LIFES LITTLE GARDEN: Granny's Got Mail & So Do I

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Granny's Got Mail & So Do I

This is a Thanksgiving card sent to Granny from Diane!

Diane just had Gall bladder surgery but took the time to think of Granny and make her this card. Thank you Diane!

This big box of fabric is from Marlene!

I am going to cut it all up for Granny.

Thank you Marlene!

Now for my goodies.......I ordered these for myself off of ebay!

I did have a little help ordering the right things from my sweet friend,Michelle!

These are all for my Singer 401A! I have a walking foot, a darning foot, and a quarter foot!

Have I told you that I love this sewing machine???

I saw this cupcake tree on Tootsie's blog!

I fell in love with it!

It has 4 different toppers for different seasons.

Tootsie found hers at a thrift store and offered to watch for another for me but then she found this one on ebay and I could not wait!

Isn't it cute?
It holds 20 cupcakes or you can make it smaller if you want to. I just LOVE it!

11 comments:

Michelle said...: What nice gifts for Granny, and I'm glad you got your new sewing toys, but Val, I can still see that tape on the cabinet! Darn, I wish I would have thought to remove that before I shipped the cabinet!

Be blessed,
Michelle; December 1, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Alice Grace said...: Wow I love that cupcake holder! Wish I had an advisor like you do for your sewing! How sweet that everyone keeps honoring Granny!; December 1, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Allie said...: How sweet of Diane and Marlene! You will love your new feet- all of those are essential! Love your cupcake tree too!; December 2, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Tootsie said...: woo hoo!!! you got your tree!!! I am so glad!; December 2, 2009 at 1:00 AM
Dot in beautiful NE GA said...: I love the cupcake holder. How neat to have different toppers.; December 2, 2009 at 7:33 AM
Needled Mom said...: You will love all of those new feet. No excuses anymore!!!!!

Love the cupcake holder. I always set mine on a platter, but that would be fabulous!; December 2, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Diane said...: Thanks Val. I am back at work and doing fine. Cute cupcake holder. I might have to find one.; December 2, 2009 at 12:29 PM
Rhonda said...: Hi Valerie

cupcakes, fabric and quilts - my favorite things!
have fun cutting and sewing and eating some cupcakes from that cute, cute stand.; December 2, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Anonymous said...: Love the cupcake tree and am ready to go look for one myself. I have a question about what size squares Granny likes to sew with? I will be culling some fabric closer to Christmas - like when everthing is finished - and if I knew what size Granny likes I could cut them as well. Thanks; December 2, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Thearica said...: LOVE the cupcake holder! Ebay, here I come!

I am glad your family enjoyed the holidays so well. We were sick and shut in but all was peaceful and quiet. And hubby and I love that just as much sometimes. :); December 4, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Carole Burant said...: Omigosh, I love that cupcake holder! I'll have to check out ebay as well! hehe Granny must be so loving receiving gifts and cards, it makes my heart sing whenever I think of her smiling over it all:-) I just bought her a Christmas card that says "From Canada" on it so I'll mail it on Monday!! xoxo; December 4, 2009 at 4:50 PM

Our Prayer

Lord, help us to PLAN, PREPARE, & PLANT what you would have us to. Help us to WEED out of our lives what should not be there. Lord, help us to GROW through you in our relationships, our attitudes, and our lives, always being in your will. Help us to always walk with you. Help us to get our priorities straight and choose joy. Let us always be thankful and content even in the storms because we all know it’s going to rain. Help us to be ready. We also know that sunshine follows rain and joy comes in the mornings. Thank you Lord.

In Jesus name,

Amen.

I Work For A King

I Work For a King

"I work for a King. He has put me in charge of his home. When He comes to see how I have managed His possessions and His children, I do not want to be found wanting. I want to do my best. Everything I have is on loan from Him. I have room and board and a job to do, but it is all for Him. Therefore I want to dress my best and do my best in all my work. I also want to be creative, for this is a sincere attempt to glorify Him and His beautiful creation. How I manage my home is a form of worship to Him." --Lydia Sherman

Flylady Routines

Morning Routine

Have you made your bed?

What's for supper?

Get dressed.

Unload dishwasher/Wash dishes

Laundry

Swish & Swipe

Afternoon Routine

Declutter 15 minutes

Do something fun just for you!

Bedtime Routine

Pick up house before going to bed.

Plan for tomorrow today so we will wake up and smile.

Focus on Me.

Daily Schedule

Monday:

Home Blessing Hour/Catch up Day

Zone: Laundry room

Tuesday:

Free Day

Zone: Bathrooms

Wednesday:

Desk Day

Zone: Living areas.

Thursday:

Gofer Day

Zone: Bedrooms

Friday:

Baking Day

Date Night

Zone: Craft room/office/Kitchen

Saturday: Play Day

Sunday:

Church/Rest

Some Of My Favorite Movies

*The Bridges of Madison County

(My all time#1 favorite movie)

~Clint Eastwood & Meryl Streep~

*An Affair To Remember (My #2!)

~Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr~

*The Notebook (Top 3)

~Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams~

*It's A Wonderful Life (#4)

(Excellent-Never gets old)

~James Stewart & Donna Reed~

*Something's Gotta Give (Top 10)

~Jack Nicholson & Diane Keaton

*Love Story (1970)

Ali MacGraw & Ryan O'neal

*A Walk To Remember

(Romantic, Heartbreaking, Emotional)

~Mandy Moore & Shane West~

*The Bridge over the River Kwai

~War Movie~ (Excellent)

*Brief Encounter

(Oldie but goodie Love Story 1945)

*To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

~Gregory Peck ~

*Sorry Wrong Number (Horror 1948)

Barbara Stanwyck & Burt Lancaster

*One Flew Over the cuckoos Nest

WARNING Rated R but very good!

~Jack Nicholson~

*Gone With The Wind (Wonderful)

~Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland~

*Cool Hand Luke (We both love this one!)

~Rated PG Paul Newman~

My New Years Resolutions

To be content
To give thanks in all things
To take joy
To give grace
To receive peace

For from Him
And through Him
And to Him
Are all things.
To Him be the glory
Forever.
Amen.
~Romans 11:36

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Study to be quiet.
Mind my own business.
And work with my hands.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
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To be a better Wife, Mom, Gran, Granddaughter, Sister, Daughter, Aunt, & Friend
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To take every opportunity to be quiet.
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To slow down and smell the roses
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Me Time
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To Show Myself Friendly
Proverb 18:24

Granny's PERFECT Quilt

It is PERFECT. Perfectly PERFECT. Oh I don't mean perfect stitches, or perfect seams, or perfectly square. It is PERFECT for snuggling under on a rainy, dreary day. It is PERFECT for wrapping up a grandchild who is spending the night. It is PERFECT for making a house when draped over a chair & an end table. It is PERFECT for winding around and around a doll. It is PERFECT for covering up in the car when the air conditioning is on full blast. It is PERFECT for laying on the carpet and putting a baby down for his nap. God has touched Granny's heart and her hands, and her life. He has made her an artist. He has given her the gift of PERFECT quilts.

Written by Marlene B. about the quilt she bought from Granny. (Excerpt from Oct. 7, 2009 post on her blog)

www.stitchinbythelake.blogspot.com

Thank you Marlene for blessing Granny!

Stay At Home

Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;
Home-keeping hearts are happiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best.

Weary and homesick and distressed,
They wander east, they wander west,
And are baffled and beaten and blown about
By the winds of the wilderness of doubt;
To stay at home is best.

Then stay at home, my heart, and rest;
The bird is safest in its nest;
O'er all that flutter their wings and fly
A hawk is hovering in the sky;
To stay at home is best.

Longfellow (song)

"Oh that God would give every mother a vision of the glory and splendor of the work that is given to her when a babe is place in her bosom to be nursed and trained! Could she have but one glimpse in to the future of that life as it reaches on into eternity; could she look into it's soul to see its possibilities; could she be made to understand her own personal responsibility for the training of this child, for the development of its life, and for its destiny,--she would see that in all God's world there is no other work so noble and so worthy of her best powers, and she would commit to no others hands the sacred and holy trust given to her." -JR Miller