Free Pattern

 

I wasn't sure if I told y'all about this new free pattern I have on my site. I put it up a while ago and think I forgot to post it here! Anway, I hope I'm not repeating myself!!

I was still sick Saturday, but went to the Halloween party anyway. It was fun, but would've been more fun if I hadn't sniffled & sneezed and coughed the whole time!

  Poor Elvis is sick....I took him & the new black kitten to the vet on Thursday. The kittens tests all came back negative so SHE is on antibiotics. (I thought she was a boy!) She wouldn't let me pet her before, now she's a big baby. As soon as she's well, I'll get her fixed. I was planning to find her a home, but she is soooo sweet! Elvis has a sore leg. I knew something was up because he didn't come home Wednesday night. I spent all morning looking for him Thursday until I finally saw him curled up under a neighbor's tree. I brought him to the porch to eat and noticed he couldn't stand on his leg. The vet thought it was an abscess from a cat bite so he has been taking antibiotics and should be better by now. I let him out yesterday morning and he didn't come back so I had to search for him again this morning and found him next to another neighbor's house. He seems like might be having a little more trouble walking so I called the vet. She thinks it could be a sprain so I'm trying aspirin and if he's not better in the morning, he'll have to go for x-rays. Poor guy! He's in the living room by himself -- Pumpkin really wants to go snuggle with him, but Elvis isn't in a snuggling mood!

I have my Christmas music playing in my studio so I can get in the mood to do some Christmas stuff. I haven't prepared much for my next show, so I'm doing what I can this week!!

 

 

Halloween Party

 

Well...tonight's our Halloween Party! We've made up lots of gross sounding stuff, put them in glass bottles and jars and I made labels for them. We'll see how it goes over--we tried not to make it too gross. Just enough to make it fun! Of course I'll take lots of pictures....I'll probably dress up like a witch. My nephew says I need to be something different because "I always dress up like a witch every year." I was going to try something different, but I've been sick and just dug out the ol' witch hat this morning! I thought I had strep--not sure because they didn't do a test. I went as soon as I started to get sick (Thurs. morn) to get some antibiotics so I could go to the party. I had to cancel my Haunted Trail ride with Tara but maybe we'll go next week.

Gotta run and get ready for the party....I'll fill y'all in on the fun later!

The Cabin

Here's the cabin we went to last week--one of our favorite places to go! Its an old cabin they tore down and rebuilt at Lick Skillet. (Don't you love the name?) Its near Little River Canyon .... we went through there but I didn't have my camera. I wished I did because it was so pretty. Maybe I'll go back when the leaves start to turn more.

Wouldn't you know it .... when we got to the cabin and walked onto the back porch, there were two gray kitties back there! One was pregnant and friendly, the other kind of cautious of us. I let the Momma cat inside and look what happened.... it made me feel right at home having her there!!

This is the view in front of the cabin....its down a long dirt road, secluded just like we like it! We stopped by an antique store we've been wanting to visit for a while too. I got to pick out some stuff as my anniversary presents while I was there. I got 2 old quilts, a jar of buttons and piece of furniture that has slots, maybe for sorting letters or something? I thought it would be perfect for organizing some of my paper stuff I've collected over the years...

As much fun as I had, I was happy to get home. Strawberry has been sick so I was anxious to come check on him. As a matter of fact, I came home on the 2nd night so I could check on him and give him & Bilbo their medicines. It wasn't too far and it made me feel better to know everything was still okay at home!

Here Comes the Bride....

This is my favorite picture i took at my sister's wedding....you can probably tell that's my sister standing. ;) I just wish her new hubby had been in the picture too! Her wedding was at her husband's aunt & uncle's house. Its surrounded by trees with a really pretty yard--a perfect setting for a wedding. We did the decorating and food and I think everything turned out great! I even helped Jamie get ready--something I've done for her since she was little. That made me sad in a way, but I was happy she still wanted me to help her now that she's all grown up! I was almost 15 when she was born, so even though she is grown up now, its hard for me to believe it....they spent the week on the beach for their honeymoon. What fun!

Its October already???

  I can't believe its already October--it even feels like fall outside today! It was actually cool enough to do a little work outside today (and enjoy it!).

I had a good time at Homestead Hollow--I sold lots of stuff, especially paperclay-headed dolls and jewlery. I sold lots of witch dolls--I think I only had one left. Unfortunately I didn't get to make my orange polka dot curtains. I even took the fabric with me and planned on doing it every night, but I ran out of time. On the last night I finally decided it was too late and stopped hauling that bolt of fabric around with me! Maybe I'll have time to do the red ones for Christmas Village.

 

Now that the show, my sister's wedding and my vacation are over with, I have lots of pics to share....it may take a while to share them all! I guess I should start with some of my pictures from Homestead Hollow....some of these dolls will be patterns when I ever get a chance to finish them up. ;)

    

 

Here are some jewelry pictures....these are my new displays that I LOVE! I have one more that I want, but it was too expensive to buy them all 3 at the same time.....maybe I'll add the 3rd one next year! I am never, ever satisfied with how my booth looks, but I liked it better the last 2 times than I have ever liked my setup, so I guess that's a good thing!