Happy Halloween!

Be Safe..... And eat plenty of chocolate!

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BOO!

Bloggers Quilt Festival

Come join in the fun with Amy's Creative Side and the 2010 Bloggers Quilt Festival.

My entry for this year is my Schnibbles Scratch quilt.

This was my first attempt at a "schnibbles quilt" and I had so much fun making this.I just love the Moda Swanky fabrics; they look so bright and cheery in the  quilt.

I am still working on my quilting, and I highlighted this quilt with straight line quilting. Very simple, but I am not ready for the more challenging quilting designs yet.

Thanks for popping in to see my entry and now go visit Amy and see the other great quilts!

OMG!! It's My Anniversary!

wOw! Time sure flies when you are having fun!

It was one year ago that I first tentatively dipped my toe into the blogging world. 

I never dreamed it would be so much fun or that I would meet SO many wonderful people.

Thank you all for an amazing year! I hope you will join me in the upcoming year for more sewing, creating, pondering, whiskers, and friendship. I can't promise the journey will always be exciting, but it will always be covered with some cat hair!

Makes Me Happy Monday 10/25

Good thoughts from you, my friends makes me happy today!!  You sure made me feel better when I was sniffy last week!

Great ideas make me happy too..... take a look at this:

 ( Credit: Anastassia Elias)

Sure proves that old saying "one person's trash is another's treasures"

And don't forget......

(Credit: Beauty That Moves)

Have a wonderful week!

Friday Fun, Enter to Win!

Hancocks of Paducah is giving away this kit:

ABC's Kit from Moda and American Jane!

No purchase necessary, just fill out the entry form to win!! 

How much fun is that!!?

Fingers crossed that you win!

Thursday Thoughts

Thank you for all the well-wishes! I miss catching up with everyone!

I want to share this with you, it is available for free down load on Kind Over Matter

This really struck a cord with me.... especially since my word for this year has been "FORGIVE"....


If I were to live these thoughts every day, it would be easier for me to forgive. Because I would begin to forget my own pain and think of the pain of the other. I am not saying it is easy (and I am a stubborn one). But this is a great way to see things..... don't you agree?

(I have been going to bed early, eating lots of soup and thinking good thoughts!! Thank you my friends!)

Makes Me Happy Monday 10/18

Still happy as ever...... just sniffly!!

Be back soon........

Fun-tabulous Friday

Had to share......

 Look at these shoes!!!

And this just made me smile.....

And I won this A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. book from here..... along with the other book I won I have some incredible reading awaiting me.

Have a wonderful weekend!! I miss catching up with your blogs, I hope all of your days have been amazing!

"A small trouble is like a pebble. Hold it too close to your eye and it fills the whole world and puts everything out of focus. Hold it at a proper distance and it can be examined and properly classified. Throw it at your feet and it can be seen in its true setting, just one more tiny bump on the pathway of life." - Celia Luce

Tuesday Thoughts to Ponder

If you are trying to add Kindness to your daily life and the lives of others as I am, please take a moment to read this post:

Kind Over Matter Post

Makes Me Happy Monday 10/11

School Holidays and LONG weekends make me very happy!
I need the extra sleep!

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.
Just because they're not on your road 
doesn't mean they've gotten lost. ~ The Dalai Lama

Holiday Fun!

I know it is barely fall here in the northern hemisphere, but the holidays will be here before we know it. And there are already some wonderful holiday parties going on in blog land.

The Gum Tree Designers are again sharing their talents and offering some amazing (and free) designs for the holidays. They will also be sharing their favorite recipes! YUM!

And Ellie from Ellie's Quiltplace is the first blog in the Stitching for Christmas party! There will be 9 beautiful patterns to stitch for your Christmas Quilt. The first one (a snow man angel) is adorable! I can't wait to see the rest.

Makes Me Happy Monday 10/4

Inspirational words make me happy........

The Beauty of a Women

Maya Angelou 

The beauty of a woman
isn’t in the clothes she wears,
The figure that she carries,
or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman
must be seen from in her eyes;
Because that’s the doorway to her heart,
the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman
isn’t in a facial mole;
But true beauty in a woman,
is reflected by her soul.

It’s the caring that she cares to give,
the passion that she shows;
And the beauty of a woman
with passing years only grows.

The Dream Keeper

Langston Hughes

Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamer,
Bring me all your
Heart melodies
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud-cloth
Away from the too-rough fingers
Of the world.

Education

Edgar A Guest

I think that I would rather teach a child
The joys of kindness than long hours to spend
Poring o’er multiple and dividend;
How differing natures may be reconciled
Rather than just how cost accounts are filed;
How to live bravely to its end
Rather than how one fortress to defend,
Or how gold coins once gathered can be piled.

There is an education of the mind
Which all require and parents early start,
But there is training of a nobler kind
And that’s the education of the heart.
Lessons that are most difficult to give
Are faith and courage and the way to live.