Sunday Praise

As most of you have done in the last week I watched some of the past years highlights on my favorite morning news show.  There was so much more heartache then happy things to look back at that I kept thinking of this song i wanted to share.  I love it, it makes me smile and sing in my car every time I hear it.  I think I will be listening to it each time I open my blog up in the coming weeks.  Enjoy, smile have a wonderful Sunday and a good week!

Reading Challenge

Trying something new, since I read a lot I am hoping to complete the challenge in the next year.

Here are reading categories listed at Beth Fish Reads.

 Between January 1 and December 31, 2012, read one book in each of the following categories:

1. A book with a topographical feature (land formation) in the title: Black Hills, Purgatory Ridge, Emily of Deep Valley
2. A book with something you'd see in the sky in the title: Moon Called, Seeing Stars, Cloud Atlas
3. A book with a creepy crawly in the title: Little Bee, Spider Bones, The Witches of Worm
4. A book with a type of house in the title: The Glass Castle, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Ape House
5. A book with something you'd carry in your pocket, purse, or backpack in the title: Sarah's Key, The Scarlet Letter, Devlin Diary
6. A book with a something you'd find on a calendar in the title: Day of the Jackal, Elegy for April, Freaky Friday, Year of Magical Thinking

The book titles are just suggestions, you can read whatever book you want to fit the category.





Happy Saturday evening!

Projects Finished and Gifts Given

Here it is a new year and I have not shared anything that has happened in the last month of last year.  It is time for Jenny Matlock's Alphabe Thursday, so I have decided to continue to post about the projects that are being worked on or finished around here.  I missed week F so I am combining it with week G.  Finished projects given as gifts.

In December I  finished number 6 afghan crocheted within a year for our grandsons number 5 birthday celebration.

Finished

Turning Five

 And a few of you wanted to see what I did with the fabrics I shared with you here.  I was making more gifts!

Notebook Covers

Lighting was better in this picture.

The inside of the covers.

 And keeping with the hand made gifts I also finished a birthday present for my best friend.

Work apron for the sewing room.

 Linking up with:

I invite you to go on over and check out all the other posts, you will find recipes, stories, travel destinations and a number of informative things being shared.
Blessings from our home in the woods!

Happy New Year

I want to wish you all a Happy New Year!  I have missed it by a few days but I do wish it for all of you that have become such good friends to me over the last couple of years.  I have been blessed.  Along with the New Year come the Sew Alongs on some of my favorite blogs.  If you would like to check out the new free monthly BOM over at Jenny of Elefantz here I am sure she would welcome you. 

Have a wonderful evening!  Blessings!

Sunday Praise/Christmas Day

Wishing you a blessed Christmas day!  This is my favorite Christmas song and since I cannot decide which version to share with you, here are two for you to enjoy.





Merry Christmas!!!

Brenda, Jeff and Ladybug

Some snow on Christmas Eve

We got up this morning to a little snow.  Enough to cover the brown lawn and make the trees oh so pretty.

Let the hens out, but they would go no further then where the ground is covered from above and there was no snow.

We have this little Charlie Brown tree growing between some larger trees that hubs will not cut down.  Every year he says it will be the Christmas tree he is going to use in his den the next year.  It has been four years, I think I can keep those woodsy ornaments boxed up a couple more years.

And since I have not been blogging much, and in case you wonder if we are celebrating the Christmas season here in our house, the following are trees that I have in different spaces throughout the house.

In the family room.

Can you see the beautiful picture of my grand daughters taken this year?

In the living room.

In the little cottage inspired  bedroom where I blog.

I have vintage ornaments and little clip on birds that I collect on this one.

It sits in an old dish pan that I did not get enough ornaments to fill yet this year.

I have a few Santa's through the house, here some sit on the recently updated desk.

I have other Christmas decor though the house and I have taken pictures of it also through the month, but I just have not been able to get them on here to share with you.  But I have so enjoyed looking at all of your beautiful decor, it has inspired me for next year.
It is just the hubs and I this evening and Christmas day.  We had the whole clan over last weekend so we are just enjoying our time together and remembering the reason we are celebrating.  Have a wonderful Christmas Eve!  Blessing from our home in the woods.

Sunday Praise

Happy Sunday friends!  I have been missing all week and that is because we have been spending time with the family.  Birthday party, grandchildren school programs and our family Christmas gathering was here yesterday.  It is just the hubs and I most of this next week and next Christmas weekend.  So when I have my house put back together, we had 8 children here 7 of them were 6 years and under, I will be able to spend more time visiting and posting again.  Enjoy the Sunday Praise and I will be back soon!



Blessings from our home in the woods.

Sunday Praise

As a mother the words of this song have been putting tears in my eyes this year.  I have been hearing it almost everyday on the radio but I never catch who the artist is so I will just upload it and let you know it is the words no matter who is singing that really matter.



 Blessing to you on this Sunday!

Embroidery

I was itching for a little stitching this week.  Wanted to work on something Christmassy.  I am still trying to finish the afghan for our grandson's birthday next week.  Almost there.  I also have some sewing projects to finish for gifts.  They are not to involved and I think I will get them done...I think I will.  I collected these patterns from SewHappyMe Christmas SAL a few weeks ago.  There was one pattern each week for seven weeks and they have been burning a hole in my pocket.  Each one was only available for a week and I was so careful to collect them and I want to work on them.  They all go together into a banner, I may get it done and hung on Christmas Eve or New Years Eve...

I have started transferring the patterns, I used a red micro pen that a local quilt shop suggested.  I am going to use only red floss and that makes the embroidery piece Redwork.

This is the first time I have used only red thread I am loving the look.

Can you see where I have already stitched?

It is E week over at Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday.  I am late linking up but am still hoping to share and check out the other links.  E is for Embroidery.

Happy Friday and Blessings!

Pressing and Cutting

This evening I am going to be pressing and cutting these fabrics and hopefully turning them into some Christmas presents on time.

If all goes as planned I will be able to show you the end projects in a couple of weeks.  Have a great evening!