Mosaic Tiles Christmas Mystery Quilt 2008

| December 25, 2008

In the midst of all of the Christmas excitement I am managing to participate in Dorothy Young’s Christmas Mystery  MOSAIC TILES Quilt – as a part of the Yahoo Group – A POCKET FULL OF MYSTERIES. Here is what I have so far…..are we having fun or what!!!!!!!  

TOOLS

| December 25, 2008

It is a Victorian Christmas tradition to wrap presents in white paper, tied with red ribbon.  The red ribbons are tied to a chandelier and each person has to follow the ribbon to find their present that is hidden. My SIL LOVES TOOLS – and I just had to laugh because he carried TOOLS in […]

Merry Christmas in sao’s world

| December 25, 2008

Everyone is having a great day.  Thanks to the creativity of my bff Catherine, Sarah and I made kitty catnip toys and filled the kitty’s stockings…..one day early.  Well the catnip was just TOO MUCH for the cats and they were tearing their stockings down….LOL.  So we hid them  in my DD’s  closet.  Guess what […]

The Christmas Sew-In Mini-Retreat 2008

| December 21, 2008

A few of us gathered this afternoon at Patsy’s House for a sew-in.  Oh my – Catherine and I actually GASPED when we entered Patsy’s house.  Who knew that she was an accomplished needlework artist.  She has a collection of Adam and Eve samplers that is astonishing.  THIS IS NO EXAGGERATION.  It is unbelievable!  Patsy’s  husband, […]

A Glance at Family Happenings this Week

| December 21, 2008

What an exciting week…..here are some SNIPPETS of family happenings.  (And a word of warning – if you aren’t my parents, this is a blog entry you will want to skip – for sure!!!!)     Saturday night Christi (DD)  and Greg (DSIL) went dancing to celebrate a friend’s 40th birthday…….and MY NECKLACE AND MY SHOES […]