The snowy kids

Winner Winner Spaghetti Dinner Part 2

Thanks so much for warming my heart with all your kind words. You did come back, you did! And thanks for all the birthday wishes for our little guy, so sweet of you. He's outside right now enjoying some snow fun with his siblings.

And to answer a couple questions I was asked...my blog banner is a photo of a bowl that sits next to my desk, just a bunch of vintage goodies for inspiration. Right now it holds some Christmas pretties. 

And someone commented on my profile that they didn't know what "anthro" was. Well here you go, www.anthropologie.com, best store. ever.

And a winner, yes, the winner. Randomly chosen by a random kid asked to pick a random number. No need for the Random Number Generator website here :)

Our winner is Susana, who commented,

See? Way more than two!

Happy birthday to your little one!
Something nice: my baby girl (she's just shy of one) just waved hi to your boy's picture.

Congratulations Susana, I will be in touch!!

And thank you again everyone...I'm inspired to post more now that I know you're out there.

Here are a few more snippets of Christmas around our house. Enjoy the last few days of preparation...I'm off to make hot cocoa for some snowy kids.

xoxo

Ruth

Winner Winner Spaghetti Dinner

Hi there,

Yes, day late but we have a winner!! Comments were tallied and a number was randomly chosen.
SO............number 206, sarahby who wrote  "OHHHH good give away. What a great blog I'll definitely be coming back. God Bless"    is our winner! 


Now, just for fun, I would like to try something. Another giveaway, just to see how many people actually are going to come back to read my blog and see who won!!
 I'm hoping it's more than like....2  :/
I'll be sad if it's like.....2

So leave a comment, tell me something nice and I'll pick another winner a week from now. You will win 8 fat quarters from my shop, YOUR CHOICE  ! Or pick 4 half yards or 2 yards, you get the idea :)

And a birthday wish for this little guy who turned 3 today, our youngest~

I love your determination

and your frustration

and your anticipation.

I love how you mix up your words, it's okay buddy, we still know what you're trying to say :)

I love your love for your big brother and sisters.

I love how my heart is squished up in your chubby fist.

You bring us SO much joy!

Happy Birthday my sweetie boy!!

xoxoxo

Giveaway Day is here again!!

It's time again! I'm participating in the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day!! One lucky winner will be chosen at random to win a fat quarter set , pictured below, from Heather Bailey's brand new collection, Nicey Jane. All you have to do is check out my shop and come back and leave a comment. You will get an extra entry if you become a follower of my blog. A winner will be chosen on December 7. Offer open to US, Canadian, and International friends :)

Good luck!

Meadowsweet

Just popping in to share the Michael Miller goodness! 8 boxes are on their way to me as I write this!! I'm thinking it's Meadowsweet, what do you think?

Going out to wait on the step for the truck :)

Surprise, here I am at the top of your blog roll!! I know, it doesn't happen very often :0

I always go to post something and before you know it I'm reading everyone else blogs and it's the middle of the night...again...

So before I get sidetracked....again... I want to thank everyone for the Sew Love Christmas love! The shop is doing well and I've sold out and restocked a lot already. It's been fun and I'm getting a lot of ideas for next year too. And remember those sets that I mentioned a couple posts ago...I was going to list a bunch every Monday??? I know, I listed them one week and then with two busy shops and half of us with the flu, well you know how that goes! I do have more though and am listing them as soon as I'm done with this post. I think I have 8 or 9 that I will be listing. They will be priced to sell!

I've managed to fit in a little sewing this fall but realized I never shared my summer sewing, so here are a few pictures of some things I made this summer.

It's easy to guess what my favorite thing to sew is :)

Here's a dress for my niece Halle, modeled by our Lili using a mix of prints from Alexander Henry, Jennifer Paganelli, and Anna Maria Horner and the "Frida" pattern by Patty Young.

A sundress for Emma using the Mezzanine fabrics by Patty Young and my pal Julie's "Little Bow Chic Dress" pattern.

Love the bow in the back and by the way, this pattern is super simple to make, perfect for the beginner!

A halter for Chloe using the Summer Soiree prints by Paula Prass and Amy Butler's Halter pattern.

Love how the keyhole matched up with the "nosegay" in the fabric. Isn't it great when you plan something and it actually works out!

That's it for now, have to run and list those sets! I'll try not to stay away so long next time :)

xo

ruth

New Shop Launch

I've been typing and listing all day so am tired, tired, tired...but excited!! I launched my new shop today, Sew Love Christmas. Lots of great Christmas fabric and patterns. Just felt the need to put them in a shop of their own since I can only have 10 sections on Etsy and mine were all filled up :)

Hope you like it!! I'm thinking it will stay open through the first of the year, ending with a sale in January and then will close until fall 2010.