Happy Halloween!

Tomorrow is Halloween and lots of children will be out trick or treating.  Be sure and watch out while driving home tomorrow evening!  Also, check out this page for a project to use those empty coffee cans, http://folgers.com/promotions/can-decorator.aspx .  Happy Halloween!

Cool Quilting Videos

Just watched a cool basic rotary cutting video on YouTube.  I recommend you check out the YouTube video site for more information about basic quilting.

 

Fresh Homemade Rolls

I'm on a new roll.  I just made homemade crescent rolls for the first time.  They turned out wonderful!

Grandmas, Dog Beds, and Cinnamon Rolls!

Grandmas

Today marks 40 years when Grandma Helen Conrad left this earth.  I never met her, but was given her name.  She would have been 94 years and 6 days old today.  Helen was quite the sewer in her day.  I'm told that she could look at a pattern in the store, cut the pattern out of the newspaper, and make the same outfit.  

Conrad Family
(Aunt Brenda, Grandma Helen, Grandpa Harry, Mom - Cynthia, and the twins - David and William)

Grandma Fuller is moving from San Diego, California to Springfield, Missouri.  Not knowing this at the time, I made her a new scarf for her 92 birthday coming up in a few days.

She will definitely need it for Missouri weather!

 Dog Beds

Dutch had to spend a weekend at the Dog Hospital  in August.  He really needed an update to his bed.  The results are below.

He is a very satisfied dog.

Cinnamon Rolls

I made cinnamon rolls for the first time last week.  I made a new batch everyday.  As practice goes, you get better.  Of course, all of the evidence has been eaten, so they were actually all wonderful batches.

Last Day of School!

  Today is the last day of school for children in Fayetteville!  Summer vacation begins and soon many children will be off to camp and other adventures these next two months.  Sometimes it feels as if summer never gets here and before you know it, it's already Christmas.  Today we are getting a break from the heat that has been beating down the last few days.  

    I am looking forward to some new adventures and maybe even finishing up some projects before school starts all over again!

HOPE

On May 22, 2011, an F5 tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, at 5:41pm.

   It is hard to put life in perspective, but it is important to always treasure life more than things.  I visited this store last summer.  I had never been to a JOANN store and went with a friend.  On May 22, 2011, an F5 tornado struck the town of Joplin, Missouri.  It was a Sunday at 5:41 pm.
  I was able to drive through the town on May 30, 2011, on our way back home from spending time at a high school reunion for my husband.
  It is hard to express with words the devastation and loss that this tornado caused to this town.  The only way I can even relate to the devastation is only having been to this store last summer and remembering what the store actually looked like before this happened.  This picture was taken as we were driving through the town.
  I did not get a photograph of the front of the high school sign, but it was temporarily named HOPE high school.  It wasn't till a week later that I realized the high school is actually named Joplin high school.  The "OP" were the only letters in Joplin that were not taken in the tornado.  Someone had used duct tape add the letters "H" and "E".  It will take a long time for this town to recover, but the town of Joplin, Missouri has a lot of "HOPE".
  Please keep the town of Joplin, Missouri in your prayers.

Fresh Starts

Dusting, reorganizing, cleaning...nobody likes to do it, but it has to be done!  Sometimes, we find out that what we have is enough in this life, but we overlook the beauty of it.  These two shelves were consumed with this and that just put upon the shelf.  I completely forgot about the fabulous background that was covered up.

Don't overlook the great things right in front of you that can totally brighten up your day such as this really fun fabric!