blessings and blossoms: October 2010

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

My creative (pigsty) space and sew scraps along

okay...I NEED to get organized to be able to finish creating the Christmas gifts I have started and to be able to keep creating for the heck of it! this is what happens when you try to redo your whole room and not finish it for months, when you try to cram so many different hobbies into one small room, I think my room is 10X10..... prepare yourself.... it's quite scary....just sayin...... I am only sharing these pictures for accountability purposes! I figure if I embarrass the heck out of myself somehow it will help, Lord I hope it helps....Dianne you with me?!! hee hee oh and help me decide on a new color for my room too! maybe a blue this time? or a simple beige so I can change out the curtain or colors?!!

my fabric, oh my.... there is other fabric that is scattered around the room and in piles, I just didn't show it all to you :)
why when I pull some fabric out I don't keep it neat?! I really need to find a better system that works for me!
also on the bottom shelf is most of my scrapbooking papers, does anyone really need that much?!! apparently I do :)

my sewing/computer area...I just got this really nice table at a yard sale for $20 and loved the idea of having my sewing machine and computer next to each other but the table is deep so I collect a lot of "stuff" behind that whole area...once again...need to find a better system and not allow anything there except my sewing feet and that cute 3 teird basket :)

my built in cabinets! LOVE them, why don't I keep them uncluttered? most the time you can actually see the counters, most of the time.... lol this is where I do most of my scrapbooking, I just have so much stuff from so many years of scrapbooking... I seriously *might* belong on that show hoarders! LOL my space is clean I just have so much of it :)

Please hold me accountable! LOL

also Jodi at Pleasant Home is starting a Sew Scraps Along and I hope this will help and motivate me also.
You should go visit her site also,she is posting some scrappy projects and they will help you use up those scraps but she is also linking to other gals who are doing some giveaways of fabric scraps on their blogs. How nice huh? very generous people out there!

wish me luck on this room! hee hee :)

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Next project is on the table!

YUMMY vintage sheets, well most of these are fat quarter size except for 2 of the prints, those 2, I have a full sheet of the goodness! I keep thinking I am just going to do a simple block quilt with these prints and use a Kona or Moda solid for the backing and bindingm just choosing which colors are going to be the hard part!

and how cool is this?!!

Egglands Best Eggs are supporting breast cancer! They are a little extra but that is okay :) because if you go to their website they have coupons too!

I am hoping to sew tomorrow (Sunday). We have a busy day today with Zach running in a cross country meet and then dinner with some friends tonight, first I need to tidy and organize my craft room just a little, it'scary in here!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

I am so blessed (and a new blog, finally!)

I just have to say that I am very blessed! over the past year I have really found out who is there for me! I just have to say that I have some great family and friends to lean on! God is good :)

I have been wanting to switch to blogger for a while now and I finally started to do it! I was being a great procrastinator taking my sweet time adding my projects to this new blog. When I had my old blog she sews and scraps , it was fun and I really did like typepad but with different and new changes (and some changes I had no control over), happening in my life, I kept thinking it was a good time, plus blogger is free! I am all about free!

so anyways...on with the new! I still have more to add, especially pictures that I want to keep on here for family that do look at my blog :) have a wonderful day everyone!
oh and especially for the family that wants and needs to see more pictures of Zach (and one of all of us!) that I have not posted, here ya go!
first day of being a Junior in high school!