Happy November!  Merchandising has changed once again for this month.  Here’s a summary taken from the ETTEAM thread on etsy, from bytheway: November Merchandising Themes Items made from sturdy fabrics, fibers, and yarns: cashmere industrial felt silk raw silk wool burlap canvas. Autumn and winter entertaining leading up to Thanksgiving: creative and unique tabletop accoutrement […]

I have so many great pictures I need to edit and get posted up here!  Now, just to find some time! This post is going to be all about the Halloween Costumes my girls wore in this past week. My sitter mentioned something on Monday night that they should wear costumes on Wednesday when they […]

This weeks’ Sunday Gift recommendation is a request from the comment Jan left on my very first Gift Idea week.  She wants some ideas for her Knitting/Spinning/Crochet/Quilting Friends…I love this one!  One thing I know about crafters is that we all have an addiction to supplies and clever things.  Let’s get started! We’ll start from […]

With getting up early for my very last Farmer’s Market, frantically putting together the kids costumes (which they basically refused to wear…a story for another time), working at the apple store, and trick or treating with the girls, I didn’t get my treasury Saturday blog posted yesterday.  I apologize for the delay, but here you […]

I think I’m going to start a new themed blog artlicle…all about ‘my favorite things.’  I’m going to try to write whenever a new ‘favorite thing’ occurs.  I guess I figure that this blog is going to have to make up for the lack of scrapbook that I’ve made my children…. One thing happened tonight […]

We were woken up last night an hour after I made it to bed to my daughter crying from a bad dream and a horrendous cough.  She’s not quite three yet so there’s not much we can do for her.  I will be call the doctor in a little bit here and see if they […]

    This gorgeous tumbler block quilt is absolutely perfect for anytime of the year.  I created it using 8 different Kaffe Fasset fabrics which I purchased from sfoquilter.etsy.com. The tumbler pattern creates the perfect whimsical look. My aunt-in-law, Barb from quiltsbybarb.etsy.com, added a beautiful and crazy fabric for the backing that goes fabulously with […]

Here’s another edition…has this post been helping anyone with their tagging?  I would love to hear if you like this quick summary of the front pages for the week. KEYWORD: forest x 2 modern harvest mustard spice wooden cashmere plum fox romantic x 2 honey acorn steampunk Halloween plaid woodland leaves rustic natural history   […]

Thanks to everyone’s support in last week’s voter!  My quilt was a runner up and I am in the Member’s Choice Gift Guide and happen to pop up on front page here and there in the upper left…woo hoo! Thanks again!

I was really happy with the response to last week’s ‘Sunday Gifts – the Babysitter’ post.  I received many great requests for people you need to gifts for and will do my best to cover as many bases as possible between now and Christmas.  Please keep posting your questions…I can always do this more than […]