Cricut Expression, Sewing , and Fun

I love visitng Sew Mama Sew because she always sends me off to some great blogs like The Crafty Crow who has some wonderful designs and fun tips plus she has a beautiful house and trees she created with her Cricut, something I have been wanting..... I have a Big Kick and love it for makin gmy felt designs but Cricut is wonderful....... or Whip up with a great wrist pin cushion to make, but she also had a great Pocket Stitch Book that you can download to carry with you anywhere so you can always sew those stitches right!!! and be sure to see the video for how to cut and fold...it was created by Bella Dia.....

You have to check out this great knitted pattern for felting a Christmas Tree.... WOWOW....

Now for an exciting contest join up over at Todays Mama

The Cricut people, Provo Craft, are having a huge contest where you can win their very latest creation, The Gypsy.

The Gypsy is a hand held design device that works with your Cricut so you can create designs any where you go and then later cut them all out on your Cricut.

No more sketches on napkins ortrying to remember that great idea once you get back home.

It's easy to enter: 221 winning tickets are hidden in the four newest Cricut cartridges. Every time you buy one of the cartridges you get a chance to win a Gypsy. Twenty of the winners will also receive a $2000 travel voucher and one lucky winner will win a $30,000 swarm with your friends to one of five exciting locations around the world.

If you would like to try and win a Cricut Expressions machine or all four of the newest cartridges then visit TodaysMama! Post a fun"Great Escape" meme on your blog and your entered,

all the details are here.

September Time and New Books to Read

It's that time of year again for starting on those projects for Christmas....I have so many patterns thatq I want to do and not enough hours....we went and took out the RV over the weekend to the ocean south of us. I always love this reswort, clean and pretty, the pool was so warm I got into it too....I usually watch Bob... :)

I didn't make much but I did finish reading "Dark Harbor" by Stuart Woods...great thriller suspense....he is a good writer and one with a lot of detail as to the characters and the plot....I like to not be able to figure it out before the end and he keeps you on the tip of your seat with the ending holding out to the last chapter....

Now I am sarting "A Killer Stitch" by Maggie Sefton....I have read her other books, and love that they come with a recipe and a knitting project... :)

I just figured out that Debbie Macomber's "Cedar Cove" series books are numbered in order...sheesh ... now I don't have to search through them for the dates to figure out which one comes next. My friend went to WA for the "Cedar Cove Days" celebration...I missed it this year because it was all sold out by the time I looked, hopefully it will be on again next year because I will be sure to make it there.... anyways....she told me about the order of the books, like "16 Lighthouse Rd" and "204 Rosewood Ln"...now I have to read "311 Pelican Court" ...

And now there is a terrific cook book out that I know will be on my Christmas list!!! :)