An ever changing view

New things in the shop...

Posted by Chas
09:09, Friday, July 3, 2009 .. Posted in Notions for Sewing .. 1 comments .. Link

Some new things have been added to my shop as of this morning...
Positively Patriotic Quilted Tote

And I am working on one now with a vintage flour sack.
I think it is going to be adorable! :)
Just added!
Vintage Flour Sack Bag of Thistles

Thanks for looking and may you have a Fabulous Fourth of July!

Snagglepuss

Posted by Chas
07:29, Thursday, July 2, 2009 .. Posted in Being a Moma .. 4 comments .. Link

Snagglepuss is a term of endearment that I use to anyone that I love who has lost baby teeth...
Yesterday afternoon. I had two first time snagglepusses

By the end of the evening... these two (Carlie Jean and Eli) had lost TWO of their front two bottom teeth and Cameo lost one of her eye teeth.
:)
What a fun evening.

dry toast

Posted by Chas
07:07, Wednesday, July 1, 2009 .. Posted in Sweet chatting among friends .. 2 comments .. Link

Friends... I am being pulled in a million and one directions right now. I hope to be able to share with you something of interest soon. But for now... I have nothing.
I am dry toast.
I am about to s l o w down though... truly.
I am going to create, to sit, to read, and enjoy the remainder of my summer with my children instead of running.
Bear with me.
Good things soon.
xoxo

Fourth of July.....Entryway Frippery

Posted by Shan
08:32, Tuesday, June 30, 2009 .. Posted in Holidays and Merriment .. 3 comments .. Link

Dearest Readers,

It is time to celebrate America's Birthday! Here at Honey Hill Farm, that means decorating our entryway......

Ribbons, vintage (and not so vintage) postcards, Holly Hobbie plates and flags all have pride of place....

A sunny and patriotic spot to welcome our guests...

Turn of the century Ladies' accoutrements wait patiently for a chance to go out and be seen...

A Liberty inspired vignette.....

The American Flag has never looked so lovely....

Every corner displays the American Spirit....

A truly delightful Fourth of July to share with family and friends...

I hope that you are enjoying this wonderful holiday, Dear Readers...

Yours so kindredly,

Shan

I know...I know!

Posted by LindseyinAL
11:28, Monday, June 29, 2009 .. Posted in Being .. 0 comments .. Link

I have posted an awful lot of giveaway links here lately. But seriously, y'all...these are some REALLY cute shoes! Besides, I am too busy getting ready for our trip to post anything of real substance (like my usual deep, thought-provoking posts) So please go over to Keeper of the Home and leave your comment for a chance to win a pair. If you don't have a baby of your own, you all know someone (ahem) who would just love a pair (Robyn or Bluebirds, pretty please :)) So go! Now!!

Oh, and check out the rest of her blog while you're at it. She has a ton of great ideas and plenty to think about as well.

Homecoming

Posted by Chas
10:23, Monday, June 29, 2009 .. Posted in Family Traditions .. 1 comments .. Link

Aaron and Amanda Crabb
Yesterday was our churches 70th anniversary, to which we call Homecoming. What happens at homecoming is that we have a service where we have special singing, preaching and then a meal afterwards.
Let me tell you... What a blessing.
It was so incredible! I wish you could have been there to experience it with us. God's people met and worshiped and God was glorified.
Amazing, amazing day!

Now, I would like for you to come together with me in prayer...
I have already asked you to pray for Mamaw, please continue to pray for her... but I would like to ask you to pray for our dear friend Karen again also. Her family is in need of a miracle... but that is ok, because I serve a miracle working God! He is able! You can follow her story here.
Thanks and God bless each and every one of you!

New swimmies!

Posted by LindseyinAL
05:59, Sunday, June 28, 2009 .. Posted in Making .. 5 comments .. Link

I finally spent the laborious 20 minutes hemming the sleeves and legs of MJ's new swimsuit. Do you ever wonder why you put something off for so. stinking. long? Or is that just me? RK's suit is only new to her; I made it for MJ 2 years ago when we went on a big field trip to a water park. It's bigger on RK than it was on MJ, but RK is still kind of shrimpy, or some nicer variation of "shrimpy."

I love this pattern (Kwik Sew 2888 which has apparently been discontinued) because it's really as easy as making a pair of shorts and a tee shirt. There's no stretching of elastic to gather leg holes (which invariably leads to much frustration and frog stitching on my part and quite often UFO status on the part of the suit). As well there's more skin coverage which means less sunscreen and more modesty, in my opinion. Also, the biggest bonus- NO WEDGIES!

I used a twin needle (for the first time!) on all the hems. I got a good bit of tunneling and will have to practice and figure out how to eliminate that before I use one again.

New sewing projects

Posted by LindseyinAL
10:40, Saturday, June 27, 2009 .. 5 comments .. Link

I've been sewing like a mad woman, trying to get some things done that I wanted for our upcoming vacation. I still have to finish MJ's new swimsuit- just the hems on the sleeves and legs. In the meantime, here are some pictures of what I have finished.

A dress for my laptop. This fabric and the lining (not shown) are at least a year old. I have been saving them for the "perfect" project. This was pretty close. The buttons are from a bunch of old sewing notions I bought at my favorite little thrift store last year. The red one has a little fan on half of it. I wish I'd had two of those, but the brown one brings out the brown in some of the chopsticks so it's all good. The soutache braid I used for the closure has been aged several (5?) years in my own stash and may be older than I am. How's that for stash busting?

What was going to be a bag for my laptop but ended up too small (if I'd thought about it at all I'd have known that, but I just wanted to sew it up now.) It makes a great purse though and holds a couple of diapers as well as my mom-stuff.

I've had this green leaf-print corduroy in my stash since MJ was tiny, probably 3 years. I planned to make matching skirts for her and me but that never happened. So now it's a bag. And it will probably be a bigger bag before I've used it all. And maybe a jumper for one of the girls. It's really cute! The lining is also from stash and left over from an Amy Butler Chelsea bag I made for my mom a couple years ago. That's me lifting the flap to expose the lining fabric. The outside of the bag has the leaves just like the flap.

There's a pocket closest to my body on the outside which is made from the striped lining fabric. There's an interior pocket made from the corduroy.

Oh yeah, and I am having a BABY! See previous post.

Something lovely for Moma

Posted by Chas
09:23, Saturday, June 27, 2009 .. Posted in Notions for Sewing .. 6 comments .. Link

My Moma has a birthday on Monday...
She has been requesting a little bag to carry some books in and to take to church with her for her Bible.
This is what I came up with.

Happy Birthday Moma, I love you!
xoxo

I'm a winner!

Posted by LindseyinAL
04:56, Friday, June 26, 2009 .. Posted in Being .. 4 comments .. Link

After posting last time about hardly ever winning anything, I won Angela's grocery bag giveaway! It arrived today and is so cool. Thanks so much to Angela,the Grocery Shrink!

And then, if you'll believe it, I won a gorgeous pillow over at Jen Duncan's blog. It's the one with the pink pompom trim she made for the Moda Bake Shop and is absolutely delicious! Go check out all the beautiful things she makes and her lovely family. And check out the Bake Shop too because they have some cool stuff pretty regularly.

Finally, I won another giveaway at the Old Red Barn. A 40 pack of Mettler thread! How cool is that, right? Only I missed the announcement until it was too late and she gave it away to someone else. Sigh. But really, I couldn't be too disappointed. Because what with the two giveaways I already won, as well as this little present last week: