Posted in Thankful Thursdays on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just taking a moment to wish all of you a very happy Thanksgiving.
I feel so blessed as I reflect on all of the things that I am thankful for:
an absolutely wonderful husband
my family — my parents, my brother, my parents-in-law, and my sister-in law.
my friends, both near and far
my hobbies
time to relax this week
the mercy [...]
Posted in not about gardening, scrapbooking, sewing on November 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You’d think, since I have been sewing garments and other things since I was pretty young, that I wouldn’t have much of a problem combining fabric and scrapbooking. Well, I just haven’t tried much to mix them. Even though my sewing machine is always out on my craft table, right next to where I play [...]
Posted in not about gardening, project 365, tagged project 365 on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been fascinated and thinking about this project ever since I first heard about it maybe a month ago or so. It’s been called Project 365 in the past, and it’s being called Project Life by some now. The idea is to take a photo and write a little bit of journaling every day for [...]
Posted in not about gardening, scrapbooking, sewing on November 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I participate in a few “challenge” blogs and communities for scrapbooking. I find them to be inspiring for getting some layouts finished– sometimes I work better with a deadline!
This set of pages, which is about our visit with my in-laws over Christmas 2006, was done as a combination of two different challenges. The layout is [...]
Posted in Thankful Thursdays, not about gardening on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m thankful that some things are moving along for my projects at work.
I’m thankful that God has been blessing several of my job-hunting friends with confidence & peace for recent interviews.
I’m thankful for my supportive husband, who encourages me, and helps me to take a step back when I’m infringing on my own sanity [...]
Posted in not about gardening on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wow, I was chosen as the winner of last week’s photography challenge on twopeasinabucket.com!
I’m pretty sure that it’s a random winner that’s selected, because the other entries were gorgeous and moving, and I’m not that great of a photographer. The challenge was “Heroes” and I chose to enter a photo of my husband doing my [...]
Posted in not about gardening, scrapbooking on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That is, the scrapbooking kind of crop, rather than the gardening kind of crop. Yesterday I went with my friend J to another crop at Daisy Lane in Mattoon, IL. 12 hours straight of scrapbooking (with a little tiny bit of scrapbook supply shopping thrown in– they have so much great stuff there!). I got [...]
Posted in Thankful Thursdays, not about gardening, scrapbooking on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow I’m headed to my second all-day crop at Daisy Lane. I’m pretty excited about it! I’ve been collecting up sketches, challenges, and ideas to jump-start my projects tomorrow. I’d like to get at least 2 layouts finished, whether they are 1-page or 2-page. If I get more finished, I’ll be thrilled!
Maybe my [...]
Posted in costume, not about gardening, sewing on November 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We had a great time putting our costumes together this year! Husband and I, after many ideas and iterations, finally decided to do a period costume. We decided on the Regency era because we were able to find a good men’s pattern as well as a women’s pattern that were manageable in the span of [...]
