The Library... Yes, really a post about the library!

Who me? Go to the library? What?

What about the coffee and endless magazines?

What? The library?

That has been me for the last 10 or so years...

Why go to the library when you can go to Barnes & Noble?

How wrong I was!

REALLY WRONG!

My friend Jen was over here about a week or so ago and somehow we got to chatting about the library. She explained how she just gets online, picks out the books she wants, places a hold on said books, and then waits for a call from the library informing her that the books are at the local branch ready for pick up!

Ahhh.... the convenience of it all....

Guess how many times I've been to the library to pick up books during the last week? 3 times! Walk in, pick up, leave! It is a lovely stack I've been studying! It is a stack full of sewing and knitting inspiration!

Why didn't anyone tell me this secret before? What are your library habits?

Happy Hobbies!

A New Banner.... Finally!

I've been on this little blogging adventure for right around 2 years now and I have finally created a new banner (that fits).

I enjoy many blogs and am always impressed by the beautiful banners and the frequency by which some wonderful bloggers change their banners. I tried to change my banner once... I was able to get a picture in the space, but couldn't make it fit the space provided.

Turns out I'm not as technically challenged as I thought!

I used a tutorial from V and Co.

My thanks to her!

This photo was a collaboration by HobbyHubby and me. We set up the quilt, the felted bag, and the knitting in progress right out in the herb garden between some basil and some lavender. (I have so many things to learn about photography!) I can't believe how easy it was to work with Adobe Photoshop to change the dimensions and add text to create the banner. I definitely have room for improvement, but I think it's a start!

What do you think? Go ahead, give me the good, the bad and the ugly comments!

Happy Hobbies!

Under Construction!

Just giving my space a little make over!

I'll be finished soon!

Happy Hobbies!

Things making me happy this morning....

Hurray for Saturday!

My list:

1. the little people laughing
2. HobbyHubby returning from his trip
3. running
4. the shining sun and blue sky
5. gardening
6. planning our weekend

Happy Hobbies!

Get Away Quilting

Last weekend I met my best friend in Syracuse for a weekend of quilting.

Our goal was to make quilts for her twin girls....

She is relatively new to quilting so even more fun!

Here are some of the blocks we made...

Here is a picture of the pattern...
A bit of our workspace...

I'd say we were a bit ambitious for the time allotted!

It was wonderful just to get to visit over a few meals and chat about

our little peeps and sew into the night...

She is going to work on the rest of the piecing and

our hope is that we will get together in the fall to do the actually quilting!

Happy Hobbies!

My biker Peeps...

Thought you might enjoy a link to a post about my little biker peeps!!

Check out the link to

Century Cycles Blog

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Instead of Blogging

May was a very busy month and I just couldn't seem to fit in blogging time!

Instead of blogging, I..

1. helped with the school auction
2. ran the Mother's Day 5k
3. went on a field trip with Simon's Kindergarten class
4. saw Simon graduate from Kindergarten
5. helped Annestelle deal with pneumonia
6. made a trip to Akron to celebrate my brother-in-law's birthday
7. went to the end of year conferences for the little peeps
8. enjoyed the first week of summer break with the little peeps
9. met my best friend in Syracuse for a quilting getaway to work on quilts for her girlies
10. put in a garden
11. cleaned the deck
12. cleaned my carpets
13. cleaned out my closet
14. read ALLOT

I didn't manage any time for

1. knitting
2. finishing any quilting projects of my own
3. doing the other HUNDRED things on my list!

Welcome June!

Welcome Summer Break!

HobbyMommy's back and I'm going to challenge myself to a post a day for the rest of the month...

I'm looking forward to hearing from you all soon as I've missed you!!

Happy Hobbies!!!