It's Shark Week!!!

My sweet Caleb turned 9 years old on the 22nd.

It's so crazy how fast children grow.

Amazing that I don't seem to age at all....HA!

He's been asking me forever....FOREVER

for a shark.

I stumbled across McCalls M7103 a few weeks before his brithday

and I knew I had to make it for him;

(His dad, my son, isn't all that excited about a huge shark in 

their small home, but hey, that's what Nana's are all about...right?)

Just look at that face!

Now his big brother Elijah wants a Hammer head shark......

I can already see my son's face when I show up with that "little" beauty :)

Even my hubby got in on the fun!

Now I need to finish up Sofie's quilt this week

and I'll show you pics of how adorable the quilting turned out.

Have a lovely week!!!

Better Late Than Never :)

I've been sewing so much for my etsy business lately

that I needed to take a day to sew just for fun.

I decided to use the time to get caught up on 

some long over due projects.

I stitched these Halloween/Fall charts for my friends,

Gena, Denise and Amy.

My plan was to have them ready to go before October.

Well I finished all the stitching,

but never made them into pillows.

Until now :)

I also stitched Captain Kirk for Gina for Christmas.

(Yes....he is also late)

Then I turned my attention to a table runner

that I had completed the top last year some time

and I machine quilted it and did the binding by hand.

I think it will be cute for Easter :)

It's made from a Riley Blake charm pack.

Love the colors! 

It always feels so good to chip away at my "to do" list.

Now it's on to the next thing :)

Happy Birthday to Me :)

 For my Birthday,

my wonderful hubby wanted to go Antique shopping with me :)

While I was looking at embroidered handkerchiefs

he called out to me from the other room.

I told him I'd be there shortly.

The next thing I know

the owner of the shop comes in the room

and tells me that my husband wants to show me something.

Hmmmmmmm?

I came into the other room to find him all smiles

standing next to this beauty!

He had already checked it over

and decided that I "needed" to have her.

(Yes....he's awesome )

So we rescued her from the dusty Antique shop

and brought her home to live with us.

She will join my other beauties.

You can see them HERE.

According to Singer's website,

she was born in Scotland in 1910.

She is Lotus model 66K Treadle machine.

I'm still deciding on a Scottish name for her :)

Then my Mom gave me this darling vintage pin cushion!

She made new crocheted flowers for the top.

It's filled with horse hair.

Isn't it just the sweetest thing?

Birthdays are definitely a good thing :)

For the Love of Paper :)

For years I never looked at my sewing machine,

unless it was to sew an embellishment down to a scrapbook page.

(Sad, but true)

I was a Scrapbooker through and through.

I worked on my scrapbooks daily 

and dreamed up new layouts in my sleep.

I bought more supplies

 than I can use up in my lifetime.

My daughter used to say I owned a "store" :)

When I started sewing again,

scrapbooking took a back seat.

Now my supplies have found their way into the closet 

of my husband's office 

because fabric storage has taken over

in my craft room.

I have heard paper, pens and stickers calling me again lately.

I've seen such cute planners that were embellished

with washi tape and stickers while cruising around Pinterest

so I decided to give that a whirl.

I've been having so much fun with cute pens

stickers and washi tape purchased from Korea and China.

It's so much fun to open the packages.

The wonderful Etsy shops even include free "gifties"

in every package! 

So this gives me a bit of a paper "fix"

and still leaves me plenty of time to sew :)

I also wanted to share with you a giveaway on my 

daughter-in-law's new blog.

She is giving away a 1/2 sheet of the cutest Jamberry Nail Wraps

and all it takes to enter is to follow her new blog

 and leave a comment.

There are only a few names so far,

so the odds are in your favor to win!

Check it out HERE

And the Winner is......

So....did you guess right?

7 of you did :)

And I threw those 7 into the hat 

and the winner is.....

Tricia Griffith!!!

Congratulations!

Please email me with your address.

And guess what?

The 6 of you who got it right, 

but didn't win the prize.....

I'm going to send you all a little giftie from me as well.

Please email me with your full names and addresses.

Thanks to everyone who played along!

Stay tuned for another giveway

coming soon :)

It's Giveaway Time!!!

I am currently stitching #9 (Kenny Kangeroo)

from the free Animal Advent series by Brooks Books.

You can find the charts HERE.

She is generously offering these charts,

one per month through October 2015.

Each one is just so adorable!!!

I also joined her Facebook group for this series.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/animaladvent/

I am stitching these on 32ct Blue Petit Point Belfast Linen

that I got from Crazy Annie's Stitchin.

So what is this giveaway all about?

Well here's how it works.

Just leave me a message in the comments 

with your guess of  which 3 of the following 

completed animals are my personal favs.

You must have all 3 correct to win.

If no one gets all 3 right I'll choose a winner

from those who get 2 right :)

The prize will be a surprise giftie

handmade by me.

I will announce the winner on Friday night Jan 30th.

Home School Organization :)

A few weeks ago my grandson David (age 7)

called out from my bathroom-

"Mommy....you need to come and see this!!!"

Of course you have to wonder what he's 

so excited about, right?

Well it was my mug organizer with all my make-up brushes.

I usually put it away when the Minions come over

just in case one of them decides to get "artistic" with the brushes.

Well I forgot this time and he thought Nana made the 

coolest thing he's EVER seen!

He asked me to make one for him with Avengers fabric

and of course, Evie needed one too.

They wanted them for the home school desks.

Pretty awesome :)

Makes my Nana heart happy to see them

using something I made for them

and I hadn't really thought about how handy

they would be for home school as well as crafts.