A Giveaway…

Over at Retro Mummy!

She’s giving away a fat quarter of each of the pictured fabrics!  14 fat quarter’s in all!  How awesome is that…and I absolutely love this fabric!  Keeping my fingers crossed!!!

We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming…

To tell you about something awesome! Have you ever been over to Meyer Imports? They have the most gorgeous German glass glitter as well as some other lovelies. Their glass glitter is so vibrant! They also have this really cool product line called “Earth Flakes. The Earth Flakes are little bits of cork, pebbles, grasses and wood shavings you can use to embellish your little bits! I can see where these would come in handy if you were a miniature enthusiast.

Well, Meyer Imports is running a special deal this month! Any order placed during the month of November get’s these little cuties included, for free, with their order! How awesome is that? The people over at Meyer Imports decided to take it one step further! Anyone who blogs about their offer and shoots them off an email with the link to the post provided gets to have these little darlings for free!!!

Well, I love free…and my Mama didn’t raise no dummy! Go on over and check these guys out! You will be amazed by their products and I have read on more than one blog, from people who have ordered from them, that they are efficient and really nice people too!

Christmas Ornaments…

I have been planning for a while now to try my hand at making some round “quilted” Christmas ornaments. I first saw one of these round ornaments on the Graceful Designs blog, which sadly, hasn’t been active all year. This is the image she used that caught my breath:

Isn’t this a lovely springtime Easter-y ornament?She offered this link (uses three different fabrics) to directions. After trolling around, I have found one that is illustrated over at Crafter without a Cat (uses two different fabrics).

More trolling and here are some pictures of my favorites around the web. If you like one, click the picture to be taken to the designer. If you don’t want to make one of your own, you can find instructions on how to purchase them on the websites. There are also a bunch available on etsy. Have fun!!!

Just Spoolin’ Around…

So, I’ve had these little spools forever! They originally belonged to my Dad’s…Uncle’s…Wife. I’ve kept them in my box, in my bead cabinet for years knowing that SOMEDAY I would find a use for the stinkin’ cute little things!

The other day, while trolling around on the internet (I’m very good at wasting my day trolling on the internet), I came across this:

Eureka! A spool advent calendar! I now have a good use for my spools! I am always looking for a simple project to do on Thanksgiving Day with my Mom and Daughter. This fits the bill perfectly!

Of course I had to try one out to see how it would fit. I printed the free “labels” at half size to accommodate the smaller spools, trimmed the length of the paper about 1/2” and it worked like a charm!

Now I just have to find the perfect beads and some cording to finish them off. I might use a little gold paint on the edges too…that would finish them off nicely!

If you too want to see all the great spool advent calendar ideas over at “Just Something I Made” and make your own click “HERE!”

***update***

Cathe has updated her project from last year and suggests that you can make them into kits to give away! Check out her new post with new downloadable graphics HERE!

Let Them Eat Cake…

If this had been the cake Marie Antoinette was talking about, well, she never would have lost her head!

It’s everything good about Thanksgiving dinner! Here’s the link to the recipe:  CHOW

Here Kitty, Kitty…

This is one of the coolest things I have seen! A friend sent me the video and I just had to share…it’s guaranteed to put a smile on your face!

Computer Time and Giveaways…

Today, I’m a happy camper! The last year and a half I have been working on an old laptop that I purchased several years ago and has less than stellar performance. I HAD a really nice desktop computer that I bought myself with the sale of a beaded purse that I made. Bad me, back then, I decided that it needed a better graphics card so I could play more graphically intensive games. So long story short…I killed my computer!

Fast forward to now, my oldest son decided I needed to get my computer up and running. So he ordered me some new parts, my hubby put them all together since my oldest is off at school again, and my #2 son spent a lot of time working on the operating system. Now I have my wonderful computer back!!!! I forgot how fantastic it is!

I can’t thank the men in my life enough! They are absolutely awesome!!!

On Friday, the Fall into Fall Quilt Bloggers Giveaway started. It is a huge giveaway being participated by more than 150 bloggers and businesses. I will be updating on this post about some of the participants so keep an eye here for some links!

Hop on over to Micki's blog Irish Muses. She has TWO things she's giving away! Spend a little time there too, I have been going to Micki's blog for a long time now and really enjoy her posts!

Stop by Grey Cat Quilts, she is giving away a lovely mini quilt made of my favorite...batiks!!! It's stunning!

Little Bluebell is giving away a Wonderland Momo honeybun...who doesn't love honeybuns!!!