Kudo's to Gloria

GOOD MONDAY MORNING TO YOU!!  Today I want to feature a lovely lady who lives in California, Gloria at http://glorv1.blogspot.com/ .  I have been visiting with her for some time now and still find something new to discover in her charm, wit, artistry, spiritualness and humor.  She is a very talented lady with a big heart and shares all the delightful pieces in her life with all of her blog sisters.  I love the lightheartedness of her blog that is so uplifting as she is so enthusiastic about the Lord, her garden, her crafts, ad infinitum!  She also has a shop where she sells her bracelets and bangles.  If you have not visited Gloria yet, just click on the link above and I promise you a rewarding visit.  This was your Monday smile-maker-ha!"Monday's child is Fair of Face"
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NEW YEAR'S DAY

OH HOW LOVELY, THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE!  I am in a great mood today!  Thanks to Amelia at Amelia's Attic who left such nice comments and because I am off to a good start organizing and getting things done!  I just gave myself a home perm that was much needed, have my second load of washing in and am working on my blog!  What more could a girl ask for?  I am making scallopped potatoes and ham for dinner, we love that!  Bill has been working on his beautiful scrollsaw Ram's head (please go to http://kerrieskrafts3.blogspot.com/ to see it) and it is coming along nicely.  He just keeps amazing me with his determination and skill.  He is resting now which is good!  I have been making the whole family laugh near and far with the purchase of my giant skein of yarn for the afghan I am making.  My sister in Rochester, NY and my kids here think it is a riot!
Here tis:

I am making the slave afghan pattern in multiples of 10 like the one my daughter made in 2 tone before Christmas. This is hers in case you did not catch it in another post.

Mine will not be as large, lap robe size but I cannot wait to see how it comes out. Anyhow, my sis said Bill should tether me so I don't get lost in the yarn while crocheting!

I found this beauty at A. C. Moore craft store when I was spending my gift certificate.  So much fun!   If you are also a crochet nut, make sure you visit Doris at Crocheting in Georgia site.  She is so clever and her work is perfect! Also, visit my neice Patricia's site at Coquettish Fleur.  Her decorating skills, crochet creations and paper crafts are a delight to the eye!  She inspired me to start my first blog.  And besides that she is just the sweetest person!  Not that I am predjudice or anything-ha!  Okay, I am off to put clothes in the dryer!  God Bless you all and here's hoping you have such a wonderful 2010 that you can't wipe the grins off of your faces! 

Love,  

Pack Rat, Hoarders and the organizationally challenged....

I HAVE BECOME MY MOTHER..... I was happily reading Beverly's post at How Sweet the Sound about having a yard sale.  It ocurred to me that she has the same problem that so many of us have.  Especially if you are a craft person.  My Mom had every craft supply imaginable.  Stopping by to visit her was like going to the craft store.  I never left without instruction books, yarn, a new crochet needle, etc.  She loved to share both her knowledge and her supplies.  But it made every cupboard, closet, cubby holes and surrounding her chair, the epitomy of clutter and hoarding!  She would buy little things like greeting cards and a pack of needles and not be able to find them when the occasion came and went or when she needed the needles and would have to buy more.  Later on, she would be checking her chest of drawers for something else and announce, there's that card and needles!  They are still in the bag!  She lived to be ninety and never changed.  I am 32 years younger than my Mother.  I showed signs of suffering from this same malady when I was in my thirties.  I worry that my children like Beverly's son will be left to deal with all my storage bins, craft supplies, paperwork, photographs, videos, clothes, knick-knacks, etc.

   I once bought my husband an Easter card about 3 yrs. ago.  We have not found it yet.  I know that I bought copper tape at the craft store that I desperately needed, came home, put it away.  And haven't seen it since.  This happens a lot lately.  Things that make you go, "hmmm!"
  I picture the children ordering a long deep dumpster in which to throw boxes and boxes of my legacy!  Their friends will ask, did your Mom leave you well off?  And the answer will be, "No, she left us crafts and craft supplies."   Did she leave you her house?, "No, she left us the shell of a house with a craft store inside."   Surely she must have had life insurance! "No, she pre-paid her funeral expenses and left us the paperwork and the urn."  How about clothing, she was of small stature, like you?  "No, she left some skirts that she wore when she was young and wore a size 6.  She was waiting until she could fit into them again."  Didn't she leave you anything that you are happy about?? "No, she left me her addiction, want to see my closets, attic, garage?" NO! 

My Crafty Mama

by

Kerrie O'Hearn Marquart

I love you so my little Mama

I miss the smiles, the hugs, the drama

That happened when you were here before,

And a surprise awaited behind every door...

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The above photograph was taken on June 6, 1929 and was my Mother's Wedding Day.  Notice the Flapper style dress she is wearing and the bowl hat.  I treasure this picture.

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Kerrie O'Hearn Marquart

2008-2009