And the winner is........

Or should I say, the winners are...*dramatic drumroll*...Sis. Beth and Lizzy!!! Both entries were spectacular and you both deserve a prize! Thank you both so much for entering and your prizes will arrive to you shortly!!! Congratulations, ladies! :)

What have I been doing lately? Well, to arouse your sympathy, I will let you know that Erin and I had shots this week...not just one, or two, or three, but FOUR shots! To make matters worse, needles scare the heebie jeebies out of me, but I bravely pushed aside my fear and sat quietly as the nurse (coincidentally and thankfully my cousin) administered the shots right in the arm. *cough* Okay, so it wasn't exactly like that, but that's as much as I'll say (please don't squeal on me, Mecca, for the sake of keeping these secrets in the family!) lol ;)

Pushing aside the bad (and painful!) news, I have some good news to share...I am writing a craft e-book entitled "Everything Spring!" and will soon have it available for purchasing! :) You can take a peek at it here: http://dixiedoodlepublications.blogspot.com/
Thanks for stopping by!

Georgia John Rides Again!

Howdy, podners!
Well, good old Georgia John is back and this time riding his trusty steed, Ranger!
If y'all haven't read Erin's post about Ellie Oakley and Georgia John, you won't have a clue about what I'm talking about so you might want to head over to her blog and then come back. :D
You back? Great. Here's a photograph of G.J. riding Ranger:

Cute, huh? Know how Ranger was born? From a cardboard box! A few weeks ago, our good friend, Jarrett, had a costume party to celebrate his third birthday. John put in right off that he wanted to be cowboy. Erin and I had seen something similar to the horse in a Family Fun magazine and decided to make him a bronc to match his attire. We took a good sized cardboard box and cut the hole in the middle to fit John's waist. We then spray-painted the box a nice shade of brown and let it dry for about 30 minutes, then added white spots here and there. After that, we cut out the horse's head and ears from the flaps on the box. I painted on eyes, a nose and we proceeded to hot glue the head to the body and the ears to the head. We also hot glued two strips of cloth to the body to act as suspenders. Then came the really fun part! We took a pair of Alexander's pants, stuffed them with cotton, closed the ends with rubber bands, and attached a small pair of cowboy boots with safety pins. When John climbed into the horse, we tucked his "legs" around his waist. Last but not least, we attached a yarn tail to the body with (you got it!) hot glue! The result? A cute buckaroo riding a gallant steed! ;)
Here are a few more pics from the party (compliments of Mrs. Suzanne!):

Poor old Ranger lost an ear...sigh!

Lol Erin and I dressed exactly alike for the party (something we haven't done for years) and wore different name tags! :D Goodness, you can certainly tell that we just went to the beach! Oh, and those ridiculously large sunglasses? All I can say is that you NEED large sunglasses here in Georgia to protect your eyes from the sun that shines most of the time! :OD

Thanks for stopping by! :)

I'm Here! :)

Hi! Well, it's been awhile since I posted last...I'm going to try to do better...don't give up on me!
One of the reasons I haven't been posting is because I've been extremely busy working on sewing orders. I've been having a BLAST designing and sewing bibs and bags! :OD Here's one of my creations:

It's a personalized "Bumble Bee" bib! Which brings to mind that I was ready to throw my embroidery machine out the window!! It ruined several versions of this bib because it embroidered the "n" over the "o" in Payton! But don't worry, I did not go through with this violent act because the machine redeemed itself by doing a great job on a bag I'm working on. Keep it up, machine! ;)
On another note, we had a great birthday last Thursday! We spent the day shopping with our grandmother, went to Applebee's for lunch, and then ate chicken enchilada for supper! "But where's the cake?" you may ask. Well, here it is...two layers of chocolatey, ice creamy goodness!

Um, okay, part of the chocolately, ice creamy goodness! And believe me, it is GOOD! And who is that last piece for? ME!! And Erin. That sounds a little greedy so I'll be generous...the first person that comments on this post gets this delicious piece via mail. Of course, that's only if that person pays for the shipping and handling...and I apologize if it melts before it gets to your house. You know, that all sounds like a lot of trouble so...I think Erin and I will just polish off this piece tonight. Don't worry, we will savor every bite! LOL
I also want to thank everyone who wished us a happy birthday! Thanks a bunch! :0)
Have a great day!