clogs on it right out from under my hand. I am still a little crabby about it, but I am too greedy.
A larger picture of the poodles, I think that I am going to make myself a bag with some of this. My sister "M" said "Oh that would make a great lining for a purse" LINING??!!! What are you talking about these are some crazy dogs, they need to be out and PROUD!
I have to come back to these buttons. I bought a $3 bag (I am so cheap) of buttons just for these. They are that old cheddar/mustard color that is so ugly and so beautiful in old quilts. The big holes and the odd color, they just spoke to me.
I went to this great class last Saturday and on Sunday we got to go on a FIELD TRIP!! I love field trips, even if this one started at 6 a.m.! These are just a few of my treasured sights (why they are so small, I will try to forgive blogger)...later I will have to post my treasured FINDS!! Let's just say, I totally got PINNED! The bottom two pictures are of myself and my sweet friend Emily... I am trying to remember if I have mentioned her before...And man, I can't remember, so let's pretend that she is new to you... We have been friends since 7th grade (she was in 8th, but we were in the same homeroom, were both tall, with dark hair, and a penchant for silliness.) We have ridden the ebb and flow of life and growing up and have found ourselves now as crazy, artistic, stay at home mommies...seeking the balance between art, craft, life, family, and self (not necessarily in that order.) It has been a wild trip, but I am happy that we get to meet somewhere on the continuum. She inspires me to keep trying new things and to have confidence in my own style artistically. It is just nice to have a friend like this... AND she totally introduced me to blogs, and since I am vain I started my own.
Wait, did I just call all of us who blog vain?? Yep, well, maybe not you, but I am a kind of vain, I will admit it.
Speaking of vain...
Here is my first totally HAND stitched project (it ended up being about 12X14 inches). I am so pleased with myself. Really, I am. I struggled with starting it and then when I had to give away in this swap...I just wanted to keep it. Finally, I had to seal it in it's envelope, so I wouldn't look at it anymore. All so I could take it to the post office and send it away!I did receive a lovely quiltlet in return so no sadness here.
(Why, blogger, do you flip pictures?? You are so vile at times, and yet I need you...curses!)
I am feeling some bad vibes from blogger right now...I will be back!
JMB
It seems like everyday at about 5:00pm, give or take 15 minutes, our household is DONE. We are waiting for the Daddy to get home, we are poking each other, we are screaming, we are crying, we are tired. I am usually trying to get dinner together and WAY tired of answering questions and not being allowed a private thought. Last night the tension rose and rose and when my husband came in the door....I looked at him and simply said "I need to leave", it was not forever, or even very long, but I was really fried.
The other day I was driving past the local Goodwill and saw some smallish bikes...I popped in and the bikes were not to my liking, (and I know that it is WAY too EARLY for Christmas) but they did have all these great pieces of fabric!!!! I just love cardinals and the gaudiness of the round table cloth WITH pom-poms IS SO WONDERFUL. I quickly shoved it into my cart, I was so afraid that someone else was going to swipe the Precious from me. The snowman print is actually a queen size sheet...can you say quilt back??? The Santa fabric was an over the top cheezy valance, complete with ruffle, I think that I might be into fashioning an apron...we will see. Also, a yard and a half of Merry Hello Kitty for 99cents? How can I say no? My 4 year old put in an order for a pillowcase just this afternoon...
I thought that I should leave the store, but on the way out I found this RAD, crazy looking Santa tablecloth in X-cellent condition and some sweet little hand towels. I love when I can find cool stuff at the thrift stores and garage sales, but when I find SUCH cool things and such LOW prices, I am not interested in buying things new anymore....spoiled, spoiled, spoiled.
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