Valentine Sale!!!!

I am having a Valentine sale on my ETSY.....20% off everything in my Etsy store!!!  You MUST use the COUPON CODE -  "Valentinesale".  When checking out.....type in the code- Valentinesale.  At that point etsy will give you the 20% off.  For more info on how to use a coupon code...click on the link. 

This sale starts today...Jan 31st...until February 14th! 

This means you can purchase patterns, collage sheets, digital signs, and more....20% off. 

These are just some of the patterns, collage sheets, and signs in my etsy shop.

It doesn't matter what it is....it will be 20% off when using the coupon code- Valentinesale.

pincushions....

Flash cards......I have cards for every holiday and more!

Prims....

Signs.....

Stitcheries.....

Mannequins in many sizes and forms

Tags.....love tags!

Plenty of all the holidays...lots of Halloween to make up early!

Paris, love, and Flowers

I wanted to show you some new mixed media paintings I have done recently. Can you tell I am ready for spring? I would love to go to Paris in the springtime (only in my dreams so far!).  

I still love banners, especially flag banners with a one word statement.  I am thinking of making prints of these...it would be fun!  I have lots more to show you in the days to come. 

I have some new paintings with lovely ladies and cats too.  It is addicting!

Here is hoping spring is right around the corner.

All things Irish...get your green on!

 

I love St. Patrick's day.....yes I am Irish (plus Scottish and English). This is one of my new digital signs.

I have alot of projects for St. Patrick's day on my ETSY.  I love making things with old photos.

Flash Cards...love them 2!  These ones are large!

This is one of my first patterns....jumping kitty was so darn popular...must have made atleast 50 of them for customers back then.

Old distressed shamrocks...with gold coins and a sweet Irish poem.

These are funny....they make me smile every time I see them.

Small flash cards...make great table decor.

I want to be a sassie lassie!  These are fun too.

Mousey green fun!  I love mice so much.  Right now we have 6 fakes mice toys around...and the cats throw them around and put them in their bowl of food and my husbands boots!

This is a sweetie....easy to stitch.

These are fun for parties and going out to drink green beer (I hate beer...please make mine green tinted wine)

Lets face it...when you start drinking...you start talking a bunch of blarney.....lol. 

I think these are O'Dorable!!!

Have a great rest of the weekend.

Funniest Valentine ever....

Isn't this the funniest Valentine ever!!!  I just about laughed my head off at the antique store...had to have it.  It is very old...mechanical ...and from Germany.

Here is the cat's other look....slightly naughtier eyes.  Cat's are hard to resist for me  How about you?  Are you a cat person or a dog person?  or maybe you just love animals. 

This one is also from Germany.  Valentines were so much sweeter in the old days!

I love the cherub faces.   So sweet and innocent!

I hope you like these Valentines....I had to share them with you!  I had to break away from my computer problems...I am fighting my old computer(if I could throw this thing across the room...I would!)....right now I am on the laptop.  The break is already making me feel better.

Hope you have a great weekend!



The Meaning of Success!

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

No wonder Mr. Emerson was amazing!  I love inspiring quote!

My Tudor Make over

I wanted to show you my calendar make over for this year.  Every year my husband gets a work type calendar....one with semi trucks on it....I am a girly girl....I don't like trucks!  These calendars are great because they show 3 months at a time....love that.  So I feel compelled to cover up the trucks with something pretty.  Last year I made a tutorial on this...on left side bar.

I covered the trucks with old book pages and clip art of the the Tudors.  I am a fan of the Tudors long before the show.  I find them interesting because of the ambitions of everyone...it became their downfall.

I added a tag below Henry VIII....since he was the King.  I also glittered them up....love sparkling things up!

Now I can enjoy my calendar all year!

Scrappy heart - so pretty!

I am so happy with this new technique I learned (new to me I mean)....a scrappy heart mini quilt. 

I Bought the cool mag...called "Art Quilting Studio" by Stampington & company.  Inside there was an article by Terri Stegmiller.  She has a wonderful blog and the TUTORIAL on how to make the

scrappy heart is on her site....please check it out!

These are lots of little pieces of creams and reds....all those scraps you save cause you know you'll need them!  It takes fusible web, cotton batting, and a slick pressing cloth.

It was fun cutting up these scraps with my rotary cutter....my sewing table became a mess of scraps....I can mess up a room like the Tasmanian devil!! 

Keep calm ...and be fearless!

Love this!!!  Everyone has fears...big and small.  I like to think about my fears...and dissect them.  I like to image the fear and really see if it is that scary.  Is it going to kill you?  Are you going to solve your problems...the ones that can be solved that is.  Are you going to do what you can with in the best of your ability?  We usually imagine far worse things .....things that couldn't really happen. Stop letting fears get to you.  After some thought...let it go! 

Let's be fearless!

Freebie Friday- Be Kind berries & pitcher

I love freebie Friday...it is so much fun!!!  This one is the "Be Kind" berries & pitcher design.  I have made this into lil wool pins...great to use up all kinds of small pieces. You could stitch it up too. 

I finally have this pattern done....my computer was fighting me....I duked it out...and won....lol...

Some weeks are just plain tougher than other weeks....this was a tough one....but I see things are getting easier.

The love mice are in my Etsy store and also on my patternmart! 

So.... I hope you all have a terrific weekend.  I might start my paint by numbers kit (It is a blast from the past...I used to love them)  It is a beautiful Japanese garden paint set...got it at Christmas.  Hobby lobby and Joann fabrics have some great paint by numbers!

Cutest Tomato Pin Cushion

Isn't this sweet!  This design is from Wild Olive.  Mollie makes awesome embroidery patterns...this one is called: Crafty characters.  With this design you get lots of other sewing room/studio characters like yarn, scissors, glue, spool of thread...and many more...all with sweet faces.  Visit her Etsy shop.

I turned the design into a pin cushion by cutting the stitchery in a square when done....backing is red felt.  I added an old measuring tape and safety pin with buttons.  I couldn't resist adding pink cheeks with a cotton swab and makeup blush. 

You may wonder why a pattern designer buys another artists designs.....because for one thing ...it is so cute....I can't help it.  I also like to learn from others and hope others learn from me.  I have lots of patterns from other designers....love making something completely different.  You can never learn enough about sewing, quilting, crafting, and all the others arts out there!

Come join the fun on Whipper Berry's Friday Flair....see what everyone is making.....what a beautiful site!