Update

I’ve been a busy crafter lately. It seems that I have my hands in a lot of different pies… just the way this big girl likes it. LOL!

First, I went up to Berkeley to have a little “Me” time and take a class at a great little store, Castle in the Air. What a cute little store – filled to the brim with lovely little, hard to find goodies. I could have spent a small fortune in this store! Thank goodness I was so busy with my class that I didn’t have too much time to shop. The bad news… they have an online store! Ugh… there goes my pocket book! Anyway, here’s a little glimpse at the lovely I made in class:

Isn’t it just the cutest thing ever? I still have not decided what to do with it, but, rest assured, it will find a special place in my home – far from all pet’s jaws!

Speaking of pet jaws… Check this out:

I posted a photo of this on my Facebook page and someone commented that it looked like… well, doggy yuckies! LOL! It’s not, I assure you. This is what is left of the witches head that I had started this week. Check out the eyes! It’s kind of funny. Really… at this point, all I can do is laugh. Trixie decided that the witch was really ugly and she needed to be chewed to pieces. LOL! Oh well…

So, I thought I would share my latest “Sunday Morning Journal Notes” with you…

These are from the Sunday morning services. This has been so incredibly therapeutic for me, I can’t even tell you. I know that it looks like I’m not paying attention to the message that is being taught, but really it has been helpful for me. Not only do I hear the message in church better, but it has helped me to spend some time thinking about the message after as well. Love that! Of course, the weekly devotion time is not going quite as well…

This is from a couple of weeks ago. For some reason, I just can’t seem to get myself into daily devotion time. I will keep trying, though, because I know that is key in my spiritual life.

Lastly… but certainly not least(ly)… SILVER BELLA! Sign ups have started for all of the swaps! Not only am I hosting 2 incredible swaps, but I have signed up for another 5! That’s 7 swaps. The good news is that I have TONS of time to work on these. And since I was called for jury duty tomorrow (UGH!!), looks like I’ll have some time to get started on them.

Anyway, two of the swaps involve embroidery. I have done some embroidery over the years, but I most certainly would not call myself a master of it. So, I decided to work on a little piece to get myself familiar with some of the stitches again. Here’s what I have so far:

I cannot tell you how much fun I have had with this! I have always loved stitching, but I guess I forget how much I really enjoy it. I’m looking forward to the two swaps involving stitching. I’ll keep you posted as to how it goes…