Last day

Heading home again tomorrow.
7 hour drive, but it was worth getting to spend some much needed time alone with my husband.
Anyone who's husbands work away from home know how great it is to spend a little extra time with their loved ones.
The jacket is made from buffalo hide, all I could think was how much it would smell when wet lol
On the plus side you would be warm.
The cartoon drawing remind me of my grandfather, who used to love to go huckleberry picking. The bears also love huckleberries lol. He would have taken on a bear who dared take his beloved berries .

My mini vacation

I am so relaxed its not even funny.
I can't believe how much I needed this.
Lastnight we went to 2 fancy restaurants, and I walked out of both lol.
I kinda felt bad but the first one had such a tiny menu and the prices where CRAZY high, the next one was better, but the majority of the menu was seafood Yuck, and Pasta, not a huge fan. It looked like a jungle in there as well the plants where huge, but it smelled funky in that restaurant so I left that one as well. My poor husband lol
We ended up in a hole in the wall pub, that served great food and AWESOME prices, and I even had 2 beer lol I never drink.
Today I toured around town by myself cause my husband is still working.
I found a cute little quilt store and just had to spend some money ok alot of money in lol
Then I found a couple of giftstore, there is alot of those in town as it's a very touristy kinda town.
I just haaaaad to buy more stuff.
Then a big elk walked across the street in front of me, he was actually closer than this picture looks. I hope to see more and get better pics. I saw 6 HUGE very healthy looking ones yesterday but wasn't in a good spot to take pics.
I took a picture of myself driving shhhhhhhh
and a picture of the Rocky Mountains they are a sight for sure.
And this is Jasper the bear and I

Valentines Swap

I got my parcel in the mail today.  It was FULL of goodies.
I swear I got so spoiled, there was lindor chocolates :)  gonna make quick work of those let me tell ya
Heart melting tarts covered in spicy goodness, a heart tart, a be mine pillow, the cutest tealight, in a metal heart holder,  and a dainty candle mat, doily, which is absolutley gorgeous.
Francine from http://primitivestars.blogspot.ca/?m=1
Thank you Francine you totally made my day!

 

Thank you Amy from http://bumblebeelanecottage.blogspot.com/ for hosting another great swap

 

Home Alone

Well I guess it's about time I posted again.
Where does the time go??
I've been busy today, I drew out 6 new patterns, some are for Spring and 2 are kinda all season.
Now just to get them sewn up, and see how they work.
I'm going away on Friday for the weekend, I am so excited!!
I'm leaving my almost 16 year old son home alone, a little nervous about that LOL  He's a good kid, and pretty responsible.  Might have to phone home and make sure he feeds the fish and the dogs.  Funny how they never forget to feed themselves.  My parents live just 10 minutes away if he has any problems.
My husband works away from home, usually Fort MacMurray, but this month he's working in Jasper Alberta.  It's about 6 1/2 hours from here, so I'm going to spend a much needed weekend alone with him,  what the heck the hotel is payed for :)  and they have a QUILT store.
I'm going to take my punch needle with me to work on.  Have to finish my Valentines swap items.
I had my first real sale online this week!  I was pretty stoked about that.  I have been busy making little ornies from a pattern I found online.  A snowman, a gingy, and ragedy anne.  I think I got carried away and made 60 of them if not a few more.

Pay it forward

I have 3 spots left on my blog for the pay it forward.
I have run this on my Facebook, and on a quilting site I belong to, so when this is all said and done i should have 15 people at least to pay it forward.
I have a special reason I like PIF when my son was 5 he got very sick with Scarlet Fever
I was a single parent working as a Special Needs Worker and finances where tight.
My poor son was covered in a rash from head to toe, he had what is known as strawberry tongue, where all your taste buds are inflamed. He couldn't drink his mouth hurt so bad, we almost lost him, it was really scary. Anyways my house manager found out about my son and bought him his antibiotics, I promised to pay her back on payday, and this is what she said " do something nice for someone else, and you have payed me back". So from that day on I have tried to do nice things for people. I will never forget what she did for me that day.
I am now married, and my son is 16 and happy and healthy. I am still a Special Needs Worker and life is wonderful.
So come on and sign up and let me do something nice for you.
It's snowing like crazy here, I feel like calling in and having a snow day lol. I don't think they would fall for it tho.

Pay it forward

Pay it forward is such a great idea.
I can't wait to get in on the action myself
The first 5 people who comment on this post will receive something from me sometime through out the year.
Mandy from bittersweet folkart primitives had a great idea.
And a primitive place blog also got in the action as well as many others
Lets pay it forward and have a great time doing it

More in the mail

I ordered a couple of pins from Michelle Palmer the other day, and they arrived today in the mail.
They are amazing hand drawn fabric art pins. She is amazingly talented. If you don't follow her blog you should. michellepalmerart.blogspot.ca.
I just love getting parcels in the mail