Stunning patchwork camera straps. Five differentcolorways. Get 'em while they're hot.

You can now find them in the shop. 

That is a whole pile of happy, if you ask me.

I had planned on updating the shop on Thursday, but a quick consult of the calendar alerted me that I can't be home in front of the computer.  So Friday it will be.  Friday, April 16 at 12:00 noon EST to be exact.  Expect at least three colorways of camera straps and, if I really get my act together, scrap bags.

Now I need to figure out how I am going to keep the critters out of my raised beds.  I didn't have that problem last summer, but something(s) had fun digging in there last night.  I don't think I lost anything, but I don't want to either! Time for chicken wire, I think.

Hope Monday is treating you fine.

I've just updated the shop with some camera straps including some made with my dwindling stash of Flea Market Fancy.  If you feel inclined, please take a look.

Now I am running off to the 4th grade valentine party and then to run some errands before the weekend.  I hope you have a good one.  We plan on watching the Olympics!  Yay!

Here's a sneak peek of what I've been working on for the shop.  It's snowing here and school has been canceled today. Most likely, it'll be canceled tomorrow, too.  I was counting on sewing all day today and now, with my girls home, that's unlikely.  I'm going to change the shop update from tomorrow to Friday, February 12th at 12:00 noon EST.

I'm also working on the after school snack cheat sheet.  I hope to have that posted for downloading soon, too.

I love twinkle lights.  And this year, I threw caution to the wind and loaded up the tree.

The shop update will be tomorrow at 11am EST.  It's a smaller update than I had hoped for - only 17 camera straps in three colorways.  I wish I had more to offer, but I am feeling pretty ill.  It's just a cold, but it has wiped me out.  If I am feeling better this weekend, I will probably sew up some more to offer next week.  No promises, though.

Back to my chicken soup.

I hope those of you celebrating Thanksgiving had a wonderful holiday.  Ours was lovely, but more on that in another post.  Business first today.

Thank you for all the thoughtful comments on my last post.  I am amazed at all of you and your generosity.  If you are looking to be inspired in your giving, check out the comments.  They are filled with wonderful examples of how we can help others.  One that stuck with me was making donations in teachers' names instead of giving them a token gift.  I think that is what we will do this year.

The winner of Color Your Cloth by Malka Dubrawsky is: #106, Lesley.

The winner of Quilting for Peace by Katherine Bell is: #95, Emily.

Lesly and Emily, please email me (hillroad at bellsouth dot net) your shipping address and I will get the books out to you.

After lots of thought, I have decided not to offer the notepads for sale in the shop at this time.  I know that it will take me more time than I think (everything does!) and one thing that I am short on at this time of year is free time.  I would rather spend those precious hours doing things with the girls or making gifts for my family.  So for right now, no notepads.

But there will be camera straps!  They will go in the shop on Monday, December 7 at a time to be determined.  I will post the time here on the blog at some point in the next week.  Sound good?

That's all the business.   Hope you have a fantastic weekend.

I made these little notepads for Kate's birthday party favors.  The second graders started learning cursive last week so I thought it would be fun to have a little practice pad.  And stickers.  And a gel pen.  I mean, who doesn't like a gel pen?

Making these got me thinking about who else on my list could use some notepads.  The teachers for sure.  And I already whipped some up for the nephews who can write/scribble and some for Jane's friend that has a birthday today.  They were fun and fast to make.  I am thinking about putting some in the shop next week if there is any interest.  They would be made to order because of the personalization and there would be choices for fonts, color ink and lines/no lines.  Two or three sizes, too.  They'd be available for a limited time so that I could ensure delivery before the holiday.  What do you think?

And speaking of the shop, there will be some camera straps before the holidays.  I haven't set a date yet, but it is looking like the first week of December due to Thanksgiving.  I'll set the date and time next week and post it here.

All right then.  I'm off to cook dinner.  Later.

 

 

 

 

Just so you know, I just updated the shop with 35 camera straps - 7 of each of these colorways.

All right, now I am going to vacuum.