Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

The leprechaun stopped by our house last night while we slept.  He left his green footprints all over the kitchen.  He came in through the window turned our milk green and left some green goodies. 

See the white mug with the leprechaun?  

I made that in 1984....it's was filled with green beer for many years.

 Jack wore the t-shirt to school today.

 What did he have for breakfast?

Lucky Charms with green milk of course

I hope you all have a lucky day,

Leanne.

Organizing and a Tip....

If you do any stitching you know how hard it is to keep your threads neat and organized.

I've tried so many things but nothing has worked. I always end up with a pile that looks like this.

I don't know what colors I have and what I need to buy.

 

Well I found the solution!

This has changed my life...no really!

It's called Floss-away.

Little zip lock bags with a hole punched in the top left corner and a metal ring.  They also have a place where you can write the color number.

I found these on the JoAnn's website,



 

See how nice the floss fits in. I feel so much better when things are organized.

I don't have to take time to unknot the floss before I stitch.

 TIP: This is a good one if I do say so myself.  I do this to a lot of my bags holding crafty things. 

I cut into the bag about 1/4 of in inch to let all the air out when the bag is zip locked.

This way the bag lays flat.

 See how nice a neat they all look.

It's so easy to see the colors you have.

I have a ring for hand dyed floss, one for DMC floss and one for variegated floss.

 



 

 I've been doing a little cross stitching, crocheting and stitching penny rugs.

I finished these shamrock penny rugs for St. Patty's day.

I just love the hand dyed wool shamrocks on the black wool. I think it gives the piece a lot of interest.

 

I try to think spring but with temps in the teens and snow falling every other day it's hard to imagine.

So when the snow starts to fall I start working on snowmen...just getting ready for the fall craft fairs,

 

 

 

I posted these on ebay.  I have Valentine Penny Rugs there too.

Click here if you are interested,

 

 

 

Enjoy your weekend,

Leanne

Baby It's Cold Outside!

Oh my goodness it is freezing outside! 

Schools were closed today and will be closed tomorrow too.

I took my son to an ortho appointment today the temp in the car was -16 degrees...Brrrrr.

I have to say I wasn't cold but I wasn't out in the weather very long.

 

I've been working on some penny rugs.

Mittens to keep you warm.

 

I couldn't wait to work on a Valentine penny rug. 

I will be working on more.

 I just had to start something spring like...I love this little blue bird.

I stayed up way too late to finish this one.

 And I always look forward to Saint Patrick's Day!

I can't believe how long its been since I posted on this blog but life got in the way. 

It's been a very busy last few months. Busy in a good way and busy in a not so good way too.

I think and hope everything has settled down now. I feel it's going to be a good 2014!

My computer crashed during the holidays...bad timing...and one big headache. If this has ever happened to you, you know what a pain it is.  I lost a lot of stuff I didn't want to lose. If you tried to get a hold of me I'm sorry I didn't get back to you. 

 

Wishing you all a happy, healthy and successful New Year!

Bring on 2014!

 

Stay warm and enjoy your day,

Leanne

Just Working on a Little Green....

 

I just bought so new hand dyed green wool and couldn't wait to use it.

 

So I thought I would make a few shamrocks.

   

  I love how the shamrocks look in this wool. I added a few gold hearts too.

 

I like how these turned out so much that I think I'll make a some for myself.

These I just added to ebay.

Click here to see them.

 

I just love getting new hand dyed wool....it's like Christmas all over again.

 

Enjoy your day,

Leanne