CRAFT SHOW LOOMING!

Hello to all my friends,   well I have a show in Natchitoches, La. on May 25, am I ready?  No I am not.  Boy this year has been hectic, and I have not done what I needed to with my business or my blog.  I am currently working on quilts that I hope to get done by the show.  Paint will be flying and sewing machine humming for the next two weeks.  Seems I work better under pressure.

This is a picture I added to my Safari bathroom!  A lot bigger than I thought when I got it home.  So I just propped it up on a shelf and it looks great.  ( this is in the store picture).  This how big when I got it home. So I moved it to the shelf.

 As you probably know I redecorated my bedroom in Victorian Shabby Chic this is still a work in progress.  I added the sheers to the sides of my dark curtains. And added this floral painting.  I think I painted it 3 times before finding a color I liked.  It seems my decorating mo jo left while I redone the "bones" of the house.

Hope all have a good week.    Hugs, Lynn



 

Announcing Giveaway at The Stitching Coop

Hello my Friends,   This is a short post to let you know about the Awesome Give A Away at The Stitching Coop.    You can access her blog at www.mystitchingcoop.blogspot.com  She is giving away a beautiful rag quilt.  So Check it out and enter the giveaway.  the drawing will be on April 20th!  Good Luck!  Hugs, Lynn

CRAFTS SHOWS AND DECORATING

Hello to all my friends!  Yes, I know I've been absent for way too long.  I always have good intentions, but life just seems to get in the way.  Finally got the new floor down in the kitchen, and don't really like it.  Have you ever looked at a sample in the store, loved it and then when the whole floor is down it looks nothing like the sample?  Well this floor has too much white for my taste, but, I am going to make myself love it!  I just want my house back together!  So it is, what it is!

I am ashamed to say, I have really been slacking!  I have a show the 27th of April and I am no where near ready.  So the sewing machine will be humming, and paint will be flying for the next 3 to so weeks.  I am making rag bags, and they are really so cute.  (Nope no pics will post when I get the first one done.)

I redid the main bathroom in Safari, I seem to be all over the place with decorating!  I did this room before I fell in love with Victorian Shabby Chic that I did my bedroom in. I have always wanted a girly lacy room, and I just love the way it turned out.  If only  I have decided that I will keep the Country in the rest of the house.  Hugs, Lynn

New Floors and Re-decorating Again!!

Hey guys, I feel like I fell off the wagon!  But hopefully, I can now live up to my commitment to post at least 2-3 times a week.  I so admire a lot of my blogger friends that post so faithfully and have so many  great ideas! 

A whole lot has happened since I wrote, ( my gosh) January! As a lot of you know I have been remodeling my house for the last 2-3  years, and I finally got thu an was enjoying buying new furniture (piece by piece) I might add and redecorating.  Well, the washing machine broke,  YEP!, you got it, Kitchen, dinning room and utility room under water!  Well, after a good cry and screaming just a little, I got out the broom and started on sweeping the water to the patio.  Did not work of course and Servepro was at my house that evening putting those loud fans and a de-humidifier in the kitchen.  After 3 days of this I was ready to just move out.  So once again the floors are tore up the furniture is piled in the living room and the dang washer is on the patio!!  Need I say more?

Yep, that is my foot playing in the water!

Lordy Lordy!

So yesterday I picked out the new floor and hopefully this will get installed in about 2 weeks.  Of course the floor I picked out had to be ordered.  LOL!  Figures Huh?  I will post pics of the new floor when I finally get it.

I promised to show you pictures of the material I got for a new quilt I am working on:

This is going to be a queen rag quilt, the material is Aviary 2 by Joel Dewberry, I purchase 31 yards of Moda muslin that will be used on the back of my quilts. I can't wait to get thur with this one, I think will be so pretty.  



I want to show you pic's of my bedroom that I redecorated, as most of you know I love country, so you might be surprised that I decorated my room in Victorian Shabby Chic, Who Knew?  I fell in love with this style, so here it is--I am not thru with this room, still need to change some stuff out, add cream lace and roses to the gold material over the bed, but I think you will be able to see the direction I am headed.  My great friend Robin is helping me with this, her whole house is Victorian and she is a Pro.!! 

 

So what do you think?  It really  is not as dark as it look in the pic's.  But rugs and something with the curtains will be changed.  This change was started and pretty much finished during the time servepro had those loud blowers in my house.  I wanted a girly, frilly, lacy place to go, and I think Robin gave me that.  I just luv this room.  She thinks she is almost thru, (but I have a surprise for her) I think I will also do the hall in Victorian Shabby Chic.

 

I have schedule shows already for this year, I am doing a new one called The Maker's Fair and it is actually here in Shreveport-won't have to travel for this one and that makes it nice.  However, that means that I have to really start getting out some inventory.  Had really good shows in the Fall and I am very low on inventory.  Nothing like last minute to make you really kick it in gear!

 

Have a great rest of the week and have an awesome Weekend--Hugs, Lynn

AND THE BEAT GOES ON!

Yep the crafting juices are slowing coming back!  I worked so hard up until Christmas I thought I was done with all my sewing and painting,  thought I would never sew or pick up a paint brush ever again!  Well, you know that's not going to happen.

So I have ordered fabric by Moda and Modern Meadow by Joel Dewberry and I love the colors. Beautiful berry colors and green.   I have been trying to get the craft room in some kind of order, my goodness what a mess this was.  Still haven't really gotten everything organized.  I need more storage, and more storage!  I wonder where did all this stuff come from, found items I forgot I had purchased.  Now that is bad, bad, bad don't you think?

 

I just had to put this pic in, It has rained here for days, and the dogs keep tracking in the mud!  I was looking at some of the pics and saw this.  Oh how nice this would be to be on my patio instead of the mess of mud that is there now.  Is it raining where you are?  I love the rain but goodness,  days and days get a little old!

So I wondering what projects do you have going, and are you back in the swing of things yet?  I will take pictures when the material comes in, can't wait to show you.  Have a great day, and keep creating!  Hugs, Lynn


 

Happy New Year!!

So I'm a little late wishing all my blog friends a Happy New Year, well only 14 days, not too bad.  As most of you know my son moved into his own home and I am trying to get settled into the life of living alone and of course getting the house back in order.

Christmas flew by for me,  I took too many orders for quilts and had to work up until the day before Christmas Eve to get them all done.  But done they did get!  Did I learn a lesson from this, YOU bet, there will be a deadline this year.  I just hate to turn down someone that wants quilts for Christmas presents and it almost did me in. 

I do intend to post pictures for you, however, until I figure out what the heck happened to blogger and posting pic's.  Do not know why they feel the consant need to change things!  Just as I learn the current program they go and change it up again.  I must visit all of you today, kinda behind on everything!

Hugs, Lynn

 

Merry Christmas!

 I know it has been a couple of weeks since my last post and like all of you I am so busy trying to fit  everything in.  I can't believe next week is Christmas, I had 3 orders for Rag Quilts, a large throw, a baby quilt, and a toddler quilt. I must have all ready by Friday the 21st and I hope to finish up the last one tonight or least almost finish.  Then finish Christmas shopping, barely started, but I always seem to be one of those people that wait till the last minute to do shopping.  I did go and get Hagen the "big items" he requested, so at least that is done.

My son closed on his house on Friday, and moved this past weekend, so my house is a wreck!  can you picture this?  My son and friends moving stuff out, my Grandson put his tent up in the living room with half the toys he owns and is building houses for trucks and army men.  My table is set up in the living room because I must continue to cut out my squares for the rag quilts that must be finished in 4 days and trying to ignore all the mayhem going on around me. Stopping every five minutes because I hear Mom have you seen my ______,?  Or where are the rest of my clothes that was in the dryer? Ha! They are still there! The dogs are yelping and carrying on because there are strange people going in and out the door.  And did I mention Christmas is next week?

And in the mist of all you really have to be so grateful that the son and grandson are there and the house is a mess, and you are not ready for Christmas  because the families  in CT that loss their precious children in such a horrific way make it all seem so trivial.  I will remember all the families and the heartbreak and pray for them on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  My heart just breaks for them.  I would also like to mention that one of our blogger friends, A Primitive Homestead loss her son in a tragic car wreck, he was 17 and she is just heart broken, please visit her and pray for her also.

The Love of My Life

I will probably not post again until after Christmas, so I wish you Peace, Love and Joy.  Merry Christmas to you and Happy Birthday to Jesus!  Hugs, Lynn

Fleur De' Les Show

I only have one show to go, next Saturday I will be setting up at the Les Amides Christmas show in Natchitoches.  then done for the fall and winter.  I am debating if I should do the spring show in April.  My BF love this show, ok, I can't think of the name at this very moment, but it is at a Plantation Home near Natchitoches and it's for 2 days.  Its her favorite show, but I'm still thinking.  I would have to stay in Hotel, and well to be honest, I have a thing about sleeping in a bed where hundreds of people have slept, but that's another post.  Guess I could take plastic cover, my own sheets and pillows. OK enough of that.

Last Saturday I had the best show I have ever had!  There were people in my booth steady and I did not sit down till about 1:00pm.  I am very low on inventory, so I am very busy trying to get quilts sewn an signs painted.  So material and paint are flying at my house!

The Elf has arrived at my house, my grandson Hagen who is 7 is so excited.  The elf has made little messes around the house, and he moves from place to place.  He flies home to Santa every night to report on the going-on's at my house.  Little Bugger!

Hagen named him Flash-Clyde

Hagen and his Elf



Rescue puppy-Pure Love

Fried turkey in electric cooker--Delicious

At my Sister's House-- My Dad


This year we have so much to be thankful for.  One year ago my Dad had a stroke, and he could
not move or talk.  He is now back to Normal and we are so Thankful.    We did Thanksgiving a little
different this year, buffet style.  It was delicious, and my sis really went all out.  Our kids had to work, so this way
every one could just come when they were ready!  I made the duck dressing and Nancie did the Turkey.  Everyone
else just brought what they wanted.  My mom does the sweet potato casserole and water gate salad.  Yummy-

So, this was our Thanksgiving, kinda relaxed, just good food and football.  Who could ask for more?

Have a great Weekend, I will try and take pic's of the show this time, so busy last time did not really
have time!  

Hugs, Lynn

 

AND THE WINNER IS:

Good Morning,
The WINNER of the Ragged Runner and 2 Place mats is Lori from applegrovetreasures!  Congratulations!!  Please send me your address at lynnbwoodl@aol.com.

I will get your prize in the Mail!

I so appreciate all the comments and the new friends I found, and visiting with old friends!  Who knows maybe there will be another rag giveaway!

 

 

I hope all have a Wonderful Thanksgiving,  I will post our family pic's and will be

visiting your blogs to share in your wonderful day.    I have a show next Saturday so I will be

frantically working to get the final items done.  Here are a few pic's of what I did this all week-end.

Put up the Christmas tree!

Finished tree and decorated the inside of home

As if I don't have enough to to!  I am making scarf's

a little blurry

Have a wonderful week,  Hugs,  Lynn

LIST OF ENTRIES FOR GIVEAWAY!!

Hi,  Just a short note to let you know the deadline for the giveaway ended today, and here is the list of  ladies that entered:  If  I missed you, please leave me a comment on this post. The drawing will be Monday Morning!  Good Luck!  Your number was determined by list of comments.

1.  Karen @ Homespun Simplicity
2.  Debby @ Cozy Blanket
3.  Jody @ Cobblestone Corner
4.  Deborah @ Green Willow Pond
5.  Are we there Yet?
6.  Christine @ Preferably Prim
7.  Faye @ Venus Blues Hideaway
8.  Francine @ Primitive Stars
9.  Lori @ Applegrovetreasures
10.  Danice @ Natural Earth Blog
11.  Cathy @ Cathy's Craft Corner

This is the final list, so please let me know if you left a comment and I did not list you.

I will announce the Winner Monday Morning!

I have a craft show next weekend, Fleur De Lis in Natichous, La.  so if you are close please come by my booth and say Hi!  Hugs, Lynn

Past look at the summer

My nephew Birthday party