Celebrate National Craft Month

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Join the Craftsy community in celebrating National Craft Month!

 

There are so many ways you can celebrate National Craft Month. Here are some fun ideas:

• Enroll in one of Craftsy's fabulous new classes including The Classic Double Wedding Ring, Elevating Oriental Stringwork and more.
• Shop Craftsy's selection of over 100 quilting kits and yarn kits.
• Celebrate for FREE with one of Craftsy's free mini-classes, from Complete Knife Skills with Brendan McDermott to Painting Flowers in Acrylic with Micah Ganske.
• And even delight in free patterns like the Wear Everywhere Dress Sewing Pattern, Crocodile Stitch Baby Blanket Crochet Pattern, Tree of Life Cross Stitch Embroidery Pattern and beyond.

Whatever your creative outlet of choice, take this month to enjoy the beauty of crafting because when you create something with your hands, you always use your heart!

Plus, enter for your chance to win a Craftsy class of your choice for FREE!

 

To make sure this month is one to remember, Craftsy is giving away a class to three lucky members, who will be selected at random at the end of the month. Whether you’re a painter, quilter, cake decorator, photographer or just a creative person that wants to try something new, winning will enable you to select your perfect class.

Enter the Giveaway!

The deadline to enter is March 31st, 2014, at 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be notified via email on April 1st, 2014.

How are you going to celebrate National Craft Month?

TUSAL - March 1

Whoa, the new moon for the next TUSAL with DaffyCat has come and gone...I must have been sleeping LOL

 For the story of why I (we) are posting photos of our thread trimmings please go here. I'll wait while you take a look... *smile*

And here are my trimmings since last time:

Thanks for stopping by! Oh, and check out my previous post...a call to Craft it Forward in 2014. I'm still on the lookout for 5 4 interested people.

Crafting it Forward in 2014

A short while back, I answered Terry's call for 5 people willing to sign up to "craft it forward".

And I received a beautiful candle mat from her...pictured here front, then back. Isn't it lovely!

And now it is my turn to Craft it Forward... here are The Rules:

1.     I will make a crafty gift for the first five (5) people to comment on this post and say they would like to be a part of my Craft it Forward. The gift you will receive is a small surprise, and will arrive to you anytime within the next nine (9) months.

2.     To sign up to take part in Craft it Forward, you must commit to doing the same. Once you receive your item from me, post this (or something similar) on your blog so others can get involved. You then make them something, and Craft it Forward goes on and on!

3.     Leave a comment on this post telling me that you wish to participate. Please do NOT leave your mailing address in this comment, but rather, be sure I have a way to contact you so you can provide me with your snail mail address then, and I can get your crafty gift off to you as smoothly as possible.

Thank you to Terry for the fun I had receiving her cute little parcel, and thank you to those willing to commit!

Upcoming Hops with Sew We Quilt

The lovely and sew creatively talented

(don't you just love her newest avatar?!)

of  

(hostess of the most original and outstandingly fun blog hop blog)

 has many of us ready to ruffle... with Amy of Sew Incredibly Crazy

Followed by the madly waving! Thearica of Pigtales and Quilts

To be followed by...signups open next week

If you love to do embroidery, cross stitch or chicken stitch…Mdm Samm offers you this chance to REVEAL your SUPERPOWER!!!

Imagine:

...a great banner for your sewing room,
...or a wall hanging for that special child of yours,
...a reminder of how special they are
...something on your bathroom door to remind you to smile

YOU Have SUPERPOWERS! 

YOU can do ANYTHING

as long as there is some stitching in it..and you reveal your SUPERPOWER!

 Why yes. Of course Mdm. Samm has another hop in the works...

"Soooooon we will be announcing another new hop
about PICNICS….it is time…
and there is no doubt in my mind
YOUR summer will be filled with PICNICS and PICNIC baskets…"

 

Sign up for his many PICNIC BASKET SPECIALS

March and April will be two very exciting months! Are you looking forward to seeing the results of the creative minds participating in these hops? I know I am. And now it is time to get back to dreaming and designing my own flag to wave madly!

Smalls SAL - February 26

Well, behind again. I was working on my I heart heart Gallifrey for February, but really got derailed this last 1 1/2 weeks with the illness of my mother. I am about 2/3rds finished...will get caught up soon.

In the meantime, please accept this other stitchery in its place. I worked on a project for the Don't Let the Door Stop You blog hop, and created a small stitchery with that...also from Vicky Ramage (Comastitch). Pattern available for purchase on Craftsy. I used the stitchery on a door stop. I just love gingham, and fell in love with this pattern.

A Difficult Goodbye...

It is with difficulty and with sadness that I announce the passing of my mother yesterday morning.

I have thoroughly enjoyed helping to care for her in the nursing home where she spent the last two years of her life. The staff were very loving and of immense support all during this time.

Thank your Lord for giving this time to me...I know that not everyone gets it, and I am very grateful for the love and nurturing I was able to give her during such a dependant stage in her life.

We are all well here, and loving and supporting each other. Thank you for understanding my absence at this time.

Love to you all, be back soon.

xox

A Poem

received, I do not know the author, but it is very appropriate for me today.

I was regretting the past

And fearing the future.

Suddenly my Lord was speaking:

“My NAME is I AM.”

He paused.

I waited.  He continued.

“When you live in the past with its mistakes

and regrets, it is hard.  I am not there.”

My name is not…I WAS.

“When you live in the future, with its problems

and fears, it is hard.  I am not there.”

My name is not…I WILL BE.

“When you live in this moment…

It is not hard.  I am here.

My name is…I AM.”