And the winner is.......

Hello all,

I know this was to take place on Friday, but I worked all day and had to finish a craft for a chinese auction and then yesterday we had an 8 hour swim meet and then drove 3 hours one way to see a camper that was for sale. The camper turned out to be "crappy" and moldy and gross.... Sorry I am late, but better late than never. So here is the winner of my first giveaway.....

Black Sheep Lisa

Congrats to you and here is what you won:;

Hope you enjoy. I will email you for your address. Thanks to all and have a great Sunday, Kim

Cath's Pennies is having a giveaway

Hey guys,

Check out the beautiful fall penny mat that Cath is giving away on her blog. Go to her blog at 

http://cathspennies.blogspot.com/2009/07/giveaway-time-pumpkin-penny-rug.html

My birthday giveaway!!!!!!

Hello folks, 

I am going to have my first giveaway for my August birthday. I haven't taken a picture of it yet, but I will soon. I have just completed a stitchery and I put it in a frame. I did a redo on a little peg shelf from Sal. Army. I also will include two, small, paper mache boxes. One will be painted and one will have fabric. This is too much fun!! Hope everyone's summer is going great!! I can't believe we are in August already. Time is flying by too quickly.

Okay, so all you have to do to enter my giveaway is leave a comment here on this post. In your comment please tell me something great that God has done for you.  I will choose the winner on Friday, August 7. Good luck to you!!

Here are some pics of my boys, my hubby and me. We went to the Pittsburgh Pirates game last week. We had free tickets. They lost, but we had a great time and got free beach towels. Can't beat it.

no sew curtains for my kitchen

Hello,

I kept looking at my old (9 year old) lace kitchen curtains and I don't hate them, but I definitely needed a change. I checked out a bunch of blogs and saw that a lot of you make your own from sheets, so I figured "why not?". So, I went to Gabriel Brothers and found a Queen size flat sheet. I brought it home and luckily it still had all of the creases from being folded so nicely in it's little package. Well, all I did was cut out 4 rectangles along those creases. I bought Stitch Witchery and ironed them. I used some green checked homespun for the tiebacks.

I really like how different they make the room feel. I told my older son that they make the kitchen warmer (meaning the atmosphere is cozy). He replied, "Yeah, it isn't as cold in here anymore." hee hee hee- boys, you gotta love em!!

My hutch redo- need opinions..

Hello,

I like my dining room hutch so much better now, but I am not sure what to do with the panels at the bottom. I took out the punched tin and replaced it with the homespun material. I really like it, but does it need more? I stitched 3 little samplers on muslin: faith, hope and love. I was planning on putting those on the panels. They aren't very big, but when I put them on it, I didn't like it. Does it look okay naked?

I love how the red and black turned out. It was really easy to do.  I just got the redware plate from ebay. It came in the mail today. I love it. It is from Ohio. The total cost with shipping was $7.00. You can't beat that! I saw all of the redware and yellow ware on Behind my Red Door blog and love it and decided I had to have a piece myself.

We finally are having  a few sunny days here in PA, so we are back in our pool. Enjoy the picture of my sons and their friend fooling around on the steps. Crazy boys!!

Look at what I won!! Fantastic!!

Hi folks,

I have been so busy with picnics and such that I haven't gotten much accomplished lately. I went to GW last night and got a few goodies. So, I will be busy soon enough. Plus, the weather here in PA has been gorgeous lately so I have been swimming and working at our local pool (asst. magr).

Well, onto the goody. I won the wonderful Americana Annie doll from Kim at simple-needs. She is soooooo big and sooooo prim. I love her!! She looks great on the little chair that was a redo from my mom's basement.  Please take time to go over to her blog and check out her other goodies. http://simple-needs.blogspot.com

Thanks for stopping by. As soon as I can figure out my scanner, I have 2 patterns to share with ya. Have a great summer day, Kim

Anyone out there from Montana???

Hello,

My hubby and I have seriously been talking about moving to the state of Montana from Pittsburgh PA (quite a move I know). My older son has Seasonal Affective Disorder. Here in PA we only get about 55 days of sunshine a year, so he is incredibly moody (like PMS for boys though). So my question is: Can anyone give me any helpful info about Montana? How is the weather? What is a good part of the state to move?

I am a teacher so finding a job will probably be hard, but he needs a change badly. I have been to Montana twice back in the early 90s. I loved it and would welcome the move. Please help!

Thanks, Kim