Paper Play

Fun relaxing project for the afternoon~






























Isn't this paper gorgeous! I got the bug from my friend Jennifer! Looks like she's gone cone crazy! My little girl and I spent an hour together making paper cones! She is the one who said to me, "Mommy, we need some cupcake liners for the flowers." Thanks for the lovely new paper, Jennifer! You can find it here.
































What a sweet cone made by little girl hands!

A little something for the mommy!

I am so excited to get this outfit finally squared away. I found the fabric a few weeks ago, and finally got the lace sewed onto the hem!
















Now we desperately need some cool rainy weather to clean our dirty air! We are feeling for our friends and family who have had to evacuate their homes. We hope Southern California can safely return to normalicy as soon as possible. It will be a long, grueling road to recovery. Hang in there friends! I heard somewhere that this has been the biggest series of fires in our State, ever!

Sis Boom Baby

Sorry for the lack of posts as of late, peeps~ Just too busy and not in the mood to post. Here's a little baby quilt I made for a good friend of mine. She's expecting a baby girl in a few months, and picked out these Sis Boom fabrics. Don't you think it will look totally gorgeous in the room against a crib and a nice green wall. I hope to get some decent shots of this quilt from her someday. I took these at the last minute before sending it off.

Pumpkins.Laundry.A Spot of tea.cookies.and then some

After a week of coughs, flu bugs, and hanging out in the pig-sty, we headed up to Sonoma for a day and enjoyed the sparkly San Francisco Bay from the San Rafael Bridge, saw many pumpkin patches along the way to the Napa Valley, and and enjoyed the gorgeous Fall colors on the crimson and yellow-ochre grape vines. Now it's back to the laundry heaps, and making pumpkin-white chocolate chip cookies. Yum~ Oh, and it appears that I'm not the only one who has heaps of laundry!

Out for a stroll

It's so beautiful out these days....we got a sprinkling of rain last night....so refreshing!

So, here's sissy girl trying out her new dress........got the idea for this dress from my friend Sandi! Thanks for the awesome inspiration. Had the fabric just sitting on my table, staring at me for the longest time....then it came to me! An apron dress! How perfect~

Happy Thanksgiving, to our Canucks

Wishing all of our Canadian family and friends a happy Thanksgiving, today! We celebrated with our eats, yesterday~

Falling leaves and pumpkins

Enjoying our Fall weather!

Hope it's cooling off and showing some color wherever you are!























Happy Weekend!
(some more goodness from the original Sis Boom line of fabrics)
Thanks Jennifer!

The guest bed gets dressed

I am thrilled to show you my latest and greatest creation! The guest room gets dressed: Chocolate Lollipop Quilt, by Laurie Taylor~ The beautiful fabrics are made by Anna Maria Horner. I have to tell you about my friend Pat Fryer. She is the owner of California Quiltmaker's. This is the wonderful lady who does all of my fine quilting. I will be putting up her soon to be done website and linking her on my blog. If you are lucky, you just might run into her in Texas, at Quilt Market! Thanks so much, Pat for completing my gorgeous quilt.... she is the one who informed me that my quilt pattern is called a Medallion quilt.
This cute little cross stitch pillow you see pictured is something I stitched when my first born was a newborn. My mother came to visit us in Canada and brought this cross stitch kit that my Granny had published. My Granny drew up the design and Sunset Stichery published them.
Unfortunately, Sunset is no longer in business.

Come on over and take a nap ....... a, 'er .... well, if you are a friend that is

My shop is up and running...

I have decided to start selling
a few of my favorite things on Etsy.
I have a button on the right where
you can click, and it takes you to my store front.

I will be adding some of my new pincushions,
floral broaches, and bags.

It's been a busy weekend, and past few days.
I have something special to share with you in
the next day or so!
So check back in soon~

And the winner is

Come on up, Dena from Sugarshop! You were number 17~ Yay! Congratulations Dena for winning a pretty pincushion. Please email me your address and pincushion preference!

Thank you to all who made loving comments and kind support on my blog. I truly appreciate each and every one of you, and enjoyed reading all the sweet comments!