I am so excited!!

I just bought myself a very nice gift! I found a Janome Memory Craft 6500P on Ebay for a price that I just could not pass up!! After getting my wonderful hubby's blessing I hit the button and now she's MINE! :)

The best part is that the seller lives near me so I don't have to wait for shipping - I can go pick her up myself.

I can hardly sit still...

Fall Decorating inspired by Connie at Shady Creek Lane

I have been busy getting my fall decorating started. Autumn is my favorite season. It is beautiful this time of year in central New York. I was inspired by this post at Shady Creek Lane.

Sorry for the bad lighting in the picture - there are big windows on both sides of the table. I'm happy with how it turned out! I used a faux pumpkin and antiqued it to knock down the bright orange. Printed out "Welcome" on my computer and transferred the pattern to the pumpkin. I used a black paint pen to color in the letters. The berry spray and candle holder are from Hobby Lobby. The glass vases, candles, pebbles, little pumpkins and leaves are all from the dollar store. In all this pretty centerpiece cost me about $25. Not bad! The table topper is a lap quilt I made at a beginner quilting class last year. It fits my dining room table perfectly!

Here is a photo of me with my oldest daughter apple picking. I may be a little biased, but I think she's beautiful! :)

What a mess!!

I began this day with the intention of getting my craft room straightened up and ready for the big move. No, we are not moving to a new house, but my craft room is moving to a different room. My DD and I are trading spaces. Her current room has fantastic natural light but is a little smaller. Her gradutation present is a room redo, because she is going to a local college and will be living at home. We decided that she would have the bigger room and I would get the room with the best light. It's a "win win" situation! Unfortunately, we are both SLOBS and it is taking a very long time to get our acts together.

This is mt daughter's room right now. Believe it or not - this is after a few day's worth of cleaning and doing mountains of laundry. She is a pack-rat extraordinaire. My favorite part of this room (besides the great light) is the patchwork wall. That was our creative solution to covering up a bad wall. I had the guy at Lowe's cut some beadboard paneling into 2' x 2' sqares. We painted them in the colors Taylor chose and put them up with a nailgun. The seams are covered with screen door molding painted black. I'm still deciding if I'm going to live with the pink and green or repaint it in colors more to my taste.


Here are a few shots of my craft room in its current state. The piles of fabric on the sewing table are actually in the beginning states of being organized. They are in piles of 1/4yd, 1/2yd, 1yd and up, fat quarters and charm squares. I purchased 2 book cases yet to be assembled that the fabric will eventually go on. I have a bin that is holding all of the scraps smaller than a fat quarter.

Stay tuned for the big reveals of the 2 new spaces!

I saw this on this great blog and just had to share!

Great giveaway at p.s. i quilt!!

Rachel from p.s. i quilt is giving away a $50 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop!! Hurry - run! Go check it out!!

So much to do!

In preparation for my daughter's graduation party next weekend I have made a long list of things I'd like to get done around the house in the next week. I took the week off from work so with a little luck at least a few things may be done in time!

Here's my "must do" list:

1. Pressure wash both the front and back decks and patio - DONE

2. Paint the Adirondack chair and lounge - DONE

3. Make new pillows for both chairs

4. Clean out the spare bedroom

5. Re-paint the dining room and hallway "rugs"

6. Fix the huge hole in the wall created by the dogs on the 4th of July while we were at the fireworks (the dogs are not fans of fireworks!)

Now on to the the "I'd like to have it done but doubt it's going to happen" list:

1. Stain both the front and back decks

2. Repaint the upstairs bathroom

3. Hire someone to do all of the above!

And, now just because he's so cute - here's a picture of my Seester's dog, Teddy

Testing, Testing...

I am setting up mobile blogging on my phone - not sure why, it seemed like the thing to do while sitting in the waiting area at the mechanic.