Happy Friday!

What's up? 

Happy Friday! 

Long time no type! I mean, see! 

Lots goin on 'round here. 

Not exactly exciting in the grand scheme of things but some new stuff happenin and whirling in my head.

Please permit me a moment of whining and 

then I'll move on.

I have decided to give up Craft Shows. 

(Did I tell y'all this already?) Anyways, the last one was last 4th of July. I sold NOTHING. Zero, zip, zilch. 

On top of the disappointment it poured rain several times that day - along with thunder and lightening. 

We only had the shelter of our pop-top canvas roof. 

 I was scared to pieces. North Carolina is #2 in the nation behind Florida in deaths by lightening.

All my merch was soaked - good thing it's all 100% cotton, right?

BillHubby and I broke down early cause all was wet - no way to sell that - and took turns toking stuff 2 1/2 city blocks to our truck. arrgghh.

My inventory was gifted, sold to neighbors and some of it is in a cute shop in Wake Forest, NC -  

Nereidas Nifty Threads  

Nereida is gathering all sorts of cool craft creations for her shop, which is adorable!

Then came the Fall and my brilliant idea to teach folks how to sew.

Ha! 

I put out flyers all over the place. 

No one called. 

So I'm taking a new approach. 

I've been sewing, stitching and knitting for my family and myself. I'm gonna be selfish for a while.

I'm planning some bloggie fun too. 

 Try It Tuesdays with recipes I tried over the weekend.

What's On Your Needles Wednesdays? to share 

(show off) what I'm knitting or stitching.

Thrifty Thursdays for recent Thrifting finds.

Fabulous Friday featuring free vintage embroidery patterns and other fabulous stuff.

Folks - keep me honest on this. If I miss a week of blogging please holler at me!

Stay tuned.   

Stay tuned. 

 

 

 

Sew, Mama, Sew GiveAway Winner!

We have Winner!!!

Congratulations Kristin! who wrote:

My favorite grill food would have to be chicken wrapped around fresh basil and tomato and marinated in fresh garlic and virgin olive oil. Ohhhh I ready for some grillin!

Thank you for the chance to win. This would make the perfect father's day gift, along with some grilling tools (toys as he calls them).

Do not be sad if you didn't win. 

I am offering free shipping in my etsy shop, Sew In Stitches, 

now through June 15th. 

Just in time for Dad's Day, Graduations, Weddings and Summer Cook-out Fun. 

Just use coupon code SMS2011.

And keep your eyes on your e-mails for another coupon.

I will be adding more aprons soon along with other goodies.

I am happy to discuss custom orders too!

Machine embroidered monograms or first names are available.

Just $5! 

That's cheaper than the famous catalogues and most stores!

Back to the sewing machine for me.

Again Thanks to all who dropped by during Sew, Mama, Sew's GiveAway!

Review and GiveAway Fun!

 We had a wonderful long weekend! How about you? 

Saturday, Bill and I attended Greensboro, NC's Fun Fourth Festival.  

We only went for the music.  

We were not disappointed.

Ladies and Gentlemen, From Carrboro,NC
Big Fat Gap
Bluegrass at its finest.

 

Everyone enjoyed the tunes!

 

Here's one nano-second that Bill wasn't running around snappin pics!  

From all over NC - Hobex! A favorite of my entire family.

Gotta love Andy Ware's purple pants!

 

Fresh from his Prague tour- Greg Humphreys!  

The beautiful Taz Halloween! After the show. We is sassy wimmens!

Now for Giveaway fun!!!

CSN stores generously allowed me to choose a product from one of their 200+ stores. I received and reviewed said product - a sofa protecting cat scratching post. 

Originally submitted at CSN Stores
Features:

• Available in various neutral carpet colors - shipped at random
• Encourages cats to scratch on it instead of expensive furniture
• Treated with organic catnip oil   
• Pros: Inexpensive, Protects Furniture, Just The Right Size, Attractive Design  
• Cons: Cat Doesn't Use It, Wobbly base

Couch Protector Scratch Post

3out of 5

This is a well-built product in the sense that it is just the right height to protect our sofa corner. The base is wobbly though. We added a weight from a former floor lamp to stabilize it.
Sadly, Our cats have no interest in it at all. Even after adding more catnip! But I think that is just their personalities rather than any fault of the product.(legalese)

Hopefully Stanley, who is the main sofa scratcher, will soon understand what he is supposed to do with is new post! 

CSN Stores is also offering a $40 Gift Certificate to one of my wonderful readers!!  It's too hot outside to think a whole bunch, so I'm gonna make this simple.

Leave me a comment about your 4th of July weekend or about how to convince a formerly feral cat to use the scratching post rather than the sofa.

One entry per person.

Comment before this Sunday, July 11, Midnight PDST (yeah, that's 3am EDST.)

I will use the Random Number Generator to choose a winner and announce here on Monday. 

Be sure I have a way to reach you by e-mail!