Giveaway Winner is......

Gayle from Utah!!!!! Congratulations, Gayle!  You can email me at patijanesprimitives@yahoo.com with your mailing information. Thanks to everyone who left comments on the giveaway post.  I appreciate all of you taking the time to leave a comment.

Creative Market, Nov 11 & 12

Friday and Saturday were busy with the craft festival that I did with Ginger.  We set up on Thursday evening.  The ladies of the church, where the show was being held, had made stew and cornbread for anyone that wanted to eat after setting up.  Well, of course, Ginger and I couldn't pass up stew and cornbread. It was sure good and we found out later it was just a sampling of what they would have the next two days.

First day

  Our friend, Sandra, came out to help us at the festival.  Thursday turned out to be kind of a slow day, but we enjoyed each others company and getting to sit and visit.  I think Sandra did get some of her Christmas shopping done throughout the day.  Now, back to the food.  On Friday, I arrived about 8am to do some finishing on the booth.  Jeff brought me since I was leaving at 5pm to attend the induction ceremony into the Alpha Pi Nu Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society for our daughter, Ashlee. Breakfast was homemade biscuits and sausage gravy or homemade cinnamon rolls.  We settled on the biscuits and gravy since the cinnamon rolls were not finished baking yet, but they sure did smell good.   Lunch was Indian tacos and three kinds of homemade pies..coconut, chocolate and pecan. We were so full from the tacos, there was no room for pie just yet. I did get a piece of coconut to go the share with Jeff later in the evening.  About 2pm, Ginger went to get some tea and they had just finished making fried pies.  Well, couldn't pass those up..they were still hot.  Apricot or lemon...I got apricot..my favorite.  They were DEEELICIOUS!!!!!!  So we all left that evening definitely full, in fact, almost miserable because none of us usually eat that much food in one day.

Our daughter, Ashlee,decided last fall to go back to school to become a registered dietician. We are so very proud of her as she is also raising our beautiful granddaughter, Emma. She has worked very hard this past year and was accepted into the program starting in January.  She has maintained a 3.8 GPA and was inducted into the Alpha Pi Nu Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society on Friday evening. Jeff, me and Emma attended the ceremony.

Saturday was quite a bit busier and the day went by pretty fast.  Ginger and I, however, did not eat as much food on Saturday.  We were still full from Friday((-:   We had a great time at the craft festival and hope to do it again next year.

Have a great week and give a smile to a stranger. It just might make their day.

Blessings.....patijane 

Rughooking Day!!

Yes, today was our monthly rughooking get-together at Country Collections in Moore, OK.  We meet the second Tuesday of every month to work on hooked rugs, stitcheries, wool appliques, or just whatever we feel like doing. 

L to R: Sandra,Laura,Kay,Gail,Ginger

Part of the group above. Several of the ladies did not make it today, but we still have a good time talking and laughing with each other.

Sandra with her finished rug. Simply beautiful!!!!

Laura's rug. Awesome two-color rug!

Small mats finished by Laura

Mats and black pumpkin finished by Kay

Gail is a quilter and came to visit with us today. She was ready to start sewing on the binding. Enjoyed her visit to our group today.

Gail's quilt

And this little mat was started and finished by Ginger today. She arrived with no loops pulled on the snowman and left with a finished hooked project ready for the binding.

Snow/Jack pattern by Wendy Miller/The Red Saltbox

We did have another earthquake last night around 8:30pm but so far none today. It measured a 4.7 but didn't seem to last as long as the other two. Hope all this shaking slows down soon.


As usual, some Emma pics from last weekend.  Hope you enjoy them as much as I do. She is such a sweet little girl and so much fun.

Gigi (my Mom) and Emma at Eli's birthday party

Eli's 1st birthday (my great nephew)

Wearing Poppy's hat

Enjoying the warm sunshine on Sunday

Well, guess I better get back to getting some things finished for the craft show on Friday.

Before I go, let me tell you about another giveaway to check out. My AAPG friend, Kelley, is having a giveaway for her 500th post.  Click here and it will take you to her blog. She is an awesome lady and does beautiful hooked rugs, quilts and cross stitch.


Blessings....patijane

Was that the house shaking?

 

Well, I never thought about being in an earthquake and surely, never thought one would happen in Oklahoma. But early Saturday morning, around 2:15am, I experienced one.  I have a craft show this weekend, Nov 11 and 12, so I was finishing up some projects when it happened.  It sounded like the wind had started blowing really, really hard. The roof was creaking and then the windows started rattling. The dishes in the cabinet were rattling when I went to see what  was happening outside. I thought a storm was coming.  Didn't last very long and when I tried to wake up Jeff, he just rolled over.  Told him I thought we had just had an earthquake. He looked up and said ok and went back to sleep. Had the TV on, but nothing on about it. Such a spooky feeling, I couldn't go to sleep so stayed up until about 4am. Did get a lot done, though ((-:

Saturday night about 11pm it happened again, only this time I knew what it was.  When it started Jeff looked at me with a puzzled look.  I told him it was another earthquake. This one lasted longer than the first one. Anyway, it was a scary feeling to feel the house shake and things rattle and move. 

Today, we have been under a tornado watch.  There was some tornadoes in southwest Oklahoma this afternoon that did damage some homes and businesses. Didn't hear about any injuries so hopefully everyone was in their hidey holes during the storms.  Never know what might happen here in Oklahoma.


Be sure and sign up for my giveaway. You can read about it in my previous post.  Drawing will be on Sunday, November 13. 

Enjoy the week ahead!

Blessings....patijane 

It's Giveaway Time!!!!!

 Well, I finally reached post 100 last Wednesday. Yaaaay!!!!! So I am going to do a giveaway to those who follow and read my blog.  The picture above are the goodies you will receive from me if you are the winner.  They are all handmade by me.  Leave a comment on this post and you will be entered in the giveaway.  I will draw a name on Sunday, November 13, 2011.


Today was my day off from work and I spent it with Ashlee and Emma. We went shopping for a birthday present for my great nephew, Eli, who is turning one.  Emma enjoyed looking at all the toys and pushing the buttons on the ones that made noise. We came home with a toy camera that teaches counting and says "Cheese" when you push the button. Also bought him a couple of warm outfits for the winter.

So plans for this weekend are to celebrate Eli's first birthday on Saturday.  The rest of the weekend is getting stuff ready for a craft show next Friday and Saturday, November 11 and 12.  My friend, Ginger, and I signed up to do this craft show during the summer, but I seem to always wait until the last minute to get things done.  Guess I work better when facing a deadline.


The weather here in Oklahoma City turned cold on Wednesday.  We had our first freeze in Oklahoma City last night so it's about time for those winter coats to come out of the closet.  Emma arrived at the house with her new winter coat.  She found these Halloween glasses and had to try them on.  Such a funny little girl!!!

Hope everyone has a weekend full of fun and family.  Enjoy the outdoors as much as you can 'cause soon it will be too cold to be outside.


Don't forget to leave a comment on this post to enter my giveaway.  If you're new to my blog be sure to sign up to follow me and leave a comment to be entered.  Good luck to everyone!!!!


Blessings.....patijane