twas the night before....

FRIDAY NIGHT SEW-IN #2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!

are you all ready? have you signed up HERE?
dont forget to blog about your projects on saturday to be entered for the giveaway.

im already working on a project. its an xmas surprise for my nephew....ok he is my great nephew but saying that makes me feel old. LOL
he is just a toddler, so the project will get plenty of use. But its a secret project....so this is all you get to see.

Ive been going through a little sadness this week. this is the first time in YEARS i havent had a kiddo bring home something handmade at school. no more elementary schoolers! :(

as i work on my project tonight.....this (pictured below) is on the other end of the couch. my baby.....my little man....who is now growing up SO fast! dont you love how the dog is right at his side?!?!
I miss their excitement when they brought home that special gift for mom and dad. BUT WAIT, i have a plan!!! I am going to send my boys to the mall this weekend on a mission. They are going to buy us something for xmas.....all by themselves. In years past, my mom has taken the boys shopping for us and they did a REALLY GOOD JOB shopping for us!!! But this will be the first time solo....just them...no one to steer them in the right direction. GULP

On christmas day if i get a pack of legos.....or a PS3 game, i will cherish it because they bought it for me. (im actually hoping for a ToyStory lego set). ;)

see you all tomorrow night! lets get those projects finished together. WE CAN DO IT!!!

best pot roast EVER

Do you own this cookbook?
Do you read her blog?
well.....look at this picture below and let me tell you a little bit about my pot roast.

it was DELICIOUS. it had restaurant flavors and was worth the 3 burnt fingers i got cooking it!! (thats no lie) Next time i am adding potatoes to the pot and more carrots. I couldnt stop eating the carrots! those large white things are onions. MMMMM

im still drooling....and i made it yesterday. at the dinner table i even patted myself on the back for a fantastic meal.

this is me tonight. all cozied up on the couch looking for another recipe to make of hers. if you dont own the book, get off my blog and order it from amazon!!! or heck, run down to your local store and buy it!!! you wont be disappointed......trust me.

FNSI winner

I have the pleasure of doing the first giveaway for FNSI in december. As HEIDI and i said before, we are doing 2 friday nights for this month because we are all trying to finish our projects before santa parks his sleigh on 12/25/10. I have this winner and next week she will do the 2nd winner for the month.


Here is what i made: a mug rug (my first one) and a FNSI pincushion!!! All in adorable red/white figgy pudding but it also can be used year-around because i didnt make it too christmasy.

our winner is chosen by random.org....and then we look at the blogs to make sure you participated (just to make it fair)

so....lets get down to it. our winner for this week is:
JUDY #90 at Lazy Dog Quilts. VERY CUTE CLUTCH BAGS you made!!!
if you send me your address, ill get your goodies shipped out to your destination.


here is a better view of the mugrug. as i said before, this was my first attempt and they are addicting!!! Pinwheels are a fav block of mine.....and possibly what im working on for stocking #3.

see you all next friday!!!

still sewing....

stocking #2 done.... its a wonky star. Its always hard to take pictures in the dark.
but right now im working on your giveaway present :)
so back to the machine i go!!

FNSI results

stocking #1....... and I'm going to make 3 more. thank goodness we are having 2 FNSI this month!

i used THIS pattern and THIS tutorial to make it. It had pretty easy instructions.....but the stocking is a lot smaller than i thought it would be. its definitely for "decoration". Santa Clause leaves my family LOTS of goodies in their stockings because we have all been so good all year long.

yep, that's some red corduroy around the top and gives it the added touch it needed.
(you all know how much i love my corduroy!!)

I have spent the morning in my sewing room. I am trying to get a few things done before my husband drags me out of the house for errands. ok, his errand is sitting at DMV changing our addresses. I think i would rather poke a sewing needle in my eye.

don't forget to come back tomorrow because I am doing this weeks winner for our giveaway/drawing!!! I have made up something a little special because of the holidays. HEIDI will be doing next weeks FNSI winner.

still sewing....

heres a peak....
its 10pm and I am still sewing. WOOHOO
im wondering if it was the coffee, coke and ice tea I drank this afternoon??

I wish I was up north along with some of the sewers this weekend. they are about to get hit with a TON of snow and a blizzard. is that a perfect excuse to "sew all day" or what?

does decorating ever end?

when i bought my house......i couldn't wait to do this. banisters just scream to be decorated!

this is a word that means a lot to me during christmas.....JOY. because my family loves to be happy and laugh.

(not a christmas item) my sis bought me this painting as a house warming present. Birch trees always remind me of where i grew up-North Dakota. sitting outside, in front of our apartment, trying to tear off a big enough piece of the bark of the tree. the spiral chunk giving me hours and hours of thrill. ok probably minutes and minutes but when your a kid heck everything seems like hours. LOL

this picture i just HAD to add. see my carpet? no, i don't have a cleaning lady....my husband vacuums like that. its good to be bobbi :)

i just ordered Camille Roskelleys PDF version of her stocking pattern. Im gearing up for Friday Night Sew-In this week. I think me and my guys all need stockings this year made by me. Figgy pudding ones to go with our tree skirt i haven't finished yet. 17 days till christmas....heck i have plenty of time. WINKWINK

its beginning to look a lot like christmas!

we put up our tree tonight and i love this ornament below from my childhood. it just reminds me of simpler times when ornaments were handmade. i even bought some of these wood blocks last weekend at target in the dollar section and want to make a few ornaments for my kids.

this ornament cracks me up every year. my sis gave this to me as a "joke" a few years back. im sure it was true back in the day....LOL

here is my fav xmas decoration. a santa doll my sis made me. he even has a teddy like mine when i was a kid and a quilt/blanky! see my old red sled i bought at an auction in minnesota?

lastly, remember my homemade stocking stand? i blogged about it HERE last year. simple to make....and its almost better than a mantel. (almost) BUT she does still need to be repainted. (put that on my to do list for 2011).

anyone have any ideas for simple quick ornaments to have kids make? i would love to hear about them or see some links :)

Friday Night Sew In x2---12/10 and 12/17

Its double the fun this month ladies and gents.

I know we all have a bunch of projects and are down to the wire. so we have added another date at the request of all of you!

christmas is just 3 short weeks away. i know i have a few projects on the burner, so lets do this together!

click HERE for the sign ups on heidis blog for the first FNSI, 12/10/10. The sign ups for 12/17 will be coming soon.

im in love...

i heart this tree skirt.....

i adore figgy pudding........

i cant wait to put up my tree......

i need to decide on the backing.....

i cant wait to quilt it....

Merry Christmas to me!