Happy Hallowe'en

 Happy Hallowe'en!!!!

Yes, I am back. Still unpacking. 

Found my camera - took pics of my Hallowe'en mantel and fireplace - lost my camera again. 

It's here somewhere. arrgh!

Bill and Kat and I dressed up last Saturday to attend a Young Cardinals/100 Yorktown show at Raleigh's wonderful Berkeley Cafe.

Here we are pre-show.

Kat helped us with our make-up. But she wouldn't let us take a pick of what turned out to be her prize winning Tin-Woman outfit!

Bill found a random mustache at the show and borrowed it, creating giggle fits all night. Wish I'd been faster with the camera phone to catch the ear hair mustache!

100 Yorktown was completely in the Hallowe'en spirit. My son, Jordan, is the monkey lead singer with 3 of his 4 banana band mates.

When Bill gets home we're gonna curl up and watch scary movies on Turner Classic Movies or these classics sent by my Sister from another Mister, Pam!

Thanks sweetie! I loves Hammer films!

Hope everyone has a wonderful, spooky, 

candy filled night. 

All treats and no tricks!

 

Love ya,

Becky

July is Almost Over?!? Giveaway

I am having one of those "where the heck did this month go?" moments.

Bill Hubby and I have been busy so time flies.

Following the July Celebration In Liberty, NC we set up at the Garner Arts and Crafts Festival.  

  Again, we met amazing crafts folk and some really nice customers.

Again, sales were disappointing. 

Again, I think it was the heat.

We will be checking out more venues and let you know if we are setting up near you!

In the meantime, go peak at my etsy shop.  Lots of bibs, tissue covers, an apron and a couple of sets of coasters.

Plus, There are still a few days left for the 

Christmas in July specials!!

I got a huge surprise today! 

I was featured on The Apron Goddesses!

I don't know how they found me!  

But dang what a sweet write up!  

Thanks to the Ladies who are The Apron Goddesses!

Which brings me to another little announcement - I now have 99 Bloggie Friend Followers!!!  

 I think it's time for a Give-away!

Here's the deal -

See all those little boxes on both sides of this column? 

The ones with links to other blogs and cool as all get out places on the interwebs?  

Yeah? Well, to enter this giveaway 

1) You must be a follower

2) Please visit one of the cool websites by clicking their button links here.

Come back here and let me know where you went and a little about what you saw.  Maybe Bea over at What's the Buzz - Bea's Blabber is talking about her adorable grandson or perhaps Angie over at Mama Lusco Handmade is showing off her adorable kids in vacation pics.

That's all. 

The Prize? Hmmm, One of my aprons of course! 

Something in a retro fabric with a couple of kitchen towels to match!

Extra entries? 

Sure, why not?

For a 2nd entry - Visit one more site and come back and tell me about it. (Heck, I hope eventually you can visit all of these fine folks!)

For a 3rd entry - If you visit my absolute over all favorite site, become a Fan and then tell me which, um, vocal expression, is your favorite  then you get that 3rd entry.  Trick is You have to guess which site I am talking about. 

It really isn't hard to figure out.

There ya are.  3 chances to win!

The winner will be drawn next Thursday, August 5 around midnight EDST.

Okay, I gotta go sew!

Love you all!

And so it begins........ And A Give Away!

September! I love September!

Fall is really in the air with a mild and breezy 77 degrees here in central North Carolina.

The windows are open and the sheers are fluttering.

Atlantic Coast Conference football kicks off Thursday night with the Gamecocks (booooo!) of South Carolina traveling to Raleigh to take on the NC State Wolfpack!! Don't call our house - we'll be glued to ESPN!

Tonight, my son, Jordan and his band, 100 Yorktown, are releasing their new CD in Greensboro at The Blind Tiger. Admission is free if you are over 21. It will be a Par-Tay!!!!


I will be 50 years old on the 17th. Laughed really hard at the mail box today when this arrived -









There are so many wonderful resources on this here internets! Check out the Give-away folks over there to the left. Prizes galore!


This is National Sewing Month!



I plan to sew everyday. I have so much fabric that I should never even think about looking at at fabric store nor website shop! But you know I will.

Check out these fun month long promotions:

The FabShop Hop offers a chance to check out 100's of online shops and to win prizes.

The CraftShop Shuffle is a "searching" game that leads you from one craft shop to another in order to find and register DAISY, our disco bird at each shop visited. The goal is to locate all of the birds.

Everyone who achieves this goal is automatically registered to win the grand prize picked especially for each different shuffle. In addition, anyone who locates at least half of the birds will be placed in a drawing for one of the gift certificates provided by the participating shops.

and.........

Love Mystery Quilts? We have just the thing to give you the opportunity to visit online shops while earning a Mystery Quilt Dash pattern!

Here are some great online sources for inspiration and free patterns:

All people quilt

Apron Patterns and more

Anna Maria Horner, author of Seams To Me, has tutorials galore!

Coats and Clark, the thread and yarn folks, have lots of patterns.

More patterns at Craft Pudding - cute embroidery!!

Pink Chalk - Free patterns and fab fabrics!

Wee Wonderfuls

Amy Butler - Free patterns. Who doesn't love Amy's fabric!?

Living Creatively - way too much stuff and fun!

Burda Free patterns - yes, the pattern company offers free patterns!

Indygo Junction - I want it all!!!!!

I bet you have many bookmarked just as I do!! There are literally days that I am so busy reading blogs and creative websites that i forget to eat lunch!

Now I have a little more business to share with you.

GIVE AWAY TIME!!!!!!!

(One of many I hope to have this birthday month!)

2 PRIZE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE:

500 Business Cards

Winners may choose size: 2x3.5”, 2x3”, 2x2";

paper: 14pt card stock (matte or gloss coating) & 13 pt card stock uncoated

color: (4/4) Color both sides; (4/1) Color 1 side , B/W backside;

(4/0) Color 1 side, black backside

Shipping must be paid by Winner.

Offer Valid for UNITED STATES SHIPPING ONLY.

You know you need some new business cards, don't cha? I know I do. I usually make my own but to win some would be cost effective and time saving! Check out their full range of beautiful products and great deals. They even have die-cut cards!

To win simply leave me a message below about how you will use the 500 Cards if you win.

If you are a twitterer and tweet about the give away, please come back and leave another comment for one more chance to win.

I will do the random generator thingy to choose 2 winners on Wednesday, September 10th.

And really last but not least, here's what I am working on for Jordan. Don't all rock'n'rollers need western style shirts?

Music! Music! Music!

I am one super dooper proud Mama!!!

My Boy, Jordan, and his pals started a band in our basement their Senior year at Chapel Hill High. 100 Yorktown has had a few personnel changes and 3 (yes 3!) Final concerts.

The guys have worked so hard on their craft. Now it is beginning to pay off! In addition to their moms, dads, sisters & brothers (collectively known as 50 Yorktown) and their long time friends, 100 Yorktown now has a genuine fan base!

This fan base turned out last Thursday night in Raleigh to set a record for Thursday night attendance at Deep South The Bar. (Thanks for having us. We all had a blast!)

But the best part - the guys won a gig at Raleigh (NC) Downtown Live series!!!!! They are on the same bill as big time recording artist Filter! It's a free show too.

Also making me very proud is the fact that 100 Yorktown is playing Sunday, May 24th at Raleigh's The Pour House for The Eve Carson Memorial Fund. You can hear some great music and support a worthy cause all at once!

In proud honor of the accomplishments of Jordan and 100 Yorktown I have installed a music playing gizmo. It features a new 100 Yorktown song and songs by a few of their musical influencers and some of my favorite local bands. All these bands are from North Carolina! The music player is waaaaayyy down at the bottom of this page and takes a minute to load and then play!

Enjoy!

Hope to see you in Raleigh soon!

~Becky