Friday, January 25, 2013

Friday night procrastination ........

So here I sit on a VERY cold Friday night .......staring at my work laptop ...... with plenty of work to keep me busy ...... as per usual, after about 10 minutes, my concentration / attention span is gone (I swear I have the attention span of a squirrel ..... ugh ! ).  Instead of getting that pile of work done/ or even started, I doodled /scribbled that picture up there...... 

.....then I colored some of it in .....

  Then I doodled out this maybe someday quilt ......

 ........ then I clawed my way through my crap stash for the perfect fabrics for this (one of these years when I finally get around to it) quilt/table runner/thing ........ I'm really excited about this little design .....(at least the way I'm picturing it in my head anyway) ......and want to start it RIGHT now !!! Instant gratification is my game!  However, my guilt has taken over since I have many, many, many projects already started ...... and then , of course, there's that pile of laptop work that started this whole scenario tonight ......
Now my brain hurts ...... maybe I'll just go to bed and think about all of this tomorrow !

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

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Sweetwater "Noteworthy" = I am unworthy ! .... (but I'll TAKE IT !!! )

So, in my world of being unable to keep up with the rest of the human race (and it's getting worse all the time !) , I had the happy accident of completely forgetting that I left a comment on this Sweetwater blog post
  back in September to try and win a box of their "Noteworthy" fabric scraps. So, 2 months went by as I got distracted by life/work and didn't remember that they would be announcing a winner on Sept 30th. On Nov 28th I happened to be NOT doing what I was supposed to be doing on my work laptop, and goofing off doing some long overdue blog reading when I happened to see my name mentioned on Sweetwater's Sept 30th blog post that I was THE WINNER of the "Noteworthy" scraps !!!!! WHAT ?!?!?!? NO WAY !!! So, I immediately emailed those sweet gals at Sweetwater and apologized for my 2 month long overdue response to their give away and said I understood if they no longer had the scraps. They responded right away and said no problem AND .......






















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

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The "Quick Emergency In a Pinch Quilt Hanger Uppers"

 these handy dandy "Universal Grip Clips" !!!  They pinch open like clothes pins and have opening/ loops at the top where you can thread some pretty ribbon through .  Then just tie a pretty bow around a curtain rod or whatever and Ta Daaaaaaaa !  your quilt is hanging up for all to see (but not close enough to slobber on !)
 
Be back soon (with more handy dandy tips )
Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)
 
 
 

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

2013 ~~ here we go !!!!

Got the pork and sauerkraut in the crock pot  and .....

 my new cheerful Susan Branch calendar......

  hung up on the kitchen wall .....   just a couple of my New Year's Day rituals (along with watching The Tournament of Roses Parade).
 
So, guess I'm as ready as I'm gonna be for 2013 !!!  (now just have to get used to writing 2013 instead of 2012 ! )
 
Be back soon!
Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)