I saw snow flakes

I was out early this morning and it sure was cold out. So I'm standing there looking at the trees and something falls in front of my face. OMG it was snow. Now I know I live in Wisconsin and it's almost Thanksgiving but I'm never ready for snow. There were just a few flakes floating around but that didn't make me a happy camper at all.

What it did make me is anxious to start decorating for Christmas. Now I know it's early for that too but why not get an early start. So, out came the big CD player, I loaded it up with Christmas CD's and I've been listening ever since. Then out came my small tree that is in a pot. I fluffed and fluffed the branches and turned it on. So far nothing but white lights but it sure looks nice. Next up were the three pillar candles that I have on the entertainment center. Well, they looked plain. While I was looking for some pretty ribbon to wrap around their middles I came across some red beads instead. I like the look of that now I just need some greenery to go around them.

Now, I think I'm finally in the mood to do some Christmas quilting. Off I go.

Tis The Season

Well, I'm back. As they say, long time no post. Summer just flew by and now fall is doing the same thing. I wasn't doing any sewing this past summer so absolutely nothing to post about. Actually I was tired of people criticizing my blogging so I stopped for a while. But, now I've decided to heck with those who love to pick on me and I'm back.

Like I said I've been really busy helping out different family members with different projects. They ranged from helping get ready for a huge rummage sale and doing the rummage days in very hot weather. Running back and forth helping others out and just a couple of weeks ago doing a lot of painting and clearing out of clutter for my brother. It felt good to have something to do. Recently my Mom fell and broke her ankle so now I'm helping out there. Inbetween I've made a total of 5 pairs of pillow cases and I just finished up a small turkey wallhanging. I took down the Halloween decorations and have decided to go straight to Christmas.

Last night some of my dear friends came over for a fun night of eating, drinking and then shooting some dice. I can safely say we all had a great time. Bring on the holidays. My friend Maureen brought me what I think is going to be my Christmas Tree for this year so I just need to take it's picture to post it here.

Here are some of the pillowcases that I've made recently. I didn't want to bore you with all of them. I also made a neat pair of Green Bay Packer pillowcases for my sister. The top picture is the cutest flannel that I've ever seen. It's jumping frogs that have hot pink scarves, hats and mittens on, those I made for two very special little girls for their birthdays.

So, now it's time to work on Christmas presents most of which I won't be able to show here because my friends read my blog. Off to do a little stitching and it hopefully won't be so long before my next post.