OK PHOTO’S OF OUR NEW HOME;

Hello sweet friends; Well we are getting settled in… I have taken a few days to recoup lol my old body is not what it used to be. Today I have done a few things nothing big, hung my curtains which by the way I don’t have enough we have a lot of windows now,,, yeah!!! so I have to go and get some more… I hung a few pretties on the walls.. Lot’s of laundry tons of laundry…..

Now these photos you are about to see, are not pretty, so if some of you don’t have a strong tummy then don’t look…………….  it is a messy sight to see.  we just brought things in and set it any where and every where….  OK  here we go.

This is my new Sewing and Craft room,, and when we have a guest this is where they will sleep… It is a nice size room with a large walk in closet… Love that… I can’t wait to get started on painting it and making it my own. I have not found a color I like yet, this is going to be the last room I will decorate,,, I am going to start on our Bedroom first.

This is the other side of my room… That is my Mom’s first sewing machine.. I remember when she bought it form Sears in the 60’s,,, it still works too,,, it just need some tender loving care.. I used to sew on it all the time, the feed dogs need work and some other things.. I want to get it running it is a great machine to sew with, it has some cams with different sewing styles love the cams.. and it make a mean button hole….

I am standing in the dinning room so we are looking in the kitchen,,, it is not big but it is just right for me… Love the lay out of it…

OH dear  dirty dishes… oh please don’t look… 

This is my laundry room…. ooooooooooooohhhhhhh no look at all that laundry,,,, I warned you that it was not going to be pretty……  sorry…… are you all right. hope so….  I am going to paint this little room too and make it pretty…   Can you see my Ironing board??? in between the washer and dryer???????  that was my Mom’s too,, I have not idea how old it is,, but I remember when I was little watching her iron our clothes on it….. and that was so so so so so so many yrs ago….lol

Looking into the dinning room and living room area’s oh look Isabella is looking at me as if to say,,,,, “ Mommy you are really not going to show every one this mess”  the room is much larger then it looks… love it… so much space…. yippy yippy…

This door leads out to our balcony, love being able to be out side again… where we were we did not have a place to sit out side, unless we walked to the club house…..

  another part of the balcony.  it was just a beautiful day that day…

Our view as we sit on our balcony…. can’t wait till the Magnolia's bloom and they plant gorgeous flowers again, and the trees get their leaves some are flowering ones…. so the view is not too bad… I so can’t wait to get started on fixing up my patio… I have so many ideas running around in my head.. I can just see where all our things are going to go when we bring back the rest of our things….. Well I hope you did not get scared too much with my messy photos….. I would feel so bad if any of you did….  I will keep you all up dated as I go.. I am thinking of a sage green for our bed room, I love that color… the trim is all ready painted a creamy white so I won’t have to paint that….. not sure about the master bath yet….. so many things to think about.. but I do love it…..  

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and pay me a visit.. and for you very sweet comments…. now I am off to see what you all have been up too… So until next time;  God Bless;

Hugs;

Alaura

OH SO TIRED;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

Well we are all moved in finally…… But we are really really sore,,, I did not know how much we had in our one bedroom apt… Wow and that is not even all of it,, we still have our things back home to bring out… But we are not ready to haul it back here yet….. Moving is hard enough, but having to carry every thing up 4 flights of stairs is not fun… But the good thing is my legs, hips thighs and bottom are getting a great work out…

If that keeps up I will be able to crack a walnut with my *&%$&,,, know what I mean…. lol;  So I am getting some much needed rest, and unpacking a little bit at a time… We are loving it here in our new home… I took some photos of the chaos, to show you how much room we have… I am still thinking of paint colors for the bed rooms and bathrooms…. I will be doing a post on the before photos in a few days… and hopefully have some colors to share with you, I might need some help in picking one…..  So until next time God Bless;

Hugs;

Alaura

WE ARE MOVING THIS WEEKEND!

Good evening Dear Friends. We are excited about our new larger Apt.. but not about all the moving….. again. At least we don’t have as much to move and not far to go…. I will be doing some moving tomorrow morning while Hubby is at work. So I will be off for the weekend. But I will make sure I take lots of photos to show you our new place.. It is a nice size for an Apt.. Lot’s of walls to paint and decorate… I thank you all for your very sweet comments,,, and taking the time to stop by…  My Prayers are with so many in need in Hattie… God Bless them…. and you dear friends. See you on Monday,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I hope…..lol

Hugs;

Alaura

BABY QUILT IN FINISHED;

Good evening dear friends. I hope you all have a great weekend and staying warm… Yesterday evening I finally finished the Baby Quilt I was working on for a dear friend…. So I can show you the step by step photos I took along the way… The above photo is of the fabric’s I choose to use… Some are cotton and flannel it is a very soft quilt….

  I am getting ready to cut every think out.. so many strips and squares. Then all the teddy bears had to be traced onto wonder under a fusible web.

 

Cutting the long strips that I sewed together too make my blocks.. about 48 of them…. my back was really sore had to do it on my floor…. but it was well worth it.

Sewing 48 triangles together for the blocks…  Oh look Isabella is sleeping on the floor,,, shhhh don’t wake her,, she is not a happy camper when she does not get her nap out….

Ready to iron on the Teddy Bear’s and the bibs to the fabric, and then cut them all out… See the black fabric,,,, well those are the eye’s and nose’s, they were not very big and hard to cut and hand sew on…

These are the two finished block’s, I sewed them together to make one large block…

The Teddy Bears ironed on the blocks, with their bibs and Momma Bear’s outfit… how cute they are…

Close up of them..

The Bears sewed to one block set………  So are you all still with me????????  I know so many photos,, but it is almost over so hang in there.. OK.

Quilt top all put together before the borders were sewn on…

Borders are all on now,, it is really looking like a Quilt now… I love how the fabrics look together,, I was a little worried that they would not look good side by side,, but not to worry they are just fine….

Close up of the borders on the Quilt…  OK not don’t worry I am almost done,,, I know I have said that before but I really mean it… Just so many photos to show with out boring you all to death….lol

Quilting all three layers together,, not fun trying to stuff all that fabric three layers thick into the little hole of the sewing machine… but I did it… boy I miss having my big table to sew on,,,, but I will soon….. yeah!

Do you see my gloves????  I LOVE those gloves,, they are my sewing gloves.. They have little bumps of rubber on them to grip the fabric while I sew… that way I don’t loose my hold on it…

I did an out line stitch in the ditch to quilt it.. I used a small zig zag stitch just to add a bit of somin somin to it… And I did a button hole stitch around each bear and the out fits.. eye’s and nose… that took the longest to do,, I had such sore fingers, and sticking them all the time,, I was so afraid I would get blood on it,,, but no worries all was good…. The backing is a very soft white flannel.. so the Little one would be so comfy and cozy when using it…

  TaDa!!!!!!!!!!!!  Here it is all done and ready to go… it turned out really nice I think… I used the Aqua color for the binding to bring the color out to the edge.. and it looks so pretty against the white backing..

This one is sort of blurry sorry about that,, I was trying to show you the button hole stitch…  OK last one coming up…..  NO really this time I mean it……  oh did I hear some one say…. Yea Right….. lol’

If you look close or click on the photo to get a good look you can see the quilting I did…. I had so much fun making this Baby Quilt.. I have said Prayers as I went along sewing this,, so the Lord would watch over this new little Angle soon to arrive in the Spring… and keep him or her safe and Blessed….

OK now I am done;  You can sign off my post now… OH but don’t forget to leave me a comment…. lol;  I will be doing some packing this week as we are moving to our larger Apt. this weekend.. I can’t wait,, more closet space.. and a larger bed room two bath rooms,,, dinning room… patio,,,,, And Most of All MY Own room to sew and craft in…. That is the best part….. so after we get settled, I will be doing some painting and decorating,, which I will be sharing with you…  And if the weather is doing fine by the end of Feb.. we will be making a trip back home to bring back the rest of our things…. So please Pray that our move is a smooth one,, we will have three flights to carry our things up,,,

Thank you all for taking the time to visit and for your prayers….  You all mean so much to me,, it is hard to put into words… I Pray for each an every one of you daily… So until next time; God Bless;

Hugs;

Alaura

MAY YOUR DAY BE A BLESSED ONE

May you day be filled with the Peace and Love Our Lord has for you.. and contentment.. I lift you all up to Him in Prayer each day,, you are not only my Friends but I consider you Family as well… God Bless;

Hugs;

Alaura

PINK SATURDAY;

Hello there; my name is Isabella and my Mommy said I could do a Pink Saturday post.. Now this is my second time doing a post so I hope I do it OK..  I just love the color Pink and my Mommy buys me lots of Pink pretties all the time.. Now I know that Christmas is done with now, but I wanted to show you all what Santa Claws brought me… And Guess What!!!! it was all in Pink… I was so excited when I got to open them up…. here I will show you..

Here I am sniffing around checking out what smells so good in this box….. mmmmmm yummy…

Oh Mommy don’t take my picture,, I look awful… and look at my eyes,,, they glow…. wow cool…..  OH sorry back to Pink Saturday….   Look you can see some of my Pretty Pink gifts…  L.O.V.E. THEM!

I really love all my Pink toys my favorite is the one with the funny face… I carry it all over and lay my head on it when I am tired…  Do you see the Pink and white sweater thingy,,,  well I really don’t care for that much,,,(don’t tell Mommy she thinks I like it)  she puts it on me when we go for a walk,, I even have a coat too,, I really don’t like that,, and I told her so.. but she still puts in one me sometimes….  Mommies what can you do with them…. hehe..   

OK did I do a good job????  I hope so cause if I did then Mommy will let me do another one some time….. I had a fun time doing this post for you all… hope you like my Pink toys and that sweater thingy…..  my Mommy says thank you all for stopping by and for the sweet comments you leave…  Have a fun weekend…..

Doggy hugs; Isabella;

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BABY GIRL

Today is my baby girls Birthday,, the above photo is of her when she was only 3,, doing her Shirley Temple… this was taken at my Mom’s home oh some many years ago….. (boy do I feel old)….  any way 34 yrs ago I was so excited to get to hold her for the first time,,, I could not believe she was mine,,, she had such dark hair and lots of it, the Nurses made one long curl in the middle of her head.. it looked like a wave.. lol I have photos of her when she was a baby, but don’t have them on my computer yet… I really must do that soon…

This is her 2nd. birthday… what a smile….. love it…

Heather and her baby brother Dustin,,, he was not happy on Santa’s lap…. I always kept her hair long, never cut it.. except for her bangs,,she wanted them.. I so love her little button nose….

First dance with her new Husband,, what a gorgeous Bride she made…

My sweet Baby Girl you have brought me such joy and happiness. You have grown into a Loving caring woman. You are such a wonderful Mother and Aunt… So here’s too you Heather on your Birthday,,, my love and hugs I am sending your way….

Daddy and I love you lots;   

Hugs;

Alaura