Meet Miss Moose

As some of you may (or may not) know, I'm part of an Etsy Street team which promotes sellers in the North Georgia Area. (The North Georgia Etsy Street Team) Every month we have contests and bios to promote our members. This month it's Miss Moose's turn! Check out the NorGA blog for her bio, and a chance to win a pair of earrings. How do you win? Simple--just go to her bio, leave a comment telling what you like about buttons. You could win!

Check it out------> here

(Finally) The Fourth of July Post

It's a little late (okay, a lot late), but here is it is--what we did for the Fourth of July. (Jekyll Island show-and-tell is going to be later...)

As I've mentioned before, we spent our nation's birthday up at Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, at my husband's step mom's sister's house. (We just call her "Aunt Kate.") She lives in a BEAUTIFUL house on a lake, and we are always excited to visit--Not just because she has a cool house and a private dock--she's pretty cool, too!! :-)

At any rate, it was my family (John, me, Sean, Aaron and Maggie), Grandpa Bob and Grandma Anne (John's dad and step mom), Tim and his girlfriend, Danielle (Tim is John's brother), and Kate. Great group of people to spend Independence Day with!


While we were there, we spent a lot of time in the lake. Below, Grandpa is wading in the water with Aaron and Maggie.

Kate has a lot of carp living under her dock. Here, she fed the fish with Aaron and Maggie.


Maggie shared some triscuits with me...


John's dad rented a party boat for us on the 4th.


The kids were a little...apprehensive.


Eventually, they started to have fun.


...and relax.
Aaron even went tubing with Uncle Tim.


Those are Uncle Tim's feet.


There were many, many more pictures, but it takes so long to upload and rearrange the pictures on here, you'll just have to go to my flickr album to see the rest.

Hot fun in the summer time!

4th of july, lake, kate, anne, bob, tim 062a
Originally uploaded by CMDonaghy

More pictures to follow, along with stories--lots of stories! We spent our summer vacation in two places, Smith Mountain Lake, VA and Jekyll Island, GA.

This picture of Maggie was captured up in VA. So much fun!

I'm still recovering from all the chaos a family trip creates. When things are settled, back to business! :)

Vote! It's your duty!

And you could win some cool prizes!

All you have to do is click here, and add a comment on which item you think is the coolest.


If you wanted to vote for me, I made number 7!

Not very exciting, but...

I traced my image on to interfacing (the mess you see above) and chose and washed my fabrics. Work should start later today--I'll keep my camera close by!

Siren of the Sea

Here is a sneak peek at an upcoming art quilt!

Thank you to everyone who commented on my tea party this weekend! I'm not finished visiting all the blogs that participated--there were so many!!

~~Mad Hatter Tea Party~~

Tea Party Time! Did you sign up?

The cake, pictured below, is calorie-free! (Pattern is in the side bar, if you'd like to "bake" one up for yourself!)

Miss Mouse likes tea, too!



A Mad Hatter Tea party, or a Mad Hatter Lunch?
On the menu: Tuna fish tea sandwiches and fresh fruit parfaits. (Fruit Parfait Recipe can be found here.)


Milk for the kiddies and tea for me!
Someone wants seconds! (I should have probably put up her hair today...)

Aaron and I made these paper flowers out of grocery bags, plastic beads, utility wire, and florist tape!
Mmmm...

The cup being used by Aaron (pictured above and below) was a gift from a good friend of mine a long time ago! Isn't it the coolest?
All done! Maybe I can get my guests to help clean up?

Paper flower tutorial can be found here.

One Lovely Blog Award

Thanks to FoxyGKnits for this award! You can find her at FoxyGKnit's Den of I-Knit-Quity, and at her shop, FoxyGKnits. Foxy G makes the most beautiful shawls and scarfs! She uses quality yarn, and put lots of time in to each of her creation! (And she is an extremely funny lady!)

My turn to pass on some love.

Here are the rules: Accept the award, and post it on your blog, along with the name of the person who bestowed it and a link to his or her blog. Pass the award on to 15 blogs that you have newly discovered. Remember to notify the bloggers that they have been chosen for this award.

Here are my nominees:

Agapanthas and Goldsworthy

A Journey of 1000 Stitches Begins with Just One...

Domestic Chicky

This Vintage Chica

Little Miss Drama Pants

Domestic Extraordinaire

The Wonderful World of Hand-crafted

This Girl Beads

Mrs Kwitty's Cottage

Blue Yonder

Chasing Snails

Casey's Elegant Musings

Calamity Kim

Doll

Crazy Mom Quilts

Keepon

I love Spoon. And this video.

Upcoming Tea Party

I'm really stressing out about it! I only have one craft done!!! What will I do??

I'll pull it off. I'm just stress at the moment. I look around my house, at the things that need cleaning. I look at the kids, that need to get out of the house.

Things will be okay....I think...

Wassup, cupcake?

You see this? This is the cupcake I made for that special tea party happening in a few days. This is also the cupcake I wrote a tutorial/pattern for.

Pattern is over this way.---> Alice Cupcakes

The Tutorial IS Coming....

But for now, check out something new.

This blog was started a looooong time ago to brag about my family and my knitting--both of which are rarely blogged about here. So, I created a new blog--for the family and for the hobbies I have which do not bring in any revenue!

Find it here and bookmark or subscribe--I plan on putting a lot of fun stuff on it!

Fisheyes and Magpies

And, of course, I'll still be here!

(That tutorial is coming later today...hopefully!)

Free Tutorial/Pattern Coming....

Hang tight--I'm ironing out the details of a pattern I plan to giveaway--to everyone--for free...

Check out the Treasury I Made!

The theme is "dreams."

BEER cozy

BEER cozy
Originally uploaded by CMDonaghy

I made this beer cozy for my dad, for fathers day! It's adjustable, so it fits bottles AND cans! :) I'm pretty proud of it!

My little girl!

She's going to be two in October. She's growing up so fast! Today I looked at her and realized she's not a baby anymore. :(

Sparkler Pillow Done!

Finally finished the NorGA June Challenge. Here are some pictures! (And, it's for sale.)

Playdates

Aaron has a play date in a little bit. I wonder if I can convince them to take all of my kids for two hours....

Sun Moon and Stars Treasury

Street Team NorGa has a treasury. It features my listing. Check it out!

UPDATE:

I'm in TWO treasuries at the moment! This is the second. Click it. Lurve it.

A New Toy...

For awhile now I've been working with an old (very old) version of Paint Shop Pro for my photo edits, etc. I've felt limited by my aged software, and decided, after receiving a $30 off coupon at Costco for Adobe Photo Shop Elements 7, I'd make the change. So, I'm currently fooling around with it. As usual, this new technology has me a little befuddled, but I am slowly learning. I've already made a picture! Alright, so it's not a Michaelangian work or art, but I just playing! :)