It's Wednesday evening....

Blooming Clematis in my garden

and only two more days until the weekend. I am ready to hide eggs for Emma to find. I think she will have a wonderful time hunting them...she loves to be outside..can't wait. Her picture with the Easter Bunny went alright. He was walking around the shop when we arrived and she shook hands with him, touched his fur and talked to him. It was a different story when it was time to sit with him. Not what she had in mind. So here are the results.

 I have been hooking on my "Give Ye Thanks" rug from Spruce Ridge Studios. Still a lot more hooking to be done.

 We went to the park to walk the other day. Ashlee didn't have the stroller which was fine with Emma. She likes to walk and run and stop and fall down and have you pull her up by her hands. She says hi to everyone that passes and even tries running after the runners that pass her. She definitely gets her exercise. We stopped and played on the playground before heading back to the car. She likes
to ride on Poppy's shoulders too.

 Well it's getting late and I still want to do a little more hooking on my rug before I head to bed so better close for now. Have a good week...


Blessings....patijane

Happy New Year!!!!!

Happy New Year to everyone!!! Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe New Year. Emma came over and spent New Year's eve with us so that was the extent of our celebrating.  She did ring in the New Year by staying up past midnight. 


Nick left on New Year's day to head back to Mexico where he is working with an organic farming co-op in Juluchuca.  He moved into an apartment in the city of Zihuatenajo before coming home for Christmas and was ready to get back there and get settled in before Jeff and I go down there to visit next week.

My niece, Amber, Nick and her son, Levi

We had a nice Christmas with family and friends.  We celebrated Christmas Eve at my Mom's home. Christmas Day, Ashlee, Emma and Dominic came over and opened presents. Emma was so much fun this Christmas. She liked opening presents and would stop and play with each one. It took awhile for her to get them all opened...lol

Emma modeling her new purse, beads and bracelets

Christmas quilt - fits a king-size bed

 Several years ago, I won a Christmas quilt top from a local quilt store in Oklahoma City during a shop hop. Well this past summer, I finally bought the backing for it and Danna (my sister-in-law) and I put it on the quilting machine so I could start quilting it. Well, I never did get time to get it started, but Danna would go to the studio and work on it. So the week before Christmas Danna comes by one evening and she hands me the quilt. It is beautiful!!!!!! She did so much more quilting on it than I would have done. I am one lucky gal to have such a wonderful sister-in-law in my life.
 
 Well that's my Christmas holidays this year. Enjoyed time spent with Nick, Ashlee, Emma, Dominic and Jeff and time spent with my Mom and my brothers and their families that live here.

Getting ready for tax season, but first will be taking a trip to Mexico for a couple of weeks. I hope to do some posts on my blog while I'm there. So check back when you can.

Be sure and check out our etsy shoppe..prairiemoonprimitve. Ginger lists new stuff all the time. I'm working on some things and hope to list them in the next day or two.

Have a wonderful week and always wear a smile.


Blessings....patijane

Time for family and friends!!!

 

Last week flew by and I'm sure this

week will do the same. 

Hope everyone has finished their

shopping. I'm not quite done

yet, but should finish 

in the next few of days.

As promised in my last post, I did finally finish 

Emma's 1st birthday (July 13) rug.

Of course, I don't have it bound yet, but

I am so glad to be finished. 

Pink is NOT my color.

Last Tuesday (Dec 13) was our monthly

rughooking gathering.

Everyone brought a handmade gift 

to play "dirty Santa".

I hooked a tree on wool and

filled it with greenery.

Jean got mine.

Sandra's back,Kay, Cynthia,Ann, & Ginger

Carol, CJ, & Jean

Sandra

We had a wonderful day together

laughing and enjoying 

lots of food and fun

And I have to show you this Santa!!!

It was hooked by Carol.

Isn't it beautiful!!!!

I received some wonderful presents also

from my two bestest friends!!

 Sandra dyes the most beautiful colors.

Aren't these yummy!!!

Wonderful gifts from Ginger, too!!!

I forget to take a picture

but if you notice the striped fabric

in this picture, it it actually the

top of a light/ironing table.

 Ginger's husband built it

for me. 

I am one lucky girl to have such 

wonderful friends.

I am part of a wonderful group 

on eBay, AAPG. We do

secret Santa swap every year

and Kathy(Woolfind)

had my name. 

As you can see, Santa was very 

good to me and Emma.

Nick got home Friday(Dec 16) evening 

and we have been enjoying

time with him.

He was afraid Emma wouldn't remember him,

but she wasted no time in getting

him to color and read with her.

Oklahoma weather is so unpredictable.

It has been in the 50's and 60's

the last few days.

We have received some good

rains though which is

helping the drought situation.

Emma was enjoying the water puddles!!!

Have a great week and enjoy

the holidays with

family and friends.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!!!

Blessings.....patijane

One More Week...

and Nick will be home for Christmas.  Looking forward to seeing him and spending time with family and friends.

 Don't you just love this snowman pillow?  Joanne was doing a giveaway on her blog and I was one of the lucky winners. She hooked it on a piece of wool and it is simply wonderful. I love it!!!!!  Thank you so much, Joanne. Tell the boys thank you too!!!

I have been hooking on Emma's rug that I started in June and am almost finished.  I will post a picture in a day or two. This is the pattern that Frank Bielec drew from a picture I had of Emma at Tyler Rug Camp in May.  I was supposed to have it finished by her first birthday (July 13) but it didn't happen. I think because it is "pink". So watch for it in the next post.

Jeff and I went to a Christmas celebration he read about in the paper at Perkins, OK last Thursday evening. It is a small town and I think everyone was there to celebrate. They served frito chili pie, homemade desserts and hot cocoa.  It was at the Oklahoma Territorial Plaza.  Several old buildings that had been moved there and restored were open to walk thru. Santa arrived on the local fire truck and kids were lined up waiting to tell him what they wanted for Christmas. We even took a hayride through a nearby neighborhood.  It was a nice evening trip!!

Ashlee had pictures of Emma made with angel wings.  Emma wasn't too impressed with them at first, but the photographer did get some good shots.

Well, I hope to get a Christmas tree this weekend and get some decorating done. Started my Christmas shopping and hope to do a little bit more this weekend, too.  Hope to get some baking done too.

A cold front came thru this evening and I hope it stays cold for awhile. I like the cold weather especially during Christmas time. 

Have a great weekend and enjoy time with family and friends.

Blessings....patijane

Road Trip to Canton TX...First Monday Trade Days

Well,  this was our starting point on Friday at Canton TX, First Monday Trade Days. 

This was our first time to be here and there was so much to see. We started at 8am. Stopped for lunch at 12:30. Did more shopping and left about 2pm.  

We didn't even put a dent in seeing all that was available, but needed to head back home and decided there would definitely be more trips to First Monday in the future. 

I came home with some old wooden bobbins and silver spoons.

Scrabble tiles, an old oil can and a glass star ornament for the Christmas tree.

Our trip began on Thursday morning driving to Lindale TX to meet with Jeff's niece, Donna and her husband, Wendell. We got there about 11:30am.

Jeff talked business with them and then we went to lunch.  We said our good-byes and the fun part of our trip began.

We drove to Mineola, TX and spent the afternoon browsing the many antique stores there.

 

I liked this shop the best.  Lots of vintage items.

I found cookie cutters, vintage glass Christmas tree ornaments and

a Scrabble game with lots of tiles.

I'm going to use them to make some ornaments with old yardsticks.

The color of this shelf caught my eye. I could see lots of possibilities

but when I saw the price tag, $345, decided I would have to 

let it remain at the store.

We walked around to see some of the other sites. I snapped

a picture of this house because I liked the porch.

I'm sure in its early days it was spectacular.

We came across this hardware store. The window displays caught my eye.

We didn't get to go in though. It closed at 3pm. 

We missed it by 10 minutes.

We looked thru the window and it had lots of neat stuff, but was

also a delicatessen. Maybe next time we can go in.

We drove to Canton Thursday evening and 

found a bed and breakfast to stay at for the night.

Nice room with a king-size bed. 

View out the front door was the pool with a hot tub.

Too cool right now, but might go back next spring.

So that was our latest road trip. 

Ginger told me about a craft show

this weekend so will be checking it out Saturday morning.

Emma is coming over around 3pm on Saturday. 

Ashlee and Dom have a concert to go to.

Think Emma and I will get started on decorating for Christmas

The weatherman is calling for a snow here by Monday. 

Hope he is right. Would like to see some of that white stuff.

Ginger and I have opened an ETSY shop, 

so stop by and check it out.

Have a great weekend and do something fun!!!

Blessings....patijane

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing everyone a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving Day.  Enjoy the day with family and friends. Say a prayer for those who are not able to be with family on this day that God will keep them safe.

Blessings......patijane 

Play Day at Last!

After three weeks of day and night  tax work, we finally hit the road for a day of fun and relaxation.  Now you may not think that driving is relaxing but Jeffrey does. So after my dental appointment this morning, we headed south for some places to visit.  We had driven by them on previous trips but did not have time to stop and check them out.

First stop was in Noble at an antique shop called Ripleys.  We didn't stay too long there as there was not much that interested me.  I did buy a tall basket to hold some hooked rugs and a small doll trunk. 

Next  stop was Deanna's Architectural Salvage in Ada.  Just let me say I didn't even make a dent in this place.  Inside alone there is probably 10,000 square feet of  'stuff' to look out. We started looking outside first and still didn't even see all that was outside.

Treasures found at Deanna's Architectural Salvage

After all that shopping, we headed to Davis OK for some BBQ at Smokin Joes.  Some friends had told us about this place. Said it was really good BBQ.  We got there about 3:15 and they were out of ribs and chicken, but said they would have some ready by 4.  So we decided to wait.  Since we were starving we split a chopped beef sandwich with french fries.  It was very good and we should have stopped there, but we had already ordered ribs and chicken to eat when it was ready at 4.  Well out came the ribs and chicken and we did eat a small amount but most of it came home with us.  There is lunch and dinner for the next  couple of days ((-:

Before heading back to Oklahoma City, we stopped at a garden center that had white pumpkins.  Every year I buy white pumpkins and this year I could not find any in the city.  Found a neat striped looking pumpkin too.

Thought I would show you what I did at Happy Trails Rug Camp.  I have done oxford punch before with Frank so I  worked on stuff in the evening after camp was over.  I did some of the small ornaments he had given us patterns for.  I need to put antlers on the reindeer and a squiggly vine on the pumpkin. Then hangers on them to use them as ornaments. Super quick to punch and plan on doing more for Christmas tags on presents.

 And a first for me: My sister-in-law, Danna, is a very talented quilter and decided last year to enter a couple of her quilts in the Oklahoma State Fair for the first time.  She won ribbons on them and was so excited that this year she entered again. Well, she talked me into entering a hooked rug.  You don't know if you won anything until you go to the fair and look for them in the displays. So on the opening day of the fair we went that evening and started looking for our entries.  Well, Jeff was the first to spot mine and guess what...I got a blue ribbon..I was so excited!! So I guess I could say that is one thing off my bucket list...enter something in the State Fair.

Old Thyme House designed by Maria Barton of Star Rug Company

And now for the finale....Emma.  She is growing up so fast.  She turned 15 months on October 13.  Since I have been working more, I don't get to see her quite as often, usually a couple of times during the week and sometimes on Saturday.  So enjoy the pictures!  She is truly one special litte girl to her Nanna and Poppy.

Coloring while Nanna works in her sewing room

Crazy hair in the morning

Miss Hollywood..she likes to wear sunglasses

Trying on Poppy's boots

Well that is how my last 3 weeks have been. Busy at work,  but still able to enjoy other things as well. This weekend is supposed to be really nice so hoping to get some yard work done.  Wishing everyone a great weekend and do something fun.


Blessings.....patijane