TREASURE THIS FOREVER!!

 

Live, Love, Laugh and Support each other!!

Many hugs and kisses,

Conny



HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Hello Beautiful Bloggers and

Welcome to all of my new

Followers. I do hope that you

enjoy my blog.

 

I was going to post last monday but a

strange thing happened to me. The only thing

that ever makes me sick is you all know -

ALLERGYS. I never,

never get sick. I mean never!!!! I guess

there is a time for everything. However

a shot has never made me sick!! Well

wouldn't you know it. I went in to see the

doctor just for a routine visit and told him

to be sure not to make me sick and we laughed

about it. He told me

that I need a Tetanus shot because it has

been years since I have had one, so I agreed to take

one. The shot

they gave me was a Tetanus combined with

Whooping Cough and I think Diptheria.

Well I was a happy camper before I went in

there. After the shot on Monday, I was fine,

however Tuesday morning I started getting sick.

Nausea, aches and pains, headache, chills,

tiredness, sick to my stomach, alot of nausea,

and FEVERS.

Thursday I crawled out of the bed to visit the

doctor again. Especially to tell him he made me

sick!!! He said I probably caught the Flu. I told

him 'NO'. They checked me anyway. He came

back and told me 'No Flu'. My fever was 102 at that time.

Gave me a prescription

for nausea medication. That was an exchange from

nausea to dizziness which was not good. Good-bye

to that medication after one use!

I had not eaten since monday so my daughter stayed

with me trying to nurse me back to good health.

I have only started feeling better by Saturday.

Am sure glad that it will be another 10 years before

I receive that shot again. Today I am going to report

the effects to VAERS because of my reaction.

Please do not stop taking your

shots on account of what I have stated here. This is

just my reaction and it does not apply to all.

 

Okay to let you in on news of my

eyes. Finally my right eye has improved

to 20/35. YEAH!!!!!

It is a slow progress for me but it is coming

along! Hopefully in 6 more months or no

more than a year I will be back to normal.

Normal - hey maybe I was never that anyway!

HAHAHAHA

 

Now that I am feeling better. I had meant to give

you this pattern last week before I was way-layed

to my bed for sickness.

This pattern is for a small Scissors case. Make it from

Linen or Aida cloth. The choice is yours. Change the

colors if you would like or not. You can also increase

the scissors and the fob size by cutting your linen or

aida cloth bigger and by adding more of

the Rhodes design. The Rhodes design can be put

on front and back of the scissor case. Before you cut any

fabric be sure to measure your scissors. It is best to

make 2 paper pattern pieces to simulate a front and

a back. Put your scissors inside the 2 papers and see

how that is going to look. Perhaps you want or need

the pattern fatter. That's okay then just make the pattern pieces

fatter. The top of the scissor case is just a pyramid that

should be included on the back pattern piece. This is

so the pyramid top piece folds over onto the front. When

folded over add a button and buttonhole. (You can also

omit making the pyramid piece if you want. If you do omit

this piece be sure to add a little extra fabric to make a seam

on the inside. To close add a toggle button and a loop or just leav

it open. That will look just as good).

(Be sure to make sure that the patterns are correct and looks right).

If all is good, then take your patterns to the fabric and

cut out.

If your fabric is thin, be sure to line it with something thicker

like a piece of batting, flannel or other. You do not have

to line a thicker fabric but do take in account that the point

of the scissors is going to be at the bottom for this design. 

The count of the fabric you use is up to you.

The little scissor case pattern above is only for a pair of

scissors that is smaller than 4.5" X 3.5".

I hope you like this pattern!

 

Enjoy your evening with your loved one this Valentines!

Hopblogger

 



"The Adventures of One-Eyed Jack"

MY BOOK HAS FINALLY BEEN
PUBLISHED!!

 

I AM VERY EXCITED!! This is

my second pulished Book and I hope

this book is a huge success!

If you would like to purchase it or

see where it is published then please

go to the link listed below.

http://www.publishamerica.net/product49684.html

Thank you so much for supporting

me!!

Many hugs and kisses,

Conny

Christmas Angel toppers

Hello Everyone!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

 

Today's topic is Angels.

I know everyone at one point in

time has had at least one of these

Christmas Angels on their trees!

There are so many different kinds and

they are all beautiful. They get prettier

every year. I happen to love

the lacy ones, but over time being stored

in your attic, they become yellowed and

age really fast. The inside plastic becomes

brittle and yellowed. They may have lost the

pretty bows that once adorned them.

The lace begins to look tattered. Well I

have many of these angels.

At one time I

put Angels all over my tree - so I have plenty of them.

When I bought them, I cut the inside

plastic away and just sat them on the 

branches. My tree was gorgeous that year! Of course this

was many years ago that I did this. Every

year my ornaments seem to change.

 

This year I noticed that I had a few

lovely Angels that had yellowed really bad!

I know that you cannot see the yellow

but they are yellowed!

The 3rd picture

shows some yellow spots just above the

lace. Their hair is still very nice, but

I do not have any intention of remaking

over these Angels.

 

Well - it is time to reuse these Angels!

So I got to work. My trusty paper scissors

helped me cut away those yellowed plastic

cones. Then I grabbed my little red

handled pliers. That is my favorite

(tear-up) tool of destruction!

 This was the only Angel that was small. I tore away

the inside lights also. I will use them somewhere

else. The dress looks white but I assure you it

is yellow! I do not know why my pics have made

them bright! Strange!!!

 The yellow plastic came out easy in

this little doll. The holes in the plastic

held the lights. Most of these plastic

things come out really easy with very little

glue to clean out of the heads or body.

 Here are the bodies. Yep - I tore up all 4 of them!

I will donate their heads, arms and what little bodies

they have. I will also donate the wings.

Crafters would love to get their hands on them and

remake them over.

I know it is Christmas - but these little dolls could

also be made into HALLOWEEN WITCHES for

next year. Put on your thinking caps and imagine

it. Be sure to tear off the gold wreath on the

little angels head if she is not going to be an Angel

anymore.

 Hoo-ray!! Tide and a little bleach whitened them

up very nicely! Even the yellow spots came out.

 I noticed that the fat wings to the left is still a little

yellow but it is brighter! It could be that those wings

should not have been bleached.

 The bodice and sleeves on this dress did not clean

up like the lace. I remember the bodice and sleeves

being a beautiful white. It might be because of the fabric

it is. And so I will cut away that fabric.

Oh well - they still look better.

These laces are going to be used for my miniature

dresses that I am going to make. The lace will look

gorgeous!!

 

Have a lovely night with you and yours!

Hopblogger



A Log Cabin Dream

This pattern is called LOG CABIN DREAM.

I am

positive that all of you know this quilt pattern

as simply Log Cabin. .

Log Cabin Quilts are precious to us as they

symbolize our Home. So warm and loving.

So why not stitch one up!

 

Hello Everyone!

Thank you for your sweet comments and

concerns. They are truly appreciated!

And Thank you for following me.

Boy, when my eyes get better I will

have heaps of cross stitch work to

do!

 

Make a biscornu or a just a regular

pincushion. The choice is yours.

Log Cabin is adaptable to either.

And you can use the colors that I give or

use the colors that you choose.

 

THIS LOG CABIN PATTERN IS INTENDED

FOR USING UP ALL OF YOUR LEFTOVER

THREADS IN YOUR JARS!! For each block

just make sure that you stay in the same

color family.

 

FRONT

 

Back

 

PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL

BEFORE YOU START.

6 cross-stitch blocks form the basis of the pattern.

The blocks are surrounded by 5 narrow strips

or bands around these blocks. The final large

outside strip is stitched with #3806 Lt Cyclamen Pink.

Then the narrow last strip is stitched in

black. Use black floss to stitch the front and

back together.

On the narrow strip with the white  that you see,

there are no symbols. I intended for this color

to be stitched in white.

As in a quilt all of the centers in each block

are stitched in red.

On each block beside the red centers your colors

should be stitched with the lighter color beside the

red and then graduate out with the medium and then

dark of that floss color.

FRONT: DMC 307, 310, 605, 604, 3801, 3846, 3845, 3844,

211, 210, 209, 3806, 3805, 3804, 3864, 3863, 3862, 3849, 3848,

3847, 3836, 3835, 3834, 3855, 3854, 3853, 157, 156, 155,

372, 371, 370, 415, 414, 413, 435, 434, 433, 445, 444, 504,

503, 502, 519, 518, 517, 761, 760, 758, 742, 741, 740,

761, 760, 758

BACK: DMC 310, 3801, 3846, 605, 519, 435, 211

 

I hope you enjoy stitching this pattern. Thank you

for visiting me!

Hopblogger