just a moment with Goose and God's creations...

She delights in finding and giving God's little treasures.  I hope she never loses that awe! As hard as we try to recapture that later in life, it's never quite the same. For now, I've been given a window to a time long ago...


a TIME when rain and mud where something to ENJOY.  When laughter sprang out Joyously and uninhibited. A time when summer days were something MORE than suffering in heat and humidity. A time when I truly was a CHILD of God. One day that window will close. I will miss it. TODAY I will savor every precious moment the Savior has blessed me with. Thank you Father, for the miracle of Emma!

This is the graphic I'm going to ATTEMPT to make a button with. What do you think??

Denise 

Trudy over at Sewing with Trudy has awarded me with the SUNSHINE Award...My 1st award!!!!  I'm just teary eyed...Thank YOU!! And isn't it a beautiful award??? It's soooo, I don't know, Sunshiney!:)  

 As most know I love THRIFTING! Last week I found a few things that I really liked! Here is a pic of ONE of them. Yes a seamingly simple old men's tie. Got about 15 of them for $.50. And I do mean $.50 for ALL of them! WHOOT:)  This is the one I HAD to save for myself.......

  And THIS is what I decided to use it for.

WHAT a REBELL I can be!!!!!
I just couldn't resist the colors that "tie shaped" piece of fabric:)  Can't count the comments(grin).



Who need's a man??? Go find your OWN ties!!!(and I am quite sure THAT you will be able to TIE it yourself....ahmm unlike SOME people:) JK men....I couldn't resist that one:)

Denise

It's a Curtain Call (Dress)

What do you get when you add........THIS........


















To.... THIS....    ?????

(FREEE curtains from bubba's Lady:)

WElll, at my house, it ends up a little like THIS.......

a dress for  MISS DIRTY FACE!

Why is it that I NEVER notice that until it's way tooo late??? Unfortunately for me she IS a messy eater like, ummm, SOMEONE in her gene pool! (NOT lookin in a mirror, NO I'm NOT) Of course, the fact that I now have to face REALITY  and put washin the walls on my TD list is just ohhh, I don't know, PLAIN OUT discourageing:( Does the cleaning never end???? But, I digress.......

The material was really CUTE!

I had to use 2 of the 4 panels she gave me to keep both  sides of the dress going the same direction. Basically I outlined the the "frog" dress in the first pic with some wonderful chalk that I snagged while at Joann's and Marshall's wedding. ( If you don't know what I am refering to check out the earlier posts:) Chalk is good! The buttons and lace were from some yard sale. I MEAN, thrifting finds:)  So glad I am NOT the clutterbug/"saver" of previous generations....HAHA...glad mom doesn't read this:) Actually, I would love for Mom to read this! So Mom if you happen to stumble upon this, PLEASE, be a FOLLOWER!! I am follower "poor" right now!  On the bright side, maybe by the time I have a "following" I'll actually know what I am doing, but, probably NOT! LOL

Check out these great GIVEAWAYS  at I Have A Notion. AMAZING products on there!  And she also has a store for you to browse around in . Take a break and go check out the FUN!

 SPEAKING OF GIVEAWAYS......I AM a WINNER whooooyaHHH!!! Happy DAnce aWayyyy:) Trudy  over at Sewing with Trudy had her 1st BLOGOVERSARY and I WON 3 yes count them T H R E E patterns. Thanks Trudy!!




More to come soon!
Denise

JoAnn & Marshall---A Wedding Adventure!

This past week I was whisked AWAY by two dear daring friends! (Daring? They DID take ME with them!:)
In preparation for this grand event I HAD to whip up something special! AND so VERY simple thanks to the great tutorial ever at chrissybell's musings... 

This shrug took about oh, 15 minutes!!!!! Yeah!!

A BIG Thank You to Chrissy for sharing that with us!

And then we were off....

First to Starbucks ....oh Carmel Machiatto ummmmmmmmmmm!

AND then

The WEDDING

YES indeed, Joann and Marshall got married! And NO, they weren't pushed into an "arranged" marriage! They truly hit it off all on their own!!!:)

And then my two DARING friends took me on an overwhelming adventure through a VAST mix of textile treasures awash in every color imagineable. Did I mention I may be moving??? Yes, I am seriously considering moving into the material world that only a fabric store can offer!:) 

And then we had to go.....

Only to find a SAD SAD scene!

Joann, that naughty girl, has LEFT MARSHALL!

He is soo devasted he can't even hold on to the divorce papers:(

THE 2 CoConspirators aka Daring Friends!

And then we were off AGAIN

speeding and winding around every car in sight

(Did I mention the redhead was driving officers???)

UNTIL

we arrived

at Chipolte's

ahhhhhhhhhhh! the pleasure!!

Talk about a NIGHT OUT! LOVE YOU GIRLS!!!

It was a grand adventure and I can't wait to do it again(sans the ugliness of divorce, of course!:D

Talk to you SOON!

Denise