Ronald Mc Donald Burp Pad

Hello!  Tonight was Danna's stamping party and a fun time was had by all.  We had TONS of stuff that people brought in for show and tell and that was really great!  Love it!
I made 2 of these Ronald Mc Donald burp pads last week when I made the other one's.  I had picked this fabric up some where in my travels.  It is really a bright and colorful fabric that should be appealing to babies.  
Carol stopped over this afternoon to bring back some baby craft books that I had lent her when she started having grand children.  She want to see what I had been making since she had last been here.  She told me that when she comes the next time she wants to see some baby stuff made out of our new books!  LOL  She told me that she had Gerry dig out her totes of fabrics so she could look at the calico's that she had in there and she said that she had plenty to make the twirl skirts, but they ended up going to Walmart this weekend and she bought a couple more prints.  :-)  Fabric can be addicting, just like stamps.  Please remember to pray for her.  Her neck surgery is on Wednesday.  She has been a lot worse since we went to Marshfield and is just miserable.  She is not sure why, if it was the test they did on her that day or what.  When I told her to be sure to let me know if there is any thing I can do to help, and she said, "Well...you could cut my arm off."  She is having such pain and numbness in her arm, poor thing.  I sure hope the surgery brings her immediate relief.

You're Stuck With Me

I made this little cutie yesterday for Diane.  The minute I saw this stamp on line and matching verse, I just thought she was just too stinkin' cute and that Lady Di would love her and I had to order her.  This little sweetheart came all the way from Canada.  I made her into this magnet.  Her name is Drucilla but she so reminds me of Pippy Longing Stockings!  I loved that book growing up.  Pippy was outrageous, and I loved that about her, she did and said things that I never had the courage to do as a kid.  I colored 5 more of this image yesterday that I will be making up into something.  I may put her in a picture frame, we will see.  A very time consuming image to color as everything is so detailed that you have to work very slowly so that you do not go out of the lines, but oh so satisfying when you get her finished.  A great gift to give a spouse, friend, or family member and of course I love anything that is sewing related.
I have been working on stitching card stands today and so far have 10 done.  It is a good project to do while watching TV.  I have been catching up on some of the episodes of Bones that I have recorded.  I also have everything all packed for Danna's party tomorrow night.  It should be a fun night, we have 13 people signed up to come right now which is wonderful!

Tissue Holders

These are some tissue holder's that I made this week to hold little pockets size packets of tissue.  They are great to put in your purse, a bag, or in the car.

I finished up tieing on 34 ponytails this morning, and worked in the stamping room this afternoon.  I spent the evening out at Diane's with her, and her sister, Judi, and nephew Richard.  We had a great time teasing one another and Di says she doesn't think she can take along time of Judi and I being together!  LOL  We were teasing her pretty good.  I took my world famous chocolate chip bars, and once again Di thought I added more chocolate chips to the recipe, which I didn't...hee hee.  I returned her chocolate rabbit stamp and borrowed her picnic basket set.  So you will be seeing some picnic basket cards soon and some Easter cards with the chocolate rabbit.  I sure do love picnic baskets....I think it goes back to my watching Yogi Bear and Boo Boo as a child stealing the picnic baskets.  My friend Colleen from Oregon sent me the cutest little picnic basket as part of my birthday present.  I want to make a little miniature quilt to hang out of the basket.  I think that picnic baskets take you back to a simpler time, and picnics are a relaxing. I took the girls on picnics all the time growing up and any other kids I could snag.  And we took tons of picnics out to Patrick's Lake with the Camps. When the girls were teenager's it changed to Subway sandwiches in the park, (bribery...lol).  And they liked to go out to Roche A Cri Park the best at that age. I hope that I have instilled the love of picnics in them and that they will take lots of them with their families.  Maybe they will even take Mom along! It won't be long and it will be picnic weather....Think Spring!

Burp, burp, burp, burp, burpity burp!

Here are 8 of the burp pads that I made yesterday.  Didn't they turn out cute!?!?  I made them out of flannel. I washed them to start the fraying but they will really fray and curl up after the 2nd and 3rd washing.  I thought this print almost looks cowish, and thought it was quite appropriate to use this print for burp pads as mother's who breast feed are in a way the baby's cow.  Hee Hee.  I am sure Jenna would not appreciate that one, but I am probably safe as the girls don't usually read the blog!  :-)  I am busy working on odd little projects today.  I am finishing ponytails, doing laundry, packaging up some new goodies for my "Free with $50.00 order box", etc.  I think I will take a quick shower and go to the bank and library, and maybe a peek into Practical Cents.  I will let you know if I find any treasures!