Wall Hangings

I have made a few quilted wall hangings.  They are fun to do and quick as well.  Here are some that I have made.

Being creative......

I have found that my passion for crafting have very much increased as I have gotten older.  I grew up with a very creative Mother who brought me into the world of sewing and crocheting. I have done both since I was about 10.  I did however drop a lot of that creativity when I started a family.  Between working and taking care of my family, I just did not have the time.  However as the children got older, I was able to get back into making things.  I dabbled in a lot of different things. Some of which I would sell at small craft shows.  My daughter even got into the creativity at a young age.

When my husband and I moved up to the country side from the big city (after all the kids were grown, moved out and started their adult lives) I found I had more time on my hands and got into more gardening as well.

My first love has always been crafts though and thanks to my daughter who started quilting, I found that my sewing machine has become my close friend and I taught myself how to make quilts.  There was a lot of trial and error, but between advice from my daughter and the wonderful world of the internet, I think I have gotten a understanding of what to do. With that I am dedicating this blog to all of my creative moments.

A quilt that I found for me to learn with was a rag quilt.  This is one that I made for my wonderful daughter-in-law.  I found, when making quilts, that I love putting flannel fabric on the back because that is the part that touches the body and it is soft.

BzzAgent Campaign

Not sure how many of you have heard of BzzAgent but BzzAgent is the leading social marketing company.  They put products in the hands of hundreds of thousands of real consumers and help them share their opinions about them with friends and family via reviews, Facebook posts, photos and videos, blog posts and more. When you get a product to try out it is called a campaign.

I just did a campaign for Curel Intensive Healing Cream.  I have areas, especially my elbows that are extremely dry and cracked and that was the first place I put the cream.  What an difference and after a few days of applying the cream a couple of times a day, my elbows were no longer cracked and felt so much softer.  

If you have extremely dry areas, you should try this, you won't be sorry.

Basic instructions for a waldorf doll

I love making things for children and cam across a blog about this doll with it instructions.  There was this doll and the saying below it is what caught my eye and my heart.

http://simmy.typepad.com/echoesofadream/2006/10/basic_instructi.html

" ......a handcrafted doll is one of a kind, an individual which

carries the spirit of the maker in its stitches and absorbs the spirit of the child who loves it"

Crafting and sewing

The one thing that seems to taken over my time is being able to craft / sew.  I love creating and sewing.  My latest is bean bags... but I will post the items that I have made for Grandbabies and Great Grandbabies as well as a Great Nephew...

Bean bags (these have been filled since this picture)