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