A Creative Tutorial soon...

Dear Friends..thank you for the sweet comments. I have had an overwhelming response even at church for the place mat bags.

If you can sew a straight line on the sewing machine..

YOU CAN DO IT! YES YOU CAN!!

I took pictures of the latest one made for a friend and will post these after the New Year.

The above photo and below is my very own version of card making without all the STUFF! I drew a pic of a coffee cup on brown card stock, cut it out and VOILA..a personalized card to go with my "coffee theme" gift basket for a recent house warming.




I am having a breast biopsy Monday the 28th with results on the 30th. I have a very suspicious spot that needs to be determined.

GOD knows..and I am HIS.

God bless and see you soon..
HOPE

..a little more creativity

Though I am on a BLOG break..I can't help not posting these fun crafts that others might enjoy making!

Here are the bags I've made from PLACE MATS!! and ribbon with a cute assortment of buttons it has endless possibilities. I love them! They are perfect to carry your Bible and a notebook etc. Or whatever you choose. The ribbon is actually quite sturdy. I used Gross grain..but on the brown for my mother I found a woven type ribbon.

I made a plastic insert for the bottom of the bag to hold it up a little better. I then made a slipcoverer to coordinate with the purse. Works great!



Also on the red..I decided to try the ribbon with the wire and it worked fine. This wire ribbon was not real stiff so it was just enough to hold the bow shape very nicely.

ENJOY the pics! The next one to make is for my friend Kelly having surgery today. She gets a Black with pink polka dot and pink Argyle button to fight Breast Cancer!

See ya soon..
HOPE

Lilly's brother Zeek!

Introducing Zeek! He cracks me up! These sock monkey's each take on their own "personality"...his ears hang low...but that's okay..That's Zeek!




Here is his little friend we found over Thanksgiving at Cracker Barrel restaurant..our favorite when traveling. What a FIND!!!! You know I had my sock monkey radar on as I entered the store (I mean eatery!) I did go there to eat breakfast..right?





I didn't realize he looked like a bandit with his eyes on the blue strip! Guess o' Zeek is going to be my mischievous little monkey! (you don't have any in your house do you?)

I'm not crazy about button eyes..but for Zeek it worked pretty good.

And there you have it...my little monkey family is growing!! More little "guys" to come!

Enjoy!
HOPE