Magical Holiday Artists Give Away Shout Out...

Ohhhhhh- you'll wanna see this!
The Magical Holiday Artists team is having a give away for 6 sweet items this month!
What a talented and fun group of artists! Go check it out and enter!
:O)

Enchanted Ornie Swap . . .

Valerie of Yarni Gras hosted a Secret Swap:


I got my package from my Secret Partner Beth from Words & Whimsies and what a spoiled lil' fae I am! :O)
Lookie:

Wowzers! Enchanting ephemera and whatnots! I love it!
A set of green shamrocks that I think I'll make a Vintage St. Patty's Banner out of. A set of green and white laced paper doilies. An "Erin Go Bragh" banner! Perfect for St. Patty's decorating! And I love anything celtic and Irish! I've some of the blood :O)
Also glittered snowflake ornament, a mini composition book with altered tags "SW" my initials. Perfect for jotting down ideas when I hit those "lightbulb moments". This will come in hand! 2 cute Faerie Wands! I can always use faerie wands- I'm a busy lil' fae! Notepad & post-it's, a gorgeous altered bird with glitter on the papered wings and 'tail'. So sweet. A couple of party blowers- (caute). I got a bag of Candy Corn (nom nom nom) and Autumn Mix (lurrve those pumpkins). Inside the Halloween oriental box is a bag of Pumpkin seeds and a hand-pump-toy jumping spider *lol*. also a bag of yummy pistachios- a great snack while on the comp. A beautiful purple bottle with some glass german glitter inside. Looks like it's magical! The tag on the bottle says "Fairy Dust for... wishes ... dreams... fun!



A close up of the bottle. I absolutely love this! Stunning!



Close up of my enchanted ornament hidden in the bag. . . what's in there? Hmmm



A sweet vintage elf holding a candy cane on a pincushion. He's standing on a bed of faux grass, with glittered acorns at its feet, with olive velvet rick rack, a small snowflake sprinkled here and there! I love this! She must have known my favorite enchanted colors are purple and green!



a Close up of the sweet elf. Look at that happy face!
Beth really outdid herself. I love my ornament. I have nothing like this and I just adore this!
Then I visited her blog to properly Thank her and wooooaaahhh- what ephemera & vintage & kitschy overload of greatness. She's lucky! She's got beautiful altered pin cushions available at her Etsy shop and she has all kinds of dime store cuteness! I've always wondered how and where people score these things!

Beth- Thank you so much for my Enchanted package. I love my ornament you made me and all the goodies that came with it! I will cherish this and the fairy dust bottle - is special. This will be placed among my "enchanting" keepsakes that I have together!

My package that I made my partner will go out tomorrow.
I can't post anything about it as it's a secret swap and it's not for Beth. Val, the Swap Host Momma, made sure that the person you got was NOT the same person that you'll be sending to. So I gotta hold an "Enchanting Ornie" secret and give the reveal once my swap partner has rcv'd her goodz! So in the meantime... have a great weekend folks!

Be Enchanted

It's a wonderful Sunday in my neighborhood...

It's Sunday and what a calm day! A little chilly, but nice here in SoCal!
MUCH better than yesterday! Thanks Goodness!
Sometimes I wish hubby adopted a more "so what" attitude instead of letting the sh*t pile on and dwelling on it! I'm more of a "let it roll off of your shoulders" kinda gal. It takes a LOT to get me riled up!
Oh well! Different strokes for different folks eh?!
It's another day! It's a wonderful day in my neighborhood . . . won't YOU be my neighbor *lol*
I have a couple of overdue pictures to post here as I've been "quiet as a church mouse" as a sweet friend of mine puts it! It's true!
I was finishing up an apron (my 1st adult sized apron). And an Annie package that I'm mailing off this week for Aunt Pitty Pat! She, bless her heart, has been patient with me, during my daughter ordeal these last several months!
Court, appointments and all . . . Thank you! { H U G S }

So Marcel -
please don't read any further . . . SPOIL ALERT !!!

I dunno what I was thinking when I decided to make an adult sized apron, WITHOUT a pattern. I had it all in my head how I wanted it to look- executing it and actually doing it- was a challenge. But I did it. And I must say- not bad for a first timer here . . . this was for the Spooks ~ Rattles ~ Pots n Pans Halloween Apron swap that APP hosted.
Here's a pic of one side . . . yes I made it reversible . . .


Don't mind me modeling in my sweats *lol*
I used the cute Halloween color "boo" letters fabric. Halloween Polka Dot fabric for the ruffles, a polka dotted pocket lined with purple rick rack! 2 smiling Jacks as embellies! I love polkas and rick rack. She does too! I made the ties extra long as per APP's request!


And the other side! Simple! Halloween colored stripes with polka dotted ruffle and large black rick rack at the bottom.
All Done! I hope she likes it!

Next time I will use a pattern and make sure I have plenty of time and practice. It was fun! I'm hooked!

Now I want to sew more. I will after I get my current projects completed. Which reminds me . . . I'll be posting those in a moment. This has to be shuffled in the posts so as to deter APP from stumbling upon this one. Sneaky one I can be *giggles*

Be Enchanted

G-R-R-R-R- . . .

Hubby is home from work today!
In a bad mood!
Carpool driver "H" decided the night before he wasn't coming in.
Didn't call until us 10:15 pm to try to get my husband to drive it instead.
We were already in bed and didn't answer. We get up at 4:45 a.m.
The owner "W" of the Ride Pool, didn't know about this until this morning. He was going to get the van from "H" (last minute notice and he's pissed too).
"W" gets a flat tire on the way to "H's" house!
Hubby, and 1 other guy are waiting for the van.
15 minutes later - "W" still hasn't changed the tire. We don't know if he even had a spare?
Time is ticking and hubby throws in the towel and uses up personal time.
Calls in and says he's not coming into work today. (Uses up saved personal time)
Because even if we got home to change cars- so hubby can drive himself in- he'd be late which is an automatic write up!
It Sucks! My husbands bad mood sucks! He's got a very VERY short fuse!
Even my dogs are "walking on eggshells".

What do you do when hubby is home and in a bad mood?

I'll go sew some stuff! Stay outta the way!

How's your day/weekend going so far?

Be Enchanted

Target Gift Card Give Away SHOUT OUT. . .

Think I got your attention?
*lol*
Well you read right . . . It's true!
Sue from OodleKadoodle Primitives is giving away a Target gift card worth 25 buckaroonies! Perfect for holiday shopping! I love Tar-ghay and I could use the gift card! I'm sure you could too. Target has some cute stocking stuffers and schtuff!

Go Check it out! And feel free to browse around Sue's blog- she has some great recipes! Thank you Sue!

Be Enchanted

Checking In . . . Blog Event Shout Out . . .

'Tis the season to be Jolly -
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
To include your Raggedy Ann dolly.
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
There's so much we can do -
fa la la - la la la - la la la
Grab your camera & bring it with you
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!

Not bad eh? *lol*
Well- I'm hosting a new "Christmas with Annie" Raggedy Blog event at my sister blog! Click the link or button on my side bar for details! I hope you'll join me.

I've been busy sewing up my 1st adult sized apron. I'm not using a pattern - it's all from my head and from scratch... sometimes I'm scratching my head too *lol*.
I've learned this much about apron making:

1) next time I'll give a pattern a shot.
2) there's a lot of ironing involved- if you want crisp and clean edges. (not complaining)
3) since this is my 1st - it requires a lot of concentration
4) I'm incredibly slow- it's my 1st time! An Annie sized apron I can do in 10 minutes!
5) adult sized aprons requires precision cutting and laying out. It all has to fit. It JSUT has to. With a prim apron- you make a wee lil' mistake- no one's the wiser - it's the Prim way- it adds charm *lol*

I tried one and failed as it was upside down Doh! I know that's happened to yawl out there! So I'm working at a snails pace on the 2nd one as to NOT make any more mistakes. So far so good! It's turning out cute! I'm pretty proud of myself!

Ok- I've taken my break and made this quick post to let you know I'm still here- alive and sewing :O) AND to give you a shout out of my next Raggedy Blog Event!

Talk to you soon!

Be Enchanted

I'm beginning to get the feel for the up-coming Holidays . . .

I finally took down my Halloween decorations around the house, with a few minor keepers that I'm holding onto to and placing in my sewing/crafts room. It wasn't easy. In fact- I purposely took my time. It was hard. But I did it! Mission Accomplished!

I know- enough about me whining about Halloween, but like I said- Halloween is everyday for me - just not all of my decorations and ghoulfriends hang out *lol*

I just realized that I don't have much Thanksgiving stuff and I will fix that. Then my prize came in that I won from Pea. The original winner didn't come thru so I was the runner up winner at the TDIPT blog Artists Give Away last month ! Yayy!


Here's the listing on the TDIPT blog...


Now displayed in a section of my new corner hutch that friends of ours gave to me. I LOVE IT!!



The prize goodies were: a bag of putka pods, 2 grubby taper candles, Pumpkin Spice room spray, Sweet Annies in a vintage Thanksgiving postcard pocket, and a silicone bulb scented with Crows n Cornbread. It smells so good when the bulb is lit! (not pictured doh). Thank you so much Pea. Everything smells wonderful! Just what I needed and perfect timing! THANK YOU!


I did finish my Holiday Ornament for Cindy's Swap and I asked if we can post. She said "Sure" so here's my show and tell for ya folks-

A sweet snowfolk. Her wings are crackled with pink under layer and a crackled buttermilk creme over layer. Shimmery glitter of course! It's going out in the mail today! The reason I'm so close to the deadline date is because I had a setback. A crafting mishap and I consider it a "lesson learned" that I thought I'd share with you all. Anyone who uses a Mark-B-Gone pen with patterns and their crafts ... you may wanna listen up!

I used this pen to mark where I wanted the snowfolks nose and mouth. Stitched -then when I was done- I used water to dissolve it (since I was done and wanted it removed). No biggie- then when that was dry - I used some watered down krafts glue to brush on some glue over the snowfolks' face before sprinkling glitter.
Now at this point- I'm cleaning and tidying up my area. Started on another project. Went out for some supplies. Came back and checked on my ornament.


A. R. G. H. . . . look what happened ... looks like glue will pick up the Mark-B-Gone pen. I've never had this happen before.
Now I'm almost positive the ornament was dry BEFORE I used the glue. Bummer - So I contacted Cindy, told her what happened and included a photo, and said- I'm making another one right away!
All Done and ready to be shipped out! Whew! Ok- I'm officially on a Thanksgiving and Christmas kick now!

Marcel- I'm still working on your apron! :O) Hubby is riding (MotoX) with the boys tomorrow (Sunday) so I have the house and some sewing time all to myself! WoohOo!

Pulling the plug on the computer now ... I've made a pact with myself ... craft during the day while I have the MOST light (it's not summer anymore *lol*) and play on the computer & check emails at night. Sounds good to me.

Off I go!

Stay Warm!

And I'll be posting my next Raggedy Ann Blog event soon! Details Coming Soon! :O)

Be Enchanted