I'm Back

Hello,

Sorry I've been gone so long. Hope you haven't given up on me. I haven't written for a number of reasons--but mainly because I'm working again. I'm writing part of another book for Disney, and I'm doing some grantwriting for our local community college and its art museum. So...for a while I was getting up early to work and squeezing in work whenever I could. Now, we have a wonderful new babysitter who comes twice a week, and I'm regaining my sanity. I haven't been able to do any creative projects, and I've definitely cut back on my thrift shopping.

I did have one little find recently, though--these cute Pyrex bowls with glass lids and Amish designs.

And...yesterday I got a wonderful box of vintage sewing goodies from a fellow Freecycler! (Makes me want to sew so bad. Makes me want to walk around the fabric stores for hours and look at patterns, notions, fabric, etc.) Here are some highlights:

Pretty floral trim...

Vintage Simplicty dress pattern from 1969...I love A-line dresses.

Vintage Simplicity sewing book from 1962...

Vintage Fruit of the Loom rickrack...

Hopefully, I won't be gone for so long next time.

The Good and the Bad

On Monday, I got into a car accident. I've never been in a bad accident before. The girls were in the car with me, which made it even more frightening. I was hit from behind on I-95 and subsequently crashed into the pick-up truck that was in front of me. I was hit by a work van, and when I saw him coming, there was nothing I could do. I just covered my eyes. The driver felt terrible and was very apologetic. I just thank God that none of us, especially the girls, were hurt. My car has front and back-end damage. Hopefully we'll find out today whether it can be repaired or not. I am counting my blessings that we are all safe.




Here is something that cheered me up on that awful Monday. I was given a gift on Freecycle of a box of vintage fabrics and sewing patterns. The woman who gave it to me couldn't understand why I was so excited. She said, "it's just fabric scraps." But to me, it was a treasure box. Here are some of the highlights:

Vintage fabrics...some groovy...

Some floral...

And some patriotic...

Vintage patterns and a vintage sewing book...

A very nice gift indeed. I am grateful for the little things, too.