gabe's first birthday

good saturday morning to beverly and all you pink gals! it's been so long since i've posted with all the sickness going on around here. my pics loaded backwards so the first one has no pink but it's from gabe's birthday on the 11th. he and his guests loved the jumping blowup even tho' it was so cold that day.
here's some pink on g and addie. don't you love her shoes? i wish i had some like that!
here are the favors for the party. my d-i-l and i used the cricut and covered empty formula cans with paper and decorated them, blue and red for the boys and pink and purple for the girls. 
it's so good to be back to some normalcy and posting. hope i can get back to creating again soon. managed to start a hat for a gift and hopefully will take pictures for next week's pink post. y'all all have a wonderful pink week!! stay warm!

sick week

terrible picture but lovely mug! we've all been sick around here for the past week with the virus and/or bronchitis so nothing much gets done besides watching tv, cleaning up messes and washing sheets. even my dog had a spell of vomiting! i'm so glad i treated myself to this precious cup from target. drinking hot tea or sprite doesn't seem so bad. isn't it cute? i really wanted the other one too with the bird and after this week i think i deserve it.

posting a few pictures of the presents i made for gabe and georgia. i appliqued their names on a 6" block with the machine.on the other side i scanned and printed some of their pictures from the past year on special paper and adhered it to some more 6" blocks.
then i sandwiched the layers with batting and stitched around the edge. i trimmed the edges with a zigzag and scallop scissors and added a grommet to each corner.
i chained the book together with a ballchain.

i know their moms and dads loved them--hope they do too!!

a most ambitious project

going through my work room to try to start the new year right. i have all these yo-yo's that i made way back in high school. my mom had the neatest pictures of quilts and pillows made with these and i fell in love. of course, after making a bunch the project seemed too large and was saved. my thought was to put the ones i finished together and make a small quilt at least.i needed more blues and greens since i had decided on those colors but the new fabrics just don't blend do they? (please ignore the extraneous objects)
i went through the stack of already cut circles and decided to add purples too to make up what i needed. i also went through some vintage fabric from mom and cut some more blues and greens. maybe i'll finish in a couple of months. then again-maybe not.
also including a delicious picture of some oysters my hubby baked last night. how can you go wrong with garlic, butter and parmesan cheese? yum!!

good morning again to all you pink ladies! i hope everyone is recovering from the holidays and getting ready for a wonderful new year!! please join us all in visiting the ladies from beverly's blog today and starting off the year pink! below is a photo of some letters my d-i-l made for a gift. she covered the wooden letters with scrapbook paper and then painted the edges pink. she added embellishments about soccer and ribbons and flowers. the recipient loved them!! have a great pink day!

good morning to all and i hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!! (post Christmas post below) here is a picture of a  couple of dresses i made for my daughter-in-law to give. i made them both reversible so they could get twice the wear. i loved that for my girls, especially when we went somewhere and they got dirty.

here are the flowers i crocheted for the blue courdoroy one.
and here is a pic of the other side of each.
hope y'all all go to visit the pink ladies on beverly's blog-see y'all!

Christmas 2008

i can't believe it's over----again. hope santa brought you all what you wanted! my tree this year below. i only had room for one and i like the traditional when i have to choose, filled with old ornaments (some handmade by me), candy molds, and soft garland.

the card i made for my brothers and sisters. inside is a Christmas picture of us all from 1976. i'd show it but i still haven't connected my scanner to my computer (it's only been 11 months)! i found this quote during the summer and knew instantly that i'd use it for my cards for them. 
this year my kids and i decided to celebrate together Christmas evening. i wanted it special for all of us so i used my sets of Christmas dishes and silverware. i won these fitz and floyd dishes one year (i think 1981). i had only bought one ticket from a friend to support the effort and when i got the phone call i was so confused. the caller said i had won some china and could i go pick it up in houma and go in a truck or large vehicle. there were so many boxes! place settings for eight including plates, cups, saucers, bowls, serving pieces, etc. i love them and i felt so lucky!!
these dishes i bought at target one year. i wish they'd sell them again so i could buy more! they're so much fun and match my kitchen so well i display them on my open shelves during the season. i think we all had a wonderful evening. the kids all enjoyed their gifts (especially the baby books which i need to take pics of and blog). they gave E a vcr/dvd player and we watched old home movies and laughed so much. i think it'll be a wonderful new tradition. the past couple of years we were sort of displaced since we lost our second home with one of my best friends' mom's death. we always celebrated with them and then last year we had lost my brother in november and rachael had georgia on dec. 5 (and was having a few problems) and the holidays were confusing and sad and happy all at once. i couldn't even find all my ornaments for the tree because i couldn't remember where i put them. this year was sad because of kellie being gone but at my mom's everyone made it through playing with all the babies (3 new) and enjoying being together. it was noisy and fun. i hope your holidays were merry and bright too!!