Lorraine and I had the big reveal yesterday of what we each stitched in our Dicken's themed ornament challenge. Her inspiration was thi...

This time I used decoupage to add some vintage patriotic images to the piece. I really like how it turned out in person. Seems when I take p...

I decided to try and make my own clipboard. I didn't have any wonderful sampler paper so just bought a few sheets of decorative paper, a...

I shamelessly copied Liberty Hill's idea for a thread winder set. Since I don't paint, mine isn't as lovely as theirs but I had ...

I have two new releases. The top one is called "Twin Peacock Sampler" and the bottom is called "Forest Song". Both are d...

Lorraine and I are stitching an ornament a month with a theme. I chose Charles Dickens as the theme for January and she will choose the them...

I've never seen a verse like this. This is a sampler from ebay: snipurl.com/171b9 Good people hear my doleful tale In plaintive accents ...

A friend sent me her version of the Valentine freebie and I love it, love the colors and fabric choices. It's fun to see the difference...

Here is the finished version of the freebie I posted last week, my only change was not stitching the Apple Cider in the flower centers. Fre...

Look at this cool clipboard I received from a friend. Both front and back are decoupaged with an antique sampler and the clip part is covere...

We've been in Mexico for the past few days. The above photo was taken at 7:15 and it's the moon about to set as the sun was about t...

I got this idea from a craft book by Charlotte Lyons. I cut out two hearts from a shirt box, paper mache'd them together and then glued...

Now that Christmas is over, I thought I'd post a freebie that would be great to give someone for Valentine's Day. I charted it for ...

For Christmas we spent part of the day with my sister-in-law and her family and my mother-in-law in Mesa. My mother-in-law gave my daughter ...

May Peace and Joy be with you this Christmas season . I thought I'd post a few vintage nativity postcard images for your enjoyment. Merr...

Each year I change around my Christmas decor and this year I put many of my vintage Christmas pieces on the mantle. Above are some Christma...

I've been neglecting my poor blog lately but thought this was a good time to post the Lizzie Kate Blessings of Christmas designs that my...

Seems to have taken forever this year to get our tree up, we still have ornaments to add but I snapped a quick photo this morning of the kid...

My latest release is called "Sweet Bird". I used an old sampler verse "Sweet Bird thy bower is ever green, thy sky is ever cl...