Art of Mine

Dear Friends,                                                                          First let me thank All of you who had sent get well wishes for my Mom. She is not coughing near as much today so thats a very good sign!! I am feeling better too so thank you again! This is the ATC that I made for my swap buddy for February. I thought I would iron the little girl transfer onto some silk fabric, which worked out well. I then made a little quilt sandwich with some batting and thin cotton for the backing. I  then sewed all the way around and also added some ruched pink ribbon around the border. I then attached the little puffy picture bundle to a pink satin background. I added a couple of embellishments too. I also made a little ATC Fabric book holder. I has inside a couple of pockets for little love notes and the other side to hold the ATC!!                                                      I think it's all so cute! Nicole my partner likes it as well. I

Hello Friends, Our neighbor came over last night with some flowers and a wonderful Chocolate cake for Mom's birthday on Sunday!! Look at this Cake!! Well sick or no sick my mother LOVES CHOCOLATE!!! Ever since I can remember she has loved it...and I inherited the chocolate gene as well. I think if my Mom could eat chocolate All the time she would. She once told her church group that she would not go to Heaven if there was no Chocolate there....I told her that God probably has something even better there than chocolate...well that really did not comfort her too much!! Lol Anyway if you were here she said she would "share" some with you. Believe me your very lucky!! Mom is still coughing but not as much and more alert than yesterday! Me...well I'm hangin in there! Thank you for your well wishes and prayers! YOU All ROCK!! Love you All, Susan and Grandma Helen

                                 Hello Dear Friends, How are All of you today? Well here is the latest picture of my sweetie pie Lucia!! Her Daddy took this picture of her yesterday. She can smile and laugh now too! She is three months old now. Do you see that DIMPLE??? Ha Ha how cute is that??? Another three weeks to go and counting to see this cute little person!! Geez it's taking way too long to see my first grand daughter...ah well till then I am putting all her pictures all over the house!! Also my dear Mother celebrated her Birthday yesterday...she turned 91 yrs. Poor thing woke up on her birthday and caught the cold my husband has had all last week. She is ok I'm doctoring her up and giving her lots of TLC. I think I'm getting it though ....Ugghh!! Love you all a bushel and a peck!!! Susan xxoo

Hello All!! I want to share with all of you a swap I was in which was hosted by Donna of Brynwood Needles. We were given a swap buddy and their favorite color was. My buddy was Karen of: http://rabbitseatquilts.blogspot.com/ Karen has a great Blog.                                             She has two Rabbits, one is named Weasley and the other is Ginny. Karen makes fantastic quilts as well. Please go visit her and her cute Bunnies! Karen not only made one Mug Mat but Two Mug Mats for me!! She said she could not decide which one to give to me so she gave me both!! I feel so spoiled!! I told her I liked Pink! Aren't they beautiful!!!                                                                               When I brought the box in the house yesterday I heard a noise coming from the box. In my wild imagination I thought oh maybe Karen sent me a Rabbit!! So very carefully I peered inside and saw some nice soft gray fur....yikes...it was a bunn

Hi All!! I thought I would share some chocolate with you...ummm I mean the Valentine tags I  made...sorry but there is a shortage of chocolate right now in the house and well I can't share....well alright, but just a little! Selfish girl that I am... though.... I just wanted to say I Love You All!! Enjoy your weekend and if your going to do something romantic let me know...well like going to dinner? Dancing? A quite evening with Champagne and yes your loved one too!! I am too silly now so I will just say......Enjoy your weekend whatever you will be doing! Ciao Bella!! Susan xxoo

Hello Friends!!                                                              I wanted to share with all of you what I received in the mail today from Diane. I ordered one of her beautiful Droplets that she made recently. It is such a pretty creation. I also received one of her handmade Tea envelopes with two flavored teas inclosed. Diane also included three of her handmade tags that say "Seek Joy"!!! Thank you Diane so much!! Please stop over and visit Diane and her daughter Holly. Their etsy shop is on my sidebar. Cottage By The Pond. You can visit Diane also on her blog at : http://dianeknottsmusings.blogspot.com/ Wishing you all a wonderful day!!! Love and Light, Susan xxoo

Hi Dear Friends, I am still crocheting little hearts! I finally visited a yarn shop here in my hometown this past Saturday. It is called the Whole Nine Yarns!! He he cute name huh? Anyway I was walking around and saw this lovely shade of pink cotton crochet yarn. If you can see it has little sparkles mixed in the yarn as well. I made the heart and thought what a lovely idea to incorporate it into jewelry! So I whipped out my silver necklace chaining and cut it to a length I would like to wear it,  attached a silver rhinestone heart to it and in the middle added a ribbon rose I made eons ago.  Viola'...Instant sweetness!! Hope you all are staying warm and safe!! Warm Hugs, Susan xxoo

Hello Dear Friends, I am hoping All of you are staying warm and safe tonight. We are gettting a lot of rain here in Georgia..."A rainy night in Georgia" as the song goes!! I am feeling alot of pain tonight and will probably turn in early. When you have Fibro and Arthritis this sort of weather is not so good for aches and pains. I made this little sachet pillow for my Mom...shhhh don't tell her ok?? Love to you All! Susan