Beautiful!

Hello. Isn't this a beautiful sight? I just love the pretty flowers and green hills. Something to look for once spring comes upon us.
Where I live, we sometimes see flowers that look like a painted canvas over hills, the colors you see are purple, yellow, pink, and white. It's God's gift to us, what joy this brings. It makes me happy.

Today, we went to church, and then to breakfast. One of my favorite things to do, especially with loved ones and friends. 

Now, I'm thinking of sewing, so off I go to my sewing room. I made the cutest little doll yesterday, I must finish it today and then I'll show it to you. 

Happy sewing!

It's a holiday!

Hi everyone. Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day to the whole world.

Good to be back here again. I'm here to show you what I have been up to.
First let me tell you, it's good to take a day and clean up. Today I cleaned up my vegetable garden, getting rid of the old plants, and roots, and it sure felt good to see it that way. I'm thinking it's almost time for new dirt, and ready for news plants, such as onions, tomatoes, chili peppers, and zucchini. It is something to work on in next few weeks.

Next, I finished some sewing, oh yes I did! Finally I got something into my Etsy Shop.
Please let me introduce Hazel. She is a handmade doll, so cute with her sweet kind face. You can see more pics of her in my Etsy store.

She is wearing a cute cotton print dress, with white lace and polkadots.
I love this dress, wish I had one for me too, but when I found this fabric, it was just a remnant. Just enough for this 21 inch doll.

Hazel

Then, I got started on this super big tote bag. It's big enough for many items, and for the on the go woman. Great for kids things, clothes, towels for the beach or a big picnic bag, electronics, you name it. I fell in love with the prints, and knew I had to make something with it. 

How I love western and Arizona prints! This tote is now in my Etsy store.

Western print with cute boots. The lace just needed to be there. So cute!

I'm working on many projects, and I hope to have them here soon. I'm invited to join in on a craft show this year so I'm looking forward to selling my goods there, it is sometime in the spring. It's exciting!!

Ok, I'm still thinking of a tutorial, I really want to try my hand at this. I have an idea, but it's still turning in my head. I hope to have it here soon, lets hope. 

As always, may whoever is reading this have a wonderful glorious day, and remember to give thanks for all that our heavenly Father provides for us, and for his son, Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

Enjoy, and keep looking up to the sky! KS

Merry times

 I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with the people they love to be with. I am thankful for the times spent with family.

I made this ornament from Tilda's little bear pattern, and I used some glitter, sequin and beads to dress her up for Christmas. In the box she went for the annual Christmas ornament exchange party and the recipient was very happy to get her.
I'm thinking of some new ideas for projects that I could share, so hope to be back soon with more of my sewing adventures. Until then, God Bless. KS

It's Christmas time!

Hi, I have been soooo busy, you know how it goes during this season. I love, love Christmas time!! and I love the busy times of seeing relatives, mailing Christmas cards, cooking, decorating for Christmas, baking cinnamon rolls, (everyone's favorite), picking out a gift for a loved one, and looking at the beautiful colors of Christmas, and a side from all this fun, the most important thing I remember is the reason for the season of our Lord and Savior's birth. Jesus Christ. He lives!

These are some pictures of my little decorations I have up, they are so cute and my home feels extra cozy during Christmas time.

Celebrate the birth of Christ.

A dream home.

Little mom and baby deer, so cute!

This cute advent calender that I like to fill with little Christmas chocolates, all hand made by me!

Antique Christmas ornaments.

My favorite little church, perfect center piece.

Well there you see, I love Christmas!

I am working on some sewing, yes really I am, on my friends quilt that I hope I can complete soon. It is queen size quilt so it takes time. 

I wish you all a Happy December, keep looking up. Merry Christmas!!! KS

Happy Veterans Day!

How thankful I am for the veterans, they do have a special place in my heart. 

Here is the quilt I finished, just in time for Christmas. It is for sale on my Etsy shop. So excited to get it pictured. I love how it came out, so pretty, and has that cottage feel. 

Nice and warm too!

Pretty green vine with leaves on the back.

Hope your days have been good. It's that time of year when the wind blows a bit more, and the leaves make that pretty sound as they move around in the air. It's a lovely time of year.

I love the bustling and moving around and what girl wouldn't love shopping! It's so much fun to have a day just out either by myself or with a special friend, and just eat a little lunch, walk around the sights, and buy a little something too.
In between my daily outings with my Mr. (here he is lying on a cool floor after a long walk), I try to get in some sewing, or some embroidery work, or sewing a quilt for a friend.

I'm relaxing!

The quilt show in Santa Clara last month was wonderful! I enjoyed seeing the quilts, the vendors, and getting a day away. It was a dream! All that fabric, and pretty little things to keep someone very busy.
Now, back to work I go getting some things done. Christmas is approaching and got to get some gifts finished. Enjoy your day. God Bless! KS

Overwhelmed

Hello.

 "Overwhelmed" is the title of a new song I recently heard on KLove, christain radio. It's by a band called Big Daddy Weave. I just love to listen to this song. Good music just soothes the senses.

Well, an update on my pretty quilt. I have started sewing on the binding but this picture shows you the back of the quilt. The back fabric actually had a pretty print of vines and leaves on one side, thought it would look different on the quilt but it works just fine. I'm a firm believer in using what I have on hand if at all possible and this piece was just waiting to be used for something. All cotton of course.

Other things that I sometimes like to make are bracelets, earrings, and bead necklaces. It is fun to use those little shiny beads, so I started looking at my beads that I have saved for a while and I found a book on making bracelets with beads. I made one bracelet. Soon after the first one, came a second one which I sent to a friend of mine and she loved it. They are so pretty and fun to wear.

I love the color of the big blue bead, it was perfect for my bracelet.

This is the bracelet that my friend received. It is so pretty! 

Two more pink tone bracelets, one for my daughter and another to give away.

My friend also received a receipe that I wrote down for her to try, it is my version of Alfredo stuffed jumbo shells with artichokes and ground turkey. She just texted me to say she loved the bracelet and it fit her perfectly. 

I'm happy that it made her happy. 

So, as you see, I have been busy lately with my bead work, and with my quilting. What new projects have you started?  I think I will keep making more bracelets, they can be addicting once you start on one but quilting and sewing are still my favorites. Go start a project folks, you will have so much fun with it. I just read a neat article in Molly Makes magazine where the writer said, crafting really does relieve stress. I love that! Blessings, KS

Glorious Day

Hi. It is a glorious day of the Lord! Wow, I just got back home from church. It was a great message and wonderful songs to our Lord Jesus. I so much enjoy seeing my friends, and my family members there all together. We have such a great place to worship our God.
We are in Revelation, and it is great to hear the news of our Lord Jesus Christ who is coming for his people.

I love Autumn time, and we are in it now. Beautiful trees changing color, and the coziness of putting on a warm sweater in the morning, especially a Sunday morning. I hope it is cozy and beautiful where you may be too. As for my sewing projects, here is where I am with my new quilt I'm working on.

 They are a bunch of 6 inch squares that came together to make this twin size quilt. As you will notice, I still do the pinning with safety pins, haven't started using the new adhesive sprays on the market, but maybe I will try it out sometime. Any helpful hints are welcome.
I tried to stay in the pinks, mauve, color palate but threw in some yellow and light blue. I'm thinking of putting some yellow for the binding. We will see how it turns out.
Since I haven't put anything new into my store for some time, this one will be going for sale on my
Etsy shop.

"Hi everyone, Mom has her camera again."

Here is my sweet lab, he loves my attention.  Always wants to play with me, Who could resist this face?

Well, hope you all have a glorious Sunday. It's off to the kitchen to prepare some brunch for me.

Hopefully I will get a chance to work on my quilt today.

Keep looking up to the sky! KS