In My World

Once again I have done something I swore not to do. I have too many projects on the go at the same time. You see, my bad habit is seeing something cool and wanting to start it right away. The only thing that seems to stop me is if I don't have the right materials to start and that doesn't happen too often. Only one project I wanted to do did not get started this week, just for that reason. I have a ton or worsted weight wool but this pattern calls for fingering wool. This is a good thing because I just can't start another project right now. I am hoping this week will be a week of finishes. I am almost done the quilt. I am almost done another oddball square. I am almost done the first strip of an afghan kal. Etc. Etc. Etc. Have a great week. What are you working on this week? See ya Pam My paper piecings: http://www.facebook.com/PaperPiecings My books: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/afreshstart

A group of ladies got together last weekend, some in groups and some online, to crop together. I was happy to host this online event and had the greatest time. The hourly challenges were to create layouts for online contests. One of the challenges was at Zeus and Zoe's. Here is my entry:

Here is Mom's entry for the Grand Diva's Creative Corner Challenge .

A group of ladies got together last weekend, some in groups and some online, to crop together. I was happy to host this online event and had the greatest time. The hourly challenges were to create layouts for online contests.    One of the challenges was a sketch challenge from GradDiva's Creative Corner . This is my entry:

A group of ladies got together last weekend, some in groups and some online, to crop together. I was happy to host this online event and had the greatest time. The hourly challenges were to create layouts for online contests.   One of the challenges was the January color challenge at ScrapMuch? This is my entry in the contest:

A group of ladies got together last weekend, some in groups and some online, to crop together. I was happy to host this online event and had the greatest time. The hourly challenges were to create layouts for online contests. One of the challenges was to use the January sketch from My Creative Sketches .   Here is my Mom's entry: And this one is mine:

A group of ladies got together last weekend, some in groups and some online, to crop together. I was happy to host this online event and had the greatest time. The hourly challenges were to create layouts for online contests. The challenge from Color Me Scrappy was to use a set palette of colours and the word link.  We missed the entry date . . . shucks! This would have been my entry: And this is Mom's:

This is my mom's (Joyce's) layout for the Scrap It Girl Bling Challenge.  She doesn't have a blog so I'm posting it here.

A group of ladies got together last weekend, some in groups and some online, to crop together.  I was happy to host this online event and had the greatest time.  The hourly challenges were to create layouts for online contests. This particular challenge was from the Scrap It Girl blog and challenged everyone to use bling on their layouts. I went with metal pieces for my bling and of course some shiny ribbon.

This is another online group mystery knit-along.  So pretty.  And isn't the colouring awesome?  I have got to get more of this cotton.

You know me.  I calls 'em as I sees 'em.  We stopped going to Braxton's a while back which was really kind of sad because for years they were our go to restaurant.  But the food and service had gone down to unacceptable and the prices seemed to keep going up. WELL!!!! That appears to have  changed! Two weeks ago Hal and I were heading home after a very busy day and trying to think of something for supper.  As we were going over the Fairview Ave bridge Hal says "why don't we give them another try?"  Why not?  If I went home I was going to have to cook something and it would probably be a bowl of cereal or scrambled eggs or something equally exciting.  We were that TIRED. Our server was training a new server and I think that was throwing her off a bit but there was only one mistake . . . which we didn't bother to correct.  They brought us ice water but forgot Hal's coffee.  The Sunday night special . . . roast beef dinner . ....

This one took a while . . . Christmas and life just got in the way.  I am getting back on track and hope to be posting more finishes soon.

I found this recipe at  http://www.sparkrecipes.com  and it sounded so good I just had to try it. 1 medium onion, diced 6 oz fresh baby spinach 2 large eggs 1/2 cup egg beaters (I didn't have any so added 3 more eggs.  Why 3?  Because there were 5 in the carton . . . LOL) 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking powder pinch cayenne pepper 1-1/3 cups non fat milk 1/2 cup feta cheese Preheat oven to 400F. Lightly great a 10 inch quiche/tart pan  or pie plate. In a medium frying pan, cook diced onion with a bit of vegetable oil or cooking spray over medium-high heat until translucent and tender.  Add in fresh spinach and cook until just wilted.  Set aside to cool for a few minutes. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, flour and baking powder.  Whisk in milk, then stir in spinach-onion mixture. Pour quiche base into prepared pan.  Top with feta cheese. Bake for 25 minutes, or until centre is set and outside edge is g...

I was scrambling until the last minute making Christmas gifts again this past year.  In fact, I was short one hat and I need to remake a scarf that turned out too long. Never again I say. I recently joined a Yahoo! group called Holiday Mystery Gifts which posts some really amazing gift ideas to the group each month.  The patterns are only up for the one month because they are often freebies offered by published designers for a limited amount of time. When the January patterns were posted I printed off nearly all of them.  So many interesting and adorable ideas.  I just finished the first pattern today.  It is called a doors and windows dishcloth.  I really like the way it turned out and I may make some more.  It is now in my closet with a few other gifts I've collected already for Christmas 2013. On to the next . . .

It has been a crazy busy week. My youngest son and girlfriend were here for a week and just headed for home on Saturday. I am still in the process of putting the house back in shape. Planning for our fundraising for Relay for Life is started. And I'm hosting some friends for a crop at my place on Wednesday. In the middle of all this Hal decides to get blood poisoning. Wow, do you get in to see a doctor fast when you have blood poisoning. The good news is that thanks to IV antibiotics Hal is already starting to get better and his employer has put him on light duty. The bad news is that we have to go sit in the ER every night for more antibiotics until he is well enough to switch to pills. That could be 3-7 days. If we both don't get sick this week it will be an absolute miracle. What am I up to this week, other than all that? I'm making great progress on several manuscripts on the go. I finished 2 dishcloths. I finished the angry birds paper piecin...

That's it.  Everything else I did in December was for one of the two sketch books I'll be publishing in the next couple of weeks.  If you want to see them you will just have to wait . . . LOL

I just finished the January 1st mystery knit-along dishcloth from the Monthly Dishcloths Yahoo! Group.  There was a little boo boo in the pattern.  The cloth went: pattern 2 knit rows pattern 2 knit rows pattern 1/2 of pattern The 2 knit rows were missing from between the third and fourth pattern repeats and the fourth pattern was not completed.  Or else the cloth should have ended after the third patter repeat.  Or they could have just not used the 2 knit rows at all.  That's okay . . . it is still a cute dishcloth and my first knitting finish for 2013 !!

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You may have heard this story before . . . LOL . . . My sister, Nancy, makes fabulous quilt tops and then she gets bored (I guess) . . . So for the past couple of years I've had lots of quilts to stitch.  This is the one I just started working on in September . . . a little bit every day . . . Nancy had sandwiched it and stitched about 1/4 of it.  I figure I'll have it done at this rate by the end of the month.  I heard I may be getting a new collection to stitch on soon since Nancy is doing some purging . . . yeah!!

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Hi Everyone. I hope you are having a crafty New Year. I just posted an update on a BAP project I've been working on for quite a while now. It is called Edible Flowers and the chart is in Cross Stitch and Needlework magazine from June 1998. Thanks for taking a peek.

Week 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I know everyone is anxious to get their scrap zones in order, and as a result get more accomplished and get more enjoyment out of their scrapbooking goodies. If you aren' t a scrapper but enjoy other crafts, many of the suggestions in this challenge will be helpful to you as well. So - what I want you to do, right NOW is take a photo of your scrap zone - no, leave the dirty coffee cup where it is....yes, I know you let your cat sleep on your keyboard.....do not touch ANYTHING - go take a photo.  If you are brave post it and share the link to your photo in the comments here. No shame here - just hope. If I can get MY MESS fixed, ANYONE can follow the ten challenges to organization. The first challenge of the GET ORGANIZED CHALLENGE is to clear off your scrapping workspace. Before you get started, take a "before" photo, and post it to the group, we wanna see just how bad it is Maybe you have a desk committed as your scrapping space, or maybe you h...