The theme of the party is MUSTACHES. And the colors were, you guessed it, green and brown.Isn't that party going to be adorable?!!!I wish I had a little boy!

  Oh, what's that?  You say YOU need some cutsom party invites?Well, I'll design them for you and you can print as many as you would like.Click here for details and use the code holidayFUN to score 20% off through this Saturday!

Remember my Book Review of this book? 

For my review I did a project straight from the book itself with fantastic results. Here it is in it's early stages, having cut the freezer paper with a Martha Stewart punch (which I already owned) and having applied the fabric paint.

And here's the result.  Oh, the cuteness!  She's yawning because it's tiring being this fashionable.

I've got some great things planned for this blog
now that the baby is getting older,
our life is getting back to normal
and the holidays are upon us. 

Stay tuned for some fun holiday themed crafts, crafty guest bloggers, unbiased craft book reviews (to help you get your wish list in order) and quilty goodness.

So be sure to check in all through December.
It's gunna be a very good finish to 2010!

CRAFT ON!

My amazingly talented college buddy, Jeanie, is a graphic designer. Something that seems very hip compared to my frumpy-mommy-ness. But, then again, Jeanie always was very chic...wearing cool and slightly quirky cherry print dresses to church with opaque tights WAY before the rest of the fashion world realized how cool that was.

Well, Jeanie has FREE printable Thanksgiving place cards for your table this year. Hurry and print some because they are only free for a limited time. These two are my favorites, but she has many designs to choose from.

Despite the fact that we only have four chairs around our table and assigned seats for our family, I will be decorating my table with these this Thursday and feeling very chic indeed.

Download yours via Jeanie's blog by clicking here.

( Turkish Proverb Bird Print. Buy it here. )

I thought this was a very interesting list. It seems that knitting is going stronger than I realized. I am going to have to bust out my knitting needles and try one of those books!


    
01. The Handmade Marketplace by Kari Chapin
02. Little Green Dresses by Tina Sparkles
03. Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece by Gail Callahan
04. More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson
05. Wired Beautiful by Heidi Boyd
06. Simplify with Camille Roskelley
07. Sock Yarn One-Skein Wonders by Judith Durant
08. The Earring Style Book by Stephanie A. Wells
09. Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts
10. Brave New Knits by Julie Turjoman

Have YOU read any of these books? 
If so, what did you think?

Ruth from Hammer & Thread made a Knuffle Bunny using my original pattern (found here).
Hers looks perfect...even better than mine!
Check it out as being hugged by her adorable son Asher.

I just LOVED seeing your Knuffle, Ruth!  Great job!

Seriously, have you ever seen such adorable fabric? No, me neither.

Tailor Made by Cosmo Cricket for Andover Fabrics.Buy it here.

Products from MIXED TAPE by Paislee Press


Products from AT HOME by Paislee Press. *note: this page was made for my scrapbooking friend, Jody, and her daugther shown in the picture above.  Her daughter is starting to fight a second bout of cancer and this layout was part of an inspiration book made by Jody's friends to help her family through this difficult process.
 

I know, many of you are waiting for tutorials from my SYTYC projects, but I need a slight maternity leave.

I swear I will be back soon.