Catching up...

Finally finding a few moments to B R E A T H E! Seems I've been playing catch up since I got home last weekend.

It took a few days to recover from the flight home - or should I say from the day trying to GET home! I arrived at the Miami airport at 10:00 am on Friday and made it home to Fort Wayne, Indiana at 2:30 am. Kinda hard on these aging bones! First problem - all flights were oversold, next problem - I had to connect through Atlanta where they kept closing/opening the airport due to heavy fog. When I did finally get home, my luggage did not. You'd think with all that time waiting, the luggage would make it. *Sigh*. I'm just happy to be home! I don't think I will have to travel again for work until next April - hooray!

Now for a little eye candy - I've been holding this one back for a few weeks, not because I wanted to, I just didn't have time to sit and post...

In October I received a happy little package from my pal Monica. It always brings a smile to my face when I see unexpected packages from friends. I usually receive my mail in the afternoon and there is no better way to end a day than to see such happy packages in the mailbox. This one was no exception. I bring the package into my office and set it aside. Complete my work for the day and savor the fact that I have something neat to look forward to.

Then I tear into the sucker like I haven't had mail in months. Paints a pretty picture doesn't it? I'm usually alone so I can do it with reckless abandon and not worry about the sideways glances! I can squeal with delight and begin to imagine the possibilities!

In this package, I found a beautiful pincushion - lovingly created by Monica, it is pictured at the top of this post. What you can't see is the really cool tag that spells out 'Girl gone thread wild' in thread (of course). She had some listed in her Esty store, but it looks like they are sold out and I can see why. I LOVE mine!


And dolls, glorious dolls! See that cute little green one with the stamped body and hips just like mine?

How about the orange and black dolls with the cat face buttons? Cute overload!!! I have actually added beads to one of them and meant to send it out to a family member with an October birthday, but time got away from me. I will take photos of it and post it here at some point later and then send it on to it's intended recipient.

And last but certainly not least is the yellow doll with a wonderful face by Dottie Hoeschen. I love those faces - I just bought a couple more the other day. She does incredible work!

Here's a photo of the entire booty. I am a lucky, lucky girl!



I wanted to let you know too that I have many email messages/comments in my inbox that I am still sorting through. There are several that I want to follow up on - Sue and Timaree, I'm looking forward to reading the stories of your fathers. I also like to visit any blogs of folks that are new to post. I start to do that and find that I follow link after link and before I know it, an hour (or more) has passed and I still have not commented on the original blog I visited. There is just so much great stuff out there and never enough time in the day to see it all.

And one last note... did you notice my new badge in the upper right corner??? It's almost that time... for the One World One Heart annual giveaway. The brilliant idea was conceived by Lisa (Oceandreamer) and is one giant giveaway in which hundreds of bloggers participate.

It is SO much fun! A great way to get to know other artists as well as win some really neat items. I found many of the blogs I follow today through this event last year. If you get a chance, please click on the badge for more info. It doesn't happen until February, so there's plenty of time to prepare!

For those of us in the United States - we have Thanksgiving coming up this week. I have so much for which I am thankful. I'm doing my best to get another post or two up before the weeks end.