in love...

I found a new blog. Help me...I may fail my critiques (or crits as the folks at school call them) because instead of working I just want to read blogs. Go check out ~Ruffles and Stuff~. It's so fun! I seriously can't wait to get home in a month so I can sew sew sew...I love it when inspiration hits!

xo~
Gracie

GIVEAWAY!!!

Chara Michelle is doing a fabric giveaway on her blog, Sew, Click, Create! Go check it out for a chance to win! She always uses such lovely fabrics to make such wonderful things. Check out the beautiful quilt she is working on while you're over there!

Yum!

I found this recipe off La Fugi Mama's blog. They are excellent! I tried them out for a little home-thrown birthday party last week and I think they were great! Here's the link...try them out yourself! There were a lot of other great cupcake recipes on her site. Even a few unconventional ones. I'd love to try a few of her other ideas.

New Blog Finds!

Who new that my co-worker had a blog since November and I never knew about it? Vicki does an incredible job at stamping and paper-crafting and has a blog to show all the great work she does. Check it out if you enjoy that sort of thing!

• The Briar Patch

Wowza!

Hey, look! How sweet of Lisa from The Hem Line blog to tag me with an award. :) Thank you, Lisa! I'm completely flattered!

So I am supposed to send this out to 10 other bloggers, but I'm not sure I will make it to that many!

So I think I'm just going to send it out to the ladies whose blogs are what made me interested in blogging to begin with and to the ladies whose blogs are just beautiful and inspiring! I hope that someday my work is as good as theirs is!

- Chara Michelle
- Brin from My Messy Thrilling Life She has a great blog but she is shutting it down next month. I am not the only person who is very sad about this. :(
- Pleasant View Schoolhouse
- Sparkle Power
- Tiny Happy

Isn't blogging fun?

My name was drawn...

And this lovely came in the mail for me today! It is a vision journal. African Kelli had a giveaway on her blog where she made and gave away 10 of these and I was one of the lucky ones whose name was drawn.It came with a very sweet and encouraging note too. The folks in blogland are very kind people! I am so happy to get a chance to 'meet' them.

Thanks Kelli! I love it and I can't wait to use it!

New blog finds~

I guess I am taking a hiatus from crafting while I am trying to get my new school and work schedule balanced out. Add in seasonal allergies (I get spring and fall allergies...wahhh) and this week wasn't very productive. I am knitting a new scarf that I will hopefully have pictures of soon to show that I haven't been totally lazy!

In the meantime, check out these blogs I added to my blog list!

I've been visiting Christy's blog Made for Adventure for a while now and just got around to updating my blog list and now you can view her blog from there. She not only sews, she weaves! Something I have wanted to learn to do for awhile now. She does beautiful work.

And here is one I just found and am really excited about! Check out One Pretty Thing. It's a really cool blog with lots of tutorials and ideas. There is pretty much something for everyone there depending on what you like. There are some baking ideas, party ideas, home decor ideas, sewing, knitting, crocheting...I haven't even finished looking at all the ideas for August yet and I spent about an hour on there this morning.

They links are all in my blog list where there are a lot of other inspiring blogs to look at.

Have a nice weekend!