Mare's nest: WhAt'S mAkiNg Me SmiLe ToDaY!

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

WhAt'S mAkiNg Me SmiLe ToDaY!

Well I got it yesterday and it's still making me smile today!!

Is there anything better than coming home to find a totally unexpected package in the mail???

A lovely package from a fellow blogger?

With a pretty card and sweet thoughts?

oooooooooooo and the gifty wrapped in batting!!!

a FABULOUS water bottle with a gorgeous cover!!! I love it!!! I want an entire quilt out of those fabrics!! (sorry about the kind of creepy cat eyes in the background, black cats can do that)

Isn't it great! Red is one of my regularly favorite colors!

and oh my gosh! look at the bottle inside that fabulous jacket!

It is tooooooooooooooo CUTE for words!!!

Thank you so much Pat!!!! What a great way to end my day!!!

If you want to visit my friend Pat and see what other wonderful things she is up to in her sewing room, go here: http://bellcreekquilts.blogspot.com/

3 comments:

SkippyMom said...: That is so cute. What a sweet friend you have to surprise you. :); August 17, 2011 at 6:52 AM
Pat at Bell Creek Quilts said...: so happy it all arrived safe and sound. Happy drinking from your new water bottle! :); August 17, 2011 at 7:08 AM
Keep Stitchin' said...: Love it!! Lucky you! I love those materials too. I have a small collection of 30's repros that I'm going to turn into a quilt, but I have more pastels than the brights right now. The bottle is awesome! And the cover is fun!; August 17, 2011 at 8:13 AM

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Three pennies a day

I have been trying to give my three cents worth lately. I read about this movement to change the world by 3 pennies.
What you do is, every morning you put three pennies in your left pocket. During the course of the day if you do something nice for someone you move one penny to your right pocket. So, it can be something big and nice, something unexpected and nice or even something small and nice like opening the door for a stranger. Then at the end of the day your goal is to have the three pennies in your right pocket.
Kind of neat huh? Just a little pocket reminder to be nice to people and go out of your way a bit. I also tell myself sometimes, "ooo that wasn't a nice thought, I should have to move my penny back!" ;-)
I hope whoever reads this has a three penny day.

Up date on one of the Worlds Smallest Quilt Guilds

Our membership is now officially 50% bigger than previously noted! My good friend Susan from Florida is now an official member of the guild. Initiation took place at the International Quilt Festival in Chicago. Flori, as she is lovingly called in our guild brings a special imitable style to our most exclusive guild. She hob-nobs with Alex Anderson, rubs elbows with Pink Flamingos and knows me! Guess that last part wasn't too humble now was it? ;p Flori is our official Officer in Charge of Coffee and she did her job remarkably well at the festival, finding coffee for us when the situation was getting quite desperate. She also found coffee fabric which was quite the feather in her cap. Well, it would be if she was wearing one. Good job new officer!

History of One of the wolds smallest quilt guilds

I once believed I belonged to THE worlds smallest quilt guild, 2 people- my favorite cousin and myself. Then Mary Stori came to my local guild as speaker and she pointed out that she and a fellow quilt friend were the worlds smallest quilt guild. So, I had to revise my thinking. ONE of the worlds smallest quilt guilds consists of myself and my favorite cousin, we don't have regular meetings as the distance is a bit far for either of us to commit to on a regular basis. She lives in gorgeous Colorado, with a spectacular view of Pikes Peak, I live in lovely Wisconsin, within a short drive of beautiful Lake Michigan.
As a guild however, we are working on 2 or more round robbins. I say 2 or more because I forget exactly where we are with them. I have 2 at my house, and if I remember correctly she has 1 at her house. When we get together, usually in CO, we do a lot of quilt retreating as she has a longarm machine. We don't pay dues, and we haven't decided yet which of us is president, but I think I'm going to run for that office this year. I'm pretty sure I will win as she is awfully busy homeschooling 5 kids, taking care of a baby and running her longarm machine daily. She does most of the charity quilts, quilting donations on her longarm, though we have done several prayer quilts together for people we have heard about.
Now for a name for our little group........ I'm thinking, there will be more on this in my ramblings