Sewing, Sprucing Up and Stuff

So my kidlets are constantly asking me to put up various holiday decorations.

Pleading and begging.

I put up stuff for Halloween and Christmas and that is as far as my decoration stash goes.

But I'm trying to be better.

It could be fun pulling out boxes of stuff and creating a mess to decorate for holidays right?

Thanks to the "queen of homemaking", Martha Stewart, I swiped a few ideas off her website.


"Love Trees" (this isn't a Martha though..a Toby original)


Tissue Paper Pom Poms...lots of those!


One of my best gal pals just had a baby...well babies need quilts and I jumped at the chance (who doesn't like to make blankets for new babies).



I swiped another idea off a neighbor blog.....LOVE the Black Apple Dolls. I'm making lots more of these (family members...if you are reading this....close your eyes!!!). My big girls couldn't believe I knew how to make dolls. If they only knew how easy!

So my sewing room has been needing a spruce up remodel. Bad! So I decided to paint it the week before Christmas (I mean...why wait once you decide on a color)! Loved how the color turned out.
A few new curtains....I hope I have enough left over fabric to make a purse. Excuse the messy floor...this is a sewing room and I am sewing up a storm for Pink Fig Patterns. I'm in heaven! (Those pictures will be up when I finish her samples).