Glorious Time Away

I'm back from my little getaway and what an amazing time it was! I went up to Hershey, PA for a music festival called Mixtape which was held at Hershey stadium. I had never visited Hershey and what a swell place it is! 

 The weather was a little rainy on Friday but it didn't stop us from having the most fun time!
The band line up was pretty incredible and included LL Cool J, The Fray, The Wanted, NKOTB, Backstreet Boys, Kelly Clarkson, Carly Rae Jepsen, and several others. I'm usually not one who enjoys large music festivals. Concerts yes, 2 full days of it, outside, no. But I enjoyed it immensely!

Here I am in the middle with my friend Angela on the left and my friend Anne-Marie on the right.

I really, really liked The Wanted. They were really upbeat and Saturday night they joined NKOTB on stage to sing their hit "So Glad You Came. Fun!

NKOTBSB put on the best concert I've ever seen them do together. The energy was so high!

 On Sunday morning we went to watch a softball game: NKOTB versus Backstreet. It was SO fun! One of the highlights of the weekend for sure. NKOTB won making it an even sweeter experience.

This is a picture of me with Anne-Marie to my left and Sue to the right. The two other girls on the end of the left are two sweet girls we befriended from Oklahoma. They were so, so fun to hang out with.
Part of the fun for me when I take these trips is meeting new friends and of course spending time with old ones.

Here I am with my friend Crystal to the left. She came from Seattle for the festival. Alicia, on the right, flew in from California. It was so good to see these ladies!

This is probably my favorite photo that I took this weekend. Great memories made! 

Now on to sewing! ;) 

Mini Hexies

How's it going peeps? I simply can't stop making these mini hexagons. They measure approximately 5/8 inch across and are so, so fun to make! I made a bunch of them while watching the olympics. These are a portion of what I made. Not sure what I'll use them for yet but I have a few ideas floating around my head.  I'm also still thinking about starting Christmas gifts. I need to start soon. Can you believe it's mid August??

I'm off on a short end of summer trip to meet up with some sweet friends in PA. We're going to a music festival and are super duper excited!  Oh how I love to take these getaways and I always seem to return home with a new perspective and gratitude. 

I'll return to this space next week. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of the week! 

Saturday Stitching

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Pincushions and A Tea Towel

Yesterday I went to one of our local thrift stores and as luck would have it, found this sweet embroidered towel! I am thinking it's vintage because of the weight of the towel. It's a nice, lightweight cotton or maybe cotton/linen blend. Sometimes I wonder how such sweet stuff ends up at the thrift store!

I just updated my shop with these oversized pincushions. I LOVE the way they turned out!

 I had made a couple as gifts a while back but then had someone express desire to purchase one so here they are!

Plenty of hand stitching involved here but I found it to be relaxing and something fun to do in front of some good TV!

And they match remarkably well with my "new" vintage towel! ;)

On to the next project! Enjoy your weekend!

Birthday, Kitty, Alice Adams...

Not necessarily in that order! 

I've been playing with these sweet prints, among others. I was bit by the Great Granny Square bug on Lori Holt's blog Bee in My Bonnet.  As much as I tried to resist, I couldn't! I know I have no business starting a new project at the moment with all my WIP's, plus the desire to start making Christmas goodies.  Yes, I said it. Christmas.  I see in blogland that many have already whipped up some adorable Christmas goodness.  A few years back I got started on Christmas sewing early, and it was such a relief to be finished with my holiday sewing by October/November.  Tell me, have you started on your Christmas sewing?

 While perusing google images I found this super sweet vintage kitty clip art.  Source

So charming! Of course finding said clip art sent me into an immediate search on Etsy for some vintage cat postcards to add to my collection. I found two I liked enough to purchase. What did we do before Etsy???



Recently I saw the movie Alice Adams for the first time. LOVE! Why did I not see it sooner?? Katherine Hepburn is absolutely stunning in this movie, and her role as Alice Adams is so well played. I'm not going to lie, I even cried a *little* because parts of the film are just that moving. If you have the chance, and you like vintage films, check it out. I caught it on TCM.  I found this original still online and new I had to have it.

Last week was my birthday.  One week ago exactly. My sweet auntie who lives across the pond, made me this super darling personalized, covered tape measure.  Love.   It appears she took a piece of vintage linen and embroidered my name on it, and then used it to cover the tape measure.  A sweet satin bow compliments it nicely.  If you feel so inclined, I know she sells her covered tape measures in her shop!

Thank you auntie! xx

Enjoy your week!