Vintage Thingies Thursday and a Give Away

As I said earlier - I love September for many reasons!

It's National Sewing Month!
It's my Birthday month - I'll be 50!
It's my daughter Katharine's Birthday month - she'll be 22!
It's College Football kick-Off Month! Go Tigers! Go Demon Deacons!
It's cooler!
It's Fall!
It's time for another GiveAway! Check it out!

Now for somethingys Vintage.

I've shown you things from my Mom's Dad's family and home place. So here's a bit from Mom's Mother's history. We all called her "Mama."



This is the Church her family attended. It was a "Circuit Church" meaning one Pastor was assigned to Moss Chapel and at least 2 other congregations. He would have services at each place on a rotating basis. Believe it or not there are still several Methodist Churches on circuits, including Mama's church.










Isn't it sweet?



















I remember attending a Christmas service there with my family and Mama and her sisters and all the uncles and cousins who were nearby. Twas COLD!! with one wood stove up front. The Pastor asked for all the children to come forward to sing "Away in a Manger." Mama shoved me out in the aisle. Couldn't hide - wished I could be invisible - didn't know a soul there but family - managed to sing and not die. Mama was so proud! I didn't understand til I had my own children :)


The building and grounds have been updated since I was a little girl. They have heat and air conditioning now! Anyone else remember those fans on a stick that we used way back when? And other modern conveniences have been added too....




His AND Hers! Mama didn't get to see these being added but I am sure she would have had more than a few jokes and "true" stories to tell about such places.


It's Homecoming this week at Moss Chapel. Mom is going and we are wishing we could join her and Mama's one remaining sister and all the cousins. The food is always wonderful!!!!


And there's always a stroll through the cemetery where I learn more about our ancestors.

Have I mentioned we are pack rats? Yeah, I know, I have. Here are the Barbie cloths that Mama helped me sew. She taught me how to sew by hand way before I was allowed to think about even looking at a sewing machine!



Poor Barbie would look like a sad bag lady if I were to dress her in these now.

Thanks for stopping by. I know I was late posting VTT today but just in case you haven't looked yet - go over to our dear hostess, Suzanne's site, Coloradolady, and check out all the other Vintage Thingys!



And don't forget to check out my Give Away!

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?