Some Gifts Received

this was made for me from one of my swap partners..however there was no return address or name or note in the package. I am sad as I want to thank the person who made it. It is beautiful and since I am a bird lover, I feed the entire neighborhood in my yard, it is even extra special it came with another cute hotpad and some beautiful beads too....The turkey post card below is so adorable and was made for me by one of my friends, Vicki, in a group where we exchange post cards with each other.... :) Unfortuately the post office stamped it and the from has some white "yuck" on it..but I still love it...She did an excellent job...Then Brenda sent me both for November and Christmas....WOW....

Back from Vacation and doing a PIF

I am back from vacation. I love it up there in Bass Lake...so pretty and R&R time is a blessing....

So today I was surfing some wonderful blogs and came upon Kim's blog where she is in a;

"Pay It Forward"

with Lisa's Retrostyle be sure and check out both these great and interesting blogs.... :) I joined up and cannot wait to be in the giving and recieving exchange....

My Fabulous finds on Blogs

I was visiting some of my favorite blogs and ran across this beautiful sculpture. Now realize that these horses are all done in tape!! Yup...you have to check out this guys site to see the rest of his creations. Just fantastic!!!

Another great blog tutorial was on how to make sequin buttons!!! I loved this one...

I found this fantastic idea on Liana's blog, Sew Intriguing I visit and the tutorial of it all started on Kathleen's blog which is called Fashion Incubator.. What a fabulous idea on making a pattern and it is so easy and will take all the guess work out of fitting problems and how to make your garments look like they were custom made just for you!!! you might want to get a book that will help you on pattern making and she suggests a few, but I liked this one best. I was also surprised to find that The Sewing Emporium was so near me in Chula Vista, CA. they have a sewing cutting round there that would be great for all your pattern making.

Now since I am a total "Bag Lady" I couldn't resist posting these bags when I found the patterns and blogs, Sew Mad has the cutest Shark bag...I just love it...but Natron's is in German??? Any ideas on how I could translate it??? Help!!!


And last but not the least...I love this group which is all over "blogland"...The Weepies. they remind me of the music from the Joan Biaz age.. :) am I dating myself??? Anyways I have pre-oreded thier newest CD out tomorrow... :)

My "B" Day, Field Trip to the Yarn Shops, and Flowers Blooming

This little guy I got at a boutique in Seal Beach and he was too cute. His hair is that stretchy rubber stuff...and to the right is my metal fisherman at my pond.
The flower I am holding is a purple morning glory

these are just starting they are my Moon flowers

here is a pink rose from my flowerbeds and asnail my daughter got me

These are varigated geraniums that my son picked for me 3 Mom's days ago down by the Queen Mary. It was just one branch and now I have them everywhere. I always get so many complitments about how beautiful they bloom.

the ones also the front edge are also varigated pink geraniums and they have really bloomed this year

My horse is getting covered with greenery, and I couldn't resist this pen with the chick on the top, sepecially since my groups name is Stitch n' Chicks...hey I think I will get a few for the group... :)

Another snail in my garden and the lettuce plant is sprouting babies this year

Gerber Daisys and purple and white daisys are really blooming

Orange succulents and my Tiki with the parrots beak plant surrounding its bottom

more geraniums in pink and Whisteria in the purple hanging over the fence. the little reading frog my friend got me because she knows I love to read.

some purple and red geraniums..

I loved this sweater made with Annie Blatt yarn

the beach

the group on the yarn field trip

lots of colors

this store had so many samples hanging everywhere. Yummy....

A $285 skein of yarn...wow!!!!! I had to feel it

Friday was my "B day and I tried to blow out these candles but my DH bought ones that kept lighting up....so.....I kept trying... :) now to show off some of my "B" day pressies...My DH got me a Swift....yippy!!!! And beautiful peach roses, a new spade and cutters with rubber handles to help with the aches of cutting and digging. I am always playing around around the pond and in the flowerbeds, as you can see my flowers are blooming everywhree. I just love love the color, then I got a wire Tea pot basket to hold me tea bags. I love this little tea pot. I saw at Polly's Pies and fell in love with it and he remembered and got me one... :) Then my DS got me a digital key chain and it holds 60 photos...I cannot wait to put my pis on it, and a cordless mouse for my laptop and my desk puter....I hate the cord one I have now... :) my best buddy came out Sat night and spent the night with me and she brought me the cutest frog and turtle for my pond, and took me to dinner. DH went fishing for the weekend so we had a girls weekend. We went shopping in Seal Beach Sunday and bought flags and other goodies and then went and ate out on the pier. Then we went over to the Japanese Gardens and walked around. They were having an Orchid display, wow!!!! Sat daytime my local knit group and I went on a field trip to 3 shops and had lunch down in Hermosa Beach at Henessey's by their pier. The shops we went to were Beach knit Shop, L'atiere, and Concepts in Yarn....they were all different and had some great yarns and patterns that I absolutly had to get... :) I also had to get a few new projects of course. And if you look at the one shot Donna is holding a skein of yarn that costs $285 .....unbelievable...What fun....