The Quiltmaker's Gift

A new quilt project for a special someone. I bought this wonderful Mary Engelbreit toile fabric at Mardens (a must stop for all fabriholics in Maine). And then I grabbed some additional sweet fabrics from my stash, as well as a gorgeous pattern from one of my favorite quilt books: Quilts From the Quiltmaker's Gift ... and I am happily stitching my way toward another handmade Christmas gift.

For all sorts of ideas for handmade gifts, you must RUN (don't walk) to this website: Sew, Mama, Sew.
You'll thank me for this link :)

Love,
Jodi

We Are Still Here ...

... and we will begin our regular posting schedule beginning tomorrow. Until then, enjoy this video. (I SO voted for them :)

Love,

Jodi

My Crafty (and Amazing ) Cousin Nicole.

I have this amazing cousin, Nicole, who married this equally amazing guy, Murry, and together they are adopting a child (or children) from Kazakhstan. They are nearing the end of the process, and are now only waiting for a phone call from some "adoption officials" to tell them when they will be expected to fly to Kazakhstan. Once they arrive, they will need to spend a month there in order to complete the adoption. That is not only quite a sacrifice (we know this first hand) but it is also quite costly.

So, my Cousin ... who is always so inventive and motivated ... has come up with a gorgeous, useful and sweet craft product to sell in order to raise some funds for their trip. She has made these wonderful journals from vintage Little Golden Books ...

These sweet journals come both lined and unlined. They come filled with quality recycled paper and all of them include the original story at the back of the book. How sweet is that??? And only $15 each plus shipping!!! These would make wonderful gifts for any holiday. And I am so excited to have placed my order for the Poky Little Puppy shown above :)

If you are interested in her work, please visit her website and click on the FOR SALE link at the top of the page. They are selling fast, but Nicole plans to add more great journals as soon as possible. You can also place orders for certain books or styles. What a treat.

Enjoy her site.

Love,

Jodi

As Promised ...

... one of the most beautiful scarecrows you will ever meet :) Oh, and his equally adorable Poppy (grandfather) as well. Poppy is Isaac's best bud as can be seen by the expression on his face.

Love,

Jodi

Technical Difficulties...

First, Happy belated Halloween!

We had a wonderful time trick-or-treating. And I can't tell you how many people said that Isaac's costume was the best they ever saw. It blew me away. I didn't make it, but a new friend of mine did (Thanks Pam ~ your work is amazing). And I SO wanted to show you all a picture of Isaac in costume ... but am having trouble uploading photos from my camera to my computer. So, I have to drive to Walmart, upload them there, pay for them to be put on disc, and then upload that disc to my computer. Ugh.

So, it may be a couple of days before I can share some photos with you all. Until then, please send me some links to the adorable little trick-or-treaters in your lives :)

Love,
Jodi