Friday Night Sew-in

Its time....its friday night. My sewing buddy and i have been doing a friday night sew-in for a few months and its SOOO much fun. ok last week i fell sleep on the couch.....so she was gracious enough to plan another. Its not every friday night for goodness sakes......its a few here and there. Our lives are soooo busy----but its the one fun nite we spend together. Together via blackberrys----but we share projects with pics....tips....just there for each other while we are creating new projects. Tonight we are both working on seperate things, but the one im making she has done and the one she is making ive done. Its our HELP line so to speak.

its almost time....so i better get off the computer checking blogs, surfing fabs and stalking other bloggers. happy sewing.

friendship swap---she got my gift!

here is what i made for my friendship bag swap person! Her name is Grace, she lives in maine and has a really neat blog! She truly is a talented quilter!!! Ive been waiting 3 long days for it to arrive and it made it safe and sound. The bag was SO much fun to make. I put this label inside her bag. I added a saying she has on her blog for a little "personal" touch. It turned out SOOO cute! The pin cushion was from a local quilt store. I came home and actually made a few myself. (there is a free tutorial online for it). I made one for my sis and mom. Im just happy Grace liked the "bag of goodies"!

I also made a bag for my sister and my cousin. They made it to their destinations also this week. ill have to get a few pics together and post later. My family is calling......

friendship bag swap

I sent my package today....im so excited for her to get it. once she does, ill post pics. i dont want to ruin the surprise!!! this will make for a LONGGG week!

have i told you? HEIDI is having a giveaway!!! your crazy to not sign up because she is giving away not 1, not 2 but 3 prizes! 3 3 3 3 3

check it out! sign up! win some of her CUTE things! why am i pushing this right now when im in the running to get atleast 1 item? hmmm.....good question. ;)

www.handmadebyheidi.com

FAVRE---in purple

ahhh....i love football season. unlike many wives i enjoy a good game. my house is weird. 4 of us and 4 favorite teams. it does make it a little exciting. I am of course of vikings fan....being from fargo ND which is on the border on MN. I truly am praying favre can take us to a super bowl. its been far too long.

man he looks good in purple. he is my age so its funny to hear the sports guys all commenting how old he is. but i think even after all of these years, he will still be able to pull off a great season and kick some BUTT!

ive had a busy day for football opener. i went to the grocery store early and discovered how fun it is cuz its all men buying football food. makes it entertaining to see them all mill around, lost, just grabbing anything that looks edible. i came home, baked 2 quiches (which i should give the recipe for), made hashbrowns, made my moms yummy mexican dip for a snack later. then got some lasagne sauce rolling and just put that in the oven. all of this while watching football. why do men have to sit on the couch to get a game in? women----we can watch and hoot and holler from the kitchen sink!

check out heidis giveaway!!!

OMG, you HAVE to check out Heidi's giveaways! Her apron is adorable!!! She used an old pair of denim/shorts overalls. put some amy butler flare on them and viola.....done. CUTE CUTE CUTE!


I love her 50 things about her list too.....i even learned something new about her!
I love giveaways. im hoping to do one soon....but maybe ill hold off until my 50th post too. its a mile stone. or heck, i would do one if i had some more followers HAHAHA.


I dont care about followers.....they will come i guess. Its because i love blogging. its fun to share something about my life with the world. Mine and Heidi's family is extremely personable! We love everyone.....we talk to anyone....we love to laugh.....we cherish our family and friends......we consider friends part of family and everyone treats them as a true member.

so check out her giveaway......here is the link incase you missed it! http://www.handmadebyheidi.com/

shopping today....all goodies for ME!

I did a mini shop hop today and found some FUN items. here are just a few. there are a couple off camera that i bought as gifts.....one for my Friday night sewing buddy HEIDI and something for my sisters bday coming. I felt so bad....i was suppose to do my Friday night sew-in last night but couldn't get off the couch. Heidi was diligently working on her projects and i was snoring next to my sleeping 16 y/o. I guess we both had a long week.

anyhoo....i spent the entire morning by myself. first on the agenda was garage sales. that was a bust. nothing...nada....zilch. BUT that gave me more money to spend in the quilt stores and boy did i ever. I have fabric buying guilt right now....but that too will pass. I went to 3 out of my 5 shops in the las vegas valley. i mustve used a tank of gas cuz the ones i picked were on all corners. heck one was in boulder city! over the river and through the woods.....no lie. (ok no river cuz we are a desert and no woods cuz yet again...desert). LOL

the above items are a kit for an ADORABLE thanksgiving hanging to use with modas gobble gobble line. the other kit is an xmas snowman kit. its soo cute! do i keep it, or give to my mom? years ago mom starting collecting snowman stuff for xmas. our precious ornaments she has had on the tree all of these years have now been replaced by a guy with 3 balls. ok, i couldnt resist that statement. Sorry if thou offended anyone.

back to the sewing machine---its bobbis saturday afternoon sew-in. ill have to buz heidi and see if she if her machine is purrrinnggg.

always remember.....never forget

Bag with a New Label

Here is a new label I made for my bags tonight. A friend/coworker is moving back to michigan and i wanted to send her off properly....with a bag made by bobbi!!! She is very earthy, so i know this bag will suit her perfectly.

I will miss you! GOOD luck in michigan!!! enjoy the fall season changes, the snow, the lakes, the good midwest people!

Great compliment from my son!

Last weekend, my 16 y/o son made me a few CDs for the car. he did this without asking.....because he loves music and ive trained him to like the good stuff. He is a metal head, but still loves a little jimmy, zep etc.

So i play one of the cds and wow, this kid really knows his mom. It was good 80s music. Very strange how he would know what songs i liked back then, but he can pick them out!!!

It got me thinking about my first car i bought....A Red Honda Prelude! I was SOOOO cool. heehee so guess what the first song/cassette i cranked up in my new car was? Barracuda---Heart. I know in all these years ive never told AJ that story. So what song was on my cd??? Yep, you guessed it. Barracuda!

OK getting back to the compliment....as im sitting there listening to these songs and thinking back....way back.... AJ says "mom, you and i wouldve been the best of friends back then.....not dating.....just great friends".

priceless!!!

Fall

Is there any better season than fall? this picture is near my sisters in montana. Mom and I were lucky enough to go last fall. The weather was PERFECT and all the leaves were changing. AHHH what a perfect trip that was.

Living in the desert makes you miss things as simple as leaves changing. It doesnt happen here like the normal places. Wearing shorts until oct/nov just still never seems normal. I grew up in North Dakota and still miss those seasonal changes.

I even made some soup this weekend. Im getting excited about football games, jeans and maybe even a cozy sweatshirt by november??? But with the temps cooling off to under 100....it makes a difference!!!

I have been sewing today and will be posting my friendship bag soon. I had to take a break but stay tuned.....cuz my machine just called my name.

happy labor day!