Thursday, April 29, 2010

Jim Thorpe, Pa hits the big time!!!!

Happy Thursday Blogland Neighborhood! Well it has been brought to our attention that in the current May issue of....




.....this BIG TIME magazine.....











.....is a little story about Jim Thorpe Pa !!!!(the location of the home office of MBIAJ Headquarters .....a little known fact which they seem to have failed to mention ..... we're sure it was just a teensy oversight....ahem) Anyhow .... PRETTY EXCITING !!!

Be back soon!
Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)

Monday, April 26, 2010

The Stash Queen and her Kingdom ....

Hi Ho Blogland Neighborhood .... sorry we've been absent from the neighborhood for the past couple of weeks .... the real world around here hasn't been too much fun lately, so when things get stressful , what helps???.....




......putting on one's tiara and.....



.....fondling the fabric stash and .....



.....some quality one on one time with our therapy team Daisy and Miss Betty Feather-weight ....



....and then we just add water and grow an Enchanted Castle and escape to our own little Kingdom where we get to decide who's allowed to live there and the rules they must abide by ....









....oh well, back to reality.....

Be back soon!
Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)

Monday, April 12, 2010

Our new motto !!!











Happy Monday Blogland Neighbor-hood! Isn't this just GREAT !!! We think it's the PERFECT MOTTO ! We found it at Curly Girl Designs. (You can get this cute motto on a mug, cards, a little wall plaque, and on a refrigerator magnet.) We are loving our new motto so much that we're feeling inspired to haul out the Purple Schwinn , have the Sewing Dept whip up a snazzy cape, and dust off the ol' tiara and take a spin around town !

Be back soon!
Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)

Thursday, April 8, 2010

MBIAJ Crocheting Dept re - activated ....

Well good morning Blogland Neighborhood. Hope everyone had a nice Easter. We here at MBIAJ Headquarters are trying to catch up on everything from paperwork (grrrrrrrr) to laundry (what else is new?) following the holiday weekend. Usually it's way after 11 PM and the kitchen still isn't cleaned up from dinner .... so unfortunately, by then, even though they had all kinds of plans to work on projects, the Sewing Dept is just too darned pooped to wrap their brain around hauling their carcas upstairs and plugging in the sewing machine. BUT , Headquarters has been keeping some pretty yarn DOWNSTAIRS near the boob tube and when collapsing in front of the late news to catch the weather report .....




.....a little bit of crocheting has been happening ! It seems to be pretty relaxing and a nice stress reliever. Working with yarn isn't altogether new for MBIAJ Headquarters ..... there's a spotty history of knitting and crocheting projects .... we recall a knitted wrap sweater/coat thing made back in junior high that resembled a bath robe..... also a crocheted "peasant" belt thing with different colored ribbons woven through it (also in our junior high hippie phase) .... and we seem to recall a stack of purple crocheted granny squares that were never actually put together into that purple afghan for our purple junior high bedroom ..... then there was the knitted halter top made in home ec .....but the crowning accomplishment was the knitted sweater/ Christmas present laboriously made while studying for finals junior year of college for then boyfriend (now husband) ..... seems I was so intent on my studying that sleeve length was not being paid attention to .... well, boyfriend (now husband) tried on that sweater after opening it on Christmas and proceeded to do his immitation of a seal ..... which was appropriate since the sleeves were at least 10 inches TOO LONG !!!






Well, anyway ... getting back to this current project .... we're not quite sure where this is going but we were originally inspired by this afghan by Posie that we just fell in love with.....however, we are only on block #3, and it looks like it will take WAY too long to make enough blocks for a decent sized afghan .... sooooooooo.... we could use these finished blocks as potholders (no, that would probably not be a good idea) OR LOOK at this GREAT crocheted bag we found on Miss Queenly Things blog today ! Now that's a possibility .... not too many crocheted squares needed for that !


Be back soon!
Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Happy Easter !!!!



Happy Easter weekend Blogland Neighbor-hood! Guess who decided to try out for this year's Cadbury Bunny commercial ...








......yes.... of course .... Kitty .... Kitty Bunny ....



uh oh I think the director yelled CUT! and NEXT ! before Kitty even finished her lines ....


.....she seems to be quite irked .....





....but the director is right .... best to leave Easter to these guys .... who seem to know what they're doing !






Happy Easter everybody !!






Be back soon !
Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)