And the holidays begin!

Well last week was pretty good.  I finished the second cat quilt, and it looks amazing!

E should be getting it today!  I think it may be her favorite new blankie!  Next up for quilts is an other scrap quilt, that also follows the ROYGBIV. 

I also finished and mounted the cross stitch kit I had for the frame I found in the garage.

 

The kit came with one of the issues of Mollie Makes, and while I really liked it, I had nothing to do with it when it was done, so it just sat in the package.  When I found the frame, the light bulb went on!  I did repaint the frame from green, to a chocolate brown.  I left some green visible, and under the green was a creamy white.  Now I just need to find my chicken wire.  I know we have some left somewhere!!

I also finished these cute keyrings.

I thought about stuffing them with catnip, but decided that the cat can my error projects instead.  These will hang on the wire in the frame when it's done.  They are so darn cute, but a little big for putting on keys.  Again, these came with our Mollie magazine.  And sat around because i had nothing I could do with them when they were done.  So getting this frame done will help get a lot of little things taken care of!

With Thanksgiving this week, I have no idea what will actually get done.  We don't do Thanksgiving day at home, we go to dinner at our church, followed by dessert at the in-laws.  The kids have so much fun at the church dinner, I have to wonder if I have ruined adulthood for them.  Gathering with friends and family, tons (literally, I think) of food, room to play, and nothing they can break. It's an amazing event.  I haven't been able to pick a best part yet.  Every year the whole event is my favorite.  Even when we clean up and pack away the left overs, it's great.  The first year there was so much food, they were packing meals to send home with everyone.  Someone then called one of the homeless shelters the next week to see if they could use the food. So from the second year on, there is usually a caravan to take all the leftovers down.  I get weepy just thinking about all the wonderful, beautiful things I've seen happen at the church dinner. 

Life without a computer!

Was, well, pretty great!  Our computer "lost" a file, and we couldn't use it for a week.  It was quite possibly the best week all year! I wish I had gotten more done, but we had a weird school week.  I got quite a bit of house work done, as well as starting and almost finishing a quilt.

I love how bright and colorful this is.  This and the cat quilt I finished last month were commissioned by a friend who loves cats and brights.  She STUFFED a box with her selected fabrics and sent it to me.  And by stuffed, I mean fabric popped out when we opened it.  It is now a little pile scraps! 

With the computer being down, I did some rummaging around the house, and found these frames in the garage.  I painted them and gave them a wash of green, and I hope to have them done by this weekend. 

The big one will get cork.  If the kids get the fridge, DH gets the basement, I think this is perfect for ME!  I think I have decided were it will hang, but I need to make sure there are studs in the wall first.

This little one is getting a cross stitch piece in the upper opening, and chicken wire in the lower opening.  I'm not sure were it is going yet.  I really just wanted someplace to hang little projects that I've accumulated over the last couple years.  Most notably all those cute little Mollie Makes key-chain/charm kits that come with the magazine.  Maybe I'll finish them if I have somewhere to put them! 

This week I am finishing the quilt, my goal being to mail it on Friday, as well as these frames.  I'm not sure what is next.  Christmas projects?  Digging around in the garage some more?  I may find other neat things to play with!

Bazaar is this week!

Carnival is over!  It was great, but it took a lot of time and energy and we are still recovering.  We didn't get a lot of stuff done around the house at all!  We were getting home at 10:00 each night, everything else fell by the way side.  I did get some more dishcloths made.  After this is posted, I'm going wrap them and get them ready to go.  Bazaar is this weekend, so I'm hoping to get some more done. 

I'm also trying to get some dry soup mixes made up for bazaar, and I have the supplies. I just need to get the stuff lined up and done.  After that, we are gearing up for the holidays!  That list has been made and amended several times, so we'll see what the final projects are.