Fantabulously Frugal from Jenny

This is from Jenny who is the surfing freebie,contest queen. This is a giveaway to enter at Fantabulously Frugal. There are so many goodies in this giveaway. If you enter and win, you get...Decorative envelopes from etsy seller AdnagamFrango Dark Chocolate MintsSunshine Yellow Hair Pins from etsy seller creamrosePurple Rain Amethyst Earrings from etsy seller Sew*Cool DesignPaperchase 8 Folded Cards with EnvelopesSmall change purse from etsy seller Made by HankCucumber Melon Salty Soap Scrub from etsy seller Sissy SoapSoap Nuts from Laundry TreeSpring Flower Garden Cupcake Liners from etsy seller Layer Cake Shop2 Vera Bradley cloth napkinsMusings Recycled Notebook in Blue from etsy seller subuFleur de Lis Necklace from etsy seller Bumble BeadzMarc Jacobs key fobStationery and small letter-pressed notebook from etsy seller Sarah DrakeEstee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Protective Recovery ComplexCoriander Ivory Small Cosmetic Bag from etsy seller The Sweet Sugar BeetSmashbox Lip GlossReusable Sandwich & Snack Bags from etsy seller Green StreetReversible Coffee Sleeve from etsy seller LilERunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsOPI Nail PolishStick With Me, Kid Shopping Tote from etsy seller Earth CadetsAs well as MANY MORE surprises!Head on over and ENTER and, if you do, please, please mention my name on the entry form Bonnie http://nanbon44.blogspot.com/or you could enter Jenny's name http://seivadjen.blogspot.com/as this is why I posted this in the first place. Hope you win something big Jenny...

A little of this and that

This is Piper, Melanie's puppy and she has a case of the puppy uglies too. To be truthful I think she is the winner. Roxy was ugly but she is coming out of the puppy uglies and she is getting a fuzzy coat, Piper looks like she is starting to come out too, but she still looks like a Gremlin after they transformed, just check out the ears.. She could take off with that wing span..LOL She is so sweet, guess we shouldn't be making fun of her, Ugly ducklings become beautiful swans one day.

Now for Jack, this is Jenny's oldest son and for the longest time we just weren't sure what he was doing. I said he was trying to look like a Jonas Brother, but maybe he was just trying to hide behind the mop of hair he had. Of course the GIRLS loved it, that might be why he let it grow and he says girls arn't important. RIGHT>>>

Thank heaven for summer camp, his parents made him get his hair cut for camp. Now they didn't make him get a crew cut or even a really super short haircut, just sometime a little neater. He can now see and I am sure he will be cooler too. Besides he is such a handsome boy and now we can see his face, now if Jenny can just get him to smile now and than. Jack is such a serious child, he always has been.



As for the home front, Just doing the ebay thing and the third listing was done is three sections, one part ended last night, one part ends today and the relisted part ends in two days. 1st part was Lavender and Lace cross stitch patterns sold almost all of them, second part was Stampin Up Stamps and right now they look like they are doing really good to, hopefully they will all sell. I still have tons of Mom's pattern books ready to list as well as a bunch of other stuff. Still learning on the shipping end and trying to get it right.

My remodel of the house has began again. Having two new puppies in the house is kind of a whole other subject. Rascal learned how to pull wallpaper off the walls in the hallway and then when Roxy moves in I find both pups in the hall, he is tearing paper and she is watching and learning. Yes, she learned really well, she has been caught a few times with parts of the wall paper. So the other night I proceeded to complete what the two pups started. Now this is not the first time a puppy has tried to redecorate the hall. When Sharon house sat for us when her dog Brownie was a pup, Brownie took off a big chunk of paper and even chewed the wall. Poor Sharon she was so upset by what her dog had done she didn't get any sleep that night and she called me the next day so upset. Gee, no big deal was my response, after all it was a puppy and puppies do that kind of thing, besides I had paper to repair the damage. This time, no extra paper so it has to be changed so I took all the wallpaper down, repaired pinholes, and now need to sand. Of course I was watched closely by two little poms, guess they couldn't figure out why I yelled at them for tearing down the paper and here I was tearing it off the wall. I was going to paint but Saturday on our yard sale outing I found a wallpaper that I liked and I got them for $1.00 for each roll. I don't think the guy was supposed to sell the wallpaper, but he kept saying he wanted his garage back, I wonder if he was in the dog house when his wife came home from work.. OH WELL

Let the bidding begin!!!

• I have finally done it, I am now a seller on ebay. So far I have had two sets of auctions and I am in the process of listing my third attempt. So far so good with my auctions, I am still learning and I find that each time I do a listing I will change things, kinda of a learn as you go thing. It is pretty fun, and hopefully it will show a profit. I am starting out small with the items, just till I get the hang of it all. We have been ebay buyers for years and always talked about selling, but we just never got around to it. So I gathered up some small items, sat down at the computer and proceeded to learn. My job is listing and dealing with the auction, Sean's job is shipping. Wish us well in this newest adventure.

• We are still addicted to our local auction's, although I find now when we go we do not buy as much as we did in the past. Why you ask, well the glass cabinet is full, doll cabinet is full, don't need anymore dishes, nor tools, no more collecting Salt and Peppers for Melanie (she has enough now and I am afraid if she got more her hubby would move her out to the garage with them) Jenny said she don't need or want anything other than a bigger house. Wait I'm a ebay seller now, might be a new outlet for my auction buys, we will just have to see where it all leads.

• Puppies are both doing really well, Roxy is starting to come out of the puppy ugly stage. Rascal is still a spoiled little boy and the Maltese crew, well they now like Rascal and will play with him. Yesterday was bath day, Sean said the puppy smelled so she got a bath. We have had rain everyday which makes the fence area of the yard a muddy mess, and where do the white dogs go, yep to the fence. So they got a bath as well, now everyone is nice and clean and smells really good, wonder how long this will last.

• One year ago Sean was fighting for his life in the Cardiac unit. It was quite a trying time for all of us, one I hope we never have to repeat. Today he is healthy and active and pretty much back to his old self. I thank his wonderful doctor's and surgeons for taking care of him, fixing his problems and for giving me back my loving and caring husband.
  
  

UGLY Pomerian Puppy

Rascal at 8 weeks (Fluffy Puppy)

Rascal at 14 weeks (puppy ugly stage)
Rascal at 6 months (So Pretty and fluffy)

Roxy at 8 weeks (Fluffy Puppy)

Roxy at 13 Weeks (Puppy ugly stage)

The Ugly Pomerian Puppy stage, yes this is real stage all Poms go through. We got Rascal when he was 14 weeks old and he was just starting to come out of this stage. Roxie was such a cute little ball of fur, she is now in that almost bald stage, she had the bald face a week ago but she is now getting fur on her face. Rascal was a Silver Merle color when we got him, he had the merle spots on his side and he was a light silver color. He is now Champagne and no merle marks at all. Roxy was Mahogany Sable as a tiny pup but her new coat is coming in very Red Sable. Heather and Melanie come out Sunday and Heather kept saying how ugly the puppy was and laughing at her. She did say that the puppy was so ugly she was cute. Just wait Heather she will be beautiful real soon.

Mother's Day
Jenny called Saturday night saying she wanted to be the first to wish me a Happy Mother's Day, Sunday, I got a call from my son in Pa./ Melanie and Heather came over and we went to the local Steakhouse so I didn't have to cook. We also spent hours going thru the embroidery floss I got at a yard sale, of course Heather said this is a old lady thing.... We had a good day on Sunday.

The Dance

AHHH the wonders of youth, I wonder what in the world goes on in their teenager minds. Tonight we stopped by Jenny's house and Emily (13 yr grand daughter) saw us pull up and she came running to greet us, her friend was far behind her. We entered the house to be greeted by the rest of the crew. We had taken bubbles for the two little girls and for Morris we took one of those wonderful train whistles, and yes it sounds like a train. Morris loved it, Jenny just thanked us and Phillip said it just might have to get misplaced. Yes, I am one of those Grandmother's who will buy the noisy toys.

OK Back to Emily, she is going to a dance and Jenny told her to show me the dress. OH how cute a spaghetti strapped dress, black with tiny polka dots, the belt was Turquoise and she had a matching head band. I can just see Emily in this dress she will be beautiful. So Jenny told her to show me her shoes, I guessed that the shoes match the belt, " Yes they match" was Jenny's answer, Emily pulled the shoe box from the bag and opened the lid and OH NO, You could have knocked me over. Why, you ask was I so shocked. The shoes matched the belt so I was right, but I never would have guessed what kind of shoes were in that box. OH, I didn't mention that the shoes I thought were going to be a cute little pump or flats turned out to be SNEAKERS and yes they matched the belt, they were turquoise. Jenny thought it was so funny, she kept saying she wished she had a camera. All Emily's friends are wearing their party dresses and sneakers. KIDS, Always something different with them. Guess no one told them it is easier to dance in shoes that have a little bit of a slippery bottom and that sneakers just stick to the floor. Have fun girls, but not to much fun as your Dad is chaperoning hehehe.

And The Winner IS

DESIGN BY INK CIRCLES

About two weeks ago was the online Needlework show, lots of new designs and designers. A lot of the designers gave door prizes. I told Jenny and Melanie about the show, I know Melanie was planning on checking it out, not sure if Jenny found the time. Sean also spent one evening checking it out. In the past Melanie had won a door prize, so I am sure she signed up for them. And the Winner IS: NOT ME, Not sure if Melanie or Jenny won anything, but Sean did. He won a pattern at Ink Circles. He is always so lucky. This was the pattern he won. To win this he had to write a short email on how he supports the needle arts. He wrote that he supports my new habit and for years he has supported his daughters cross stitching habit (we make a cross stitching box for them at Christmas filled with patterns, floss, and kits) Guess the site owner liked his answer and he won.

Cross stitch

Designs by Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum

Lavender and Lace designs

Angel of Spring

Angel of Summer


Angel of Autumn

Angel of Winter

I have been making Heirloom Quilts for family members for Christmas and as a diversion from that tedious work ( to much math involved) I decided to once again give Cross stitch a try. I haven't done any stitching since I was in my late 20's. I started doing the little Mill Hill kits in the evenings while watching TV. Of course I was finding Mill Hill Kits on ebay, but than in searching one night for Mill Hill beaded kits, my search went another direction. I was taken to this auction called Celtic Spring (Mill Hill Beads are part of the designs), she was beautiful, I knew I would have to stitch her. I found there was Celtic Summer, Celtic Autumn, Celtic Winter and Celtic Christmas. I went to the designer's web site (Told in a Garden) and found that they were based in my home town, how funny is that. I also found the Angel of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter on their web site, but it was at Needle Delights Shop in Pensacola where I saw the angels stitched out. The design series is Lavender and Lace and all the designs are beautiful (check them out if you get a chance, patterns would make a great gift item Hint Hint). She has all kinds of angels, as well as Victorian designs (Butternut Road) and Amish designs (Told in a Garden). I am hooked on their designs, so on to my new quest. I bought the 4 Seasons Angels as well as some of their other designs (Queen Anne's Lace, Christmas Visit, Country Fair, Earth Angel, Angel of Hope, Angel of Grace and Ice Angel). I still want to get the Celtic patterns, so on to ebay and let the bidding begin. Now I have to get embroidery floss and fabric, seems so strange that I am buying this stuff for me. I normally spend all year finding floss, fabrics, and accessories for the girls Christmas stitching boxes, now I have to shop for me. Hey I don't drink or smoke, crafts are my addiction, but after all they keep me out of trouble. I also have a wonderful husband who supports all that I do. Melanie has also been a big help giving me heads up on which are the best shops and web sites to find the bargins. I did find the Crafters market web site and they have really great sales, you can check them out using this link (Cross Stitch Supplies - $1.00 or less)

Anyone who wants to donate DMC Floss, Mill Hill Beads or Fabric or any related Stitching stuff to fuel my addiction, I would really appreciate it.