Day 2 Zippered Pouch
Day 3::Appliqued Placemats
crafts
Thanksgiving Banner, Take Two
I think I’ve got a crafting hangover. I need some motrin and a day to sleep it off. But what do I do instead? I make us (you and me) a pdf file of last years’ Thanksgiving banner. I liked it so much, I’m using it again. And I wanted to share with you. Because that’s the kind of girl I am. You can call me Edie McCraftster. Just say it softly. Only, when I tried to make the documents, Google Documents wouldn’t let me share the file with the world wide web. It’s as if Google Documents is in cahoots with my sewing machine trying to make my life miserable. Why don’t things work like they’re s’posed to? But then I figured out the problem and all was right with the world again. So here is my early Thanksgiving present to you.
{Make sure you continue to visit my lovely friends who brought us the wonderful tutorials. Tutorials are a lot of work and I’m so thankful for all of them. I’m thinking of having a linky party in a couple weeks where we feature the stuff we’ve made using the tutorials, so get busy!}
The pdf files for the letter are here for you to download and print.
G in Give
I in Give
V in Give
E in Give
T in Thanks
H in Thanks
A in Thanks
N in Thanks
K in THanks
S in THanks
Disclaimer: These pictures were taken in the ever sentimental turquoise kitchen, partly for Elizabeth’s sake (I don’t think she’s forgiven me for moving!), and mostly because I can’t find my stapler to hang them in my lake cottage kitchen. My Thanksgiving preparations are well underway. I made Paula Deen’s pumpkin pie, along with Martha Stewart’s red velvet cupcakes this weekend. I’ll be making more desserts this week along with some casseroles this weekend. I hope to share my some of my goodies with you.
I’ve also dyed my tablecloth an alluring shade of blue for the festivities. This is the year of blue in case you haven’t noticed! And I’m working on getting my dessert table (which is presently loaded full of school books) presentable along with my makeshift bar re-stocked. I’m making the final changes to my menu and will print it sometime this week (I’ll share) and plan to gather the supplies to make my placecards.
Why all the flurry now? So that when the day comes, I can truly enjoy my family (all 20 something of them) and take a deep breaths and be thankful.
Hope your week is off to an enchanting and thankful start!
lots of love,
ms. edie
ps. I’ve listened to this sermon three times—well, four counting the first time I heard it live. The whole thing is amazing, the last 7 minutes is epic. Unbelievable delivery of the gospel from an Old Testament passage. The perfect illustration of Jesus’ own words, “These are the scriptures that testify of me.” How even the Old Testament, every book, is about Christ. The Bible is not a book primarily about how we are to live. It is a story of redemption. Won for us all and freely given in Christ. It’s worth a listen or four. Credit to Pastor Paul Bushur from First Lutheran Church Knoxville who knows how to bring it.
12 Days of {handmade} Christmas Tutorials 2010
{handmade} gift tutorials::calling all crafters
i decided for sure today.
i’m gonna do it again.
{12 days of handmade christmas}
is back.
the first twelve days of november.
sooooo,
if you’re crafty or know someone who is,
send me an email or leave me a comment on this post.
i’ll pick the projects that are fairly simple and can be made in a couple of hours
and post the tutorials on my blog.
i only have 3 slots filled so far so i need your help.
click here to look through last years tutorials.
we’re gonna shoot for all new projects this year so if there’s a project you’d like to see a tutorial for, let me know.
if you can send me a picture or a link of the project you want featured, that would be super helpful.
i’d also like to link to your favorite etsy shops so we can support moms who are creating lovely handmade goodies.
so tell me about those too. pretty please?
if there’s an abundance of projects, we may have to link to some instead of posting them all here.
if you guys don’t come through for me and we only get 5 days worth of postings , i’ll resort to posting seven days videos of me singing old school country songs.
that could be devastating for us all.
i’d much rather learn how to make a dishmat, wouldn’t you?
yes you would, trust me. or ask my children.
i can’t wait to hear about all your handmade goodness!
please send your emails to ediewadsworthathotmaildotcom and put ’12 days of Christmas’ as the subject or leave a comment on this post.
my hot glue gun and sewing machine thank you in advance.
Confessions of a lyrics lover
I’m fanatical about words. I DO believe that it’s my favorite way to make my space my own. That’s probably why I like chalk boards so much.
Then there’s song lyrics. I’m giddy like a school girl for poetic, passionate lyrics.
Whiiiich probably explains my love for poetry. And books. And signs. And big giant letters.
My nerdy bookclub (as opposed to the wine-drinking, what was the name of the book? bookclub:)) is reading poetry this semester. Which makes me happy. We met this past Friday and discussed After Great Pain by Emily Dickinson. We also read this one, which the girlies and I will most definitely memorize. I have one thing to say about my nerdy bookclub friends: they are S-M-A-R-T with a capital tee. You would love them all.
But I digress.
Now, back to Bob Dylan, whom I love with all my heart. He wrote this song which serendipitously became OUR song. Stevie played it for me on a cassette tape in 1999. Yes, he did.
And now it is forever memorialized in the hallowed halls of Lake Cottage’s guest room.
I chose these lines because change is painful and beautiful and inevitable and is apparently trying to do me in.
So take that, change. You ain’t seen nothin’ like me yet.
and from the same room, the letter-loving continues
Just to refresh your memory, here’s the tutorial for the text art sign.
And here’s Adele, covering our song.
So were you able to squeeze in any projects this weekend?
Project Pillow
So, remember I told you about my Home Ec class over at the Freckled Nest? Well, I’m just loving it. I haven’t made every single project but I’ve made most of them.
This is by far my favorite.
{And I know that pesky thread is driving you crazy. Don’t you just want to reach through the computer and snip it? Yeah, me too.}
I used some Anna Marie Horner fabric that I had left over from last year. And then I used this technique (just scroll down) to make the felt flower. And now I want to make twenty more. Wouldn’t they be the perfect Christmas gift? I mean, I would love to have a pillow for Christmas. Wouldn’t you?
It took about an hour. What an amazing gift from an hours’ work.
There is something magical about creating. It’s our Father’s fingerprint on us.
And it goes just perfect in the queen chair. Which is still in the kitchen. (fingers crossed).
Oh and thank you for your lovely words about the kitchen. I’m so glad you like it too. I’ve been dying to show you.
Today’s project: laptop case! Score!