Pin Topper of the Month Clud (PTMC)

Vickie posted this on her blog and I thought that was a good idea so I'm going to spread the word too.

Gigi over at Pinks & Needles is starting up a Pin Topper of the Month club for 2010; open to the first 100 people who wants to join. I must say, I wish I was as talented as Gigi. Her pins are A-DOR-ABLE! I ordered 4 of them a few weeks ago and I got them yesterday. LOVE THEM! I'll have to take their picture and show you.

So? What are you waiting for?? RUN! Don't walk! over to Gigi's blog and post a comment that you want to join too. I don't think you'll regret it!

Enjoy your day!

Jen :)

OOOOOO! I can't wait to bust it open!

Oh. I got one. Delivered yesterday...I can't WAIT to open it! Well, I have opened it and peeked at a few of the fabric squares. I already have my list of fabrics that I want to get in bulk once they are available next year.

I think I need another. Just to look at.

Enjoy your day!

Jen :)

Birthday/C-Word Gifts

I will not mention the dreaded "C" word but it's fast coming upon us. I have two cousins (sisters) that both have birthdays in December (a day apart from each other) and the birthdays fall two weeks before the dreaded "C" word.

They admire the few totes that I've made for myself so I thought this year, I would make them each one as a combined birthday/C-word gifts. I'm also going to make them each a pink Yankees fleece blanket since they are both Yankees fans AND I stumbled upon the pink Yankees fleece at my local "we have everything" fabric mill store. I searched and searched for the pink fleece over the summer with the blanket idea. Come to find out, they had discontinued it. But I found it so I bought 4 yards of it. I digress... back to totes...

Kris made some very cute totes over the summer that I really liked. One is in her blog header that I totally copied but she knew in advance so it's okay ;) and another called the "Practical Bag" that she shared the pattern with me.

Here's my Cotton Blossom pinwheel charm tote for Cousin #1. I too left off the cuff from the original pattern. The tote looks MUCH better without it. I also added a magnetic snap and I forgot to do the inner pocket! Oh well. Who's gonna know?!


Next up... the awesomely purple (but you can't tell from the picture) Practical Bag for Cousin #2.

The purple fabrics that I used are awesome. They remind me of the color of grape Kool Aid.

And since I loved the pinwheel tote so much, I made one for myself! I used a Hushabye charm pack. I used the tote on an outing on Saturday and got lots of compliments on it. Again, I added a magnetic snap and forgot to add the inner pocket.


Here are all three together.

I've decided to make two more totes as gifts. From Punkie to the Grandmas. I picked Claire from Lazy Girl Designs. I figured my mom can use it as a lunch tote and my MIL can use it as a tote/purse. I bought my fabrics for it over the weekend and started cutting all the pieces out. I'm going to start those this week (I hope).

Enjoy your day!

Jen :)

Quilt Kit Giveaway

Judi at GreenFairyQuilts is having a wonderful giveaway of one of her quilt kits - Morning Bloom. The kit includes everything for the quilt top and binding. GREAT giveaway.

Go on over and try your luck!

Enjoy your day!

Jen

Giveaway Alert!

Seems like I'm doing more postings about giveaways happening on other blogs than posting anything happening in PunkiePie Land. Well, nothing is going on right now. Work is busy so I'm busy working. I'm actually working now but needed a break so I went blog reading.

Mary at QuiltHollow is having a giveaway of a very cute mini quilt. Perfect for a table topper or a mini christmas tree skirt or even decorating a wall.

Isn't it CUTE?! Pop on over and give your luck a try. Maybe you'll be the big winner. OR maybe I will be!

I do have a couple things to post about. I just have to find the time to get my thoughts organized and the pictures off my camera.

Enjoy your night!

Jen :)

I Love Giveaways!

Julie at jaybirdquilts is having a very generous giveaway for her 100th post. She giving away some goodies she brought home from Market.

Awesome! Go on over and try your luck. I think this one is going to have LOTS of entries!

Good luck!

Enjoy your day!

Jen

Happy Halloween!

The weather held out and we got to go out Trick or Treating. Since we live out in the country, we went to my grandmother's house to do our candy collecting. That's where I went as a kid. She lives in a decent sized neighborhood and it's easy to walk from house to house.

We were joined by my cousin's kids. Nicholas and Abbey. Amelia and Abbey are 2 years apart and they are becoming fast friends.

This year was another homemade costume by Mama. I convinced Amelia to be a black cat. I bought her black fleece pants and a black shirt. Added the fur boa stuff to the cuffs, ears and a tail and viola. A kitty. I'm going to take the boa stuff off the pants and shirt and she'll have clothes to put into rotation.

Unknown between my cousin and myself, Abbey too was a kitty. So she and Punkie matched somewhat.

Nicholas, my godson, is 12 and is getting into music. He decided he wanted to be Gene Simmons from KISS.

And a group shot. My aunt (Nicholas and Abbey's grandmother) dressed up as a witch and stayed home to give out candy.

I have big ideas for Amelia's costume for next year! I hope she will indulge me one more time and let me make her a costume again.

I hope everybody had a great Halloween! And now it time to get ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Enjoy your day!

Jen :)