more pups

Just added two more to the inventory this morning. If you are interested in availability or any other questions, you can email me at Teresa616@aol.com

Happy Wednesday.

little doggies

click on the photo so that you can see how cute this fabric is....little doggies, dog houses, and doggie bones

dog lover

Best Buddy, Lazy but loved, wag the tail, spoiled, furry friend, top dog, chew toy, dinner toy, all bark, no bite, drool, good dog...old dog, new tricks, fetch!

These are the words printed on this one...check out the twill bow w/ dog bones and dog w/ bone button.

puppy

Marvelous Monday

Happy Monday to all of you.

I am finally feeling pretty good. I came down with some kind of little bug last week and felt a little under the weather for several days and for those of you that know me well....I don't do sick very good....LOL. I get REAL grumpy....lol. I suppose it is because I have never been one to sit still. I always have to be doing something.

Today was a fairly productive day. I have several new totes started and finished up another Gator bag, still have 4 to go....lots of people out there LOVE their GATORS :-) I also finished this cute little brown/green doggie tote and have another almost finished...look for more pics in the next day or so.

I have teamed up with a dear friend of mine, Helen, who is very involved with the Small Paws Rescue and we will be making some cash donations as well as a bag that will be donated for an event in October.

Take care and make this Monday....MARVELOUS!!!!!!

Sewing again

It seems that I needed to take a week off from the sewing machine and "regroup". People always told me that when you retire, you seem to be so busy you can't imagine how you ever had time to work in the first place...LOL....yep, it's true!!!

Well, I am somewhat back on a schedule now and was able to finish up two bags this morning. One is for a dear friend and the brown/black one is looking for a home :-)

Back to the sewing machine...have so many projects that I am dreaming about....until next time.......

Teresa

checking in

It's been a few days..sorry about that.

First of all, GREAT NEWS....my step-father had a heart procedure today and it went well....yippee.

I have spent the last couple of days trying to get things put away from the weekend and doing some things around the house. I finished up a couple totes that I started last week (that are orders) and also finished up a UFO (sewing people use that term for unfinished objects). Some of you remember the I SPY quilt that I posted a while back that I was working on...well...I finished it last night. I love the way it turned out. The grandkids are going to love to play I spy with this. It's kind of like looking for Waldo...they love to do that too.

I went to a weekend scrapbook event (Hoe Down) in Bonita Springs, Florida last weekend and had a BLAST. We surely were treated like the queens of the rodeo for sure. The classes were awesome and my partner for the weekend, Janie was a great companion as well.

I will be joining some of the ladies again on Saturday for a day of cropping in Sarasota....it's always great fun to spend the day (or weekend) with Hilltop ladies :-)

Small Paws

Time for some FOOTBALL

Here's hoping for a good season.....

another tote

From my design studio today, I have a special request by a friend, this bag was designed to hold a Bind-it-all (which is a desktop wire binding system used by scrapbookers and stampers) and especially the wires and tools that go along with it. The bag is 12 x 12 and 6 inches deep. It has front and back pockets and two end pockets. The inside divider is attached by velcro and added to seperate the boxes of wires form the machine. The divider can easily be removed if an open tote is desired.

I have a couple more projects planned for the week...just just hope that the week doesn't run out on me first.

Take care,

Teresa

I won a little award....awwww

My blog was given an award by Roz ....aint she sweet?

The rules...
(1) The winner can put the "I :heart: your blog" logo on their blog. Isn't it cute! :))
(2) Link the person you received your award from.
(3) Nominat other blogs.
(4) Put links of those on yours.
(5) Leave a message on the blogs of the girls or boys you’ve nominated.

Here are my nominations:

http://www.mccplg.blogspot.com/ To MC because she is one talented lady.
http://wolfepak5.blogspot.com To Roz, even though you have already been given the award...you deserve it again...you make all of us smile...all the time.
http://bramblypines.blogspot.com/ To Barb, hope she can get to Alabama soon.
and a ton of other blogs....you are all awesome....love your ideas...love to read about your lives....

ooh la la

What a cutie.....

Ahoy Mate

How about a little Pirate treasure?

Black and White

How about a little trivia this morning???
Did you know that the first color television broadcast was by NBC in January of 1954?
Also, did you know that newspapers were only printed in black and white until the late 1970s?

So, my bags for today are dedicated to the more simple times that I remember as a child. If you were born in the 50's or 60's, what shows do you remember?

I Love Lucy, Dragnet, This is your life, Ed Sullivan, Gunsmoke, The Price is Right....do you remember any more?

Have a great weekend and very Happy Labor Day as we honor the social and economic achievements of the American worker.

Teresa

Go Noles!!!

Okay, let's hear it for those Seminole fans. What do you think???
Cute little bag of GARNET AND GOLD that has a snap closure at the top or use it as an open bag (like I do).
I have a medium size bag in the works with the same fabrics.
Will post the medium Seminole bag in a day or so.

Can you believe how fast this week has gone? Can't believe tomorrow is Friday. We don't really have any plans for the weekend. How about you?

Enjoy!!!

Teresa

Stripes

Yes, stripes were the order of the day. These two are really cute in "person" :-)
Both have a denim bottom and denim handles and both have nice roomy pockets inside... and a tab closure w/button.

It rained most of the day here yesterday, but today is sunny...humid....and hot. I don't mind the rain (actually my favorite time to sew), and I don't really mind the heat...it's the humidity that bothers me. But I love Florida and can't imagine living any place else. I am just thankful for air conditioning...It's hard for me to believe that we lived through this summer heat when I was a kid...even teenager...with no A/C. And my kids think they have it bad...LOL.

Hope you all have had a very restful weekend and enjoyed your family and friends.

Take care,
Teresa

Think Pink

Whatcha think??? Don't ya just LOVE pink???

First week of school

It was only a 3 day school week in Pinellas County due to the storm. We were lucky in our area this time. So sorry for all the clean-up the Eastcoast has right now. Hope Roz and Kelcey can get back to normal soon..... Thinking about you gals.

I volunteered on Monday night for the Open house and then for a couple hours on the first day of school. I am happy that I can help out..but it sure felt good to just walk out the door when I wanted to. Retirement is SWEET!!!!

On the Creative front.....I made a really cute jacket and will post a picture as soon as I can get someone to model it.

Teacher bags are really popular and this is another bag that I finished yesterday, actually made two...one is already sold.

I would like to say thank you to Helen for showing off her bag and telling everyone she sees where they can get one too....lol. Thanks...have a GREAT vacation.

Hope all of you have a FAB weekend...

Teresa

What's new???

It's been a few days and it's because I have been sewing and scrapbooking and spending time with family and friends. :-)
On Saturday, Michelle (daughter) and I drove down to Sarasota for the Hilltop Crop. We had such a good time and as always, the food was yummy.
There was a nice crowd of people, nice to see familiar faces and also to meet new.

School was to start today in our county, but was canceled due to a storm heading our way. It ended up that Faye Fizzled out and was just a quiet day at home for students and school employees.

So, what are the new totes you have been sewing you ask??????
I have a school tote and a kitty one too, both are special order...but just so happens that I made two of each...so let me know if either tickles your fancy.

The Gator bags sure went over well. I had a special request for Michigan State and the Florida State Seminoles, too. Can't wait to get those made and posted for you all to see. :-)

Make today a creative one and enjoy whatever it is you are doing.

Take care,
Teresa

Go Gators

I sure have been busy this week....as you notice, I haven't posted since Sunday. Playing with Zak and entertaining him while his Mama is at school/work is exhausting...haha....I am just OLD....but we are enjoying the time and will remember our summer forever. Wait until you see the little book that Zak and I are making. We have a couple more pages to do, and then I will post to show you.

I have managed to sew a little here and there (mostly in the evenings) and here you go......GO GATORS. I am really liking how cute these are. The larger bag is one of two and was a special request for a friend to give away as a Christmas present. The bigger bag has a tab closure and the small bag has a snap to close (if you are using as a purse as some people have been doing).

Next up: A cute teacher bag and equal time for the SEMINOLES with a bag for you along with a bag made from some really cute pink fabric that I forgot that I had.

Make today a good one and be CREATIVE.

Hugs,
Teresa

Yard sales are fun

I just got home from a really great Yard Sale. This wasn't your run of the mill Yard Sale with old worn out clothes and dishes that you don't need....lol. It was SCRAPBOOK suppies....lots and lots of them. One of our local scrapbook stores (Whim so doodle) has Yard Sales a couple times a year and people can rent a table from them and clean out their closets of unwanted "treasures". I guess they are no longer treasures to them, but they are to those of us looking for a bargain.

I went with one of my friends and ran into about 8 more....scrapbooking people are just the nicest people.

I took my SCRAPPY TOTE to use as my shopping bag and believe me....I filled it up. I think I could have gotten a few more things in it though...those little bags sure do hold a lot. Check out the pictures...can you believe that all of that was in that bag??? Yep...
I have a few more available if you are interested...give me a holler....

I am working on a special request right now...a Florida Gators tote bag. It is turning out cute.....will post a pic when it is finished.

Teacher bag

Happy Saturday all,

Has been a busy week visiting with some wonderful friends and sharing some fun times with my grandsons. Monday is back to work for the teachers/staff and the students will go back to school on August 19th. I will have Zak next week and we have some fun planned which involves making a journal of his summer fun.

Today my hubby had to work, so I decided that I should work too...well, if you call this work....I call it fun. It was a little cloudy/rainy and that is my favorite time to sew. I finished up a red/white/blue tote, this one is what I call my "medium size". It has pockets inside along with a ring for your keys, and a tab w/ button to close the bag.
I also sewed up the teacher bag for my friend Lisa. Whatcha think Lisa? Lisa is a resource teacher and has to take her things from room to room and wanted a bag big enough to take with her (again my "medium size"). I think this one will be a fun one for her to use.....love those polka dots :-) The pocket on the outside is made from a really cute "school" print.

Not sure what I will cut out next....keep posted :-)

PS: Going to the yard sale at Whims tomorrow (local scrapbook shop). Hope to find lots of bargains.

Have a great weekend and enjoy yourself.......

Teresa

Watermelon Quilt

This is a picture of the Watermelon Quilt that I finished up a few months ago. The quilt top was pieced together a couple years ago and I just put it in the closet and forgot about it.

In January, my neighbor and great friend, invited me to join her Monday Quilt day. So, I got the quilt out and started quilting. It took me about 2 months to quilt it as I didn't work on it all the time (you gotta stop and cook dinner every now and then...lol). Hand quilting takes a long time, but is so worth it in the long run.
I think there is a pattern kind of like this...but I made up my own pattern for this one....lol

Today, I got the rest of the Batik fabrics for the quilt I am making for my daughter...that is down the road for sure as I have 2 quilts ready to be quilted, and two more that are about 1/2 quilted each.

Will post more pictures of quilts in the future.

PS to all those asking about the TOTES....I got some more really neat fabrics today and will be sewing those in the next couple of weeks and post pictures as I get them done.

Happy Wednesday,
Teresa

Great Fun

This weekend sure was great fun. I went to a scrapbook crop sponsored by Hilltop Memories. What a great group of talented ladies. We were at the Kenilworth Lodge in Sebring, Florida.

I worked on the boys' (my grandsons) album and got 8 pages done. That isn't a lot compared to what some did, but for me.....that's good. I also tend to visit a lot...lol.
It was nice to get to know some of the ladies better and to meet new ones as well.

My roomie was so sweet. Melanie, it was so nice to get to know you and hope to see you again real soon.

Thanks again Linda for organizing such a wonderful weekend.

Teresa

Tote-ally adorable

I have been sewing a lot this week, and my tote inventory is building back up. Last night I made this tote-ally cute bag which is perfect for your favorite teacher. I can see it filled with supplies and a wonderful welcome gift for a new school year.
Check out the fabric, this is Debbie Mum fabric complimented with a black/white dot fabric. The lining is solid black with a splash of the dot fabric at the top of the lining.

Not sure if I will get another tote made now before next week as I need to pack for my weekend. I am joining the Hilltop Memories, www.hilltopmemories.com gals for a fun weekend of scrapping at Kenilworth Lodge in Sebring, Florida.

I wanted to thank a friend of mine and very lovely lady for all the very nice comments on her blog she sent out yesterday about my totes/purses....thanks MC! Check out her blog. You can link to it from my list....MC's Friendship Corner.

Have a fabulous weekend and enjoy doing the things you like to do....

Hugs to you,
Teresa

Here Kitty, Kitty

Today was a fairly productive day. It rained most of the day, my favorite thing to do on a rainy day is sew. This is a product of my productivity. Little kitties...aren't they cute?

I saw this verse today on another site and I will leave you with this:

So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of it's own. Today's trouble is ENOUGH for today.......Matthew 6:34

Teresa

Back to school

School will be starting before we know it....August 19th this year.
I retired a year ago, but I remember about this time each year we had very mixed emotions. We were eager to see all of our friends, colleagues and students and surely mixed the biweekly insult we used to call our paycheck...it wasn't that bad, but we used to think it was...lol.

I just finished this tote bag with all my teacher friends in mind. How fun it would be to carry your things to school in this one???

Take care,
Teresa

Happy Birthday Grandma

Tomorrow is my MIL's 84th birthday. She is a little shakey these days, so we took the party to her.
She surely enjoyed seeing everyone, but had a hard time understanding why we were all there. She asked us a million times who's birthday it was, we would tell her and then she would say...how old am I....then she would say...sweet 16 and never been kissed, but badly slobbered.....over and over and over again...LOL
Happy Birthday Great Grandma Betty!

Blue Jeans quilt

It has been a few days since my last post. Lots going on here for sure and raining cats and dogs right now.
But I did manage to finish up the blue jeans quilt made from recycled denim. I found the pattern from another post and you can check it out here: http://equilters.com/library/jeans/jeans_gallbaros.html
It was a lot of fun to do. I started it with my friend, Kathy when we visited her in Maggie Valley. My quilt has 100 squares (which started out as circles...lol) and we cut our template using a soup bowl, so it is about 7 inches across. The center fabrics are 4.5 inch squares.
This was a great way to use up those old jeans that either don't fit anymore or are worn out in the knees. And, it will be a great quilt to keep in our old car (36 Ford) to put on the ground for picnics, etc. Love how it turned out. I am showing you both sides of the quilt in the pictures.
Now it's time to get back to some totes and/or quilting one of the other ones I have going now.
Have a FAB weekend :-)
Teresa

Quilting is so comforting.

I decided to start to quilt my "I spy" quilt last night. This is one of the FOUR quilts that I am working on right now (I am a true Gemini...lol). I did finish up two quilts since January and have my grandmother's half quilted...like I said in my title "quilting is so comforting". I will talk about grandma's quilt in another post.
The "I spy" quilt was a real fun one to do. My friend and I collected fabric for a couple months from friends here and out of state (Texas and New York)...thanks ladies. :-) Our squares are cut 4 inches and we have 150 squares (all different). Then we added a 2.5 inch black sashing and a 3.5 inch red sashing. I embroidered the words "I spy" in primary colors all around the quilt.
My grandsons already love to find all the fun things on the quilt.
I will post another picture of the quilt when it is finished...who knows when that will be, that other twin keeps pulling me onto other projects...LOL.

I wanted to say a BIG Happy Birthday to my longtime friend, Barb.

Take care,
Teresa

Vacation is over

Today is hubby's last day of vacation and we finally got the yard done. It took us a couple of days as we just weren't used to this heat.

Check out my begonias....I think they went crazy while we were gone. I hate to cut them back, but I will have to in a day or two.

Guess we will just relax the rest of the day and cook us a good old country dinner later on....you guessed it....green beans and all the fixins :-)

I think I will sew this week a little and I am also anxious to get back to the boys' scrapbook. It's coming along good and they get so excited to see what I have done.

Hope you all had a great weekend, don't work too hard...enjoy life and have fun.

Teresa

Green Beans anyone?

We are missing the cool of the mountains today...that's for sure.
This is a picture of my Uncle Jack picking beans in my parent's garden. There is nothing like fresh veges....mmmmmm good.

Mom sent home a care package, but we wish we had those fresh veges all summer long.

Hope everyone had a nice week and ready to have a Great weekend.

Teresa

Did you miss us?

Hello all,
We just got back from a wonderful vacation to visit family in Kentucky for a few days and then drove over to the Smokey Mountains and visited our neighbor in Maggie Valley (they have a summer home there).
The weather was just beautiful and we were treated like royalty..almost like we were in a bed and breakfast for the week.
Even though we had a great time....there is no place like home. It feels great to be home.

I found some wonderful new fabrics on my trip (yes, my hubby let me go to LOTS of fabric stores...lol). You will be seeing new totes posted in the very near future with some of these fun prints.
I will leave you with a picture of our friends home in Maggie Valley.

Happy Wednesday

I have been really busy the last few days scrapbooking and doing other things.
I noticed from the feed that several of you from Kentucky have visited my blog. That is so cool. My mom lives just outside of Princeton and we are visiting her soon. I guess I will just give out a wave to all of you as we pass by... :-)

I just made up cute little recipe books for a small gift to some friends and this is the recipe that I have included on the first page of all of them.


It is from KraftFoods.com
Hope you like it as much as we did.

Carrot Cake
1 pkg. (2-layer size) spice cake mix
2 cups shredded carrots (about 1/2 lb.)
1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple, drained
½ cup Chopped Pecans, divided
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) Cream Cheese, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Topping, thawed
PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Prepare cake mix batter as directed on package, add carrots, pineapple and half of the pecans until well blended. Pour into 2 (9-inch) pans. Bake 25 to 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool.
MEANWHILE, beat cream cheese and sugar with electric mixer or wire whisk until well blended. Stir in whipped topping until well blended.
Spread cream cheese mixture between layers. Frost top and sides with remaining cream cheese mixture. Garnish with remaining pecans. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Take care,
Teresa

Gone to the Dogs

Today's post is in honor of all my 4 legged friends.
The black fabric has the cutest little paw prints.
The red fabric is the background for the sweetest little pooches. I have two of these available and will have another dog fabric to post soon.

Hope that your Sunday was what you wanted it to be. A little rain here, which was just what the lawn was screaming for.

Happy Sunday!
Teresa

Bag of many colors

I just love how colorful and cute that this tote turned out....don't you?

Has been a quiet day here, just dreaming up all kinds of ideas.

Hope your Saturday has been a GOOD one.

Teresa

Happy Birthday America

Good Morning America and Happy Birthday to you!
I hope that all of you are celebrating today doing the things that you love, and with the ones that you love.

I didn't get a chance to post yesterday because I was busy busy. Check out the TWO new bags that I sewed.
I have lots of fun fabrics...more to come....keep watching :-)

Happy 4th everyone !!!!!!!

Teresa

Purse

This has been a very popular purse this summer. Those of us that carry them absolutely LOVE them. I get compliments each time I'm out.

I have the bag in the photo, one with lavendar trim and another with a dark pink trim available. I am still on a search for this particular polk-a-dot fabric. But until I find it, I have located a dot a little smaller and the ladies that have purchased it say they like it just as well. Right Cathie?

They have pockets inside (hope you can tell that from the photo), helps to keep us all organized.

Golf bag

This is a bag that I made for my friend, Cathy. Her 3 year old son takes GOLF lessons and she says it will hold just about anything from keys, change of clothes, snack, etc.

I will post others that I have made or that are for sale in the next few days.

Happy Tuesday,

Teresa