Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday Heather! One day late. This is my little girl Twenty some years ago!! Now she is a beautiful young lady...celebrating her 23rd birthday. We had a great weekend togehter. Good food and birthday cake!! So here is the picture of the surprise I did not want my daughter to see until her birthday. She has been wanting me to make her this raggedyann for awhile and finally I did. It was fun sewing her up and making her for my daughter. I hope to do more sewing soon. Till next time Colleen

Sneak peek!

I have been working on this.

It is a gift for daughter, She has been wanting it for a while and her birthday is tommorrow so I am only giving a sneek peek. I hope she is not checking out my blog today!! I will post the whole picture next time. Colleen

Thinking about Snow!!

No not really!! I am not looking forward to the white stuff yet but I have done up a new template for Ebay with swheetraggedy and Snowman. You can see the whole template here... SwheetraggedySnowman-Auction Template I like it do you??

New Stuff

I have a few new items listed over on Ebay. I did these witches hats and they are so much fun that I have some more in the works. The one's I am working on are each going to be alittle differnet from these so check back for new photos soon. I also did up this candlemat.. Candlemats are one of my favorite things to make. Around my home I place them candles, mason jars filled with goodies, around my other primitve things. There are lots of ways to decorate with them. I have also did up a new template, using Swheetpotato graphics. I just love her graphics!! I also love working on templates ,banners and more but until my next eye surgery it will be slow going. :) I call this one Swheet Raggedy Pumpkin... I slso worked up this Primitve witch template. Now I am stuffing some raggedy dolls today. Easy on the eyes! :) Till next time. Colleen

Where have I been?

I have been right here at home. LOL Back on July 29th I had cataract surgery on my left eye. So I have been taking care of that. My eye is doing good, and my vision is good in my left eye but still messed up in my right. So its hard to focus in on things at time. I do a little work on computer, and going to try to finish up some projects I had started. I can work for a short time and then give my eyes a break. I have not attempted to drive, and when you are use to driving believe me you sure do miss it. Me and the kids feel caged in sometimes. My garden is growing but so are the weeds, I can see those. :) I have been cleaning out some patterns that I don't want anymore so I will be listing them on EBay in the next couple of days.

So I am just counting the days till the next surgery Aug 26th and hope all goes well and my vision is back to normal.

Kids and Fish!!

The weekend went by so fast, but don't they always do that!! Sunday we took the kids fishing!!

Erika's first fish of the day with her new pole. Andrew loves catching the fish but does not want to touch them!!

On Sat we went out to eat with a good friend of ours Charlie. He was celebrating his 93rd birthday. I did not bring a camera along on Sat but this is a picture back in Sept and we were at a retirement party together. Charlie looks good for 93 don't you think!! We took a drive up to one of his favorite place's to eat. It is about a hour drive. The food was excellent and it was a nice time. So that was my weekend. Till next time......Colleen

Just a few things!

I finally finished up a few craft items that have been in the making for a while. I am just so slow these days. Better late then never....LOL This Annie is already for Fall and Thanksgiving....

You can find Raggedy Ann here on Ebay Then I did this primitive candlemat.. I had the stitching done for awhile just need to sew it together with batting and a cute red checker for the backing. You can find the candlemat here. And I also did up these primitve witches hats. Halloween is getting so fun to decorate with. You can find these Withces hats here.

I also have my items for sale on the"Christmas in July" sale I am in. Have a great weekend everyone and till next time.....Colleen

Do you ever???

Do you ever feel like your going in 20 different directions and can't seem to get anything done. LOL . That is how I have been feeling alot lately. With the kids home on summer vacation, I am falling behind on making crafts, and cleaning the house. LOL Back in June I signed up for this great Sale.... I thought I had time and I could get some stuff done. I should have know better. LOL I did get a few items done but wanted more done. I have been slower these days on sewing and designing templates because I have cataracts. Eyes get tired faster and headaches come sooner. I am having the surgery to remove one on my left eye next week. :( Just a little worried and scared but everyone that has had it done, tells me not to worry its easy. Guess I will find out soon enough. I do know that I want to be able to see good again so... Anyways if you want to do some early Christmas shopping jump over to Christmas in July Till next time.... Colleen

Happy 4th of July!

I want to wish everyone a happy 4th of July. Enjoy the cookouts and fireworks and safe travels to all. I am finding it hard to post these summer days. The kids and I are enjoying the summer. Not much crafting get done but lots of fun hanging out with the kids... We enjoy the pool when the weather is warm enough... Trips to the library for some good reading..... Back yard fun.... And just hanging out and laughing with each other Soon enough summer will end and I will be able to craft again. Till next time... Colleen

I won!!

I can't believe it , I won a free pattern over at Always Crafty 2-home of the shweet Potato dolls. Sandi has such a cute blog and really cute Shweet Potato dolls and patterns. Thanks to Carm at Shweet Potato Designs for all her wonderful graphics we both use to create swheet Potato items.I use them for my templates and Sandi with her cute dolls. So off I go to check out Sandi's patterns...........:)

Something new in Store!

I have been working on some new templates for Ebay. Would you believe I am working on Fall templates and thinking about a few new winter ones. It is just about summer!! LOL This one is a really cute Raggedy Ann This one I called Raggedy Annie Witch Cackle and you can find it here

Then I did some vintage/Primitive Witches ..... I called this one Primitive Witch, kids and black cat you can find it here Fined Witches Welcome here Have more in the works so keep checking back :) Till next time Colleen