Favorite Foto Friday #4 - Spring

Today's Favorite Foto Friday entry is from last Easter.  Max with his olive helmets.  I used to wear olives on my fingers as a kid and I too used to pretend they were football players! 

  (photo credit @startpointmedia)

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Sewing Space Accessories

I have been coveting a few things for my sewing space for a while.  Each time I take a trip to Joann's I say to myself or to Chris, or to whoever is in ear shot...  'Someday, I will have one of those for MY lovely spools of thread to be displayed upon.  Someday....' 

Well, that someday has arrived!  Please welcome my new thread stand:

I know most of us have a strange affinity to office organizational items and office supplies (right? we all get a little giddy when we get to organize  our paper clips and pencils... right?  Oh just me? ok, never mind...) well this crosses the streams of Office organizational item for CRAFTY stuffs!  As my 3 year old would say, "How COOL! Mama!  How COOL!!!"  My overall assessment of the stand is, well, I need more thread. LOL  But really, isn't it pretty?

Also, if you look at the photo, you'll see another organizational item, that would be a brand new button case!  Yes, I HAVE a button case!

You have no idea how much fun I had organizing my thread and my buttons by color of course! A friend joked if they were sorted by "Alpha" or by "Rainbow".  The thread is by rainbow, the buttons aren't.  I think I'll have more button organizing to do after the Salvation Army Fabric Sale in April!  Can't WAIT to check out the notions table this year!

Spring Craft Projects

With the new Spring season arriving this past weekend, I wanted to share a few craft projects that I've done in for Spring in the past! 

Knit Easter Chicks were a big hit last year, they are very easy to knit up too! Even though Easter is less than two weeks way, you still have time to knit some of these adorable finger puppets up!

If you're more into sewing (like I have been recently....) take a look at another set of finger puppets!  This link just came across my desk this morning and they are just too cute not to share.  Again, courtesy of the PurlBee.com.

Thinking about sewing a cute summery shirt for yourself? Check out Smashing by Anna Marie Horner and found in her book Seams to Me.  Here is my post about her pattern for Smashing. I'm going to attempt this shirt again soon.

Are you looking for a new bag to carry for the Spring?  Or do you need a gift for a mother in your life? Check out the free pattern for Buttercup bag by Made by Rae.  Here is my post about the Buttercup bag that I made for my sister in law's birthday. 

Happy Spring Everyone!

Favorite Foto Friday #3 - Green

This is our ONLY pear we grew last year.  It was growing so nicely and I was being so patient by not picking it prematurely.  I envisioned eating it as a late afternoon treat with my kids and my husband where I would quarter it and we would all get to taste our ONE little pear....  Yeah, that dream was dashed when I found it MUNCHED by a DAMNED DEER! 

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Favorite Foto #2 - Sunshine

It's week two of Favorite Foto Friday and the assignment this week is Sunshine. 

I wanted to use a more recent photo for this week, but after going through my flickr from the last few months I found that there are very few photos that involve sun or even the outdoors.  So this morning, I took the little guy for a walk while Max was in preschool.  He was happy to get outside (it was in the 60's already by 9:45 today!) And I was happy to catch some sunshine photos. 

This is me, walking down the sidewalk after Andy, he practically RAN 2/3's of the way around the block.  It was a very clear bright day today and the temps actually reached 67 this afternoon. We no longer have any snow in our front yard, the neighbors do for some reason though... and we also have a bunch left in our back yard since it's quite shady back there... 

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