Rudolph

Good Morning Blogland!! Hope all is well. I have to tell ya'll about this wonderful blog I found the other day while hopping--http://littlewondersdays.blogspot.com/ It is awesome. She does wonderful crafts and incorporates teaching into the fun. Great teaching! I first saw her post about reindeer games, but after going back and looking the whole way through at old posts, her creativity and talent is everywhere. Please go and see and tell her how much you enjoyed the tour. The Rudolph above is straight from her blog. Angel baby needed something to give her nursery class for Christmas and I thought these with some reindeer food would be great. All you need are some clear ornaments, brown packing paper, red pipe cleaners, google eyes, and a red shiny nose. Pack the paper inside the ornament, glue the eyes and nose. Cut a pipe cleaner is half, and then cut one of the halves in half. Take the smaller pieces and make extra "horns" on each antler and shape. Glue the base of the antler to the top of the ornament. Cute, easy and cheap. Ya'll take care. Be safe, healthy, happy. Smile and laugh. Hug those you love. Do something special and unexpected for someone. Pray for our nation. Pray for our armed forces and their families. God bless ya'll!!!!!

Angels Among Us!

This is an ornament I made many years ago. I made one for every child and parent for the tree that year, and actually I made some for friends and co-workers also. I am really surprised you do not see them much here in crafty blogland. They are really simple. I am not sure of the exact measurements because I made them in several sizes, but here goes my first tutorial. Ya'll bear with me now!

Things you will need:
Small styrofoam ball
8 inch circle of fabric--*not sure about the circumference, but you can play with it and see what size you like.
Lace- I used wide for the large Angels and small for the little Angels, again this depends on which size you choose to do.
Ribbon
Glue gun
Rubber band
raffita, straw, yarn-this is for the hair
Flowers, or any other embellishments--optional

I cut my fabric into a circle, then sewed the lace around the edge of the circle. Next, I glued the center of the circle to the styrofoam ball (only glued at the top of the ball). I draped the rest of the fabric tightly around the ball and secured it with a rubber band. Pull the skirt, so it lays smoothly. Glue the ribbon, flower whatever you decide on around the rubberband to hide it. Take a piece of the lace and make several loops with it. Pinch the middle, and wrap with thread to secure the pinch. Make a loop with some of the left over ribbon so you can hang her. Gluethe loop and the wings to the back of the Angel at the neck or right below. You can put something over the string to cover if you like. Take the straw and make the hair. I hot glued it to the head, and WHA LA---you have an ANGEL.

Take care. Be safe, happy, healthy. Hug those you love. Smile and laugh! Pray for our soldiers, our nation, and our nation's leaders. Help someone who needs it, it will make your heart feel so good! God Bless Ya'll!!!!!

The 2010 Tree

Well, the tree is up and the outside is decorated. I completely redid the tree this year, changed the lights, garland, and only put up the most important ornaments. How do ya'll like my little elf that helped me? I still have some things to put up inside, but I have decided to not do the village this year, one reason being the little elf. She has begun to really investigate things. I put at the bottom of the tree an Angel, Santa, snowman, Christmas tree, and a bell so I could let her start to learn about Christmas essentials. She loves the Angel baby ornament and Santa. Angel baby ornament is a blond haired little Angel girl dressed in pink that I got for her last year. If you say love the baby, she loves Angel baby ornament, and if you say love HO HO, she goes to Santa! It is so neat watching her learn something new everyday. I am very fortunate to have them so close. Oldest son killed a huge deer with his bow the other day. It is his first Pope and Young. If you do not have hunters in your family you may not know what that is, but it is something that true hunters dream of. Hubby had a big birthday Saturday! We had some old friends we have not seen in quite a while come over for football and supper. Very quiet, relaxing, and enjoyable. It was 14 degrees this morning when I got up! That is really unusual for us. I like it, cause it means snuggly time. Little son crawled up in the bed with me last night to watch football and was still there this morning. I really miss those days with him, you know he's at that age where mom may not be the most important person in his life, but thanks cold weather for getting a snuggle time. Ya'll take care and be safe. Please pray for our soldiers and their families. Smile and laugh!! Be healthy and happy. Hug those you love. REMEMBER THE REASON FOR THE SEASON, JESUS CHRIST!!! God bless ya'll!!!

Pink fig quilts giveaway

Just found this great give away while blog hopping this morning. Beautiful quilt!!! Her new fabric line is great, too. Love the colors and prints!! Please go visit and let her know what you think. http://pinkfigdesign.blogspot.com/.

Pillowcases

Good Morning!! Just popping in for a short while, but I will be back on board more regularly. It has been really busy here. Sewing, crafting, shopping, working, playing with Angel Baby---that has been my priorities of late. I have 10 Christmas presents bought and wrapped!! Never in my life have I done this. I pinch myself and say is this you??? I even have most of my Thanksgiving dinner prepared and in the freezer. I am not sure what is happening to me, but it sure is nice. My bestest friend, Dawn, went to a pillowcase class at my favorite new store, Ella Rose, a fabric store in Cleveland, MS. This is where we took the quilting class. She came home and taught me how to make them. I made these for the girls in the family. Aren't they cute? I have always shyed away from these because I thought they were hard to make and time consuming. Boy, was I wrong. Ya'll take care. Be safe, happy and healthy! Hug those you love. Smile and laugh. God bless ya'll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NapSack

I finished Angel Baby's nap sack before the big party, and I will say it really kicked my rear end!!! I cannot follow a pattern exactly. I am always adding to them. In this case, the pattern was this: http://thatvillagehouse.blogspot.com/2010/09/make-your-own-nap-mat.html. I decided to use minky fabric for one side and put two layers of batting instead of one, and what did this do----STRETCH like crazy!!!! Next I thought all little girls need ruffles--I had not tried to sew a pillow on a blanket and not get the ruffle caught in the seam in quite a while, and I might add it will be quite a while before I try again. The next nap sack will have it's own pillow that is seperate if it has a ruffle. It did turn out really cute and Mom and Angel Baby love it, but it really made Gammie TIRED!!! The pics are not the best, but you can get an idea of what it looks like. I finished my quilting class and finished the quilt. I had a great time and very proud of my accomplishment. Pee Wee football came to an end this past Tuesday. Littlest (I know this is not a word, but I love it) son recovered a fumble in the game and made several good tackles in their WIN (we only got 2 of those this year, so we want to brag a little). The announcer kept calling his name over the PA system. I began to get really worried if we were going to be able to get his helmet off after the game because every time they called his name his head swelled and his chest got bigger!! Ha! Ha! He was so cute chest pumping and bumping. All the rest of the family are great. Oldest son went alligator hunting and caught 2, one was 5 feet and the other was almost 10 feet. There is a neat article about there hunt in a state paper. I will put a link if you are interested- http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100912/COL0503/9120345/1127/SPORTS08 Well I guess I better go. Ya'll take care, Be healthy, happy and safe. Hugs those you love. Smile and laugh, and may GOD bless ya'll!!

Halloween Wreath

I have had a wirlwind of sewing this weekend. First, I finished the rag wreath for Halloween. Not the best pic, but you can get a good enough idea of the wreath. I have seen these on different sites, and decided to try one myself. I followed the tutorial over at "A Little Bit of Everything"-- http://tanya-alittlebitofeverything.blogspot.com/2010/08/halloween-fabric-rag-wreath.html It was real easy. The only thing I did different was to cut my strips in half one more time then she did. Go look and try. Next thing I did was finish quilting my quilt. We have our last class this Thursday, and we will put the binding on then. I will post a pic of the completed project after the class. I started making a new baby blanket. This one for a girl. Almost have finished putting the ruffle on. I also will show this when done. Last, I started a nap sack blanket for Angel Baby. She will be moving up to a bigger class, where they sleep on cots, so I thought a comfy, cozy little roll up nap sack with pillow would be great for her. Hopefully that will be finished this week because her BIRTHDAY PARTY is next Sunday. Her real birthday was yesterday and I had the privilege of keeping her while Mom and Dad worked. I believe you can tell from the pic what a good time we had. Ya'll take care. Be happy, healthy, and safe. Remember October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so get those check ups and mammograms!!!! Hug those you love and even those you don't. Everybody can always use a hug. Smile and laugh. GOD bless ya'll!!!!!!!!!!!