To keep or not to keep?

Lemme' lay this on you....

I ordered this rug from Company C to put under my dining room table.

I worked really hard and saved my pennies for a looong time!

Once I got it home and put it under my table it looked terrible with my hardwood floors.

This rug requires a gorgeous uber dark hardwood floor.

And guess what.... no returns on special orders.

Plan B?

It actually looks totally perf in my downstairs family room!

Forgive me for not closing the closet doors or even waiting for good lighting.  

I was in a hurry :-)

Anywhoodle, here's my dilemma...

75% of the time this room is occupied by loads of kids playing xbox on the big screen.  

Only on the weekends do we hang out downstairs as a family.

Do I dare keep this expensive rug downstairs 

or should I come up with a new plan B?

And before you speak, refinishing our hardwood is on the list but it's pretty low.

Please advise....

In the nick of time...

Stacey is at the hospital this very moment having her baby.

It's a good thing I finished her crib bedding 
over the weekend!

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Stacey had a very specific plan for all of the fabrics
to the exact quilt pattern she wanted to use.

She has this very eclectic mis matched style that she rocks so perfectly.

I hope that it all turned out exactly the way that she imagined it!

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Phew!

I sure did enjoy Thanksgiving week

but I am so glad it's over.

Am I the only one who stresses out over the Holidays???

My Turkey didn't finish cooking on time so we sliced it up and threw it on the grill.

It was soooo yummy but also a wrench in the Stuff Your Face schedule.

The appetizers.....ohh the appetizers....

They were my favorite food item of the day!

I highly recommend the Caprese Skewers and Cranberry Salsa.

In fact, I'm def putting those on the Christmas menu.

I spent most of the week working on Stacey's crib bedding

Almost done and cutting it close!

More pictures soon.

Vanessa's bumper pad tutorial is awesome!

I've made a whole LOTTA bumpers in my time

but I am really enjoying this particular pattern!

And when I wasn't sewing I was putting out my Christmas 

and hanging out with my crew.

Why is it so hard to get a great picture of your Christmas Tree?

Different angle perhaps? No?

This year we have a new tree, skinnier and taller!

And it's flocked, yay!

I have always wanted a flocked tree.

I'm pretty sure my hubs doesn't love it, but he's not sayin'

Once we got all of the ornaments on the kids decided
that it was overwhelmingly RED!

They, then, informed me that we needed Turquoise.

So we headed out among the Black Friday mess and found some turquoise.

Other than that, we spent the weekend in watching all 

of the episodes of Once Upon a Time as a family.

I hope you all had a great weekend too!

CYBER MONDAY!!

Hi everyone!

I hope you had a spectacular Thanksgiving week.

I just wanted to let you know that I'm having another special just for Cyber Monday.

all patterns are BUY 2 GET 1 FREE!

This offer expires Monday at midnight (mountain standard time)

go here to check it out!

Black Friday comes early!

Hi everyone!

In honor of Black Friday 

all of my patterns are 30% off until Sunday!

Go here to check it out

Racing the Clock

It's been a bit crazy around here!

I am in a full panic trying to get crib bedding done for a friend who is due very soon.

It doesn't help that it's Thanksgiving week and I am hosting 12 adults and 15 children for dinner.

Lot's to be done!

For Stacey's crib quilt I used Oh Fransson's pattern Small Plates.

It's from her book.

It remains my favorite quilting book to date.

Every single project in it speaks to me!

If you don't have a copy I highly recommend you treat yo'self (Parks and Rec anyone?)

Aside from cooking a big 'ol turkey I am dying to make these appetizers!

click on the pics to go the source

Caprese Skewers

Cranberry Salsa Dip

What about you guys?  

Are you sewing or cooking this week?
Or both?