I have signed up for Cassandras ezine class at My Artful Adventures. These are her pictures. I haven't yet had the time to sit down and get mine done.

She gives very good directions. They are easy to follow and lots of pictures to help you along the way.

This class was for February and it was called Sugar and Spice. Looking at the pictures you can tell why.

The first one was faux cupcakes second was Conversation heart bracelet Third was Faux Chocolates and the box The last will be lollipops.

She post a different one every Tuesday of the month. She gives you a supply list ahead of time so you can be ready to start that day.

This Tuesday is the last one. She has already put up the one for March. It is called Pretty Spring Things. Over on my sidebar you will find a button that says Pretty Spring Things if you click on it you can go over to her blog and she will tell you all about it and how to sign up. She only charges 3 dollars a class. Where else can you take a class for 3 dollars?

Hope you have fun looking at all her pretties!

Until next time Carol

Thankful Thrusday

Over at Grace Alone, Iris's blog she is hosting Thankful Thursday.

I am thankful to have a savourier who was welling to die for my sins. Many don't.

I am thankful for a warm house to live in on these cold winter days. Many don't.

I am thankful for plenty to eat and not have to ask anyone for it. Many don't.

I am thankful for a Husband and children and grandchildren, and many family members who I love and love me back. Many don't.

I am thankful and blessed to have things to share. Many don't

We can all share the simple things. Things that cost us nothing but concern for others. Such as a smile to a stranger who looks down cast.

Here are a couple of things that you can do before you leave my site. Click on the puppy dog picture on my side bar and help feed rescued animals. Also click on the Breast Cancer button and give a free mammogram to someone who can't afford to get one. You my be the one who saves a life. Advertisers pay for these things for the right to advertise there. But you do not have to buy a thing to help. These things will cost you nothing but your time. Feel free to add them to your blog and have others help as well. I thank you so much for your help!

Also over at Mary's Vintage Comfort blog, she is having a March Green Themed Giveaway. For St. Patty's day. Go check it out and good luck. Checkout her out here http://vintagecomfort.blogspot.com/

Just Waiting

It is snowing here again today. We had a ground covering. Nothing to write home about. But it is in the high 20's. Burrr. I don't go out in this weather. So I am taking the time to take some online art classes. (More about that later.) And also I am taking some time to rearrange my sewing room. As all of you who sew or do crafts, you know it dose not take long for things to get chaotic. So this is a perfect time to get this job done so when Spring gets here I can get out with the flowers. And head for the beach!

The picture is just a teaser of what is right around the corner. It truly want be long. The wait is worth it.

Until next time, Carol

Winter Storm

This is the storm that hit us last Friday night. It is the one that started in the mid west and came all the way across. I do mean all the way across. Because you see we are 50 miles from Virginia Beach. You can't go any further than that with out being in the ocean.

These are pictures that I took around my area. The first one is right down the end of my road. There is a giant hill and there were older kids up on there. Why it caught my attention is I have never seen anyone up there before. It is so far away from where I took the picture that it may be hard to see but these kids are sledding down it. If you look in the center to the right you will see a white blur. That was one of them going over a mogul and soaring into the air as I took the picture. To cool! The next one I had to take it is a hoot. It is of two horses eating hay that was thrown out for them. You ask why is that a hoot. Well look under the white horses neck. Yeap, that's a goat sharing dinner with them. Now that's a hoot! Next is a little white country church that I think is just beautiful. The next one is of the Veterans Cemetery If you look in the center you will see a small tree. My husbands father is buried there. Isn't it pretty in the snow? The next one is of the lake behind our house. So pretty in snow. The next one is of a harvested cotton field. I love the way the snow shows off the rows. The next one shows you just how awful the roads got. They still haven't gotten to it with the plow and with budget cuts we way out of the city may not see one. Last but not lest here is a picture of my house in snow. The blue flower pots have pansies in them even though the snow has covered them. Don't worry pansy's love snow and cold weather that's why they are out there.

I hope you enjoyed scenes from our snow adventure. I hope I don't have any more of these to show you this year. But they are talking freezing rain and snow tonight through Friday. Please pray we don't get it. I know to some of you I sound like I am whining because 7 inches of snow is nothing to what you got. But you have to understand we are far enough south to not get this often enough to know what to do with it. But even though it is pretty. It always amazes me the beautiful pictures our Lord can paint. I am so glad to share them with you.

Until next time .Carol

Sharing Quilting Skills

Today I am going to take some time and have some fun. One of my sons friends wants to learn to quilt. So we are going to play for awhile today. Hopefully she will pick up some skills and then we can do it again another day and then she can be off and running. We all know any talent is from the Lord but it is practice, practice, practice that makes it be what he wants it to be. And it truly is not yours until you give it away. I love these opportunities He gives us!

So I will be busy today. But I will try to get back and do some visiting with you girls later today.

Have a good day and until next time. Carol

Blue Monday

This is Blue Monday. There is a bluebird on my side bar. Please click on it and it will send you to Smiling Sally's blog. She is hosting blue Monday. There are a lot of people who have signed up to show you there blue pretties. Click on their names and you will go to their blog. Please don't forget to leave me and all the gals a comment. We really love to hear your comments.

These are the pictures of my blue pretties. The first one is of some blue lace appliques that I make and sell in my Etsy shop Country Cottage Friend. Next is a wall hanging of a aqua blue tea pot and tea cup. That I embroidered and quilted. It is for sale in my Etsy shop Heirlooms for you. Next is one of my loved teacups. It is Royal Albert bone China. Made in England. The name of the pattern is Enchantment. I found it in one of my favorite shops that I go to to get things for my Etsy shop, My Vintage Shop. But I couldn't bear to part with this one. So it sits on my roll top desk.

If you are interested in looking at my etsy shops I have a section on my side bar you can click on each shop and be right there.

I hope you enjoy this Blue Monday. Blue Monday doesn't always have to be a sad thing.

Thank you for stopping by until next time. Carol

Spiritual Sunday

I have had to be away for awhile. There were some things that needed my attention. I have always love this group and hope to be able to keep up with you all again.

My prayers go out to Charlotte as she goes to surgery tomorrow. I know the good Lord will keep His hands upon her as well as the doctor and the nurses.

I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14

On my side bar is a picture of Spiritual Sunday please click on it and read many uplifting blogs.

Thank you for visiting, until next time . Carol

Spending the weekend with a Grandchild

I spent the weekend with my 4 and 1/2 (they learn about that half so young while we are trying to forget it) year old granddaughter Anna.

This sweet little girl in the picture reminds me of her. She has long brown hair and a beautiful smile. She also showed up with striped leggings a long sleeve top with a pretty pink dress. I know to a lot of you that is everyday. But not for me you see I raised 2 wonderful boys. And I mean all boys frogs, rocks, holes in the knees of their pants after a days play and stinky feet! Mind you I would not change a thing or ask for it to be any different. But now I am blessed with 2 sweet granddaughters. And what a blessing to get to buy dresses, ruffle socks, and anything pink. Thank you Lord!

Her Paw paw and I took her to the movies to see the Princes and the frog. We had a great time. As the movie got to be a little long for her she climbed into my lap to finish watching it. ( Oh yeah Heaven) She loves fruity candies so she had a box of Skittles and ate it all. Then we took her out for Mexican Food she loves cheese cascades, yes a Mexican cheese sandwich. And yes anything she wants. Then we went home and she ate two bowls of chocolate chip ice cream. Please don't tell her Mom.

She is so tiny. I do understand how they burn so much energy, never sitting still. Wouldn't it be nice to have the same blessing when we get older. Yes we burn it when we move but it takes so much more moving. It makes me tired just thinking about it.

Thank you for letting me share my weekend with my granddaughter with you. Until next time. Carol

Glad to be back.

I have been away for way to long. I love blogging. But there were many things that needed my attention.

But now I feel I can give some time to you. Can't wait to start hearing from you guys again. I plan on visiting all of you over the next couple of days.

Good to be back! Untill next time , Carol

With Regret

I am so sorry to have to write this but there are some things that have come up that I need to attend to. So for a while I will not be writing. I do enjoying this and had just started meeting some very nice people. But for right now I have other things that need my attention. I do hope to be back soon.

I will try to find some time to stop by your blogs and read about what you are doing from time to time and leave you a comment. I will miss you all but will talk to you soon.

Until the next time. Carol

Quilt to finish by the end of the month

Sorry I haven't written anything for awhile. But I have been trying to get my sewing room organized and all my UFO'S together. I have done a pretty good start with all the other things life hands you to do.

My first goal is to finish the ovarian cancer quilt. It wont be to much longer. But I am going to also post this throw quilt into the arena for Kim's Big Quilting Adventure challenge.

I am not sure whats wrong with me but I sure can get alot of things started but I am having trouble finishing things. That is why I am so grateful for these ladies who are willing to help give us girls a little shove.

So head on over and check her out. She has give aways and also links to others who are giving away things. As well as alot of beautiful projects alot of talent ladies are finishing.

http://kimsbigquiltingadventure.blogspot.com/

Until next time. Carol

I was picked

WOW! This never happens to me. But this morning it did.

I was looking around at some different blogs the other day and came across Kim's Big Quilting Adventure. I love quilting so I thought I would check her out. She was having a give away that day. She had a choice of 4 different groups of patterns.

All of us girls who sew have way to many patterns. So she came up with the clever idea to group together some of hers and share them with those who would just leave a comment and tell her they would like one of them and just tell her which one. Well to make a long story short I told her I would like #4. An apron pattern and a pineapple quilt pattern.

We were to check back this morning and see who was picked. You know it for #4 it was me! Yeah.

You need to go on over and check out her blog. http://kimsbigquiltingadventure.blogspot.com/ She is so funny. Please be sure to check out her picture of herself. It's a real hoot.

Thank you Kim. This was a fun idea.

Tagged

Char over at Someplace in Thyme (http://someplaceinthyme.blogspot.com/) tagged several of us bloggers the other day. She was tagged and had to tell 10 things about herself others may not know and then tag other bloggers. Then in return those of us who were tagged did the same.So here goes my 10.

1- Harriett a good friend of mine lost her battle with breast cancer in April of 2008 after fighting it for 10 years. One month before that I found out another long time friend Nancy was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer. Both of these women are good Christian women with such sweet attitudes. I praise God he put both of them in my life.

2-I was a painting contractor.

3-Nancy and I are heading for Saint Louise September 15 to go to Joyce Meyers Women's Convention. We are going by train and we are going to stay for 10 days and see some sites while we are there. We really want Judy to go also but her husband is sick right now and she can't leave him.

4-I would like to open a house to help women. Teach them about Christ. Help them get off welfare and help them learn to help themselves and others. Judy, Nancy and myself are always talking about this.

5-I love coffee with more milk than coffee.

6-If you saw my sewing room you would think it ate a quilt shop.(way to much stuff and not enough time.)

7-I love to shop thrift shops. Can't leave one without something. Most of the time to much somethings.

8- I love restaurant hamburgers. Not fast food ones. With the kids grown hubby and I eat out way to much. He is still amazed that I want a hamburger more than some of the nice dishes they have. Who knows where that comes from.

9-I do love McDonald's salads. When Judy and I go off (we are usually heading for a thrift store or a fabric store) and we don't want to spend our money on food instead of all the good finds. So we head for McDonald's.

10-I am collecting teapots for a Christmas tree I want to decorate for Christmas this year.

Now for who I am tagging:

Jill at Bits & Tidbits from Jillzwhimzy

Teriann at Kitty Kitty Designs

Debbie at All in my Cottage

Until next time Carol

Aug. Project For Charming Girls Quilt Club

I want to thank Kelly for hosting this club so we charming girls can put to rest some of our UFO's. (unfinished objects) I hope you will click on the button on my side bar to get to her blog, you will see lots of different and beautiful quilts the other ladies are finishing.

I showed this back on May the 14th.(yes I know that was 2 1/2 months ago.) That is why we need help with our UFO's. Thanks again Kelly for the push.

September is Ovarian Cancer month. I truly want this finished and given to them by September. I need to baste it together then quilt it and put on the binding. I do hope you ladies will cheer me on so I will get it done.

Teal is the color for ovarian cancer so I decided to go with several different teal fabrics. I used a tone on tone white for the background of the embroidery squares. I used a damask pattern in teal for the embroidery there is one that is of a damask peacock. As a reminder that the Good Lord made all of us women beautiful and we should support each other.

I hope you will check back and see the progress I am making. Good luck to all of you who are playing along this month.

Thank you for dropping by, please do often.Until next time. Carol

Spirtual Sunday

I want to thank Charlotte and Ginger for hosting Spiritual Sunday. Giving us a place to share about our Lord. Go to my side bar and click on this button and you will go to there blog where others have shared their thoughts.

Today I would like to share a Helen Steiner Rice Poem with you. I hope you enjoy it.

Enfolded In His Love

The love of God surrounds us

Like the air we breath around us__

As near as a heartbeat, as close as a prayer,

And whenever we need Him,

He'll always be there!

Thank you for stopping by. Until next time. Carol

I hope you will enjoy a cup of tea with my apologies

I want to apologize for not writing for a couple of days. I really do love doing this. But I am in the middle of painting the office in my house and then I will be going straight to the living room. And as most of you know, weather you do the painting or someone else for you, it takes awhile.

I have always enjoyed painting my house (And use to have my own painting business) but it is alot of work. It is looking pretty and I will be sure to take some pictures to show you at a later date.

But for now I need to get back to work. Please grab a cup of tea and enjoy going through some of my older post.

Thank you for dropping by. Until next time. Carol

Spiritual Sunday

I am sorry I forgot to tell you to click on this button on my side bar and see all the wonderful things the other people have written. Thanks.

Spiritual Sunday

Romans 12 :1 The Message Bible

Here is what I want you to do,God helping you:
Take your everyday, ordinary life-

your sleeping, eating, going to work,

and walking- around life-

and place it before God as an offering.

Embracing what God does for you is the

best thing you can do for him.

I want to thank Charlotte and Ginger for hosting such a Wonderful place in blogland on Sundays to share together our Lord.

Untill next time Carol

Some of my lace and trim stash

I have been collecting beautiful laces and trims for years. I have an old dresser that is full. I now have several good ideas to use them. I also have started collecting beautiful Victorian Ladies in clip art. I have some even more than I am showing that I have printed on fabric. You will also see them show up in some of my future projects. So I hope you will keep checking back at Heirlooms for You my Etsy shop.

I really am excited to get started on all the ideas I have rolling around in my head.

Thank you for stopping by. Until next time. Carol

Quilted Heirloom Hand Bag

I just posted this sweet quilted heirloom hand bag in my shop Heirlooms For You.

I just finished it and couldn't wait to get it in the shop. I think I will get some lunch and stay out of the sewing room for the rest of the day. I need a break.

I hope you will check it out. Thanks for stopping by.

Untill next time. Carol