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This year we will be staying in town instead of taking a vacation. I’ve had foot surgery and am off it for a while. This is giving me time to go thru pictures of previous trips. Hope you enjoyed a trip down memory lane..

This last week has been very busy at One Creative Family. I’ve been doing lots of babysittting, and the girls are busy making their craft things while Jim and Gary are busy in their work rooms making wood projects. I am in the process of making 3 baby quilts. I started years ago (30 +)Continue reading “Life has been busy”

This month has been a challenge and I am happy to say we all survived it. YEAH….. Easter was a Beautiful day with family, laughing, teasing, and visiting. This last week we were driving along going to Walmart and saw a sign, “FABRIC for sale.” Of course we had to stop and see what wasContinue reading “April finds”

This week I have been making bags(Hence the title). The bags are are for the craft sale and then made one for a lady to carry her paint pallets in. These are for larger sales to carry their finds in. The next one is for the Paint Pallets. The top will unzip on 3 sidesContinue reading “Bags, bags, and more bagsn”

The last few days have been perfect. I have been spending time with Granddaughter more this week and that has taken us outside more and more. It is the perfect spring weather, grass is growing and this means that there is more mowing. My lilac bushes are in full bloom and the Chinese Spice ViburnumContinue reading “Beautiful Spring”

I am known for doing some stupid stuff, but I think today I outdid myself. I was sewing along and heard a loud noise felt something hit the finger and sewing machine stopped. This was for safety reasons, or so the machine said. Then I felt the pain. Sewing foot went right over the fingerContinue reading “Finger vs Sewing Machine”

This weekend we had our local quilt guild quilt show and it was so much fun. I was amazed at the quilts by everyone, but 2 people’s work had me going back to do a double take and in some instances a third glance. I will start with Jim’s Quilt. He is the only manContinue reading “My Quilt Guild Quilt Show”

I have been seeing an ad on Facebook to sell your handmade products on Amazon Handmade. We are in the process of updating our Etsy account. I am wondering what is the difference between these two forums. Anyone hear anything about Amazon Handmade. I don’t buy thru Amazon a lot, but I do love theirContinue reading “Quick Question”

On Monday night I went to quilt guild and learned so much. Our guest speaker was Jodi Barrows. She has developed a easier way to make a a square in a square and other blocks like the Flying Geese. I purchased her ruler and beginner book. She was doing a workshop yesterday teaching these techniques.Continue reading

My weekend started with Saturday a trip to the zoo with hubby and granddaughter. Now to start this we live by 3 time zones in our house. #1 Hubby time early, not just a little bit but in this case 45 min early. #2 Central Time, what the clock says, and #3 Daughter time. ThisContinue reading “Such an amazing weekend”