Thankful

To all of my friends south of the border, "Happy Thanksgiving". 

I just wanted to let you know that I'm out and about

getting inspired these days.

I'm looking forward to posting all about it soon.

xoxo

Terri

what I've been up to this week

I've been out of the classroom for a few years (taking some precious time with my boys)

but I've been back this week

substituting teaching in a Grade 2 class.

I've had so much fun playing with this:

 I don't know if your child's classroom is equipped with one of these,

but they are truly amazing.

Pictures just don't do it justice.

I hope that you are having a great week too!

Pocket Pillow

I finally finished this today,

to go with this Sports Theme Bulletin Board:

I had a "tiny bit of consulting assistance" from my dear friend Tracy putting this pillow together.

OK- she did it and I watched

whilst surfing the bloggyworld

showing her all the cool stuff that y'all are doing.

We took a Gosa Slan pillow (20x26 inch)  from Ikea and

cut it in half.

Tracy measured, cut, and worked her sewing magic.

I cut out the other pocket left on the jeans after using the first on the bulletin board,

and glue gunned it on.

Wahoo for glue-

I can do that all by myself :)

This project was brought to you by the Letter T (for terrific Tracy)

and the Number 1 (for first class help from a first class friend).

Thanks Tracy!!!!

Linked to Crystal's Craft Spot's Accessory Challenge

Monogrammed Bag

Ashly Ann posted this great project a while back. 
She monogrammed a simple bag beautifully.

Today I found a bag that I thought might work for my take on it.

It has been a bit of trial and error so far.

Canvas vs. burlap

12 inch diameter doily vs. 6 inch diameter doily.

Here is how mine turned out:

I started with:

I used a little painter's tape to attach the doily in place

and then used a Sharpie to colour in the holes.

I placed the chipboard letter in the middle of the pattern and traced it with a pen.

I coloured that in with Sharpie too. I wanted a little bit darker finish,

so I dug out the craft paint and brushes and tried again.

I cut out the center of a larger doily, taped it in place, and painted the holes in order to make the lacy pattern larger.

And Voila!

I'm giving it to a bride to be at a shower on Friday.

I hope that she likes it

and the present inside too.

Linked to: Blue Cricket Design

e.j. & emma

I am so excited to announce

that a good friend of mine

just opened a

fabulous etsy store.

We lived together in college

and she has a knack for making

BEA-U-TI-FUL  things. 

Look at these amazing things listed in her shop:

This last one is an extra large receiving blanket perfect for
baby boys.
My boys still use their blankets from when they were babies when they are watching movies etc.
If they had had these ones they would be stylin' now :)

A few months ago Rachelle did a giveaway

on her blog mom'ents

and I won this

fabulous bracelet.

Thank you Rachelle! 
I wish you much success on your new endeavour! 
You go girl!!!

Dutch Meatball Soup

Although my married name has put me in cognito,

I am from 100%

Dutch heritage.

Growing up Sundays always meant

going to church twice,

baked goodies and coffee right after morning service,

and soup and buns for a mid-afternoon lunch.

Mom always made the soup Saturday night

in an effort to keep Sunday as a day of rest -

as much as possible anyway.

When I moved so far away that I couldn't come over for Mom's Sunday soup anymore,

my sister wrote her version of Sunday Soup out

for me.  I've been making it ever since.

It works for late Saturday night suppers too :)

Happy Sunday!

Linking to Under the Table and Dreaming
Funky Junk Interiors
Remodelaholic Recipe Linkup

Borrowed Blogging Tips

I stumbled into this blogging world

by accident. 

I was designing multiple centerpieces at the time

and was using Google Image for inspiration.

Thrifty Decor Chick made

this amazing centerpiece for her dining room.  It was "lurve" at first sight :)

So, in celebration of reaching over 1000 page views yesterday,

I thought it would be nice to give a shout out 

to the fabulous blogger who inspired it all for me :)

Check out Thrifty Decor Chick's blogging tips.  These have been super helpful to this baby blogger :)

Thank you Thrifty Decor Chick!