CHRISTMAS COTTAGE BLOCKS...

JUST POSTED MY FIRST CHRISTMAS COTTAGE BLOCK...THIS IS A "VICTORIAN" CHRISTMAS COTTAGE BLOCK, NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS 11 MORE! WILL KEEP POSTING AS I GET THEM DONE, HUGS, MARY

FALL HOMECOMING DANCE...REMEMBER THOSE!

THIS PAST WEEKEND, OCTOBER 20TH WAS 15 YEAR OLD'S HOMECOMING DANCE! YOU WOULD THINK THAT SHE WAS GETTING MARRIED...THE UPDO, THE SHOES, THE FLOWER FOR THE BOY...OH MY...THE EXCITEMENT! LUCKY FOR ME SHE WORE MY NIECE'S DRESS, SO SAVED ON THAT BUT SPURGED ON EVERYTHING ELSE! HERE ARE PICS OF THE DANCE AND BOY "FRIEND". OH AND OF COURSE BROTHER AND SISTER HAD TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PICTURES...AND DAD...AND ME AND THEN THE BOY "FRIEND" CAME. HE WAS SO CUTE, SO EMBARESSED BY THE ALL THE PICTURES I WAS TAKING, SO HERE ARE JUST A FEW MORE OF THEM, OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE 15 PICTURES IN ALL POSTED, BUT WON'T BORE YOU...THEN 21 YEAR OLD WAS HOME FROM COLLEGE, SO HER BOYFRIEND PICKED HER UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS TO GO OUT AND YEP... I SNAPPED A PICTURE OF THEM!! 21 YEAR OLD HAS BEEN DATING CHRIS FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS, THEY MET IN H.S., HE IS LIKE MY OTHER SON TO ME. WHEN WE GO ON VACATION, HE COMES TOO! I JUST LOVE HIM!!! A REALLY GOOD AND SWEET YOUNG MAN!!

OH SOOO MANY THINGS GOING ON OVER IN MY HOUSE. 19 YEAR OLD BROUGHT HIS GIRLFRIEND HOME TO MEET US SAT NIGHT, BUT DIDN'T WANT TO EMBARRASS THE GIRL, SO I DID NOT TAKE A PICTURE OF HER (YET)! WILL GIVE HER SOME TIME TO REALIZE THE CRAZINESS THAT GOES ON OVER HERE, BUT I REALLY LOVE ALL THE CRAZINESS...WHEN ALL OF THEM ARE OUT, IT IS WAY TO QUIET AROUND HERE!

AND OF COURSE, HAD TO ADD PICTURES OF COOPER IN HERE. YOU WILL BELIEVE THIS, BUT ACROSS THE STREET LIVE 5 (YES I SAID 5) LITTLE ONES UNDER THE AGE OF 8 AND THEY COME TO CALL ON "COOPER" EVERYDAY TO SEE IF HE CAN COME OUT TO PLAY, SO TOOK SOME PICTURES OF COOPER AND HIS PALS (ONLY 3 WERE OUT THAT DAY)...HERE COOPER IS TRYING TO GIVE THE OLDEST GIRL, HIS PAW, (OH HE IS LEARNING VERY FAST HERE WHO TO GIVE HIS PAW TOO WHO WILL THEN GIVE ME HIM A TREAT)...TYPICAL MALE!! SHE IS THE SWEETEST LITTLE GIRL AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO HER, SHE IS LEGALLY BLIND, BUT HAS 4 YOUNGER BROTHERS WHO NOT ONLY LOOK UP TO HER, BUT WHO LOOK OUT FOR HER!! IT JUST MELTS MY HEART!! HERE ARE MORE PICTURES OF HIS PALS THROWING THE BALL FOR HIM TO CATCH, THAT IS THERE FAVORITE GAME... AFTER 20 MINUTES OF RUNNING, HE IS WIPED OUT...."OPPS, NO I AM NOT, JUST TAKIN A BREAK" MOMENT!!! "WAIT, WHERE ARE THEY GOING, OH...THEY ARE WIPED OUT, NOT ME!"

AND FINALLY, SOME COOL PICTURES OF FALL I TOOK ON FRIDAY...FALL IN ILLINOIS!
I AM NOW CERTIFIABLE, BECAUSE I RIDE AROUND WITH MY CAMERA TRYING TO CATCH THE TREES CHANGING THEIR COLORS. OH I REALLY LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!!

NOW TO CATCH UP ON 2 DEADLINES (2 SWAPS), I MUST WORK ON THESE TODAY!!!!

HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT MONDAY,

LOTS OF HUGS FROM WARM (82 DEGREES) ILLINOIS.

MARY

ANOTHER LITTLE QUILT SWAP 2

MY LITTLE QUILT CAME HOME TODAY!!!!! Oh, Amy ("The Calico Cat") has sent me my Little Quilt from Swap 2. I just adore it! It is soooo beautiful, I was so excited when I opened the package, I immediately went and put it on my table, which is just inside my front door, so everyone can see it. Thank you again, Amy, I really, really, love it!

And it does have a Primitive Look to It, did I say I just LOVE IT!!!

Thank you, Amy, you just made my day!

Lots of Hugs,

Mary

PUMPKINS, SCARECROWS AND FALL, OH MY!!!

Just bought THE cutest Pumpkin by Jim Shore for a centerpiece for my table. But, after looking at all the DETAIL on the Pumpkin...wouldn't this be an adorable wool stitchery. The motors are starting to turn in my mind, and I thought this would even make an adorable table runner, picture this....cotton or wool one piece, then add all this detail somehow to the pumpkin!! Inspirational right?

Where do you get your inspirations?

Also, picked up these pumpkin candles...aren't they cute! Almost good enough to eat! Oh I am so excited about Fall...the swaps...the leaves falling and ofcourse HALLOWEEN!

Happy Tuesday, everyone

Many Hugs,

Mary

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH

SAM & RYAN'S BABY SHOWER...

THE DAY FINALLY CAME, SAM & RYAN LOVED THE BABY QUILT! SAM CRIED, I CRIED...LOVED MAKING THIS QUILT FOR THEM. I REALIZED SOMETHING WHEN SHE OPENED UP THE PACKAGE...WHEN YOU MAKE A QUILT FOR SOMEONE YOU GIVE THEM A PIECE OF YOUR HEART. YOU REALLY DO. WHAT AN AWESOME FEELING. I ALSO REALIZED WHEN OTHERS LOOKED AT IT, THEY DIDN'T SEE THE LITTLE MISTAKES I MADE WHILE MAKING THIS QUILT! AT LEAST, I HOPE THEY DIDN'T. AND SAM LIKED THE SOX'S LABLE(DUCK WITH SOX'S HAT ON), TOO! HERE ARE SOME PICS OF SAM AND RYAN EXPECTING THEIR FIRST BABY...THEY KNOW IT IS A BOY, AIDEN ROBERT... THEIR IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF RYAN HOLDING A BABY BAG, BOUGHT JUST FOR HIM FROM SAM...HOW CUTE IS THAT!

ANOTHER PICTURE OF ONE TABLE OF PRESENTS...HER MOM MADE ALL THE CENTERPIECES, WHICH WERE CHOCOLATE SUCKERS THAT SAID IT'S A BOY, AND BABY THEMES, (THEY WERE REALLY, REALLY GOOD!!)

AND SAMANTHA'S GRANDFATHER BOUGHT THEM THIS RED FIRETRUCK (IT WAS SO ADORABLE, EVERY LITTLE BOY SHOULD HAVE ONE!) DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THOSE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?

WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND DONE, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SHOWER, HER MOM AND AUNT WENT THROUGH A LOT OF WORK AND IT SHOWED, THE FOOD WAS GOOD, MY MOM AND SISTERS WERE THERE AND NOW WE JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR THE ARRIVAL OF BABY AIDEN. THEY ARE DUE NOVEMBER 7TH, SO SENDING OUT A LOT OF PRAYERS AND HUGS TO ALL THREE OF THEM!!


OH, I ALMOST FORGOT PICS OF COOPER...YEP, HAVEN'T POSTED MANY OF HIM, BUT HERE ARE PICS OF MY "SUPER PUPPY"... THE LAST PICTURE OF "COOPER" IS WHEN NO ONE IS PAYING ATTENTION TO HIM..HE AMUSES HIMSELF WITH A TOY WHILE LAYING ON HIS BACK...KIND OF WEIRD, BUT THAT IS "COOPER"!!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, EVERYONE!

LOTS OF HUGS,

MARY