Birthday Weekend

What a great time I had in Texas last weekend!  My family is the best!  My sister set this all up and paid my entire way.  There is no way I can put into words my gratitude for everything that she did for me.  My sisters-in-law joined us and we stayed at a quaint little cabin in Fredericksburg, Tx.   Here are a few pics.

 Our living room.

 Antique aprons on a drying rack.

The cabin's front door.

I loved the bathroom.....we just needed a shower curtain.

Though it rained steadily for two days, I had a great time.  We had a lot of laughs, some great shopping and ate some great food.  Sixty was most certainly memorable.  Thank you again, Sue.

Though last week was one of celebration, this week I am working at shutting the business down.  Hubby got a great opportunity to work for someone else and the business has been on the decline for a while.

As for me, I am applying for jobs, but am really concentrating on getting my business off the ground.  I will work on my website and continue to blog.  I am going to try to devote time every day to designing and creating, the things that I love to do and do well. 

Have a great weekend.  Monday is the big 6-0!  A new chapter begins!

Pretty in Pink

I thought I would try my hand at doing a few of my own creations this weekend.  So either using my own patterns or improvising patterns that I have, I came up with some new items.  The first are my little annies, which I'm calling Pretty in Pink:

I actually made four of these, but two have the traditional red hair.

Last year, I bought a little felt deer at a craft show.  It wasn't handmade, but I felt that I could make one.  Though these are just my first attempt, here is the way they turned out:

And lastly, I bought a hog scraper (yes, I said a hog scaper)  a few years ago.  It has just sitting around and I never really knew what I was going to do it.  So here is what I came up with.  This one is my own design.

Have a great week everyone.  I am off mid-week for a girls' weekend for the big bday.  I'll have pics when I get back.....