Thursday, December 26, 2013

The Aftermath…

It always seems like such a longggggggg build-up to Christmas, doesn’t it???

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All the planning and shopping and cooking and

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hours of decorating inside and out and 

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travel planning and cleaning and cooking…

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And then BAMMMM!

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In a few hours, it’s over!!

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Presents opened, special foods eaten,

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family and friends gone on their way back to their own homes…

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or you on your own way home!!

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And as you look around at all the special decorations you so lovingly and artfully put out a month ago,

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you are suddenly ready to put them away!!

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Is it just me that feels this way???

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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Merry Christmas To All!!

I think my holiday ducks are all finally in a row at this point!  Whew!!  :-)

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Gifts are wrapped and ready.

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Fridge is full with the makings for our Christmas meals.

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My husband is Italian, so our traditional meal for Christmas is meatballs and stuffed shells.

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We’ve got waaay too many sweet breads and desserts sitting around… sigh…

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Yogi has been groomed!!  YAY!

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We will attend 8:00pm Mass tonight so we can sleep in tomorrow morning!!

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I never showed you some of the things I made last month and this month.  This was a gift to my parents. 

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I thought the apple print could be used for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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This table runner was for one of my dear sisters!

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It was a bargello kit from Connecting Threads.

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Here is the new tree skirt I made…

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from some cute modern fabrics!

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I also made a new table runner from the same cute fabrics!! 

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I love the addition of light and bright pink and lime green!! 

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I especially love the bright pink fabric with the white reindeer, don’t you??  The pattern is the disappearing nine patch!!

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And this is the new wall quilt I made for over the mantle.

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I strip pieced the trees from my scrap drawer.  I named the quilt- “The Tree Lot”!!

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Now, I’m already thinking about what to make to put up there…

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when I put all the Christmas decor away next week… 

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some winter scene…

any ideas????

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I pray you and yours will have a most wonderful Christmas…

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full of squeezin’ hugs and warm kisses and a ton of special surprises!!1signature

Friday, December 13, 2013

Winner, winner… is it You???

Thank you to all who entered my little givaway!  It was so fun hearing about everyone’s favorite Christmas gifts!

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My dear husband surprised me 6 years ago with my Bernina 640E for Christmas… then did it again two years after that with my HQ Sweet 16 Sit-Down machine!!

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Now that my two grown-up sons are married/engaged…we have to share them with the in-laws at both Thanksgiving and Christmas!

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So this year, we had AJ and Livi with us for Thanksgiving, and will have Anthony and Leah with us for Christmas!!

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And dear sweet Yoginess sure does love finding his own wrapped toy present …

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and ripping into it!!  Last year’s toy was a fox!!

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OK, so, who is the big winner of the layer cake and pattern??? 

Heather who wrote-

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So, Heather, please email me your snail mail address so I can get your prize in the mail on Monday!!

So, are you ready for Christmas???  What have you been sewing on these days??

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I’m working on the quilt for over the mantle…

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Monday, December 9, 2013

SMS Giveaway Day!!

Our power has been going off due to the ice storm here in DC area, so I’ll try to get this posted quickly before it goes out again!!

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Sew Mama Sew is having her Giveaway Day!!  I am participating again, and for those of you overseas, I will ship overseas!!

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The randomly drawn winner of my giveaway will win a Moda layer cake by Basic Grey of their “Origins” collection…

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And also, the winner will get a layer cake pattern by Me and My Sister Designs called “Easy Bake”!

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Leave a comment on this post with what your favorite Christmas or holiday gift of the last 5 years is!!  Also, this givaway is open ONLY to  my followers, so make sure you ARE a follower AND leave that info in your comment to this post, as well!!

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Yogi says “Good luck”!!  Come back here on Friday, December 13th at 9:00pm to see if you won!!  Make sure you go to Sew Mama Sew’s blog page to see all the wonderful givaways on all the awesome blogs!!

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