Update and a Shout Out!

Hello Everyone,
Gosh things have been busy for me. In the last Month I had my oldest son come home from the Army with my Granddaughter. He was only here for about a week and a half but it was so good to see him again. It was almost a year since I saw him. My beautiful Granddaughter Laila is almost a year, and so darn cute.

Unfortunately while he was here he had pneumonia, that was scarey. Then my youngest son developed a sinus infection :( and now my daughter Ava has been very sick for the past 3 days with a very high fever. Needless to say I am exhausted!
We are preparing for our German Student to come in a few weeks, so exciting! We are really into Fall around here so he is going to get his fill of this season from us for sure :)

On the business front: I have been plugging away at some new hair clips and some new ideas. Here is one of my newbies: If you want this one in any other color just drop me a note in the comments section. You can find it here Little Pags Boutique (Shipping is already added into the price).
I wanted to give a shout out to Etsykids Team on Etsy! I am a part of this group (Etsykids ANE). It is a huge group of talented people selling their Handmade Treasures on Etsy. If you want something unique, give Etsykids a try. Go to Etsy.com and type Etsykids in your search on the Handmade tab. You won't believe what you find! Here is cute Fall hat from my group: Etsykids ANE
Thank you for reading and TGIF!!!!

Nothing like creatin'

Hi Blogger Buds!
Are you gearing up for the next big storm? Yuck it is going to be a bad hair weekend for me..blah! Hope all of my lawn ornaments survive the 100 mph winds.
So here is an update of what I have been up to. I started this Quilted Tree Shirt several years ago and never got around to finishing it, so I pulled it out and started the binding:

Then the Fall bug really bit me. I was late night Blog stalking and I saw this cute little scarecrow and just had to try making it myself. I have only finished one so far but here he is:

You can find the pattern at Old Road Primitives. Isn't he just so cute? I posted a pic of him on my facebook page and people already want to buy him...but I really need to stock them up for my upcoming show. So like I said, I have the fall crafting bug and I have already started a female scarecrow and a witches hat:

These should be fun projects to keep me busy through this weekends storms.
I am still fighting some sort of illness from the Journey concert and just getting my voice back after 4 days. Oops and before I forget, here is my Witch...I am still not thrilled with her and have decided to sell her instead of keeping her. I still have to work on her hat and a few minor details:

Thanks for Reading and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend ahead!
{{Hugs}}

Busy Busy Busy...

Howdy!
Here is what I have been up to...

Lots of Clipping Making and Shopping for this Handsome Young Man.

Please check my shop for some new listings. Click here to view!

 Thanks for reading!

I was featured on Etsy AGAIN!

Hi...Just had to brag a little! I was featured in a Treasury on Etsy today.

No Monkeying Around

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  Monkey Yearbook Fidget

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A BIG Thank you to Perkybeanies for creating this Treasury and including My Monkey Scrabble Tile Pendant. You can find her shop here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/PerkyBeanies
Busy creating for you...As always Thanks for Reading!
{{HUGS}}

Speechless??? Yeah Right! LOL

Holla Yall!

I am so over winter, how about you? We got a nice taste of spring weather the other day and I was full of energy. It felt SO good to be outside.
I was so bummed out to have to shut down my website yesterday :( BUT at the same time there are a lot of changes coming my way and I am looking forward to it. I usually don't like change but I have had too much drama in my life lately and I am literally excited to leave it all behind me! I think it is hard when you make your life about your children and then they grow up and move away, have lives of their own and you stand there and think "Now what?" This is my chance to have the life I have always wanted...to travel, have fun, let loose. We are talking about moving again...Insane!!! I know..how many times can a family move? Well the flooding in the basement of this new home didn't help. I can smell the mold already! Not good for the Princess...
So I was thinking Texas might me nice...I can start carrying my gun around in my holster...ha ha  Just kidding! Seriously I have an old HS friend there and I am so ready to get away from PA!!!
I will be starting a selling blog for Log Cabin Crafters. Of course you can still find my products on Etsy for now...Both of my shops are here on the right hand side and click the store name to be taken right there. If you are looking for something particular just send me an email...I don't always list everything I make there.

In the meantime...the Princess and I will be doing Ballet and maybe going back to school!
{{HUGS}}

Sleepy Saturday

Howdy All,
I hope you all had a chance to sleep in. I woke up early with the sound of the whipping wind outside! Then of course I HAD to look out the window and see a storage container that my son left outside, just waiting for the next big gust to push in into the street...ugh...so out I ran in my silly pj's to get it! Then..it turned into one of those days..I snuck a Strawberry Toaster Strudel, I say snuck because I don't think it is on the list of things that I am allowed to eat on my pre-op diet...and when I went to open that sweet icing packet it tore in half and plopped all over the plate..oh well at least it didn't hit the floor!
So how was your Valentine's Day? I spent the entire day creating stuff with my 3 y/o. We baked a Lemon Cake for Daddy and when we tried to get it out of the Bundt pan it broke in half..she was so upset and I told her "It's okay, we will ice it and no one will even know". Yeah right ha ha it was pretty bad! Then we made a banner that we found on a blog that I follow called A Few Of My Favorite Things..you can find it here: http://mybabyfaves.blogspot.com/. This was our 1st ever Banner, but it came out okay

Then we decided to make a Button Bracelet. I am going to add a clasp to it but didn't get around to it yet!

Then I decided to go on Etsy and just look around at kids stuff. I found the most adorable Photo Frame for my Little Rock Star. It is made by Our Little Ones Boutique

I contacted her and asked about doing a custom order for me in Hot Pink, Black and White. Sandra is awesome to work with. We decided to do a trade...I LOVE trading it is so much fun. So here is what I made and already shipped to her. She has two little girls that fell in love with these from my shop!

When I receive my Picture Frame I will post a picture.
On the home front, I have completed almost all of my medical tests and came through with flying colors. Actually better than I had hoped. So I am just waiting for the big one on Tuesday and that decides my fate! Say a little prayer for me please. We had some excitement last night as we ventured down into our basement to find it completely covered in water...:( At least I had most of my things in storage containers :)
The Princess and I went to dance class for the 1st time last Wed. and it was horrible. She wouldn't even stand up or get involved. Kids are so funny. I was shocked, she was shy??!! My daughter? She loves to dance but instead just cried. I think it was just because of all things that have been going on at home with Daddy's injury and then my hospital stay and maybe a little separation anxiety! It was so bad that I signed her up!!! Yup I did. She is going back and gonna love it...ha ha  She pinky swore!!! That is BIG here.
Well Thanks for Ready and if you get a minute head on over to my Little Pags Boutique Shop on Etsy because I have restocked some things.
Oh and P.S. I just entered the most Awesome Blog Design Giveaway and you can too..just go to April Showers Blog Design and you can enter too..She has a great personality, fun, funny and great blog writing style. Wish me luck!
Have a Great Weekend!!!
{{HUGS}} Jen

Ahhh Just Enjoying the Little Things!

Hi Everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, I did! I ran into an old co-worker in the supermarket of all places. He and I worked together 20 years ago...so weird that it has been that long. It was really good to see him though. My sister stopped over with 2 of my nephews on Saturday and we laughed and talked. She was full of smiles and so happy.  I love my sister's boys too..all 5 of them, they are so sweet and well behaved!
I have really stepped back and looking at life differently lately. It really feels good too! I spent the weekend doing a little sewing. I have to get this  Gingerbread Girl Ornament in the mail to my friend and it is coming out so cute. I will post a picture soon. Oh yeah and Friday my 3 y/o and I made a heart shaped pillow for Valentine's Day. She did a great job but then pulled it apart later...oh well!
I just had to write this...I found out today that I have a blog stalker! How creepy! Her name is Linda and she is from somewhere in a very dark place from Our past. When I blog I usually type feeling that I am writing to friends, family from a far, and customers but never stopped to think that sad scarey, unhappy, mean people would be reading my blog just to find out things about myself and my husband...I just wanted to share this because you might want to rethink what you write and WHO is reading it!!!!
Thanks Again for Reading {{{{HUGS}}}
Jen

Must have been a long walk for that recipe..LOL

Howdy Folks!

Sorry it took me SO long to post again. Before I forget here is the totally awesome Chocolate recipe I promised and you can find the recipe here:

  http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/29908/Chocolate-Marshmallow-Mile-High-Squares/detail.aspx
These would make a great Valentine's Day gift also. I do not add the nuts and I do not add the butterscotch bits but you may want to.
So here is what has been going on with me...Jan. 12th was my 44th Birthday :( And it was one of the worst days I have had in a VERY long time. I got a call from my husband around lunch time saying that there was an accident at work and he lost all of his teeth..then he said I am on my way to the hospital and I will call you later. I was so upset not hearing from him then for hours..the day totally dragged and I was worried sick. By evening I started making phone calls and trying to find him and find out what was going on...I finally got hold of his boss and able to talk to someone that was with him. He had surgery and came home around 9pm. He looked like someone beat him up. This will be a long recovery for him...poor guy he can hardly eat!
Then a few days later my son Sean and his wife CC came home for a visit...YAY! I met my Granddaughter for the 1st time...so sweet. She is only 3 months old

The day Sean arrived my other son Braeden left to hang steel in NC. What a day! When they got here we all got sick, including the baby :( and woke up one morning with no heat. We called the landlord only to find that one of the kids flipped the emergency switch on the wall by accident and shut off the oil burner...Oops...Sorry to have made you come over here 1st thing in the morning Mr Landlord...he he  Anywho, needless to say there has not been a whole lot of crafting going on here.
I re-opened Log Cabin Crafters on Etsy (www.logcabincrafters.etsy.com) and cleaning out some of my business supplies so head over for some good deals! Here is an example of what is up for sale

Thanks for reading...until next time,
Jen

Getting Back to Normal

Hi All!

Hope you all enjoyed your Holidays and that they were full of fun, family, friends and lots of food. BUT now it is back to the norm and taking off all of those extra pounds etc...yuk! Oh come on it isn't all THAT bad really. I got my butt in gear today and started my physical health kick. I do not diet, never have...it is the ultimate four letter word to me. If I deprive myself then I just want more, so I exercise regularly, try to eat healthy and have dessert if I want to. Nothing crazy, just 1/2 hour on the treadmill every other day to start then I change it up when that gets too easy. I then move to low impact Step Aerobics. I use an old tape by Denise Austin that I have had for about 20 years and it works wonders. I got pretty lazy over the last 3 months having my sister living with me and then the Holiday stress. I definitely noticed a difference in my health with the lack of exercise. Unfortunately my treadmill does not work in this new house. The darn thing shuts off because there is not enough watts of electric to support it. SO I jumped right into the Step Aerobics and Man I FEEL GREAT!!

I have really missed crafting these last few weeks. I sat down yesterday and made this cute little Snowman Ornie while watching Cinderella with the Princess. I have a few others on the way also so check back later to see those.
Did you take your Holiday decor down yet? I tossed the tree the day after Christmas and pulled down all the decorations...WHY? I don't know, I just felt like it. The house sure looks bare now...he he  I am so looking forward to 2011. I have so many good things happening this year. My son Sean is coming home in a few weeks for a visit, my Birthday..ugh, and Braeden's 20th Birthday, Our 7 year Anniversary, my DIL's turning 21 while they are home visiting so we will be out dancing for that...That should be tons of fun. I never thought I would see the day that I go out to a club dancing with my son but it is going to be a blast!
Life is good!
Thanks for reading...until next time
Hugs, Jen

So Tired Lately!

Hello all of my faithful followers and any other blog skimmers who have taken the time to read this!!
I have been so tired lately! I did burn the midnight oil for a few weeks but jeez, I just can't seem to catch up again. I think it could be the thought of knowing that I have no more craft shows coming up too. My though process now is to get the house clean for the Holidays and relax with family and friends, but it seems that my body has other plans. My little Princess has not been feeling well either with a stomach virus of sorts.

I got a nice big custom order for a little girls birthday party from my last show. I finally got it finished today..I hope she likes them

I them thought well while I have the stuff out I might as well work on some others..so here is a cute little Hello Kitty Fairy Pendant I did.

 I am going to focus on the website and make changes and add more products...Please come on over and check them out: http://www.logcabincrafters.com/

Until Next Time, Thanks for Reading

{{Hugs}}

Getting Excited for the BIG MAN in RED!!!

I stayed up late last night working on another Wall Plaque. I love making them but this is only the second one so I am still not very confident in my work yet. What do you think?

I am not exactly sure what to charge for them either...I am thinking maybe $6 - $8? Anyway, I was shopping and saw this beautiful wreath and I really wanted it but it was $30 and lets face it I think like a crafter...hmmm I can make that! So I grabbed myself a plain wreath and well...WALA here it is

I think it turned out okay! On my last post I promised I would add a picture of my Prim Mart Ornie Swap Tree, So here it is: 

Sorry it isn't the best picture but the Ornaments are so beautiful and everyone involved is so talented.

I decided to share some of my Holiday Decorating pics with you...I LOVE Elves...

In Need of a Good Soup Recipe?

I found this recipe in a magazine and ripped it out. I pulled out the pile of recipes that I have been saving and started trying them and WOW...this is one soup that my entire family LOVES..which is rare!
It only takes a few minutes to create and it makes a ton of soup that you can freeze for another day. It is called Hamburger Vegetable Soup:

1 pound Ground BIeef
1 medium Onion, chopped
1/2 large Green pepper, diced
4 Garlic cloves, minced
8 cups Beef Broth
2 cans (14 1/2 oz each) Italian Stewed Tomatoes
1 can Green beans
1 can (8 oz) Tomato sauce
1 cup Ditalini pasta
1 T. Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp. dried Oregano
1 tsp. dried Basil
1/2 t. Pepper

In a Dutch oven or Frying Pan, cook the beef, onion, green pepper and garlic over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. I put this and the remaining ingredients in a crock pot and place it on low until we are ready to eat. If you want to eat it right away you can mix all ingredients in a soup pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until pasta is tender.
Give this a try, you won't be sorry that you did.

Friday night was the 1st time my husband and I got out alone in a year. We went to the Local 11 Ironworkers Dinner Dance...What a beautiful place and the food was to die for. It was funny, but I realized that we didn't say one word on the hour drive there. I think we were both enjoying the silence for a change. Unfortunately, the Malibu Bay Breezes went down so smooth that the next morning was painful!LOL

My Princess got a new toy. If she is going to drive Quarter Midgets in a few years we figure she better get started now!

I had some time this weekend to create this Scrabble Tile Pendant. It will be loaded onto http://www.logcabincrafters.com/ by tomorrow evening if you are interested in purchasing one!

As always Thanks for Reading,

{{HUGS}}

Jen

New Goodies but not just by Me

I am a member of an Online Community called Primmart. You should check it out sometime. It is chock full of information and great websites to buy from etc...One evening while on Primmart I stumbled on a post that included pictures of a recent craft show, when I clicked on it I instantly fell in love with this woman's talent. Her name is Crystal and she has an Etsy Shop, check her out here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Twiddlebugz  Here is what I purchased from her, isn't she just the cutest little witch? She looks great on my Halloween Tree.

I bought one for myself and one with green hair for my sister. Too cute.

I am so excited for the Primmart Ornie swap boxes to go out. Monday is the deadline for everyones Ornies to be sent in so it won't be long now. I am a tad excited to post a picture of my Ornie that I made and sent in. I think it turned out really cute and when I can I will list some for sale in my shop. In the mean time here are some pics of what I have been working on...

Thanks for Reading

{{Hugs}} Jen