Fun Mail

Look what I got in the mail yesterday.  Actually it arrived last week, I just couldn't seem to get to my PO box before the dang office closed until yesterday.

So anyway, Look what I got in the mail yesterday!

My own Embroidery Saint Print made by Holly at Sweetheartville.

How cool is that!

(please ignore the sad ficus in the background)

I won it over on Heather's blog Audrey Eclectic Folk Art.  If you haven't been by there, you really should take the time to check it out.  It is her birthday month and she has been having drawings every week in celebration. If you hurry you can get in on the last drawing for an original sketch. As much as I want to I haven't entered any more of the drawings, having won once it would make me feel totally greedy.

On another note, check out these wee little rag roses I've been stitching away on.

I plan to put them into some embroidery pieces.

Now, hop on over to enter Heather's Drawing!

Working Weekend

Do you have any fabulous weekend plans?

I'm going to be having a working weekend.  

We started home school on the 6th and being the unorganized person that I am we have gotten a little behind with work. Maybe if we had a schedule, and some lists, ya lists.

Ha.

My brother gave me these fabulous little antique pharmaceutical bottles and I've been trying to decide what to do with them for months.  I finally have an idea.

I'll let you know how it turns out. 

Some music to listen to while working:

or maybe a video, right now I'm watching season 2 of Warehouse 13.

With only a little summer sun left at our disposal we will have to fit in some outdoor fun as well.

Have a really lovely weekend!

Ahhhh Camping

We went camping this weekend, it was our first camping trip with our son's Cub Scout group.  He had a ton of fun, the people are really nice, they planned lots of games and activities all with a space theme.  Some nice people came with big fancy telescopes so we could see the moon up close plus some binary stars and a cluster, it was pretty cool.

Really I'm not a big fan of camping.  I don't like coming home covered with mosquito bites, sleep deprived, the packing, unpacking and extra laundry. It was all for the little one, being home schooled we need too find other ways to get him some social interaction (the idea that home schooled kids end up socially stunted is a fallacy, but that's another blog post.) and as I said he had a blast!

It's not without it's good points too though, I do love a good campfire, hot cocoa, s'mores, nature (minus the mosquitoes) and watching the fog roll off the lake in the morning with the sunrise.

How was your weekend?