Getting Fancy

I am so excited I just ordered official business cards from 48HourPrint.com.  I have been waiting and waiting to get cards printed but just kept putting it off for other things.  

But finally today I got it done, they go on press tonight and hopefully will ship out tomorrow.  I will be sitting on pins and needles waiting by the mailbox for them to come the rest of this week.

A big thank you to my friend Cheryl for coming up with the design!

Linger

So did you ever start a project thinking this is gonna be a snap! and then 7 years later wonder where it all went wrong?  

When I moved in with my husband it was the fall and I was real excited about our 1st Christmas together.  I thought it would be nice to make something to commemorate our 1st holiday that we could keep forever.  

With that in mind I went to the local Michael's store and found this lovely kit for a cross stitch tree skirt.  Perfect I thought, I am a whiz at cross stitch, I can have this done in no time! 

 

Well as you can see it was a little more work than I anticipated although all through the next year I worked on it diligently when ever I could find a spare minute.  I got pretty far and was very proud of myself, however, I also got burned out on the project.

Since that 1st year I have picked up the project every now and again but never with the same vigor that I had the 1st year.  In fact since I have moved in to my new home over 2 years ago I have not touched it at all.

So with this being a new year I have decided to make yet another pledge to myself to finish this darn tree skirt for Christmas 2009.  At my house Christmas goes up Thanksgiving weekend so I will have until then to finish.  

As I make progress I will up-date on the blog.  Wish me much luck and persistence as I endeavor to meet the challenge ahead!

My New Dining Room

So last weekend my wonderful parents came over to "help" me paint my dining room.  My Mom watched my son and my Dad prepped and painted my room for me all by himself.  I have very wonderful parents :)  

The color turned out so lovely, and I am super happy the way it looks.  It is now our first official sort of done room on the 1st floor.  I have a few more things to figure out on the walls and then it will be done for real.  

I have a antique platter coming that I purchased from Rick Rac and Buttons on Etsy that will get hung on one wall (not sure which yet) and then maybe a really pretty mirror and my engagement photo.  

Now I am super excited to get painting on some more rooms in my house.... hmmm what to do next.

The Emily Apron

My latest apron reminds me of my Great Grandmother Emily.  She was a wonderful woman very funny, loving and full of stories.  I can just see her making her famous sweet and sour cabbage wearing this apron, which is why I have named it for her.  

  

Did someone say...... SLACKER!

Yeah that's me I have been neglecting the 'ole blog for quite a while now.  The thing is once you start missing a few days it easily turns in to weeks and then before you know it months have passed.  

By the 2 month mark going back and actually writing something becomes quite daunting, what will I write, will it be good enough, will any one care, do I even have the energy.  And then you have to stop focus and just get down to business which is what I am doing today. 

It's a new year and I am ready to get started on new ideas for my crafts , my family and my home!  So starting this week I am going to try my hardest to blog more frequently and to share more of the goings on with you all...  This is my new years pledge to you all.