M.I.A.

OK -- just because I haven't posted doesn't mean I haven't been crafting...


We've had quite the busy time, past few weeks...


I have 3 boys at 3 different schools this year. Two of them started classes last week. (The third goes off to JR/SR Camp tomorrow for three days;  then will begin his school next week.)


Well,I think I deserve some sort of "super-taxi-mom" award for this afternoon! I had to take #1son with me to #2son's school to pick up #2 @ 3:00 & to wait for #3son's shuttle to drop him @ 3:05 so we could get away to drop #1 off at his school for football practice @ 3:15 in order to get to #3's school by 3:30 for #3's football meeting. Then bring #2 & #3 home for dinner so I can go with the hubs to #1's school for a football parent meeting...


This past weekend I attended a bridal shower for a special gal. I made her a set of ornaments. They are toile "12 Days of Christmas" I got from Embroidery Library years ago.

5 Golden Rings!

...and a Partridge in a Pear tree.

I stitched them on a slightly shimmery golden-ish fabric & backed the ornament with vintage golden velvet.
I embroidered them with a dark red thread, then matched up a tassel. I sewed in a gold loop for hanging & embellished that with a little knot of ribbon. 

Waiting to be stitched closed. (Ones on right still need to be stuffed...)

Wanted a pic with some greenery, but all my piney stuff is stored in the attic...

Easter Scrapbook

Really ♥ this design from Stephanie Potts of Thread Sketches. I got it in 2006 when a close friend from our church was killed in Iraq just before Christmas. I made ornaments/bookmarks for the pastors' wives that year. I love the powerful message of this verse, illustrated by Jesus' journey from the manger to the empty grave! So appropriate year-round, but nice for either Christmas or Easter gifts. (Which is a good thing if you're like me & can't send a Christmas gift on time; but can look like an over-achiever in delivering an early Easter momento...)