Memories.....

Today was a hard day for me ....it was one year since I lost my Dad! He was 78 and was a very simple hardworking man. He was diagnosed with cancer one month before he passed.
I made a special tribute treasury to him tonight:



Than as I was sitting at the computer thinking about him...my hubby ran upstairs and said you have got to see these...

Meet my beautiful grandsons!

Life does go on!!

Wordless Wednesday!

I did not have time to write a blog but wanted to take to post something for today so thought why not do a Wordless Wednesday! And these gorgeous items do not need any words to describe them.

Enjoy:

EnchantedQuilling

Beadedtail

Pamelaquilts

KCowie

NewEnglandQuilter

HogansHandywork

Easter is Only a Few Weeks Away

As I was sitting at my desk thinking about what to write for my blog I was also thinking of my grandsons and what I was going to give them for Easter. I realized that we are now turning Easter into another commercial day like Christmas which is very sad!

I decided to check out Etsy shops and see what they have to really bring home the true reason for Easter.

Here is what I found:

Remember what the True reason is this Easter! It is fine to give the children a little fun and games but they need to be told the rest of the story.

My grandsons will be getting their little Easter bunny treats and a toy but I will be sure to include a little message for my oldest!

What are Friends For?

Today I am going to feature a beautiful person and artist! She is a leader of the Promotional Frenzy Team and she needs a show of appreciation right now. jQjewelry makes stunning jewelry and has been at it for many years. Beginning with recreating her mother's costume jewelry!

This is what she has to say about her masterpieces: "The custom jewelry you see here is designed with one thing in mind ... use only the finest components available to create a long-lasting piece of jewelry you'll love to wear!"

They are designed using sterling silver, 14kt rolled gold, freshwater pearls, semi-precious stones, Austrian crystals, handmade lampwork and dichroic glass.

Be sure to drop into her shop to see more of her gorgeous creations!

Here is Motivation if I ever Had any....

The Promotional Frenzy team do a blog day on Wednesday and usually we just blog on what we want but of great leaders decided to change that this week. We are to blog on our work space with pictures!

Yikes, that means I have to show my work area, well that is not going to happen in the shape it is in so I spent a few days reorganizing and cleaning up!

I had hubby cut me a piece of fiberboard to put on top of my ironing board to make a bigger area for ironing fabrics.



My craft is sewing so I have lots of fabric about and I need to be able to locate what I want.

Hubby made me this great storage area in son's old bedroom which is now my sewing room/guest room. He made the shelves just big enough to hold file boxes which I file my fabrics in! Makes is so easy to locate each piece and I have labelled the boxes with the type of fabric.

Sons dresser also houses lots of fabrics...mostly my baby panels and plain flannels for backs of quilts and baby bibs.







This rolling cart has my scraps and my printed flannels for baby bibs.

The cupboard has odds and ends in it....lol... I am not going to show the inside! A girl has to have some secrets.


Under the futon, my batting lives! Along with another tote of unfinished projects or UFO's. The quilt on the futon was handquilted by me.

I have one sewing machine and a serger, sister left her sewing machine here for me as a backup if I need it.

My Room is not very big but I do make the most of my space and ...lol.... I do tend to spill over into other areas of the house, for example I spread my batting out on the Recroom floor to cut up. There is a large open area in the middle of the room big enough for a full bag of batting!

Thanks for all the wonderful comments on my work site....I do love it but it could be bigger...lol...I am sure it would never be big enough. I do try to keep it organized, I have so little time to craft I do not want to spend it all looking for things. My finished products are on the utility shelf....lol...poor hubby... in totes!