How to make blogging a fun family affair

So, I don't know if you have ever noticed the little map on the right of my blog, the one with all of the little red dots on it. Go ahead and take a look, yep that's it! So if you click on the little map thingy it takes you to a bigger map, and I bet if you look you are on it!

Why do I mention this? Well, you see Morgen LOVES the map, it has become a ritual every morning before school, I log on to the computer, log on to my blog, and check the map, Morgen stands waiting to see if we have gotten any new countries! She has a notebook, and it is divided up into continents and a list of each country by continent! We both love looking to see who is checking out the blog, then we do a wikapedia search for the places that pop up! It has been so much fun and really kind of educational! I think our favorite one to date was Djibouti in Africa. Not sure why except that neither of us had ever heard of Djibouti before!So check out the map, it's pretty cool, and know that Morgen and I are watching you!

Have a great day!
Ginny

Purses, purses a plethora of purses

I think I sewed my thumbs off, really I am serious, I am pretty sure my right thumb wants to fall off! I sewed 10 purses this weekend, and I did a couple quick test runs on the feathers I am putting on the Bento box quilt next weekend, oh did I mention, I am stepping out on my poor little babylock, I am renting time on a 24" Gammill machine! I will be missing Daytona, but I guess that's the price I pay.

Oh and I helped Torrie make her dress for the Swing Dance. Did I ever mention that I am a quilter, not a seamstress but a quilter, now I know why the word STRESS is part of SeamSTRESS!!! ARGGGGG but it does look wonderful on her, I will put up pictures when she has it all done and hemmed!

Oh, now for purse pictures!!! (BTW, these are all in my Etsy shop)

I won't be putting all ten on here as some were given away before I took pictures and some are repeats of ones I have done before and sold.

This is my favorite one, there is something about the Asian artwork that I think is so pleasing and relaxing.

Pink Polka Dots!

Butterflies at Night!

Retro Fun

Floral Fiesta

How Green Is My World

Well, that's it for now! Now I am off to finish the last two costumes for Morgen's play!

Have a great day!

Ginny

The Winner of the Lips Purse is.....

JOY!!!!

Congratulations Joy, I have sent you an email letting you know that you won!

I have searched and searched for good ways to pick a winner when I do the give aways, well today I found a perfect method, you see I hate writing down all of the names then pulling them out of the purse, it seems like such a wast of paper. So today I did something a bit different, I ask Stuart to pick a number between 1 and 51 (total number of entrants) he picked 32, I then count down the list to the number he picked and viola, JOY was the winner!

I would like to thank all of you for stopping by my blog, I will be waiting a bit before I do another give away, I need to get back to blogging about quilting. I will be doing another give away in March for my birthday, that one will be a little different from the two I have just done, my birthday give away will be a purse (different style) and a really really cool quilting tool!

So until then I hope you all still stop by to see what we all are up to, I will be busy busy making purses to sell, I will be sharing the finished Bento Box quilt that Torrie pieced, and I will be quilting next weekend. I will be sharing pictures of the NYE mystery quilt I made, and still need to quilt, there will be photos of Morgen's play, oh yea!

Now I am off to email Joy, as always, thanks for stopping by.

Ginny

I sold a purse, I sold a purse, doin' a happy dance cause I sold a purse!!!

Good Friday Everyone!!!

I love Friday, not only is it the last day of the work week but it is my easiest day of the week, by 2:00 this afternoon I will be off and sewing!



Oh I have the best news today! I am so excited I could burst, I finally sold a bag!!!! I make them because I love to, I am selling them because I can only have so many of the darn things laying around before hubby gets a little peeved! So I went over to S's house the other night to drop off some paperwork and brought a couple to show her, She fell in love with the blue and black one (you can see it a few posts down) and bought it! YEA!!! of course I used the money to support my habit, I promptly went out and got more fabric.

BTW, if you are interested in one of my bags (outside of the give away of course) please check out my Etsy shop, the link is to the right. I have more bags than what shows there. I have discovered that people really want to use the "lunch" bags as purses, so I am now adding magnetic clasps to all of the bags! Makes it easier to use as a purse!



Oh and the lips purse!!! Thanks to Wendi at our local Joann's because she helped me find my lips! LOL so here they are..... It really does complete the purse!

Well that's all for this morning, I am off to do a happy dance!!!

Ginny

P.S. Don't forget to enter the purse give away down below!

What Color is Your Rainbow

Good Morning! I don't do online quiz things often but thought as a quilter and lover of color this would be interesting, and well, it was... I found the the What color is your rainbow on Sara's blog http://fabricnfiberfanatic.blogspot.com/ and thought I would give it a whirl, here is what it said about me!

Your rainbow is shaded green.

What is says about you: You are an intelligent person. You feel strong ties to nature and your mood changes with its cycles. Those around you admire your fresh outlook and vitality.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

Now this is kind of scary because my absolute favorite color is green, I love green, I don't wear it because I look bad in green, but I love the color, matter of fact I painted my house green! Now I can't say that I am intelligent, I guess I am smarter than a rock, but not nearly as smart as a lot a people I know, so as safe bet I would say I am middle of the road, no false pride here! LOL

And I can't say if people admire me or not, BUT the bit about strong ties to nature and mood changing with its cycles! That hits the nail smack on the head!!! Boy and how!!! I am so in the middle of my winter blues that every day is a struggle to stay up. This blog has helped a lot, and I often put a false note in my voice to force my self to be up, but it is a daily, hourly, minutely struggle with winter depression. The thing that gets me through, well quilting for sure, all the bright colors. You all for another, and every day I look at the calender and know that in 1 month the crocus and daffodils will bloom, then the forsythia, then it will be spring and when the sun warms the earth and the plants turn green, the trees leaf out, I will begin to bloom again also and another cycle will begin.
Stay warm, spring is coming I promise.
Ginny

Second Chance Winner!!!

Well, I feel terrible, I had really hoped that I would hear from Crystal, the gal who's name I drew for the purse give away, but alas, nothing. So as promised I have drawn for a second chance winner. And the winner is.....

Shelley From Maine!!!
I have emailed Shelley to let her know that she won!

February Give Away!

Now on to the fun stuff,

I had so much fun with this purse give away that I am going to do another one this month, and since it it Valentines day in a couple of weeks I am going to give away a perfect Valentines purse!
Pictures of the purse are at the bottom of the post.

The rules for this drawing will be the same as the last with just a few small changes.

I will be drawing for this purse in just one week! I want the winner to be able to have it in time for Valentines day!!!

The drawing will be February 8th.

1) All you need to do is leave a comment on THIS post, it is easier for me to keep track of the entries.

2) You MUST leave a way for me to contact you, If you have a blog, I can click on the link when you post. If you do not have a blog, then please leave your email in the comment. I do not harvest emails so please don't worry about spam from me. If you feel better put spaces in the email.

3) If you want to be entered a second time, all you need to do is put a link to the purse give away on you blog, and let me know that you have done so and I will enter you in twice!

That's it easy as pie!

I do want to thank you all for stopping by and reading my little blog.

Ginny

P.S.

PICTURES!!!

I still need to put the closure button on this purse, I am hoping to find a cute pair of lips for a button.