Giveaway Winner

 

The winner of the $30 to able mabel is:

 

 

Henrietta said...

I think I would get this blanket http://www.etsy.com/listing/109482944/minky-blanket-for-baby-girl-woodland

and maybe a bib or pouch! So cute!
December 4, 2012 7:51 PM

 

I will contact you shortly with instructions on redeeming your gift certificate.

 

Thank you to all who entered the giveaway!

Also thank you for all your kind comments, I enjoyed reading them!

I had a blast and will most definitely be doing another giveaway with Sew Mama Sew.

 

Giveaway Day!

I've been meaning to revive this blog for a while but just haven't made it a priority.

How about a giveaway to get it going?

Sew Mama Sew is hosting another giveaway day so I thought I'd take part.

 

How would you like to win a $30 gift certificate to able mabel?

 

Choose from:

 

Blankets.

 

 

Burp cloths.

 

 

Zippered pouches.

 

 

and a whole lot more!

 

 

 

TO ENTER:

- Just leave a comment below letting me know what you would choose.

- For a second entry, "like" able mabel on Facebook. Click here to for the Facebook page.

If you already "like" able mabel, let me know in your comment.

-Giveaway ends Friday, Dec 7th at 11:59 pm.

-Winner will be announced next week.

Oh!! What a Mess!!

It seems like only a few days ago,

I posted something on Facebook about how clean my craft room was.

I had decluttered the whole room, washed all the surfaces and vacuumed.

 

Here is what it looked like yesterday at the end of the afternoon...

 

 

Yikes!!!

 

It looked like all my fabric bins opened their tops and spewed all over!

 

It's hard for me to be neat when I'm trying to put different fabric combos together.

 

On the bright side, here is what I have ready to photograph and list in the shop:

(with strings to be cut first)

 

The best part of storing fabrics in a tote is clean up is so easy!

Fold them up, toss them in the tote and throw the cover on.

The room looks put back together and organized in a jiffy!

An Artist or Not An Artist

My husband and I have had this little discussion on and off over the years about

whether or not I'm an artist.

He says I am because I make things using fabric, paper, paint, etc.

I say I'm not because I'm not talented enough to consider myself to be an artist.

In my book, an artist is one of those amazing people who can make

something incredible out of nothing.

I'm a sewer and a partial dabbler in other mediums

 but I'm not an artist.

By now, he knows if he can catch me off-guard with

an "I told you you're an artist" comment,

it's sure to get some sort of rise out of me.

This past Sunday, as we were racing out the door to church,

I asked one of the kids to grab my sandals from the closet and bring them to the car.

As we pulled away, I looked at my shoes....

scuffs on the toes. UGH!

We have this mystery person named "IDon'tKnow" who floats around our house.

No one has seen them, no one has heard them and no one has smelled them.

It's the oddest thing ever.

Apparently "IDon'tKnow" was clomping around in my shoes one day

while everyone else was occupied and nobody noticed.

As I launched into a rant about my scuffed shoes,

my husband looked at me and said, "They are just shoes. Relax. Who cares."

"You're right", I told him. "I'll just paint the white spots this week and you'll never notice."

"You don't have the right color paint", he said.

"I'll just mix up a few colors", was my answer.

Giving me his sly grin, he replied, "See, you're an artist."

"No, I'm not. Anyone can

 mix paint colors together.", I huffed back at him.

He wisely kept his mouth shut and we continued on our way.

This morning, while the kids ate breakfast, I painted my shoes.

I grabbed two browns (one light and one dark) and mixed them together.

If I was an artist, I'd get an exact match

and know exactly which colors to mix to get the color I want.

But I didn't because I don't know how to do that. So the brown I used is close enough

and just perfect for what I need it for.

You can't see any more white and that is all I care about.

I am not an artist. :)