Paper Bag Book

A good friend of mine has a table at a craft fair purchased and asked me if I wanted to send anything along with her. She suggested paper bag books since she loves the ones I made for her kids so much.

This is the only one I've gotten done so far... Hopefully I can get a couple more done before the deadline.

Friday Freebie

Since our weather is turning to winter today...I needed a touch of warmth.  Short sleeves on a picnic bench...ah, I feel warmer already!

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Tea Tuesday

Good Morning!
Well, the kids are off to school...my morning coffee is gone and now I need to clean the house!

Time for some comfort tea in one of my many, many Fiestaware mugs.
This particular one is a retired color called Juniper. When I dropped the matching dinner plate on the floor, I actually cried as I picked up the pieces. It was the first and only piece I've broken.  I'm not usually emotional like that but it was just the cherry on top of a really crumby day if memory serves.

Again...I am off track... We were talking about tea!!

I LOVE this Oh my! Chai.
It's my special treat. I hoard it and only drink it when I need some comfort or want to super indulge.

Point of information: I have no affiliation with Tastefully Simple at all...just love this product. :) Thought you'd want to know.

Stop on over to Kimmies blog to see what my fellow tea drinkers are doing today.

Christmas is coming....let's have a giveaway!

I was taken aback this weekend when I stopped to think about how close it is until Christmas. We've been turning to online shopping more and more each year.  You can really buy anything online...from fitness gear to kitchen bar stools and pretty much everything in between.

CSNstores has offered me the opportunity to give one of my readers $50 to use at any of their 200+ online stores! How cool is that!! Who couldn't use an extra $50?!?

I'm going to make this real easy...no hoops to jump through...

Just leave a comment on this post by Wednesday Nov. 17th  to have a chance at it.  I will use a random number generator to pick the winner the next morning.  Please make sure I have a way to get a hold of you to deliver your prize via email or I'll be forced to move on to the next person...

UPDATE: This giveaway is open to US and Canada residents only.

Friday Freebie

Here's another tintype to add to your artwork. I've dubbed him "Fancy Man".

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A new book

Lynda over at Bloom, Bake & Create had a give away last month and I won!  The projects look like I can do them even though I am very directionally challenged. 

Thanks so much Lynda!

BTW-- Lynda is hosting another giveaway...this time for a jewelry book. Go check it out!

November Dress

This month I decided to go a little more traditional for the Dress-up Project.

An evening gown with lace shawl.

I was totally in love with this fabric and just had to use it for something. There happened to be a nice scallop in the pattern so I used it to my advantage. I simply cut along it for an interesting hem.  I added the lace underskirt for that little extra kick.

This was a no sew dress since I put away my sewing machine and have vowed not to take it back out until I finish some other projects. Hot glue works wonders!!

Of course, then yesterday I get a call from a friend asking if I'd hem her son's hockey jerseys. I'll be doing those by hand today since the stitching will have to be removed in the spring before turning them back in. All I can say is EWW...nasty sweaty boys hockey jersey's worn year after year by different kids. BLECH! But I digress...

For November Margaret asked that we also show the wardrobes we've completed for the dresses. I went ahead and did that a while ago but here's a little shot of what it looks like inside today.



Take a moment and stop by the Alice and Camilla blog to see the rest of the November dresses and wardrobes.