My Bloggers Quilt Festival 2010 quilt entry

OOPS!!  I GUESS I WAS TOO LATE TO JOIN THE FESTIVAL...By the time I got the courage to upload my photo...mr.linky was closed... poop :(  oh well...lol  maybe next time. Go and check out all the other more couragous (sp) women who posted their quilts on time!

It's Blogger's Quilt Festival this week and I'm sharing my all time favorite.  It's my Stained Glass Star Quilt I made in class at Atlantic Fabrics in Dartmouth NS.  My teacher was the fantastic Ken :)  

In my previous home I had it hanging on our hall wall.  It is huge :)  Hope you like it :)

Personalized Pillow

I did it!  I really did it!  I actually made something start to finish.  My friend Sancia's daughter Lilli is celebrating her 3rd birthday and I thought it would be great to make something for her with her name on it.  Why not a personalized decorative pillow!  The pillow measures 12x18 and is very colorful.  I fused the letters on top of the white and then stitched around the each letter.  Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures throughout the process; I'll do that soon when I make 2 more for my granddaughters. 

Has anyone else made a personalized pillow?  Let's see them :)

Garden from H E double hockey sticks

Yup, that's how I feel :)  We moved into our home a couple of years ago and I loved that it showed promise of lush gardens and trees etc.  This was April when we bought and there was still snow on the ground. BUT!  for the last two years we have been trying to reign the garden in.  It is taking over the lawn.  I think a previous owner was a professional gardener and planted everything she could find in the way of perennials, shrubs, fruit trees etc.  I know what you are going to say, to be so lucky to have such expensive plants already in the ground.. but.... there is TOO MUCH.

Just in the backyard there were two plum trees, one nectarine tree, one peach tree, a crab apple tree, 50 hosta plants, 10 butterfly bushes, a hydrangea and the list goes on and on and on!!! The front yard had a huge yew plant which we dug out (it was gross) lol but now have a huge area left over.  I am sure I have every kind of lilly growing out front of the house.

I am overwhelmed.. I have too much and I'm afraid to pull anything out because it might be a nice plant.  I really can't tell the difference between a plant and a sophisticated weed lol.... I am quite familiar with the everyday dandelion weed lol

This is the picture of the house when we bought it.  There's the yucky yew on the left.  That is now gone.

Did anyone else have something like this?  What did you do?  Did you hire something to come in and fix it up?  If so, what did it cost?  I am going to get a few estimates to see if it is worth the money to just have something come in and finish it.  Maintenance is no problem for us, it's just that it sooo overwhelming to start.  I'll keep you posted for sure :)

The theme for this week’s virtual quilt contest is Spring Garden.

I entered this week's quilt contest because of this cute little wall hanging I made a couple of years ago measuring 14 x 9.  I was trying my hand at paper piecing and LOVED IT!  It is definately more intricate working with such small pieces, and you also get to use up a lot of your scraps. 

Go vote for your favorite spring theme quilt at: Quilting Gallery contest.  Hopefully it is mine :)  Voting ends Sunday nite.

We're Back from CUBA!!

Oh my goodness... what a great time we had...  2 whole weeks of nothing but food, drink and sun.  We stayed at the Blau Varadero on the eighth floor. Everything was great.  The pool, the beach, our room.

 I spent most of the 2 weeks in the shade, since I'm not really a lay in the sun and roast kinda girl,

reading 5 books!  wowsers...

Hot husband alert!!! lol

We even spent the day in Havana on a guided tour.  Very very interesting history.

Then back to reality. When we returned, we were greeted with green green grass and lots and lots of these.  Aren't they beautiful... NOT! lol

 I spent most of the day removing them with my trusty weed hound.  It really does work, although kind of hard on the back...

The proof of my labour :)  

We also had some fun too.. 

My next post will be asking for your assistance with outdoor decor.... Stayed tuned :)

ON VACATION

I am on my way to rest and relaxation in CUBA for 2 weeks!  Pictures to follow :)  Maybe i'll even pick up some cuban fabric :)  See you soon!

Dishing it with Amanda

Amanda over at Serenity Now is hosting a blog party today. We are dishing it - or getting to know one another a little better.

How long have you been blogging?
I have only been blogging since March 18, 2010 <--- newbie :)

Why did you start blogging?
I started blogging because I wanted to start crafting again and I thought if I had to be accountable for new posts then I would get off my butt and do something :)

Tell me about your blog's title. Why did you choose it?
I chose Cindy's Crafty Creations because I love to do ALL crafts.  I am naturally curious about how to do and/or make things.

What do you blog about?
Although I am very new in the blogging world I will be blogging about quilting, sewing, decorating, my granddaughters, small crafts etc.

What is your favorite thing about blogging?
I love sharing with people and seeing that someone is interested.  lol

If you had to choose one famous person to become your blog's next devoted reader, who would you pick?
I would love it to be Oprah.  She needs to take up a hobby :)

What's the funniest comment you've ever received on a blog post?
Not too many comments yet.

New Window coverings

Since the smell of spring is in the air, I wanted to change my living room colors.  I am loving the color blue lately and when paired with chocolate brown it looks fantastic.  The other day I saw these gorgeous drapes with chocolate, green and blue striped colors.  I wanted them sooo bad.  But, the price was way too steep.  Sooo, I thought I would make them.  When I added up the price of four metres of similar fabric, it was still too expensive.  Then I had a "Sell This House" moment.  Sheets!!  I would re-purpose sheets into living room drapes. I found these beautiful robin's egg blue sheets and all I had to do was cut the flat sheet in two, hem one side of each panel and the bottom.  Taadaa!!!!   I actually finished a project.  I did! lol

I even used left over sheet material to cover a pillow :)  and make a new pillow with pattern fabric.  I was even doing this when my fav show was on... Nascar!

I love the way the living room is shaping up. It looks very fresh.

I even re-did my mantel with some blue, white & green accents. I still need to paint the family sign, black I think.

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What do you think?  Have you changed your living room colors this spring?  Are you going to try a different color scheme.  Let me see what you are doing as well.  Happy Spring!!!

Get to know you...

The questions..


1. Showers or baths?  I used to love baths but for the last few years it's mostly showers

2. Do you have any crazy urges?  I can be very impulsive, especially if I see a cool craft on someones' blog, I then have to go buy everything for it, right away!  I may never do it, but at least I have the stuff.

3. What is one thing we don't know about you? I love history

4. Exercise..love it or hate it? Hate it! but it is a must....

5. Do you think you have a good body image?  Yup :)  I accept all my soft parts :)

6. Flour or corn tortillas?  uhmmmm

7. How do you celebrate Easter? Ham dinner with pineapple

8. Hard boiled Easter eggs or plastic eggs? plastic eggs filled with Reese's eggs

Sewing Room Progress

You are not going to believe it!  There is progress being made on the storage sewing room!! woohooo....  Yesterday D put up shelving above my sewing table and we moved out a lot of non-sewing stuff.  I can't wait to show you the before and after pictures.  I also can't wait to show you the next project I'm working on as voted on by you :) Stay tuned!