What I Did On Summer Vacation

taught these awesome girls how to sew


watched a scooter fly by at sunset


picked blueberries with this gang


did some swimming at JoAnne's pool


spent a lot of time with my rising 6th grader

It was a great summer, and Fall here we come!

Thrifting With Friends

Always makes me laugh. This time I really almost peed my pants. (She put the shoes back. thankfully.)

Handmade Cards are the Best

Aren't they though?

How To Cope With Deadlines:

Eat lots of ice cream.
And when you need a place to stash your cone while you are sewing, grab a handy ribbon spool, it works great.

Welcome to Burger Barn!

I spent some time in the thrift stores last weekend with my BFF and we had a blast. I found lots of great upcyclable jeans, belts and sweaters and also some new summer clothes and even a bathing suit! I've decided this is the best way to buy a bathing suit. Shop in a place where you can't really try on the bathing suit, you just scrutinize it well and then come home and try on in the privacy of your own home. At least this time it worked out!

So anyways, aside from the serious shopping, we had to take some time to have a good laugh at the tacky Christmas sweaters, horrible clothes that exist and the 70's polyester clothes on the racks. Evidently someone had just emptied their closet of all their polyester pant suits! When I held up the orange one for Amy to see, she said "Welcome to Burger Barn."

Perfect! We had a laugh and then went to Trader Joes for some free samples, organic coffee and white balsamic vinegar.

Little Snippets

A few little snippets of some new work for my upcoming show in Dunwoody. Lots of spring and summer colors, doilies, embroideries and more.

I love summer!

Show Tomorrow

Everything is tagged, the car is packed, tomorrow is showtime! I'll be here.

Strange Creature

This strange 4 legged creature was seen on our boat last weekend. It likes sunshine, skittles, sangria, Converse low tops and puts on a mean puppetshow.

We Met the Nicest Delta Airline Attendant EVER

We went to Spain this past Christmas to visit family and we had a wonderful time!

We spent a lot of time with family and had more than one lunch with the table set for more than thirty people and we got caught up with aunts, cousins, uncles and old frineds.

We were sad when we had to leave and more than a little stressed to travel in the new year after several bombimg attempts on US airlines. But when we got to the airport we meth the nicest flight attendant ever and he calmed our nerves and took care of us. While we were checking in, he admired Alex's laptop bag, and I dutifully handed him a card and wondered if he would indeed contact me to order one. Well he did! And I just finished it.

He wanted it in red white and blue. I thought it would be fitting to put a little airplane on it, and he liked the idea.

We both agreed it would be fun to stay in touch, and today he sent me a picture of his dog and her 5 puppies.

Congratulations!

You May Be Spending Too Much Time Sewing If:

you haven't dusted in so long the teapot on your shelf looks like this....

you never trimmed your hydrangeas and they look like this.....

you haven't made your kid a new pair of pajamas in so long the old ones now qualify as "capri" pajamas.

They Just Don't Make Toys Like They Used To!

We saw this doll at the Toy Museum in Figueres Spain recently on vacation. Imagine, a doll that comes complete with a bone saw! I think this might get a recall nowadays, that saw looked mighty sharp!