Little Birdie

I decided to do the Little Birdie BOM over at Little Miss Shabby.

Here's block #1

I decided to do something outside of my usual and chose these bright colors.

I tried to match my threads to the colors in my fabrics and I'm really liking the color combinations. It doesn't show in the pictures, but for the snow man and the snow flakes I used one strand of a pale blue and one strand of a pale blue DMC Effects thread. In the light it's got a little bit of shimmer to the snow that's really nice.

Once it's finished, though, I don't know what I'll do with it. My girls have already all said that they want it. LOL

My New Flock

My birds from the Birds of Change Exchange have arrived!!! Woohoo! (insert woowoo dance here) It's so much fun to get goodies in the mail. Here they are:

Aren't they great?! I just love them all. Thanks so much to Regina for putting this all together. What an undertaking!!

Heading west

Well, my little flock has been sent west to be assigned to their new homes. I hope they're happy with their new friends.



I wonder what's got their interest. They all seem to be staring at something. hmmmm....maybe if I can get a picture from a different angle without scaring them off....




...looks like it must be lunch. lol

It was a lot of fun participating in Creative Kismet's Birds of Change Exchange. This is the first one I've participated in and to make it even better, everything came from my scraps. Woohoo! I hope to do something like it again sometime. I'm usually a little hesitant about what I feel I can accomplish since the kids keep life so hectic. lol Of course, now the kids have all been through my scraps and picked out the fabric they want their birds made out of. lol

Monday happenings

I hope everyone gets their week off to a great start. Over the weekend I signed up for a great swap over at Creative Kismet for the 'birds of change'. I'm excited about it and have come up with exactly what I want to make only to change my mind about ten times already. lol If you want to participate head on over but hurry, because sign ups end on Jan. 9th. Just head over to )Creative Kismet to find out all about it.





I've also told Sharon that I would participate with her in a weight loss effort. Monday is our check in day so here I am. :0) My goal is to lose 15 pounds. I haven't set a time frame, but I guess I would like to have it gone by the start of summer. I started today with eating in a more healthy manner than I have been (read: I didn't have cookies for breakfast). I need to squeeze exercise into my daily (or every other day if I'm honest) activities so that's another goal there. Okay, it's out there now so I have to actually make the effort. :0)