Odd Dotty Dollymaker

All in the family

Do you see this?

The girl made this. All. By. Herself. On her own sewing machine. For a friend's birthday gift. Needless to say she was pretty proud of herself.

Even more needless to say? I am one proud mama!

Table Talk

Boy: Dog food doesn't make me grow.

Me: No? What does make you grow?

Boy: Healthy food.

Me: And what is healthy food?

Boy: Brats...Turkeyburgers...and breakfast.

*Sigh*

They grow up so fast...

...it seems like only yesterday I had to help him shave his left cheek.

Sneaky Peeky

Um.

Hi.

Whoa! Did you guys just see that? Did you see it? That week and a half that just flew by? Where the ham did that come from? Who's throwing week and a halfs around? I tell ya, kids these days. Just don't appreciate a good week and a half anymore. Boy, what I could do with a good week and a half right now, I tell you what!

Okay, seriously. Sorry about that. I didn't mean to abandon post like that, things just get busy round here, and I don't mean to not post...it just kind of happens. Honestly, I don't even know what I have been doing that was out of the ordinary that I didn't have time to post anything. Maybe that's just it. Maybe I have been too boring. No, no. I haven't been bored...just busy. Anyway, it doesn't matter now. I'm still here. And as I think I said in my last post that I have become super inspired! I have ideas for five new dollies. So, keep an eye out for them, because they are going to be going into my shop once they are made. And they are going to be hoping to find new homes.

But, I can only make one dolly at a time, and right now I am working on the one for the swap. I am so pleased with how she is turning out. In fact, I had to physically stop myself from working on her tonight as it is past midnight now and I need to get up fairly early in the morning. But, I don't know if any of you crafters out there get the same way, when the creative juices start flowing and everything seems to be coming together just the way you had hoped...you get all fired up and the thought of sleeping seems so insane! Who has time to sleep when there is crafting to be done! Alas, I have responsibilities that prevent me from crafting on this eve so I can be well rested for the morrow. Here is a sneak peek of the swap dolly. Mia, don't look if you want to be surprised. In fact, I will put it a little further down...let's see if I can do this...

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All around the world...

You know what I love?

Mail.

Especially when it comes from an actual person and is bursting with goodies like this gem I received as a belated birthday gift from miss Ann-Margret over at Piece of Mind:

The best part? It's from another country. Okay, that may not be the absolute best part, but I still really love that this li'l website of mine has connected me with people from all around the world! Love that!

Okay, so here is what was inside, I was seriously impressed that she packed all of this into a relatively smallish box.

Look at all of that! There's fabric and trim and buttons and a cute little bag holding thread, and lace. Wow! Thank you Ann! Thank you! I don't know if you can see it or not, but if you click on the picture it will make it bigger and then you can see the cutest little owl button! I tried to get a close up of them, but my camera wouldn't let me for some reason.

Oh! On top of all of that she also packed in a cute purse notebook with a very sweet card attached, with some kind sentiments written on the back.

Thank you again, Ann-Margret. You are, indeed, a very kind-hearted and generous woman!

You know what else I love?

The Internet.

As I said earlier, I love that through cyberspace I have been making friends from all over the world! And one of them is called Booip. Hi Booip! She lives in Sweden. If you speak Swedish, go visit her blog. If you don't speak Swedish, go visit her blog. Except just look at the pictures, that's what I do. She does some amazing work! And I am so excited because she and I have set up a personal swap. This is exactly what I needed as I have been feeling pretty uninspired as of late. But now? I am super inspired and can't wait to get started on her dolly. So. Off I go!