This is G O R G E O U S!! This is a pattern - a PDF pattern which is especially nice for impulse buyers like me. LOL
I love that they provide homes for cute little bunnies, adorable baby raccoons and coyotes but they just don't ever stop creeping their way into total ownership of every square inch of my beautiful property. But today rather than being frustrated, I am embracing the fact that I can harvest organic berries and make a ton of blackberry bread to freeze! No maintenance or care required! Just pick and use. Loves it!
My Banana Blackberry Applesauce bread with an orange cream cheese glaze
This card is so pretty and what a beautiful quote! Handmade by ViveLaFranceDesign on etsy. Please go check out her shop!
http://www.xpeppyandbellex.etsy.com/
I thought this was so cute! I found him on etsy. Handmade by "BedBuggs" and his name is "Bandit"! Isn't he so cute?
I've been scanning and scanning and listing fabric on ebay! Man, I have some really cute fabric. It's really hard to part with fabric. Even when you had a quilt shop full of it! And scrapbooking supplies & yarn...............not even going there. I'm a hoarder. I miss my store and especially my customers so much! But on the other hand, it's nice to be able to design and create for awhile!
My favorite niecebyproxy is getting married this weekend. So I threw together this table runner and some matching hot pads. I am kind of second guessing myself here - is this an okay gift? I just adore her, she is sooooo sweet. I wanted to make something for her but is this enough? hmmmm.
Well, I had yet one more birthday...May 31st. I think they are getting closer together, the older I get! It was a nice, quiet day for the most part and I got to do some sewing! Yay! Apparently, my love for chocolate must be very well known! I ended up with 3 different chocolate cakes - LOL YUM! One really cool thing that happened was when I got a text on my phone and checked it...........up comes a photo of some of my nieces and great-nieces (and a very cute brand new great-nephew) holding a sign that said "Happy Birthday!!!!!" They all got together and sent me a photo. I never expected that and it made my tear up. How very sweet! I moved out of state so I don't see them nearly enough! Okay, enough of that sentimental stuff. I just love my family so much! So, I really love this birthday card. It's from etsy of course and made with paper designed by Amy Butler! From YesTeacher's etsy shop....check it out! Click here:
I threw this together for a new baby boy in the family. I have so much fabric that I figured I should use it maybe?? LOL Both of the patterns that I used are from Precious Patterns. They do allow selling the finished items if you purchase the pattern. However, only 5 items online at a time and credit to Precious Patterns in your listing. The patterns are reasonably priced, PDF dowloads (love that!) and they run specials in their Etsy shop! Here is a link:
I was admiring this beautiful necklace on Etsy. Then I read that the seller (MissyM88) donates 5% of all of her Etsy sales to the Salvation Army. That is just a really cool thing to do! I hope you will visit her store if you are looking for graduation or birthday gifts or maybe some wedding accessories. To visit her store just click here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/MissyM88 And thank you to the artist/seller that helps others by donating! You rock!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/45115369/simple-elegance-journal-black-and-ivory
For the Babies................
Bright popsicley (made that up so I can spell it however I want, right?) colors! Who wouldn't love that? I found these on etsy, naturally. Where all stuff cool resides. One of a kind, knit from cotton so these would be great for summer evenings! Who couldn't love something handmade by someone calling themselves "Cyber Hippie Gypsies" - check out their store and then the blog - both links are below. I don't know this couple but I do so admire them! Now I have to contact them and I'm hoping they won't be too hard on me for blogging them! I absolutely love their blog happenings!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/HamsaHealing
I took a nap earlier so now I can't sleep. What do you do when you can't sleep? Hit up Etsy for some random inspiration! Well, it's STILL raining here in the Pacific Northwest so this really caught my eye! Flowers! Happy stuff! I am so excited for the May flowers that the non-stop April showers better bring! So, I fell in love with this adorable little baby dress and had to post it! It is from NoahsArkQuilting and here's the link:
So my super cool niece is having her first baby. It's a boy! As the most fabulous auntie in the world, it's my duty to spoil them both! I went to Jaminga.com and bought several soybean baby things. They were here almost immediately! I was amazed! Anyway, this is one of the things I got along with a cute matching hat, little sockies, a bib, and another coordinating one piece. This is a fab ensemble! And eco-friendly too! I love the feel of the soy fabric, it's so "silky." And the chocolate color is really nice because we all know that babies stain everything! I hope she loves it! Had to share that!
I found this GREAT idea and thought you could do so many things with this! A wish box, a goal box, a box of birthday wishes that everyone contributes to for the recipient, a fear or problem box to help children through tough times, gosh I could go on and on! How cool is this?
