Who is that biker chick?

Where does the time go? It seems like yesterday I posted to my blog, but I find it has been over 2 weeks. I just have so much going on right now, I can’t seem to find the time.

In two short weeks I will become a Grandma for the second time. I am so excited. My daughter and her hubbie are expecting a little girl to be born on July 8th. Her first little boy was delivered by C-section, so this one is already scheduled. That is if she makes it that long.

On Friday the 13th, I received a call at around 9 o’clock in the morning from my daughter. She asked if I could meet her at the hospital, her boss was taking her. She was having some serious back pain. I called my younger daughter who happened to be on vacation that day and away we went.

Imagine this, not only are you 8 months pregnant but now you discover you have a kidney stone. A most painful malady. They say kidney stones are more painful than labor pain. I hope I never find out.

It was so hard for me to see her in so much pain and there was not one thing I could do to take it away. They finally gave her something to take the edge off the pain about 1pm. They did keep her in the hospital overnight to monitor the baby. Sometimes things like kidney infections will bring on labor. I hope we don’t have to go through that again.

I have been doing a few things in my newly organized craft room when I have time. I made this chicken for a friend. It is a holder for those plastic bags you get at the supermarket. Her kitchen is done in primary colors with a motorcycle theme. I also made a couple of pot holders with the fabric that was left over. I thought they turned out kind of cute.





I do have a few other things in the works, if I could just find time to work on them!

Have a great day!

Awards

A couple of days ago I was the recipient of these three awards so kindly given to me by Sew Delish. I am honored to have been chosen to receive them. Thank you, SewDelish.






I shall now pass them on to three bloggers who have been a real inspiration to me.

Polka Dot Pineapple
Aunt Jo's Corner
The Southern Mom

Display your awards with pride, ladies.

Have a nice day!

And the winner is......

ME!
A few days ago I won a blog contest over at Polka Dot Pineapple. I come across this blog one day while searching for something crafty and I have to tell you this lady is definitely crafty. Her name is Lettie and she lives in Hawaii. She makes some of the cutest things I have ever seen. I check her blog daily just in anticipation of what she will come up with next. And she never fails to delight me with her creations.

She was offering the giveaway of a pretty little polka dot pillow to all those who left a comment on her blog on May 19th. The drawing was to be held on May 31st. Imagine my surprise when I was the one chosen by a random drawing to receive this cute little pillow. I rarely win anything. I am so unlucky that if there were only 2 names in the pot, mine would be the last name out……usually.

Today my prize arrived in the mail. But as it turned out, the pillow was not the only prize I received! The box was filled with all sorts of goodies. This woman must have a sixth sense because some of these things are just what I needed.

This is what I saw when I first opened the box. Even her packing is pretty.


When I pulled back the pretty tissue paper, this is what I saw. There is more than just a pillow in this box!

The pillow which was the actual prize that I signed up to win.

This cute little angel ornament made from fabric yoyos. How did she know I collect angels?

An eyeglass case which will definitely help me to keep my glasses safe. I have 3 pair of glasses (my bifocal glasses, reading glasses and sun glasses) I carry in my purse and only one eyeglass case. You probably wonder why I carry my bifocals and reading glasses. If I have to do any computer work, my bifocals are useless.

A notebook with a cute cover embellished with yoyos.

I always carry a notebook in my purse. I am a list person.

A beautiful new pin cushion. How did she know I needed a new one of these?


This is the pin cushion I am currently using. See what I mean when I say I need a new one.

A mug rug for my coffe cup. I could use a bunch of these. One by the computer, one on the end tables, one on the headboard of the bed.......

And last but not least some goodies. I love nuts, any kind of nut, but macadamia nuts are one of my very favorites. I don't get them very often because they are sooooo expensive here. The last time I bought just the plain macadamia to make some white chocolate macadamia nut cookies, I had to pay like $2.00 for 1 1/2 ounces. That is not very many nuts!

So I want to thank you , Lettie, for making my day! And I would like to suggest everyone visit Lettie at Polka Dot Pineapple to see just how talented and creative she is. She totally amazes me!

Have a nice day everyone.

Garage Sale Goodies

I happened across a garage sale today where a lady was selling her craft supplies. I could not resist buying. I know I just took three weeks to clean my craft room, but this stuff was cheap. Most items were 25 cents and nothing was more than 1 dollar. I got some great stuff!


See all the pretty ribbons, laces, buttons and trims! Try to resist that! My total purchase was $39.25. I don't think that was too bad.


These trims are pricey if you buy them at the fabric shop.


A beautiful array of ribbon.

Spools of lace.

Yards and yards of beautiful lace.

Bags of buttons.

I had to dump them out to see what I had. I just love buttons.

This was a smaller bag of buttons. Most of these were gold, pearly white, clear and some very interesting shapes.

Some very small ribbon trims.

More ribbon trims.

I probably should not have bought so much (by the way, the lady still had plenty of stuff left) but if I had to buy this at a fabric store, I am sure I would have paid in the 100's of dollars. Besides, since I cleaned my craft room, I do have about a half of a shelf in the closet that is empty, or should I say, was empty.

Have a great weekend!

Surprise!

I had a nice surprise this last weekend. A nice young college girl looking to earn some extra cash had time on Saturday to start painting my craft room.

I decided to try painting over the old wallpaper since it seemed to be fairly tight on the wall. I figured that the worse that could happen is the old wallpaper would fall off the wall and that would have been all right too. It worked out real well except in one corner where the wall was cracked and the wallpaper had separated from the wall. Hubbie thinks he can repair it without too much problem.








She, with the help of my #2 daughter, put a primer coat on Saturday. Then on Tuesday, they came back and put on the final coat. It is a soft golden yellow. The name of the color was called Apple Crunch. Doesn't that sound yummy! I just love it. I can't believe the difference it made!




I would like to make a Roman shade for the window. I found the perfect piece of fabric in a bag of stuff someone gave me (yeah...a freebie!) I am sure I can find instructions somewhere online to make one.

I think this room has really got my creative juices flowing. I can think of all sorts of decorating ideas for this space. This is going to be fun!

Mission Organization Complete

After several weeks of sorting, purging and cleaning, I have finally finished organizing my craft room to my satisfaction.


This is the corner where the treadmill used to be.

This is where the copy machine and my old stereo was located. Note the tribute to the King on the wall.

My new sewing table. I still have a shelving unit I will be putting either on this wall or the wall adjacent. This shelf will house things such as my paints, sewing notions, glues and other misc items I use on a daily basis.

This is the corner where my scroll saw was located. Since I don't use it daily, I moved it to a spare room upstairs. I will still be able to use it when needed, I will just have to go upstairs to do it. I need the exercise anyway.

I would have liked to have painted this room, but I am not able myself due to a respiratory problem I have. But there is a young college girl who is looking for some work and I might pay her to do it for me. I actually have a gallon of a pale yellow that was left over when I had my hallway painted a few weeks ago. I have a nice piece of fabric that will make an excellent curtain that would match the paint perfectly.

If you missed it, my clean and organized closet was pictured in a previous post.

Ahhh....I feel so much better. Now I just need to get motivated to get some crafting done! But first I think I will take a nap.

Have a great day everyone.

Bells, bells, bells, bells

I have always loved the poem The Bells by Edgar Allen Poe. This poem came to mind the other day as I cleaned and sorted the craft supplies I was hoarding in my dreaded craft room closet.

It seemed like every container, bag, basket and box I sorted through contained some sort of bells. Apparently every time I needed bells for some craft I was working on, I would buy some. Probably because I was unable to locate the stash I had hiding in amongst my other stuff.








Now they have found a nice home in their own container. I had enough to fill a shoebox sized container, which is a lot considering some of these bells are pretty tiny. So next time I need a bell, I can go to my neatly organized closet and pull out the container marked “Bells” and find one that is just right for the project!

I will now leave you with the first verse of this famous poem.

Hear the sledges with the bells -

Silver bells!

What a world of merriment their melody foretells!

How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,

In the icy air of night!

While the stars that oversprinkle

All the heavens, seem to twinkle

With a crystalline delight;

Keeping time, time, time,

In a sort of Runic rhyme,

To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells

From the bells, bells, bells, bells,

Bells, bells, bells -

From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.

Have a great day!