Well Hi There! It's a been about a week since I've really posted on here. Let me catch you up. Power was FINALLY restored to my house on Saturday 9/3 around 7:00 pm. A couple days sooner than we were told and I was super happy about it. Life has finally gotten back to normal.
Speaking to back to normal.. SCHOOL STARTED! WOOHOO!!! The 1st day of school was pushed out 3 days due to the lack of power so instead of Amelia starting 1st grade on 8/31, she started 9/6.
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| new rolling backpack |
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| It was raining so she wore her new raincoat. |
First grade already. I can't believe it.
Ellyn had admired my chicken pincushions and we decided to do a little mini swap. Ellyn was totally on the ball and sent mine already. Me? I'm a little slow. I'm working on it. With the week of no power and my husband asking me not to sew "too much" and then Amelia's first week of school... I'm getting my sewing groove back. I'm working on it Ellyn! I promise! Do you want to see what she made me?
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| all the goodies! |
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| mini "Jen" embroidery hoop |
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| Halloween mug rug |
That embroidery hoop is hung up in my sewing room already and the mug rug is next to my sewing machine. Ellyn also included a ladybug barrette for Amelia. It's in the first picture next to the buttons. Amelia loves it. And there are some Halloween charms there too that I decided I would make into a table topper for myself since I have zero Halloween decorations. But I need to get a new walking foot first. Mine busted and right now, I'm too cheap to spend the 50 bucks to get a new one.
While working on Ellyn's swap items, I also started on my October Santa Sack Swap items for
Melissa. My September items are all done but I thought I would get on the ball and get October done too and send both month's gifts at the same time. Here's a little sneak peek...
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| OOOOO! I wonder what it could be! |
From my blog
snooping reading, I found out that Halloween is Melissa's favorite holiday so I thought it would be appropriate to make something "Halloweeny" for her October gifts. Sorry Melissa! You will have to wait until NEXT Halloween to use them though!
That's all for now!
Enjoy your day!
Jen
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I can't wait to see the table topper you make!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun gifts from Ellyn -- they're both just adorable. I sure wish we could see that October secret gift LOL.
ReplyDeleteAnd First Grade! Wow! Lil' Miss Punkie Pie looks so cute heading off to school -- I hope she has a great year!
First grade! I hope she has a wonderful year of school.
ReplyDeleteWonderful gifts from Ellyn!
I love love love halloween and can't wait to see what that surprise is!!! Congrats on school starting, I'm sure it'll be a good year!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you kicked it into high gear Jen! Your gifties are really sweet... and I can't wait to see what you are up to with the Halloween fabrics with the cute ric rac!
ReplyDeleteAmelia looks all ready! What a cutie!
ReplyDeleteGesh, they sure grow fast, don't they?!?!?! What a cute raincoat!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the hoop! How cute is that?
I'm glad your power is back on and things are on their way back to normal! What an exciting way to go back to school in a fun raincoat :-) That is going to be a fun swap!!
ReplyDeletelove the halloween mug rug! Super Cute!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that mini-embroidery hoop idea. And the mug rug is too cute! What cool stuff. Good idea about a swap, your chicken pincushions awesome! Amelia looks so cute in her new raincoat. I hope she's enjoying school. xo Jen
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