Organizing Tips

This is a great idea for a sewer! Notice the top is a pin cushion and the pockets make for great and convenient storage of scissors, tape measure, spools of thread and bobbins. I love this idea!

Union, SC Tractor Show

Mom, Dad, Stan and I went to the Union, SC Tractor Show last Saturday. Dad's favorite tractor is a John Deere but this show also had Farmall, Allis Chalmer, Ford tractors, steam engines, farm equipment demos. There was also a quilt exhibition and I got photos especially to show my sister, Melinda, who has been using some of our Grandma's quilt tops to make some things.





























Dutch ovens were used to make big pots of pinto beans. Here are the lids with the coals on top.





































Christmas quilt

Hershey Kisses

Melinda made Brett a chocolate teddy bear to take with him when they moved to Illinois. Her handmade teddy bear was a hit! I wanted to scrapbook the moment she gave him his teddy bear. She named the teddy bear Hershey. So I used Hershey Kisses as my theme. I chose a chocolate colored paper and silver metallic matting or frames. I added a teddy bear element and some stitching and silver brads as embellishments. I used a label and a funny font for a caption. But I used a Photoshop brush to add some lines for Melinda to do her own journaling about the bear. I cut one photo of Brett and his bear into a heart and matted it with the silver metallic and gave it a shadow to make it look raised. I thought it symbolized the love she showed him in making him his special bear.