Several years ago, I decided to go through my clothes and single out items that were in poor conditi [More]

My granddaughters are tremendously excited about attending a week long camp program at our local zoo [More]

  Wow, the pool opens this Saturday and the kids can hardly wait.  We had a couple of rain [More]

     Do you remember this purse?          I showed it to you in my October 2009 blog, Be Productive.  In that blog I encouraged you to keep a record of your sewing projects so that you could see just how much you are accomplishing.  Have you d... [More]

  My daughter has a baby due in a few weeks and since it is her fourth she needs to replace a f [More]

I love hearts so Valentine's Day is one of my favorite days of the year.  And it is right aroun [More]

Today's blog started out on my stocking stuffer list but I was just in the mood to try one after fin [More]

My friend received one of the new smaller Kindles for Mother's Day.  She loves crafty things bu [More]

My daughters and I love to take pictures.   With digital cameras  we take lots and lots.  However with three little ones almost always in tow one big problem I now encounter is keeping  track of the lens cover.  And Andrea is always looking for hers, digging i... [More]

Tired of boxes yet?  I'm not.  I am hooked for sure.  This one is VERY simple. I made a bunch of these little ones in no time at all. Some for me and some for the girls schoolroom.  But this is the last one,  Here is my smallest storage cube: What you need: One 15&qu... [More]

Organize, organize and organize some more.  I decided to give my sewing room a makeover of sorts.  The goal however, is to repurpose as many items as possible without spending much money.  Well, this could take all year -that is how bad my room is.  But as it comes along I will s... [More]

For several years I have seen and heard about bags made to bake potatoes in the microwave. They are touted to produce fluffy, moist baked potatoes.  So when I had all the cotton stuff out to make the tortilla warmer I decided to make one and see.  Hey, what do you know, it works pretty wel... [More]

As you probably know by now we have been slowly trying to go green.  So we use cloth bags (see designer bags)for most of our shopping.  Even so, we still end up with some of those thin plastic bags from various places.  They have some uses such as lining the bathroom trash cans, tying... [More]

Have you seen the big purses, or should I say suitcases, that are in style this year?  They certainly hold a lot of stuff but I continually see women trying to climb inside them to find their key rings.  Watching them always made me smile until the other night.  The heat index re... [More]

"What will the Easter bunny bring for the baby?" our grandaughter asked.  Now, this is the same [More]

Wristlets are great if you have lots of other stuff to haul around (like kids and diaper bags and laptops...) and don't want the extra weight of a purse.  But after a hard winter the ones we have been using look pretty bad so I decided to surprise the girls with new ones this week.  I ... [More]

Our family has been invited to several Halloween gatherings this year.  The first is this weekend - a whole week before the 31st!  This is Friday and the girls costumes are not quite finished.  But the girls are very excited about dressing up for  these events.  One dec... [More]

You can never have too many bags.  We use bags for everything from storing tiny toys to carrying our groceries in "green" bags.  But last week my daughter decided she needed a huge bag. She teaches science two days a week at a local Christian school.  But since she shares th... [More]

I went to have lunch with my granddaughter this week.  It was fun but one thing that amazed me was how many lunch boxes looked just alike.  And they were all jumbled together in huge tubs so it took the kids some time to find the one that belonged to them.  So, this week we made In-th... [More]

It has been a busy couple of weeks.  Our youngest has a baby girl now overdue.  But for several weeks she was put on bed rest - mostly due to extreme swelling.  So the rest of the family shared taking care of the other two (five years and two years old).  We kept them at our hous... [More]

We have been out and about the last week or so with the grandkids in tow.  They love the park, [More]

Most of you know that one of my goals in 2009 was to use up as much of my fabric stash as possible a [More]

By now everyone knows that at our house we have been slowly going green.  It not only helps the [More]

Did you know that Flag Day is this Sunday?  It is nice to take a moment and remember how gratef [More]

For some time at our house we have been somewhat involved in recycling stuff.  A while back I a [More]

HH (Hello Hello!) Fellow Embroiderers,  How are ALL of you??? What things are you doing these days???!!!!! How many NEW embroiders are out there like me. (I stitched my 1st design last week. Yeah!!!). It would also be interesting to find out who has embroidere... [More]

I am no 'History buff' but somethings have a way of being interesting just by "being." For years, I [More]

This Blog is going to be a little different from any others I have done. I did a lot of research for [More]

As the Coronavirus engulfs us all, I encourage you to focus on the positive things in life. Here are [More]

If thread is the life blood of embroidery, then messed up thread will be the headache for your whole [More]

I have always wanted to be able to design and create drawings and other Art. To me, art, in its broa [More]

I had written another blog which pointed out some things that are best done with the professional st [More]

I did a "embroidery words/terms" blog recently and I remember that I had been embroidering for a lon [More]

I hope you are learning and enjoying my Unique Tips Series. Most of these tips are ones I thought up [More]

I started doing this blog in May, 2008. Can you believe that?  Well I can't so I went back on M [More]

I have been thinking about some of the ways that embroidery can have a "Renaissance" that YOU can be [More]

Here Are 10 Creative Ways To Re-Use Your Old Amazon BoxesIf you follow me on social media, you may [More]

With the hustle and bustle of the holidays comes a time for family, friends and even strangers. To s [More]

I have been noticing that multiple digitizers are noting that some of their designs do not have "jum [More]

This time of year, many of us are just a tab short of hours in a day and sometimes, a dollar short. [More]

I think that snow is just about a few days away, except here in Surprise Arizona (just NW of Phoenix [More]

If you are new to my blog, here are some of my previous Halloween Freebies. Check out the hints in t [More]

I can recall when the first computers came on the market. The one piece of software I noticed was “C [More]

I have been thinking about doing this blog for about 3 years - but, what is the hurry??These are tru [More]

I am in a decorating mood and saw a 3D picture on a wall in a magazine. The photo was of a plain pie [More]

I consider my stash of designs collection in the same loving manner as a coin, stamp or even vintage [More]

You and I know that embroidery can be so many things, an heirloom (don’t forget to put your name and [More]

I remember, years ago, I was told something like – If you think of something, a red convertible, for [More]

Note: This is from a very old Blog that a reader commented upon. Very few people will see the post b [More]

The Christmas tree has been put away(finally), the lights rolled up, the wreaths wrapped and hung in [More]

I do subscribe to HGTV's Magazine. I really love the whole magazine, especially the "High/Low List" [More]

We love to give and receive baked goods any time of the year.  They are so appreciated at a tim [More]

We all know most of the ‘generalized’ stitches for embroidery. Those are the work-horses of the embr [More]

The thread that binds and then shreds. I have been working at collecting ideas that work for others [More]

Aside from Christmas, I’m not much of a holiday decorator; but as I watched all of the adorable deco [More]

I do like to create something unexpected when I embroider.  Some times that includes using a te [More]