The Invasion of the Seed Snatchers

Hi all!

Sunday morning was an eventful morning in my backyard. I was invaded by the seed snatchers! 9 squirrels! I love the little fuzzy tails though, and wouldn't trade them for the world! They crack me up when they play all over the yard, and they were definately having a great time out there Sunday! I spent the better part of 2 hours sitting in the window watching them and taking pics of them. Of course, I can only catch pictures of them when they are eating for the most part, they are just to darn quick for me when they are running around out there! So here goes!

Same squirrel in the middle...different squirrel in the bottom of the picture.

One of the gray squirrels at the bottom is the one from the middle of the yard.

Along with the squirrels, I had a pair of Downy Woodpeckers, Nuthatches, Cardinals, Mourning Doves, Blue Jays and Sparrows. Obviously, I didn't get any pics of the birds, I was too busy trying to take pictures of the squirrels!

Hope you enjoyed seeing my Seed Snatchers!

Now WHERE did I put that???

Hello again! I have finished cleaning out and organizing my sewing room. This was a battle for me! I can not believe how much stuff I have accumulated for my crafts in the past 2 years!!! And it has officially happened, I have put things up so well that I can't find anything! CRAP! It's okay, I'll find what I'm looking for eventually.....

So here's the finished room. No before pics to share....the camera ate them! (Or at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it, it's definately not because I'm so embarrassed by the way it looks!! ;p )

Here's the inside of the double door white cabinet. All fat quarters!
And the inside of the large double door cabinet. These are "normal" cuts of fabric. Some I've bought, some were given to me.

And for those of you who think that this looks cluttered...just image what it looked like before. I mean after all, it did take me a full week to get it done!

Have a great Monday!

Spring Update and Pink Artist Square

Good Morning!

I've been working on various projects, along with trying to clean out and organize my sewing room. Here's what I have done on my Spring block so far:

I'm waiting on a couple things that I sent away for to put on my block, so hopefully it will arrive in the next couple days. If not, I suppose I'll just have to finish it up without it.


Also, I have decided to join in on a project that I heard about through Gerry's blog. It's called the Pink Artists. To read more about it, go here:
http://girl-gone-thread-wild.blogspot.com/2008/01/2x2-art-squares-visions-of-pink.html

So, here's a square that I finished up last night.

These are 2" x 2" squares, and I never dreamed that I could do so much with 2"! It is nothing compared to some of the others I saw on Monica's blog, but I think that it turned out quite pretty! I hope to make a couple more to send, we'll see what happens.

Have a super day!

Have You Seen Me?

Name: T'was The Night Before Christmas
Missing From: Fairy Tale Round Robin

Any information would be greatly appreciated!
Christy

My First Attempt At ATCs

Good morning!

There's a new swap over at CQN, for ATCs. ATC stand for Artist Trading Cards. Now, I thought this was going to be hard...they are only the size of the business card! I don't think I did too bad, and I actually like them, because they work up fast. I hope to make some more, but I have to get my Spring block half finished first. I was just kind of bored, so I thought I'd give it a go....so, here's a picture of the result:

The first is made from some new kitty cat fabrics I got a couple months ago, and the second is a paisley design that I copied from Jo in NZ's paisley bauble bag from way back when. I didn't quite get it exact, as I have a lot of trouble with bullions and she used tons of them in her design. I think it turned out pretty though! Tell me what you think!

Have a great Monday!

Season to Season-Spring Block

Good morning!

I finished piecing my spring block for CQN's Season to Season swap. I rather like how it turned out! I usually don't work too well with pastels, but this one is pretty IMHO! It is entirely cotton, which is pretty much normal for me, as the "after 5" fabrics give me serious headaches. I will use them, just had prettier spring-ish fabrics in cotton! The embroidered patch is a handkerchief that I chopped the design from, it fit in so well! I can't wait to get started on my half, I have some ideas already!

Have a super weekend!

New Pictures of the Kids

I just uploaded all the new pics from the camera, and I have a few new pics of the kids, being cute as always!

This is the babies getting into trouble...as usual! They were out playing on top of their cages and they decided to climb up the wallhanging and sit on the rod. They were pecking around on my border trying to eat the lighthouses! Goofballs!

Pearl decided to check out the tree before I took it down!
Speckles was holding the lights for me while I was taking them off the tree....and looking at herself in the window. She's so silly!
NO MOMMY! Don't take my Christmas to the attic!!! Speckles loves Christmas time and she planted herself right in the middle of the stack of boxes going to the attic.
Cherokee munching:
This is his, "Do you HAVE to take a picture of me?" look:

I probably have more, but will end here for now! Hope you enjoyed seeing my critters again!

Rebecca's House Cats Block

I finished Rebecca's house cats block and sent it meowing home to her earlier this week, so I thought I'd share some pics of it! It is such a cute block, especially that napping kitten in the middle! All of the ladies did a wonderful job with her block, I hope that she is as thrilled with it as I was to work on it!

Here's a pic of the whole block:
Now the work that I did....I added the white kitty applique and all of the stitching on it, along with the seam treatment beside it:
I added the I love cats and the kitty beside it:
Here I cross-stitched the kitty in the cowboy boot using waste canvas, and added the saying "Puss in boot":

I really enjoyed working on everyone's block and I know that I didn't get everyone's pictures on my blog, but I'm working on getting another slideshow to showcase all of the blocks, so check back if you are interested! We got a little off track with this RR, but I'm begining to think that it is normal....but at least everyone is going to be getting their blocks back! (I STILL have one missing from another RR...no one is talking, and I have no clue where it is.)

Have a great Saturday!

Christy

Friday Night Fun

I actually got the chance to get out and do something on Friday night, YAY! We got together with our friends and went bowling, Rock n' Bowl. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, it is a bowling session from 11:30 pm till 1:30 am. They play loud music, have lasers and everything is lighted with blacklights. It really is pretty cool! But we took the camera with us to catch the candid moments, and oh boy did we! Okay, I know, shut up and get to the pictures.....let me just add...we are COMPLETELY SOBER!!!!!!!!


Our friends, Lisa and EJ

Us
Hubs was gonna eat the ball!


Yeah....I think I was dancing....not too sure about that....




Signature handstand bowling for EJ!



Too funny for words!

It felt good to cut loose for a little bit, before reality set in and I had to go to work. I hope ya'll enjoyed the pics!

Have a great Tuesday!

Christy

I apparently have a secret identity....

Yes, it is true, I apparently have a secret identity that not even I knew about! How's that for some news! This is a good one...be prepared to get a good giggle here!

Around 6 pm yesterday, some guy came knocking on our door. I sent Hubs to the door to answer it as I was yacking on the phone. He asked for Karen. Now, the last time I checked, there was no one named Karen living here, and to our knowledge, there has NEVER been a Karen living here. When my Hubs told him that there was no one here by that name, he said, "She drives that car!". Ummmm....No. Hubs again repeated that no one by that name lives here, so he asked his friend that was standing in the street if that was the car and she said yes. What the hell??? So, Hubs told him again that no one by that name lives here and he reluctantly left. Okay, I drive a 1990 Chevrolet Celebrity Wagon. There are MANY of them in this town....and probably 5 in our neighborhood. So......try again buddy!

THEN, when I went to do my route tonight, I was chatting at a gas station with my Mom and a cop pulled in beside us. He got out of his car and walked over to us and promptly asked me if I had been delivering papers in an addition about a mile from the station. I told him no and that my Mom delivered out there. He turned to me and frankly informed me that I fit the description of someone who had stolen a car out there. ME??? Okay....
I explained to him that I had just come from home where I had been sleeping....I guess he believed me, he didn't slam me on the hood and handcuff me! He said that they had found the car and that the suspects had been running through peoples' backyards to get away. Okay....
After the fact I thought about it and you know what? I feel sorry for them if I fit the description and they cannot catch a short, fat, white girl. Give me a break!!!!!!!!

So apparently my secret identity is Karen the car thief. Wow, I've heard of sleep walking, but stealing a car in my sleep??? I must be REAL good!

On another note, the blacksmith came and took care of Cherokee, and he is feeling much better! I'm so glad, I was really worried about him!! We set up regular appointments with them and they will be coming back in about 4 weeks to check on him. Finally!

Alright, I just had to share my day with you all, and what an interesting day it was!

Have a super Sunday!
Karen the Car Thief, uh, I mean Christy