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

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 

Tuesday Rughooking Day!

Today was rughooking get-together at Country Collections.   Seven ladies showed up to hook the afternoon away.

Here are some rugs that were finished by two of the ladies.

Kay hooked pumpkin head on a stick, a design by Among Friends. She bought this at the Lenexa hook-in.  Laura, in the background, is hooking a Halloween black cat's head on a stick, from the same designer.

This is a pattern by Emma Lou Lais. Kay started hooking it last month and finished it for this month's meeting.  She is our over-achiever hooker. She always brings something finished to every monthly meeting.

The next three rugs were done by Ann.  She really wanted to go to the  Lenexa hook-in but had already booked a cruise to the Western Carribbean.  She is planning on going with us next year though.  She hooked all three rugs in about a month.  Said she got on a roll and couldn't quit.

The heart rug is hooked from all the extra worms from previous projects.

These rugs are patterns she had for awhile. She decided she better get them hooked or give the patterns away.  She only hooks one project at a time, so she was a pretty busy lady!

I started a new hooking project. I signed up the the 2010 Rug Project from LJ Fibers. I received the first part and will post a picture later when I get more done on it.  Think it is going to be a really pretty rug.

We hooked, told silly stories about things that had happened to us, and laughed and laughed some more.  Before we knew it, the afternoon had passed and it was time to go.  Everyone packed up their stuff, said good-bye and we all headed home.  It was a great day together and look forward to next month's get-together.

Talk to you later.....

Blessings....patijane

More rugs from Lenexa hook-in and trip to Liberty, Missouri

Thought I would post some more of the beautiful rugs we saw this weekend at the Rock Creek Hook-in in Lenexa, KS.

 

Well hope you enjoyed the rugs. They were awesome in person..lots of very talented ladies.

Now for our Saturday afternoon jaunt to Liberty, Missouri.  Our first stop was Corbin Mill Place on Water Street.

Housed in this building are several shops.  First stop was Old Mill Stitchery.  Beautiful cross stitch samples everywhere.  I bought a couple of patterns from Notforgotten Farm.

The next shop was American! Whatever..primitive hooked rugs and wool owned by Sandy Williams.

Oh my, the walls were cover from the top of the wool bins all the way to the ceiling with hooked rugs.

   Loved the colors in this rug.

 This rug is a design from Woolly Fox.  If you look at the sheep's face, it appears that his looking straight at you or looking at the moon. Very cool!

This one is a Lori Brechlin design.

 

Just a sampling of the beautiful rugs that were hanging in this shop. 

The wood bins were full of all colors and textures of wool. 

We spent about 3 hours here and then headed to Rhonda Manley's, Black Sheep Wool Designs studio.  We arrrived there and were greeted by Rhonda and her husband.  What a great studio!  We were so overwhelmed by the studio and wool and rugs that none of us took pictures. So I guess you will have to use your imagination. We spent about an hour picking wools and left again with more WOOL.  Saturday evening we spent in the lobby of the hotel with other rughookers, talking and laughing, hooking on our rugs or doing needle punch.  We all said our good-byes that evening. Some were leaving early for the airport, others leaving to do some last shop stops before heading home.  

We left Sunday morning around 9am. We drove to Wichita, Kansas and stopped at a couple of antique stores that had been recommended to us. Here are the treasures I couldn't live without.

We ate a late lunch at Applebee's and then set out for home.  We arrived in Oklahoma City around 7pm.  Sandra and Ginger had to unload their treasures and head for home.   

 So we had an awesome weekend and made lots of new memories.  We are looking forward to next year and talked about leaving on Thursday instead of Friday.  Decided we could use an extra day of checking out more new shops(-: )

Have a great week.

Blessings......patijane

Road Trip--Oklahoma Aquarium

Hope everyone is well. Physical therapy is going well. Two more visits and then follow-up with the doctor.

Ellena and family are here from Puerto Rico and we are having a great time together. We headed to Jenks, OK on Wednesday afternoon. Ellena and Alex had a good friend from Rogers, AR we met in the evening for dinner. Carlos was a little charmer the whole time. Went to the hotel after dinner, got Andres and Carlos to bed and visited for awhile.

Got up Thursday morning, had breakfast and then headed to the Oklahoma Aquarium. Didn't know Oklahoma had an aquarium like this. Andres, Ellena and Alex upon arrival at the aquarium. Andres was so excited to see the fish. Grandpa and Carlos looking at the fish.

There is so much to see and do at the aquarium. Andres fed the turtles carrots with a clothespin fishing pole. Here he got to pet the stingrays.

Then it was time for the feeding of the sharks. The sharks are in a large tank and you can walk into a tunnel and they will swim above your head. Pretty eerie. Enjoying the fish.
Fun was had by all, including my other daughter, Ashlee and her boyfriend, Dominic.
We had a late lunch at Los Cabos, a Mexican restaurant close to the aquarium, and then headed for home. It was a great adventure and lots of memories were made.

Hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend and stays cool. The temperature today in Oklahoma City was 105 degrees. Enjoy your family and friends always.

Blessings....patijane