Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

It Pays To Have Crafty Friends

Last Thursday when I got home from work I checked the mail at the street and found the usual inside our mailbox....catalogs (my favorite kind of mail, especially if it's the latest Pottery Barn or Ballard Designs), junk mail, yet another credit card application, bills, and a small padded envelope from my friend Lou in Oregon. I tossed the rest of the mail on the passenger seat of my car and quickly tore open the package from Lou. Inside wrapped in tissue was the sweetest, tiniest knitted blue sweater and a written note from Lou that read "I heard you were taking in laundry." 

Clothes Line hanging in my Laundry Room

Close-up  of the sweater Lou knitted. Her sister Berta made the red clothes. Two talented and kind sisters!

Now, I had heard from my friend Berta that her sister Lou reads my blog, although I had no real hard proof of this, since Lou has never left a comment.  

Which, by the way if you are reading this post, or ever like to read my blog but are unsure about leaving a comment, don't be shy! I EAT YOUR COMMENTS UP! Seriously, nothing makes me happier than to see that someone took the time to a) read my little blog and b) left a comment. 

Now back to Lou....her little package proved that she must have seen my post about my Laundry Room Redo. And not only did she read my post, she took the time to knit (although I have not confirmed that she did in fact knit this little sweater, I would bet my life on it, because the woman is a knitting fiend!) a blue sweater for the little clothes line in my laundry room, and almost identical in color to my newly painted laundry room!

Who does that?? A kind, thoughtful and dear friend, that's who! 
 It pays to have crafty friends!

So if you are reading this, Lou, THANK YOU. And don't be shy, leave a comment :)


Jenny




Friday, April 1, 2011

A Day of Inspiration

Tomorrow I'm getting together with some crafty girlfriends for a day of crafts and inspiration. I can't wait! Nothing beats a room full of friends who all share the same passion. I truly cherish my artsy, crafty friends!

In preparation for tomorrow, I picked up the latest Somerset Life.



It's packed full of eye candy! Here's just a sampling of some of the projects inside. I wish they had more online to show you.
Hey look! It's a tag made for me!


I don't know yet what all I will work on.  Maybe....

make some cards
scrapbook some pictures
copy something out of Somerset Life

 maybe I'll finally get around to making this...

I DO plan to get started on this.....

I hope I don't gab the whole day away! I've been known to only get one thing finished on some of these crafty get togethers. And when my husband asks me what I made, and I show him my one thing, he asks me "that's all?"   Yep. That's all. But then I remind him that art is not a race.  Thank goodness! Because I'd almost always come in last.

Happy Friday! I hope you are able to do something inspiring this weekend :)

Jenny


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