So, here comes my very first tutorial! Yay (thanks, Sylvia for the spelling suggestion!)! If you have never had zucchini bread, please give it a try… you will be surprised at how yummy it is, even if you hate zucchini! It is a sweet bread that you can eat cold or heated up with butter. [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Hold on tight! Here comes Zucchini Bread
Posted in Handmade Holiday, Tutorials, tagged bread, tutorial, zucchini on October 29, 2008 | 7 Comments »
My First Swap
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I am so excited to be entering into my first ever swap… and a little scared to tell you the truth. Why, you ask? Because now I am going to be giving a total stranger something I made… me… little ole me… no pressure. What if they hate it? What if I freeze up and [...]
Who doesn’t love fabric?
Posted in Giveaways on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jody over at Everyday Beautiful is giving away some fantastic Amy Butler fabric and one of her patterns. You should check it out and enter to win! I just love giveaways. Not only is it free, but it gets people going to blogs you may have never found otherwise! How great is that?
Cute Crayons!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 26, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I made these crayon rolls for another neighborhood birthday party. I used this tutorial from Skip to My Lou. She has an updated version that uses iron on vinyl to keep the crayons from marking up the fabric. I didn’t have any of that, so I went with the “old” version. I think they are a [...]
Frugal Mom giveaway
Posted in Giveaways, tagged giveaway on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pop into Frugal Mom’s blog today and enter to win a great prize!
Me and the birds
Posted in Softies on October 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Many people do not know this about me, but me and birds just don’t get along. I don’t know what I ever did to them… I like birds. I love to listen to them sing. I think they are quite beautiful, yet still they do not like me. I have had many a bird attack [...]
Why does my topstitching stink so much!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Since I did my little switch-a-roo in the bonus room to accommodate my sewing nook, my hubby made our old book shelves into cubbies for my son’s toys. He just laid them on their side and stacked them on top of each other and viola, now we have toy cubbies. Anywho, I thought I would make something [...]
Another fun giveaway
Posted in Giveaways on October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wow! This is my 3rd post of the day. Whew! I need to find better things to do, BUT I did find a really cute giveaway on my sweet friend’s blog. Go there an leave a comment to win!
Very sad, indeed
Posted in Uncategorized on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, I didn’t win the fabulous quilt giveaway, but you have to go back to her blog and check out the quilt she made to keep for herself. It is amazing! She is selling the quilt pattern and I am seriously considering buying it. The only problem is that I haven’t made a quilt in [...]
As Promised
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged boards, cork, foam board, inspiration, ribbon, tacks on October 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
So, here is a picture of my inspiration boards, as promised. They make me so happy… and yes, I am aware that on some level it just isn’t right how happy they make me, but here they are anyway.
They are made from cork board backed with foam board. The cork board just wasn’t thick enough [...]





