What I have been up to this week.

School has been taking up so much of my time this week. I thought I would see what you think about some of my drawings.

I had to draw this chair and chest of drawers for my History of Furniture class.

My 50th post

I forgot to post the pictures of my DH's bithday dinner. We went out to dinner today and the girls could not help but pose with their Daddy. I am so blessed to have these 3 wonderful people in my life.

Here is Anastasia stuffing her face with one of her favorites: Baked Potato.

This Week's FOs and a pattern

This was one of the first FOs of the week. I made 5 of them with leftover sock yarn. I also made a couple of them with buttons for a gift and I gifted them without taking a picture. These were very fun and easy and a great way to use up those little marble size balls that you have been hanging onto and did not know what to do with.

PATTERN:

I used a 3.5 hook and chained 5 joined in a ring and then then 10 sc in the ring then join with a sc . Next row chain 4 sc in next stitch, repeat around and then finish off. Cut yarn and weave in ends.

This pillow was so much fun. I had seen so many of these around blog land that I just had to have a log cabin pillow of my own. I am not very good at throwing away even the smallest pieces of fabric. I got a few Denise Schmidt's fabric pieces in a swap and so I incoorporated a few of the pieces in and I love the way it turned out. It is now sitting on my couch. My daughter wanted it for her room, but I had to have it for my seat.
I had to put something on to decorate the back so that it would still look cute even when the pillow is on the wrong side. I also made the pillow form for the inside. I am a member of the April Fools Swap on Swap-bot and you had to make a handbag that is whimsical and cute so I made the bag out of some fabric from my stash and a few buttons that match, the ribbon is vintage and I sewed a flower with yarn on the front to add too the whimsey. This was very fun to make with the buttons that match perfectly.

Yesterday

I was feeling better yesterday morning and I had to return something to a store so I decided to go ahead and go. My mother had the girls and my DH was out riding a horse. Well after doing my return I stopped at Borders and picked up a copy of the latest issue of Craft and Sewing Today Magazine, I was parusing the sewing books and I happened onto Simple Sewing with a French Twist: An Illustrated Guide to Sewing Clothes and Home Accessories with Style and I just had to have it. I could not believe it when I started flipping through the pages and I had to laugh when I realized the Japanese Zakka Books seem to be just like this French Sewing Book. I got home and picked up the Zakka Book that I have and a lot of the illustrations are the same in style, and the Zakka book even has a picture of the Effiel Tower and a map of France in it. I will post some pictures as soon I start to feel better.

I started feeling bad again last night on the way to take my youngest Shea to the Children's ER in Atlanta. She had a fever of 101.5, a sever cough, runny nose, and a headache. We were there from 7:30 pm until 1:30 am this morning. They gave her a triple shot of meds to get the cough stopped and then a breathing treatment because they said her breathing was strained. She finally had a good nights rest last night. She is asleep right now in her daddy arms, and I am sitting in bed trying to rest and get over a head cold

Edited to add this cool movie:

I had to add this

EXCUSE ME, ARE YOU JESUS?
As you read this think about what you would do!
"Excuse me, Are you Jesus?"
This is really powerful and makes one think!!!!
A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional
sales convention in Chicago .
They had assured their wives that they would be
home in plenty of time for Friday night's dinner. In
their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of these salesmen
inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of
apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking
back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their
nearly missed boarding.
ALL BUT ONE !!! He paused, took a deep breath, got in
touch with his feelings, and experienced a twinge of
compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been
overturned.
He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye,
told one of them to call his wife when they arrived at their
home destination and explain his taking a later flight. Then
he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the
terminal floor.
He was glad he did.
The 16 year old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying,
tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at
the same time helplessly groping for her spilled produce as the
crowd swirled about her, no one stopping and no one to care
for her plight.
The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples,
put them back on the table and helped organize her display. As
he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered
and bruised; these he set aside in another basket.
When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl,
"Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?"
She nodded through her tears. He continued on with, "I hope we
didn't spoil your day too badly."
As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl
called out to him, "Mister...." He paused and turned to look back
into those blind eyes. She continued, "Are you Jesus?"
He stopped in mid-stride, and he wondered. Then slowly he
made his way to catch the later flight with that question
burning and bouncing about in his soul: "Are you Jesus?"
Do people mistake you for Jesus? That's our destiny, is it not?
To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the
difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to
His love, life and grace.
If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He
would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and
going to church. It's actually living the Word as life unfolds
day to day.
You are the apple of His eye even though we, too, have been
bruised by a fall. He stopped what He was doing and picked you and me up on a hill called Calvary and paid in full for our damaged fruit.
Please share this,,,,Sometimes we just take things for granted,
when we really need to be sharing what we know...Thanks
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
And may JESUS keep you safe through out the New Year!

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I was reading through my feeds on Bloglines and I just had to post a few links that I thought might interest you.
Colors as seen on Thread and Yarn Handing Days
Eternity as seen on Serendipity

Sunday Link Up & Contest

Modern Quilts Goes Mainstream as seen on Whip-Up.
Before Bedtime as seen on Green Bean Baby.
I Love Contest as seen on 5 Minutes for Mom.
Promote your Site for Free as seen on 5 Minutes for Mom.
Happy Sunday as seen on Kitty Craft.
Craft as seen on Lisa Congdon.
Freeform Crochet as seen on Knot Just Knitting.
Here are my seven links for this day. What are yours. Post a link to your blog and we will all come and check out your seven links.
Sign up in the link wizard and list your links on your blog and I will enter you in a random drawing on Thursday, Feb., 8th and the winner will recieve their choice of (a pair of Fiddlestick Bamboo Circular needles and a fun yarn enough for a scarf) or A Magic Yarn Ball with many treasures hidden inside.