Hats, Squares, and a Scarf…Oh my!

I’ve been keeping busy these past few days working on several projects. If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you can probably already know just which projects I’ve been working on…

 

There’s the hats for Romania, the scarf for a friend of mine, the friendship afghan squares, and also that jumper dress that just doesn’t seem to be going anywhere! Haha!

 

 

And as if that wasn’t enough to keep me busy, I just recently bought more fabric for a skirt. It’s a lovely solid navy blue and it’s heavier than the summer fabrics I normally buy. While I have enough spring/summer skirts, I need to add a few more warm skirts to my wardrobe for the cooler months. :) So I’ll probably start my next skirt tomorrow and will be sure to share photos with you later this week!

I’d also like to let you all know about Emily’s apron swap. I participated in an apron swap just a few months ago and it was lots of fun. Basically, you sign up and will be matched with a “partner”. You will sew {or buy!} an apron for your partner and then place it in the mail. Your partner will also mail an apron to you. It’s quite easy and a great way to get to know other girls! So please had over to Emily’s blog to sign up!

Yep, I’m participating in the apron swap as well…I guess you can add that to my list of current projects!

What are you working on? Anything fun? Share your what’s on your “current projects list” below!

Have a blessed week, friends!
 

Featured!

…in the Feelin’ Feminine’s magazine, that is!! My dear friends at FF decided to have my sister Sara and I as the featured feminas of the month. :)

Click on the magazine cover below to read our interview and all the other great articles in this month’s issue!

 Blessings!

And the winner is…

Okay, so I know you just want to scroll down and just see who won. ;) But first I’d like to thank everyone for entering my giveaway. I got an amazing 119 entries! I’d also like to welcome my new followers! I’m glad you came across my blog and hope you are blessed by what you read here.

Alright, I won’t hold y’all in suspense any longer… the first winner is LINDSAY from Content in Christ!! She won 2 patterns from the Marie-Madeline Studio. I’m so happy for you, Lindsay! ;) This is the comment she left:

And the second winner is JO MARCH who blogs at Scraps From My Workbasket!! Jo won the book “Inspiring Words from the Psalms for Friends” and a Bermuda t-shirt. Here is Jo’s comment:

 
And just so you know, the winners were selected using random.org’s number generator. :)

I’m sorry that not everyone could win…I know just how disappointed you all feel. Of course, I plan to host another giveaway sometime in the future –so  stick around…you just might win next time!

Hope you all have a blessed day!
 

Happy 12th Birthday, Leah!

My little sister, Leah’s birthday is today! Twelve years ago, she joined Sara and I and made a family of five.

She’s a sweet girl with a cheerful, serving spirit. I can’t imagine what our family would be like without her! She’s truly a blessing from God for our family.

L oyal

E arnest

A ppreciative

H umble

 

Praise God for granting Leah 12 years of life here. May God bless her with many more to come!

New Commenting System!

Okay, I took the plunge I decided to replace Blogger’s commenting system with Disqus. The main reason why I made the switch is that I’m tired of having non-threaded comments. In other words, when someone asks me a question I have to leave a whole new comment to answer. And that answer appears as a new comment –not as a reply to the comment that I’m trying to answer! But with Disqus, if someone asks me a question, I can reply to that question and the reply will be “threaded” and will appear indented under the question I’m answering. Here’s an example:

 To use Disqus, you don’t need to be registered with any particular social website although you can sign in using Twitter, Yahoo!, and OpenID. If you don’t have an account with any of those websites, just select “guest” and fill in your info. And be sure to add your blog link too, so your name will be linked to your blog!

So go ahead and give the new comment system a try!

Thanks in advance for helping me test this new feature! Happy commenting!
 

A New Season!

Yesterday began a new season –autumn! I just ♥ autumn! It’s my second-favorite season, just after spring. :) 

Usually, the leaves here don’t change color or fall because it doesn’t get cool enough. But this year is different! The hurricane’s high winds “burnt” the leaves so now many of the trees look brown. Actually, it looks more like late autumn in New England. The foot trails near our home are covered in leaves and you can often hear chainsaws cutting away at branches and trees that have fallen into the roads.

{look at all the brown trees in a distance}

 {more brown trees}

One thing I love about autumn is the crispy mornings. During the summer time here, the humidity can be quite high so I always enjoy the cool, fresh air that comes along with autumn. It’s such a joy to take walks in the warm, early morning sun and I just love being outdoors without wilting in the heat!

During the autumn months, I love having more fun outside. Gardening, bird watching, and cycling are a few activities that I look forward to doing now that the weather is more comfortable outside. I also hope to do more photography!

For some reason, as soon as the weather turns cooler I also enjoy more indoor crafts as well. I’m hoping to work on a few projects that I started earlier this year and really need to finish! I’ve been working away steadily at the friendship afghan squares and a few hats for the Romanian orphans. One friend asked what I plan to do with the Baby Wool that I featured in a recent blog post. Well, I’m crocheting a beautiful scarf for a friend of mine! Oh, I just love the colors in this scarf!

 

Speaking of crafts, I’d like to know how you all are doing with the project to make hats for Romania. The mailing deadline is October 10th. If you don’t get the hats mailed to the ministry’s U.S. office before the Oct. 10th, your hats will need to be mailed directly to the orphanage in Romania which will cost you more! We are hoping to have 100 hats made, once for each child so if you’re a participant please leave a comment and let me know how many you’ve completed! If you aren’t participating right now but you can knit, crochet, or sew and you think you’ll be able to finish before the deadline, feel free to join us! We're always glad to have another participant. :-)

My dear friend Emily spent the past week or so redesigning my blog and I think she did a fabulous job! What do y’all think about my new blog design?

Emily also designed a lovely blog button for me!You can find the code in my right sidebar. Feel free to share my blog with your friends. And if you post it on your blog’s sidebar before Sept. 28th you can gain an extra entry in my giveaway! Just be sure to let me know you grabbed my button in a comment on my giveaway post.

Oh, please tell me what you enjoy most about autumn? Is it the cooler temperatures? The falling leaves? Share what you love about this new season in a comment below!

Blessings!
 

We’re All Safe!

Just wanted to thank you for all your prayers! We’ve been truly blessed and spared. The worst of the storm passed us late last night…and the winds were HOWLING! It was amazing to listen to the huge amounts of energy that was being released by that hurricane!

I’m delighted to report that we never lost electricity during the storm! We woke up this morning to see the fan still spinning and the clock was telling the right time. :) Our house has sustained no damage and everyone in my family is safe! –even our two kitties, Onyx & Opal are fine! ;)

The large majority of our island is without electricity. We have one power company that provides the island with electricity and they reported that 30,000 of their 35,000 customers are without power this morning. I’m so AMAZED that we didn’t lose our power! Praise God!

The local Government has reported that there have been no deaths or major injuries! We do see lots of branches that have been blown over and even a few trees. I’ll try to take photos to share with you later. It’s still quite windy outside and raining off and on and the Police have asked that the public stays off the roads so that they {and other organizations/companies} can properly assess the damage. But the weather will only continue to improve and tropical storm force winds should ease by this afternoon. My family and I are observing Yom Kippur today and will be fasting until sunset so I won’t be online to chat or tweet but just thought to update everyone here!

Once again, it’s obvious that God has answered the prayers of His people! I cannot begin to thank you all enough for praying for us!

Have a blessed day! {and look out for my blogoversary post later today!}

Video and Storm Update!

Hey there! We’ve still got power and it’s around quarter past 8 now. I decided to film a short video clip so you all can see just what’s happening around here. :) Enjoy!

{and sorry that it’s dark at the beginning}

Blessings!