It’s Sunday! I had a fabulous weekend with my family and friends! A good friend of mine from my High School days came and stayed with us Friday. On Saturday morning we woke up bright and early and went to the Madison Farmer’s Market – it really is an amazing market. After we did our […]
3rd Annual Craft-APPLE-ar!
Yes! Naomi and I are up to it again! The two of us will be hosting the 3rd Annual Craft-APPLE-ar this year at the orchard on Sunday, August 25th. We would love to have you come and do some shopping – great opportunities to find amazing handmade items, vintage finds, and of course – wonderful […]
Project QUILTING Off Season August Challenge–Be Healthy
Earlier this morning I launched my ‘Hearts for Susie’ campaign. Check out the blog to find out what I am doing and see where the inspiration for this challenge came from. Be Healthy Your challenge – Be inspired by the phrase ‘be healthy.” One way to treat heart disease is to live a healthy lifestyle. […]
Hearts for Susie
Did you know that heart disease is the number 1 killer of women? Heart disease causes 1 in 3 deaths every year – approximately one woman every minute. Wow – this started out as a completely different post than you probably expected to see from me. Today I am launching something I’ve had in the […]
A Lovely Year of Finishes–August Goals
I can’t believe it’s August 1st! That means in just two weeks we’ll be opening our orchard up for apple season. There’s still so much to do get the shop and the place ready! That being said, I’m keeping my goals for this month pretty minimal. Goal 1 – Bind my Scrappy Trip Along My […]
Project QUILTING June Off Season Challenge Entries
1. Project Quilting – June Texture, 2. Every Fiber of Her Being, 3. Sweet Bass, 4. hide your love away (detail 2), 5. Project QUILTING Texture Challenge Five quilted creations were made for the Project QUILTING Off Season Texture challenge. Let’s take a closer look at each and then find out who ended up winning […]
A Lovely Year of Finishes–July Goals
As most of the summer has been July will be a busy month for me. We have a mini family vacation planned, one wedding to attend, another wedding my three girls and husband are all in, and a big craft show for me to vend at. That being said – I still want to finish […]
July Off Season Project QUILTING Challenge–Independence
Happy July 1st everyone! Just because you all have until tomorrow to finish the June challenge doesn’t mean I’m not going to post the July challenge today! I don’t know about you but it’s been a challenge for me to just find some time to sew this summer. With the girls, the beautiful weather, a […]
Port Washington, Wisconsin
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! This post will have LOTS of pictures! This is why I don’t scrapbook – I can never decide which ones are ‘the best’ and need to be shown…so you get to see lots of them! When we were enjoying our time at the beach in North Carolina back at the end of […]
A Lovely Year of Finishes–June Completions
It’s time to see how I did on this months ‘A Lovely Year of Finishes’ goals. It’s summer break and lots of fun things have happened – including mini trips, an anniversary celebration, amazing quilt classes, oh and we got a pool! All of these things have had an impact on my sewing time but […]