Friday, May 17, 2013

Friends.... free design pattern

Hello Friends!
So glad you are here!
It's freebie Friday once again....I love drawing out designs for you.


Join the club...
It is a fun club packed full of goodies...please go to the link above for more details.
This week the create is club members get in their Friday newsletter...
FUN Assorted TICKETS Digital Sheet PDF -  tags label queen kitty vintage junk u print artist scrapbooking paper
These awesome tickets...u print...as many times as you like...all tickets come on one page...you pick the color of the paper...so easy!
They are fun to use in collages, scrapbooking, as gift tags, in cards, and in party decor.
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I share my own recipes for the best toffee ever...and talk about easy....with simple ingredients.
This recipe has been a family fav for a long time!
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Plus these fun vintage embroidery designs...
Sweet as a Rose

I also have lots of SECRET projects and links!
check out the details of create is club
I will throw in the last two newsletters if you join this week.
Have a great day!

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Home is the happiest place

Home is happy big hoop art PDF Pattern - wallhanging applique free motion flowers fabric embroidery sewing pillows
Here is my newest pattern:
Home is the happiest place....
and my Patternmart
Home is happy big hoop art PDF Pattern - wallhanging applique free motion flowers fabric embroidery sewing pillows
This is the journey pillow.....fun and easy.....quite addicting to do!

Home is happy big hoop art PDF Pattern - wallhanging applique free motion flowers fabric embroidery sewing pillows
I am setting up at Quilt Market.....hard work!  Gotta Smile.

Home is happy big hoop art PDF Pattern - wallhanging applique free motion flowers fabric embroidery sewing pillows
If you are going to be at Quilt Market....come visit me in booth 2141!
I would love to meet you and show you my "everyday" designs.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Got an old suitcase?

Look at these great vintage suitcase ideas...

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This blog has good junk!
So much fun!
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I have several oldies but goodies....now for the tranformation to begin!!


Sunday, May 12, 2013

Happy Mother's day!

I hope you are all having a wonderful Mother's day!
This is my mom...Betty Lou.
I have told you all many many times the tragic tale of my mom....she passed away 20 days after the birth of my only child....she was willing herself to stay alive to see Selina.
She had Rheumatoid arthritis and a terminal lung disease.
She went through years of hardship bringing up my 4 siblings and myself....as a single mom.

Love was not kind to her....after divorcing my dad when I was 2 ...she had enough of men for the rest of her entire life.
She was a great mom...and I would give anything to spend one more Mother's day with her!
She loved animals!
She could play anything on the piano...all you had to do was give her the title to the song.
She was in the navy,
She was smart as a whip,
She was crafty and sewed up our dresses...after working all day as a secretary.
We had the best childhood under the circumstances.
She had a great sense of humor and we were very close.
After working so hard...she had to suffer in her last days....so not fair.
If she were here she would have loved designing patterns with me and going to market.
She would be proud of her big family and she would have been my daughters BFF.

Please enjoy being with your mom if you can today....you can't go back in time.....but you can remember the wonderful times.


Friday, May 10, 2013

Mom - freebie friday pattern design

Wow...It's friday again!
IT's almost Mother's day!
Happy Mother's day to all you moms and I wish you a wonderful weekend!
 
Join the club...
It is a fun club packed full of goodies...please go to the link above for more details.
This week the create is club members get in their friday newsletter...
Cute Cats Wool Pins PDF Pattern - embroidery hand kitty brooch jewelry primitive flowers felt kittens 
This cute cats wool pin pattern....my own popular pattern!
 
Vintage artwork...a Victorian momma cat taken care of her kittens
 
A story book page of a momma cat helping herbaby get dressed.
 
A Fun vintage coloring page...so adorable!

a Sweet kitty cat stichery design
 
Other cool SECRET GOODIES

Plus a fab Cheesy Chicken Casserole recipe

All this and more ....  in the
Create it club!
 
Come to the party at Whipperberry's Friday flair 

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Pretty in Pink


Beautiful Cherry Blossom  photo - 8 x 10 frame Print Art Photography
I love the color pink!
And my daughter has been capturing some lovely pink photos lately....such beautiful flowers blooming right now.
I have noticed that this year....the outside is smelling so perfumy and yummy.....much more than last year and the year before.
 
Beautiful Bleeding Heart photo - 8 x 10 frame Print Art Photography Pink Flower
I used to have the biggest Bleeding heart at my first little home....everyone wanted to know how I did it....but I did nothing except water it!
 
Beautiful Stripe Pink Flower photo - 8 x 10 frame Print Art Photography Pink Flower
We go on lots of walks and Selina always brings her camera.
I like stripes....and a flower with stripes is awesome. 
All my cats have stripes....all 3.  It is like having toddlers around.
 
Beautiful Pink Flower photo - 8 x 10 frame Print Art Photography
Blue and pink are a great combination for colors.  Selina also has lots of old fashioned photos, cats, buildings....like barns and churches....she has a real knack.  She has four of her photos in a statewide photos contest that her photography teacher submitted...she has the coolest teachers by the way.
You can see all her prints at her etsy shop...only 12.99 for a print.
 
I want to leave you with this inspirational quote:
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
 
 

Monday, May 6, 2013

Debuting at Quilt Market

She lingers in the Garden....she is debuting at Quilt Market!

I love this little sweetie...I am excited to present this and other new patterns at Market.
My booth will not have a holiday theme.....(I love holidays however)....this time I will have projects for everyday!
 
Gotta get back to work....so much to do....yikes.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Love what you have



Love what you have. Need what you want. Accept what you receive. Give what you can. Always remember, what goes around, comes around...
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It's been simply gorgeous here!  Kinda hot!  WHoot whoot!
 
Gotta surprise sale on my pattern ..."Primitive country wool pins".
This sale on this pattern lasts until next Sunday (May 12)!
It is perfect for summertime.  They would also be cute made into magnets and pin cushions!
Good craft show sellers and makes great friendship gifts too.
 
Gotta watch the Amazing Race finale!  All my fav shows are ending :(


Friday, May 3, 2013

Courage - Free design pattern

 
Here is a little design....featuring "Courage". 
Sometimes we need a big dose of this!
Over the years....some of us find courage a lot easier than we used to....thankfully!
*Please note that all freebies are for you to use to make finished goods (no mass producing) and gifts...they are still my designs.
This week at the
Click the link above to find out more about this fun unique club....costs only 5 dollars a month.
WE are featuring
PANSIES!
If you are a member you will get all things pansies.... like....
This sweet watercolor to make into tags or cards...show someone you are thinking of them
 
An exclusive pansy design to stitch up--- only available for club members.
A vintage quilt design featuring Pansies.
So darned cute!  Imagine a pansy quilt on your bed!

Plus there are more goodies (all to do with pansies and more)....
all top secret.....sorry :(....
****just become a member and you will get this pansy extravaganza!
Each week is a new topic....fun ideas, crafting projects, clip art, recipes, patterns....etc...
Each newsletter is packed ...and always fits this time of year!
If you join this week I will also throw in the last 2 newsletters
plus there are start up goodies too!

Thursday, May 2, 2013

My new website!

 
Come check out my new website!!!!
I finally updated my old fashioned site I made years ago!
My old site sometimes had glitches...yikes...and it had a strange way of getting from page to page.
 
I highly recommend Indiemade if you want your own website.  They specialize in websites for us crafty creative types.  It has all the FAQ's and info you need to know.