Happy Turkey Day everyone!

We're having friends over, playing games and stitching. Should be a wonderfully relaxing day! I hope all of yours is wonderful too!

PS - the card above came from my Mother in Law from Blue Mountain - isn't it fabulous?

Back to our regularly scheduled programming

Now that the "big drawing" is over - it's time to get back to real life and crafty stuff. Well, actually all of that has been happening all along, I just haven't had the time to write about everything that's happening.

Now, brace yourselves because there will be some "kid pictures" here for the Grandparents who have heard a ton about our holiday happenings and weren't able to make it to any. HOwever, one event was crafty (so might be of interest).



Missy C's class at school did projects on Denver buildings - this was hers - I think it was a cool choice - the building at the corner of Broadway and California that was built around the Holy Ghost church. She did it all herself with just a few "how-to" pointers from us! If you want to see more of the models, hop over to my flickr. Some were great!

The here's Matey Moo in his school production "Bugz, the musical". The kids were adorable.

I have been doing a ton of stitching on my crewel project, my silk on satin advent calendar and my quilting. All coming soon! Here's a sneak peek at the hand quilting tho - first try (over the top of my first try at needleturn finished YEARS ago. This will go up on Etsy - hopefully before the holidays - so watch for it! :)

And the winner is....

Number 3! Amy Falconetti - who didn't leave much contact information, but did say:

I like fresh and natural scents too. But my favorite scent right now is my baby girl who turned 1 today! This is my first time visiting your blog, but I think I'll be back again.

Yay! A first time visitor AND has a baby! So, Amy, unfortunately you didn't send me your contact info, but feel free to email me at mary-frances@widgetinc.com and I'll get the basket to you, courtesy of my new friends at Glade!

I wish you all could have won - but this was my first successful giveaway - so thanks! :) It was fun!

I'm Giving away an IKEA basket with cool stuff in it! (thanks Glade!)

Do you remember my post on my nice night out courtesy of Glade? Here I am in all my fuzzy glory holding the basket that CAN BE YOURS! That fuzzy lump in my hand includes an IKEA basket, an IKEA blanket, a glass container with chocolate and marshmellow drink mix, one of the really cool (more about this in a sec) Glade "Sense and Spray" starter kit with one refill. The blanket color is kind of my favorite color right now!

Which washes off! :D - I'm not really sad if you wash it up and use the white cup (it's a nice white cup) and if you really want to keep my artistry you can shellac the cup and use it that way.

So, here's the scoop about the Glade Sense and Spray - I never do product reviews, and so don't count this as one, but after using it for a while, it really is groovy - there's a sensor so it goes off a few seconds after you pass by. Then it's locked for 30 mins so it doesn't spray all the time. I never would have gone out of my way to buy one, but now I do actually think they're pretty cool - watch for coupons if you don't win this giveaway!

Being geeks here it's really about as "high tech" as room scents get!

My only complaint is the spray that came with ours is a bit subtle (we're using it in the bathroom - not the place for subtle) - but even then it's nice! And the basket comes with the "starter cartridge" and a different scented refill - so it should set you up nicely.

So, leave a comment on this post to be eligible and mention your favorite smell or scent. I'll get a kid to randomly draw a number on Friday night - so put your name in soon.

Oh, and the shipping is courtesy of our hosts, so I CAN ship this internationally if you all are willing to wait for customs (you probably know your own customs better than I do and whether or not they'll be fussy about the package!).

**Note - try to be sure to leave me a way to contact you too! Although I'll post the winner's name on the blog! :)

COMMENTS are CLOSED! Thanks for all the entries and the winner will be announced soon!

Ooooo! Me Likey!

So excited about this:

I've been reading "Sense and Sensibility" and finished a while ago "Pride and Prejudice" - Rex claims everyone goes through a "Jane Austen" phase! And I ran across this on Craft Magazine (had I known I could win a copy I would have hopped right on it!) and so now have put in an "order" with my brother in England to get me a copy - it's crazy expensive here in the US.

Anyway, right up my alley with historical needlework and crafts! I can't wait!

Thanks for ALL the support (here and on Facebook) for my writers block. I finally got up at 5:30am this morning and just totally finished it. Today my friend Jani is coming over to "test" my tutorial, so all should be good. Tutorials are rough - it's sometimes really hard to make sure you're explaining this so they're understandable to someone. Luckily I have pictures to help!