~JUST A WEE BIT DISTURBING~

~SCARY~

While taking a little break from working in my studio today (gosh...getting sick makes you get soooo behind in everything!) I stumbled upon the vintage graphic above that just stopped me in my tracks.

Now...by now you all probably KNOW that I love to sew...right?

I do!

I do!

HOWEVAH....

If I EVAH EVAH EVAHHHHHHHHHHHH get the the point where my husband has to model some little pink frock for me while I'm about ready to plant my bumm bumm on a prickly pin cushion I very well may have to GIVE UP my daytime job.  I'm thinkin' somebody might

JUST HAVE TO SLAP ME!

Yes-sir-ree!

Hope you are having a fabulous day!

Love to you...

~MOST EVERYTHING I LOVE~

When I was a young teenager I remember hearing the song "I LOVE" by Tom T. Hall and I've loved it ever since.  I make a habit of listening to it every so often just to remind me that some of the most simple things in my life are FREE...

I hope you'll take a listen!  Just turn your sound on and SMILE BIG!!!

Life is GREAT!

 I love little baby ducks

 Old pick-up trucks

  Slow-moving trains

  And rain!

I love little country streams

    Sleep without dreams

    Sunday School in May

 And hay!

And I love you too.

I love leaves in the wind

Pictures of my friends

 Birds in the world

 And squirrels!

I love coffee in a cup

Little fuzzy pups

Old TV Shows

  And snow!

And I love you too.

I love honest open smiles

 Kisses from a child

 Tomatoes on the vine

And onions!

I love winners when they cry

 Losers when they try

 Music when it's good

and life!

And I love you too!

May you be a blessing to someone in your life today.
You ALL are a blessing to me.  Thank you for always sharing your heart with mine...


Love to you...

~GIRL SCOUT...WILL YOU EVER BE A SEWER OF FINE THINGS?~

 ~SEWING NOTEBOOK FROM GIRL SCOUTS~

About 1969-1970

 Who knew?

Honestly...did anyone have a clue...

 that the little 11 year old girl

who worked so hard to earn her sewing badge

would one day sew and paint for a living?

 If someone had asked me that question when I was just a young girl I'd have said

"NO WAY!"

I despised HomeEc (and Mrs. Wylie despised me!)

Even so...I actually LONGED to fill up my dark green sash with lots and lots colorful badges!  But~as my money-conscience daddy once said (after inquiring about earning my camera/picture taking badge) "Becky Sue~I cannot afford to buy you film for a camera I can't afford to buy!" :( 

 And so...I spent most of my time earning the

"less costly" badges.

You know the kind, right?

Sewing, Painting/Art, etc.

Little did I know those early (and innocent) decisions would one day change the course of my life!

And thanks my Mother and her "You WILL finish what you start, Rebecca" I was FORCED ENCOURAGED to practice, practice, practice ALL those sewing stitches learned way back when...

 (I actually think it would have been a good idea if somebody had talked to me about my dreadful speeling spelling...

 or at LEAST proofed my work!!!)

 This was the FIRST of about a "ga-jillion" buttons I've sewn in place in my life!

 I actually remember making this notebook (a badge requirement back then)!  I can also tell you I've used all the the techniques I did all those years ago!  

Thank-you, Momma, for your simple instructions and for your gentle,faithful teachings.

I will always believe I learned from the best!

 It's been a while since I shared this with you...

but it bears repeating...

at least it does to me...

 Learning to sew

was BY FAR the smartest thing

I ever learned to do!

Today I'm soooo thankful that I had a mother who saw to it that I stayed on track and didn't travel too far from the well-beaten path...

I don't have a picture of me in my Girl Scout uniform but I do have this one I've shown you once before.  It was taken back in 1963 or so of my big sister Linda and I when she was a Brownie Girl Scout.  My Mom didn't want me to feel left out and so she made me the little brown frock you see above.

She called me "Her Pixie".

Got fabric?

Learn to sew!

You may just love it!

Blessings to you for a lovely day.

Love to you...