LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!

This is the newest addition to our family. The flip camcorder. Small enough to fit into your purse and the perfect size for taking everywhere.

I thought this would be great to bring with us to Disney! next week and now I am thinking I'd like to use it everyday.

We just recorded some footage and played it back on the tv...I can't even tell you how impressed I am. You'll be seeing video here for sure.

HARD DRIVE ARCHIVE

Found this one in the depths of the hard drive. From last summer...or maybe the summer before?

The scene: Camping and lounging in new chairs...chit chatting the day away. All of a sudden my brother jumps up and runs for his life. A killer bee was the culprit.

This still makes me laugh.

PRETTY REDS

This red porcelain basket makes me happy just looking at it. How wonderful to serve muffins in for a lazy Sunday breakfast or scones for an afternoon tea or warm rolls with dinner. One little basket so many big plans.

FAMOUS LAST WORDS

I am digging this {via lioness den jewlery} like something fierce. The lovely KareyM. posted about them on Kirtsy and they have pretty much been stuck in my head since. Not to mention I adore The Great Gatsby and everything it stands for.

BABY LOVE

I would only participate in activity like this during 90 degree weather for these two little gals. You know why? They've got my heart wrapped around their baby fingers.

Friday

Friday started off with good friends and coffee

And ended with freshly manicured nails and a delicious glass of sangria.

All weekends should begin like this!

A LITTLE MORE

A new little space to hold all [or some] of my mostly used tools. That little green lid is a jar filled with buttons and darning needles and stitch markers. lux risa Moo cards that always make me smile [I am glad I ordered more]. A pattern piece that has fallen to the wayside. Disappearing ink used mostly for embroidery but sometimes in my sewing. That do-dad that looks like a ruler is one of the best tools I have ever purchased - it is used to make sure your hem/edge is straight [goodness knows I need that].

I am still putting together all of my notions [apparently I like to spread them out in different places]. The beginning of the spot that will house my thread. I love thread. I buy it even when I don't need it. Ribbon...don't get me started on the ribbon. A few of my favorite snippets are living there at the moment.

Scissors x2 + hammer + ruler. Blue scissors are for paper only and the fancy purple ones are for fabric. My mama always said you need 2 pairs. What I am really coveting are these.

Oh how lovely. I am also a paper craft addict and that little hammer is the best thing ever when it comes to adding eyelets and other embelishments. [Note: it is also fantastic for putting together Ikea dressers]

[Wrapping] Paper lined drawers [I can't remember where I saw this - my google reader? kirtsy? one of the two I am sure]. I like it - the paper is a reversible kind that you can order from school fun raisers, nice and heavy - I am thinking that I really want to do this in coordinating fabric though - in pretty yellows and greens to match:

This just makes me smile every gosh darn time I look at it. I am so lucky to have known my Great Grandmother, Alice, for such a long time. She was the epitome of a lady and she still knew how to have fun. To this day I can still remember the way her house smelled, how she had the same cookies in the cookie jar every time [Keebler fudge stripes], the way her skin felt all wrinkly and soft.

I grew up one street over from her and there was never a time that we were not visiting or she visiting us. A constant well of love, understanding and wisdom, I loved to sit and listen to her tell stories about her childhood, our family and of how much things had changed over the years - all while watching her hands as they click clacked with the knitting needles.

I think I could write about 'Great Gram' for hours.

This desk that she decoupaged is such a wonderful piece of her - it reminds me of where I get my creative streak and of how proud she'd be that I've continued on in something that was so very dear to her. One of the many reasons that what I do is so near to my heart.