Red at night...

Hello friend!

You know the saying, "Red at night, sailor's delight.  Red in the morning, sailor take warning".  Well, I'm wondering what lavendar in the morning means....

I took this after it had already started to fade.  The really odd thing was that it wasn"t just in the east, but all around town (the photo was taken looking to the northwest).  I just hope lavendar doesn't mean "blizzard".

Many of you know that we are Pittsburgh Steelers fans.  Of course we are totally pumped up for the Super Bowl on Sunday!  To celebrate, I plan to wear the "correct" colors to work all week long. Today I wore black pants and a black turtleneck, but needed more color... so in about 10 minutes I made myself a Big Shot flower pin:

The buttons were "stolen" from my daughter's button collection (she's a good Pittsburgh fan, she didn't mind), and everything is hot glued together.  We found the fabric at JoAnn's yesterday... you'll probably see at least one more project made with it this week!

Have a great day!
Wendy


 

T-shirt tote bags

Hello friend!

It has been a wonderful weekend (including a wonderful football game on Saturday--Go Steelers!) and I wanted to show you a couple things we did.

Natalie made these tote bags... from t-shirts!  It is a very quick, and easy project.  I showed her how to do the first one, and then she was ready to roll and made the second one all by herself.

Here you can see the opening a little better.  I found the instructions on Saturday when blog hopping (an addiction of mine).   This is a great video tutorial on making the tote bag.

Oops!  I have more to show you, but just looked at the clock and I've got to run...  I'll get more to you later!

Wendy

How do you cheer yourself up?

Hello friend!

Well, today I should have left for Nashville, Tennessee to go to Stampin' Up's Leadership Conference.  I wasn't able to get registered however, because it sold out very quickly.... so my flight left without me.  :(    All considered, with the weather, I may not have been able to go even if I had a registration... but I'm still a little sad.   I have some simple plans to cheer myself up over the next couple of days, so you'll be seeing some of the results (stamping, sewing, shopping)

Here are some cards I made this afternoon.  The first one  uses a new set from the Occasions Mini Catalog called "Sew Suite".  As soon as I saw this set, I knew I had to have it, and then I saw a card made by Michelle Zindorf and had to copy it!  (click her for her amazing blog)

I'm posting a second "Sew Suite" card on my Facebook page, also.


Now, if you are a Browns fan, you might find the rest of my post a little disturbing....

Did you know that four out of our five family members are Pittsburgh Steeler fans?  (Nick was corrupted as a small child into being a Browns fan by my brother)  Well, this Saturday at 4:30 p.m. we have a playoff game against the Ravens, and I wanted to send Hannah a Pittsburgh card...  then ended up making three more cards for friends who have the good taste to cheer for my Steelers!  I'll post a couple here, and also on my Facebook page.

Actually, I'm just realizing that if you are a Browns fan, you have a dilemna this weekend.  Do you cheer for your arch rival (my fabulous Steelers) or for the team Art Modell created after ripping football from the heart of Cleveland (the dreaded Ravens)?  Hmmmmm.

                                                                    Hannah's card!

                                                                The back of the cards....

Dave's card!

I hope you enjoy these!
Wendy

trying 2 figure out posting with my phone.... need 2 figure out the photo part. ergghhhh......

Sympathy card

Needed a sympathy card the other day, and had just received a new pack of paper, Elegant Soiree (page 175 of the catalog), and I loved the way it came out.

Wendy

Filled With Love

Click on the link to the left for the Filled with Love promotion!

Free is always good!

Wendy

thanks

By the way, thanks for being patient with me... I enjoyed taking December off!

Wendy

Big Shot Quilting, anyone?

Informational Quilt Class

Thursday, January 27, 2011, 7:00 p.m.

at Wendy's house!

Cost: free!

I’ve been having fun making quilts for my dining room this year, and I’d really like to share what I’ve learned with you.






On the 27th, I’ll have a display of my quilts and other fabric projects, and you will get to make a small fabric project of your own.


One of the things I’d LOVE to do is host a hands-on quilt class, but I’ve had a hard time deciding the details. I’m hoping you’ll be interested, too, and we can talk about what works for your schedule (bi-weekly? monthly? a day-long event?)


I hope you can join me on the 27th. You don’t need to bring supplies, but you do need to RSVP by the 25th.

 Wendy