Easter eggs

I love Sundays!! After church we went to Mom's house. We babysat for my niece's little one. She was having fun playing with the little plastic Easter eggs. How does my daughter look?

She also liked to put on my boots....

We also spent most of Saturday with our grandchildren. Love that time together!!!

How did you spend your weekend? I hope you did something fun.

What a Week!!

This is the trunk of my car...it took two of us to close it!!! Sister "C" sat in the backseat and she had just enough room. We sure like to bring a lot of stuff!!!

So imagine...you go to bed thinking that 'okay, there's a winter storm warning, but all the snow is gone and we'll probably get the rain end of it!' Well, not so. On Thursday morning we woke up to a major snow storm here in Wisconsin. By the end of the snowstorm...approximately 8 p.m. Wednesday, we had up to 17 inches. Can you believe it!!! We went from no snow to a ton of snow!! CRAZY!!! Anyway, we had a snow day at school and I woke up with a cold! Fun. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Back to my weekend in Chippewa Falls.

Well I didn't finish as much as I would have wanted to, but that's okay. As it turns out, the two bags I made were really pretty difficult. The pattern wasn't clear. It was confusing. But I did finish two. One an overnight bag and the other an everyday bag.

This is called a ruffled bag. It turned out cute...well, actually both bags were cute, but what a set of instructions!! One sister brought the supplies for us to make flower pins. That sister and another brought felted wool sweaters and made a bunch of things out of them and then with all the scraps we made more flower pins!! Wow - talk about recycled goods!! I also made a pincushion and a scarf. I took a picture of the scarf but the picture makes it look like a bunch of toilet paper (it's white)....I will have to wear it and then take a picture!!

Here we are. Another fun weekend!!! Thanks for inviting me ladies!!

Next...my craft room. Here is a picture of the first cabinet completed. It is so awesome!!! It holds so much!! Wish I would have taken a picture of a 'before' of my room. Oh well...as you can see the first cabinet has eight skinny drawers on the left. These are great for stamps, stickers, brads, and all the other embelishments used in scrapbooking. The right hand side has two skinny drawers (one for sewing supplies and the other for my miniature supplies) and below that is where my sewing machine and serger will be kept. Here are some pics . . .

I worked at my dear friend's bead store today. Her and her hubby did shows so I kept the store open. It's always so inspirational working there. They have an awesome store!! So much eye candy!!!

That's about it for now. God be with you tonight and tomorrow!!

Sister Weekend!

This is day two of the sister weekend in Chippewa Falls. There are nine of us this year. Boy are the crafts flying!!! For tonight...two of us have already called it a night, and I'm on my way. Today I finished a bag, two wallets, a pincushion and started an overnight bag. Looking forward to tomorrow. Will try to take some pics of my projects.

Excitement galore!!!

Saturday night Honey Baby's sister and her husband came over. I cannot believe it....by this weekend I will have my first piece for my studio. I am so very excited!! I have to pretty much empty it out for now, but it's just the start to the grand finale of the room. I was so excited that last night I got very little sleep. I would wake up with an idea and there I laid....swishing it around in my head. So I'm taking tonight off to sleep.

This is what Honey Baby's sister's piece looks like. It is about 1 foot longer than mine. Also, mine will have two drawers on the right and a cupboard... for the sewing machine and serger. I won't have the hutch right away... that will be done after they get back from their two week vacation.

There is also a 'sweet' cutting table/cupboard. I think that comes after that!! Pictures will follow...I promise.

This is also a picture of a mosaic table top I did. It needs to be painted and then it's finished and will find it's home in the living room.

I'm Back!!!

Well, it's been awhile and I feel badly about that. As I was doing my daily blog surfing, I realized that the blogs I really didn't care about were the blogs that didn't 'daily' blog....or even weekly!! Then I looked at my own and there it was... my last blog date. FEB ONE. Sad, sad state of affairs.... So I decided that even though I have a lot of bloggy work to do on my blog, I am going to keep it going in spite of my frustrations!!

So...here it is! We are having another snow fall. The spring fever is settling in. I look at some other blogs, those in warmer climates, and my heart aches for the budding of flowers.

I am in the process of redesigning my studio. It's a small studio-only 9 1/2 by 12. One window. And I have a lot of supplies. Even though I clean and try to straighten, it just doesn't ever seem to look nice. Work space is limited. So I am taking the plunge and having some things built that hopefully will work. My first piece is 7 foot long. This will be my major work station. To the right of where I sit, there will be one or two drawers and below that a cupboard with a pull out to hold my sewing machine and my serger. To the left will be eight narrow drawers for all the tiny little pieces I use for scrapbooking. Tomorrow we are going over to the builder's (aka Don married to Dolly who is Honey Baby's sister and a master craftsman) to bring the drawer slides. Top 'o the line!! Heavy duty. I will see the cupboard as far as he is. The next step will be to design the 'hutch' above this piece. I am very excited!! I will take a picture of the in progress piece. Stay tuned for more . . .

I have also been getting ready for the Annual Sister Half Way Weekend. This is a weekend of crafting with my crafting sisters!! We head to a hotel in Chippewa Falls and craft for four days!! We do a little junk shopping as well. It is always a great time. Anyway, I am making my weekend a sewing weekend so I have been getting all the supplies together that I need. Patterns, material, thread, accessories....I have quite a few projects....not that I will finish them all, but I hope to get a lot done!!! More on that to come as well . . .

The possibility of me losing my day job is quite high. You see, I work in the public school system. I don't want my blog to be a soap box for political views, but seeing that this is my blog, I am going to make one comment. I am not a teacher, I am support staff. It still affects me. Govenor Walker's bill is going to hurt people like me. I'm not yet ready for retirement and I need my health insurance badly. I don't make a lot of money and I will be paying for some of this health insurance. That's okay. What really bugs me is that if I lose my union, I will lose my seniority, my personal day and my sick days. This is a sad time in our history. I just pray that God directs all of those government people that will change my (and others like me)life forever. God's will be done.

Well, until tomorrow....be good to your neighbor...you never know what's going on in their life.

Baby it's cold outside!

It's been a while since I've blogged! What's up with that? Well, here we are, the wind is blowing something fiece. This is suppose to be the 'big one'. However, I don't think we'll have a snow day out of it. I am such a kid when it comes to snow days!!! I could get a lot done. What I really need is some sunshine and a new camera. Couldn't we all? Eventually...I am hoping to use some tax money for that. We'll see.

It's the daughter's boyfriend's birthday. Twenty-five...oh to be 25 again. What would you do? The same or would you change something? i would like to think I would be smarter but I'm not sure I would have learned the lessons I learned back then. Thank the Lord for those lessons. Anyway....Happy Birthday Jon. I hope you have learned some lessons.

Till the next pig flies....

Just me