Love Leigh Things

A Little Bit of 70's With a Frog to Boot

What can you say about a man that finds a book as yummy as this and brings it home to you!  I am in vintage heaven!  Now some more family bragging, do you see that great McCoy frog?  My mama found him at an antique store, gotta love love love him!

 

 

Take a peek in the book

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My washer has been saved, (Laura, really she is fine)  her propeller thingy had flown out, but she has a new one now!  My AC is totally fixed, not just patched!  The new dishwasher is working great and the roof estimates, etc... are making progress!  Can you say whew!

 

Boo survived CAP encampment, with the accolades to prove it!

 

 

 

I will not show you the amount of laundry he brought home with the awards.  But, my heart is back in place!  A lot of people found humor in my week of worry, I know who you are, haha!  Karen, Diane, Jeff, and the rest!

 

When I complained about not having crafty time, in a previous post I forgot that I have been crafting a bit!  My aunt and mama are teaching me to crochet granny squares and helping me with my technique.  Hopefully, I will have some gorgeousness to show you soon!  I am so ready to fire up one of my sewing machines, I have the urge, haha!  By the way, Hancock Fabrics has their McCall's patterns on sale for only 0.99 until July 18th!

 

Well, I am off!  I will be around blogland in the next day or so to visit and answer emails! 

 

 

I am outta here!!

My wonderful hubby is taking me to the mountains for several days!!!  I am taking my laptop, but, I do not know how much or if any I will be online.  Fear not, when I return I will be back visiting each of you!  Of course, I realize some of you welcome a break from me!!  Did I mention there will be no children or YaYa's going?  My wonderful, gorgeous, smart MUM is coming to watch them!  Bentley, however is very excited that he gets to go!  He only gets to go because he does not need any public restroom breaks that gross his mother out, teehee! 

Here is a little vintage eye candy for you.  It was my husband's grandmothers!  She used it regularly, and it still looks brand new!!

I only use the tablecloth around Valentine's Day and no one gets to eat off of it!  The bowl was his great grandmother's.  I do use it everyday.  Of course this is the table from the Beverly Hillbillies, I wrote about before.  You gotta love the in-laws!

I was sweetly surprised with a Valentine from the ever so lovely Kai!  Woohoo, what a talent with a heart of gold!

This is what I found when I opened the lovely wrapping!

Oh how gorgeous, I am loving it!!  But, then I turn it over to find a Bentley!

Here is a better picture of a cross stitched B Man!!  Just gorgeous!  Thank you, Kai!!!

Yippee, after this mess...

and this mess... (It was a good thing no one needed the guest room!)

We have this...

in our media room!  It goes so much better than the old one.  Yes, the guest room is all cleaned out too!

Besides making messes and getting sick, I was able to work on this quilt top.  It is sorta what you get when you do not follow directions, but I really like it so far!

I want to wish all of you the best Valentine's Day ever!!! I will be back next week, or before!

 

 

Aren't These Too Cute???

They are calling card holders! 

These are some of the goodies I have been making with my new fabric stash.  They really are easy to make.  They also have a ton of uses,  business cards, gift cards, etc...  My mother wants me to make a larger one for her camera.  (Hey look Kai no sewing!)  I got the instructions from the too talented NastyWench!

I am just so thrilled, I got two more awards!!  I can't help it, no shame here, I adore getting them!!  They really can make ones day!!  These are from one of the best bloggers ever, Lesley!  Now you know that I love Lesley but there is a problem!  My mama, now to only be referred to as MUM, is wanting to adopt her.  Yes, my VERY southern MUM thinks Lesley is her long lost child and is requesting we call her by her new moniker.  Because that is what Lesley called her!  Will somebody just shoot me if my mother ever starts to blog or if I am replaced in the will!  Seriously, if I could give the awards back they would go straight to Moogsmum aka Lesley!

I want to pass this award on to Deserae because she really helped when YaYa got a booboo!  Sincerely, thank you Des!  Plus YaYa is in love with doggie internet dating her Simon and Teddy.  I am sending it to Kai as well, because she sent me one of the sweetest emails ever! Laura gets it for the best blog line!  Kai and I agree on this one! Go to her post for January 11, 2008 and read about her lips!  I am still loving it!!! NastyWench gets it for the fantastic ideas on her blog and helping me find scalloped shears for the calling card holders above!  Jan started her very own ETSY shop this week!  So for taking the leap she deserves it also!!!  Fiberjinx and babysaurus get it for the post and photo on January 22, 2008! Jane because she has the best Christmas holiday photos and a monkey hat that I am trying to bribe out of her, haha! Alison because she has one of the most adorable blogs ever!  JenaVeve because she did not know what a blog was six months ago either!  Plus she appreciates the friendships through them!  Scarletti because she can be creative while sick and needs a gold star!  Samantha because she has her first apron as well!! 

I love comments, who doesn't!?!?  I want to pass this next one on to everyone who comments!  Because, they really do cheer me up!  So congrats and take your award to your bloghome and enjoy it, you earned it!!

Be sure to pass the awards on!!  With all of the blog love flowing in this post, I will share some flower goodies with you!

Enjoy!  I have a little something going on tomorrow.  I will post all about it soon!  Let's just hope Bentley can behave!

I Have Not Finished a Thing!

Cute that is!  I can say that my taxes are finished!!  WOOHOO!  Of course, that also means that my filing cabinet is cleaned out as well.  What I thought was going to be a quick, grab a few folders and go to the tax office, did not turn out quite that quick or easy!!  But, it is done and Uncle Sam likes me for another year!!

I did start about three projects during this hair pulling time.  NOTHING got finished though.  Here is a peek at what totally teased me and I played with a little I got to look at while I searched for yet one more receipt!

Because I did not finished anything, I will show you some things that got finished a longgggg time ago and reminisce a little bit!

My Granny made me this doll and blanket!  She used the fabric that my curtains and bedspread were made out of.  There used to be a pillow, I sincerely wish I still had it.  Who knows where it went!  It was too cute with a little red ruffle.

There was an older couple that lived next door to my Grandmother, Aunt Odie and Uncle George.  They were not related but acted as if they were.  Aunt Odie had a brother, Elmer that lived with them.  He had a shockingly white crew cut and he quilted!  I do not remember much else, unfortunately.  He made a quilt for my dolls.  I can still remember the day he gave it to me! It was such a surprise and so kind of him.

I cannot tell you how many doll babies where kept warm and loved with these blankets!  My cousins used to laugh and say that Elmer used his undies for some of the patches but I did not care!  I truly adore the quilt and my Raggedy Ann doll and blanket!

While I was looking for the blankies, I came across the first thing I ever sewed, way back in Junior High!  I did not even remember that I had it.

Believe it or not, it is an apron!  Sorry, no models today!

Time to move on to monkee news!  This is what I have to deal with people!  He looks so sweet, posing with the stash of kisses!

But, do not turn your back, even for a second!

Sending you monkee love and kisses from The B Man! 

Another Hint

Never let your hubby work on networked computers while he is on pain medication.  There, that should help you out and explain my absence.  Considering there is more work to be done tonight, I will say it in advance, I will be back as soon as possible!  Haha!

Thank you all for the nice comments and lovely emails from that last post.  For those of you that looked and laughed, I can hear you!  Haha!

This is so going to be a random all over the place post, sorry.

Please look away if you are trying to be a good person and save money!

This is what can happen when I go to a sale.

I am sure I saved hubby a ton of money though!  Yep, just sure of it!

All of this cupcake talk going on here and everywhere made me really need these!

I debated about posting these pictures but I figure, just go for it.  You gotta love that smile!

Now my YaYa has a lot of class, she just can't help being a diva.  This is her serious side. 

She did want me to let Mr. Hefner know that he could not afford her.

I was warned about monkee business, but who would have thought my mother would have contributed to the delinquencies of my primates!  I let her babysit at the holidays.

Hubby and I went out and had a glorious time, only to return to this!

I do not know what is scarier, that my mother got the babies drunk and taught them how to play cards or....

knowing that she has whiskey!  Full and empty bottles people!

Please wish me computer success!  When I return I will show you the goodie I received in the mail today!

   

Goodies

You know that I like secretly love and totally eat lots of them for any reason cupcakes.  With that being said, hubby and boys did awesome with this Christmas gift!

As if that little box was not cute enough, inside was a gorgeous necklace!

I am a lucky girl!

If you live near a Hancocks, they have their fat quarters on sale for .99!

I had to have a few, and I am pretty sure that I will need just a few more!  A little heads up.  They are going to have their McCalls patterns on sale next week (1-13 to 1-16) for a dollar!  I think I will need one or two of those as well.

I could not resist this cute fellow, my $2 find!

This was Bentley's first car ride in America, on Christmas Day.  We are still getting caught up with his tales!

Once we explained that Daddy was not drunk and driving on the wrong side of the road, he was fine.

He actually started having a good time.

My needlepunch is going pretty well.  Nothing blog worthy just yet!  Hopefully soon, hopefully!   

A Softie Start

I love, love, love this book!  It is  Softies: Simple Instructions for 25 Plush Pals by Therese Laskey.  See the Softie Blog here Softies Central.  Also, look here for the blog post by Alicia Paulson, Posie Gets Cozy: Paulson's Back on the Field.  This dress is her design and it is the cutest thing!!!  I just started making my first dress (with the pink and green fabrics on the left) and it is so much fun, I have to get back to it.  Happy me, going to create now!