judging a book by it's cover...

i love to read!

~~~

i just read

"saving ceecee honeycutt"

by beth hoffman

(her first novel)

and i would highly recommend it!

~~~

this sad and sweet novel

is about a young girl (ceecee)

who moves to the south

to live with an older aunt

after her mother dies.

~~~

i loved it

you'll love it too!

~~~

now

i've started to read

"home to holly springs"

by jan karon.

~~~

have you read the mitford series

by jan karon~

the father tim series?

~~~

i love, love, love

this series!

love it!

sappy and sweet,

just how i'd like my life to be!

~~~

"home to holly springs"

takes us to where

father tim grew up.

~~~

i love to read

but i don't make time to read

so it takes me forever to read a book,

which tends to be hard on a book,

at least my books!

~~~

i have this book in hardcover

and i know i'll keep it forever

so i don't want to

bend, rip, and tear the dustcover.

(yes, i'm a little (some would say a lot!) anal!)

so...

(finally to the point)

i made a bookjacket for my book!

~~~

i used a piece of scrap wool

and cut the bookjacket

(using the book as my pattern)

the heighth of the book

around the front and the back

of the book,

(moving the book from the back

to the spine

to the front as i cut)

adding a few extra inches

on each end

of the width

to jacket the book.

~~~

i pinned the extra inches

on each end in place

and sewed them

to make the jacket.

~~~

easy peasy!

~~~

the p (for peggy)

is entirely decorative

and is cut from

another scrap of wool.

the button finishes it off!

~~~

and now i have a bookjacket

that will keep my book,

cozy and warm

and as good as new,

as i haul it here and there,

until i finish the story

of father tim's childhood home!

~~~~~

~~~

~

happy reading!

peggy

a full day...

here i am,

all set up

for the 36th annual

arts and crafts festival

at faulkton, sd!

~~~

pumpkins,

trick or treat goodie bags...

~~~

more pumpkins,

autumn handbags...

~~~

christmas stockings,

mittens,

pillows...
~~~

simmering potpourri,

jingle bell trees,

twinkling star cookie cutters,

little lite decorations...

~~~

glittery gold stars,

wooly rag balls,

more mittens,

more stockings...

~~~

snowmen,

and popcorn balls!

~~~

a full day...

filled with lots of goodies

and lots of people!

~~~

after all,

that's what craft fairs

are all about!

~~~~~

~~~

~

wishing you a full day...

peggy

christmas craftings...

as long as you're

"hanging" around here,

(and i'm glad you are!)

let me show you

some of the

christmas craftings

i've been working on

for the craft show

on saturday!

~~~

i've been sewing and stitching

several wool stockings,

one ready to be hung

by your chimney with care...

~~~

stockings are such

an old-fashioned

part of christmas.

~~~

i love them!

~~~

i love them wooly,

rustic,

and

simple.

~~~

i use recycled

and repurposed wool

for my stockings

and all my wooly creations.

~~~

i love mittens too!

~~~

wooly,

warm,

and cozy!

~~~

and again,

ready to be hung

by your chimney with care...

~~~

and what would christmas be

without a wooly

and jingly tree?

~~~

so...

if you happen to be

in the faulkton, sd area,

stop by

and check out

the 36th annual

arts and craft festival!

~~~

stop by my booth and

i'll treat you to one of my

homemade popcorn balls!

~~~~~

~~~

~

come see me...

peggy

from crafting to selling...

this is the week

of the craft fair

that i am in!

~~~
i've been crafting...

and crafting...

and crafting...

~~~

on saturday

i hope to be

selling...

selling...

selling...

~~~

i hope to

sell this rustic

stitched halloween pillow,

~~~~

these bright

halloween trick or treat bags,

~~~

and these

jack-o-lantern

trick or treat bags!
~~~

what do you think?

~~~

i'll give you a look

at more of my craftings

tomorrow!

~~~~~

~~~

~

stay tuned...

peggy

pumpkin pair...

these pumpkins

are part of

what i've been

working on

for the upcoming
craft fair

i will sell

my goodies at

on october 16!

~~~
i have been cutting

and painting

and sewing

and stitching

and stuffing

and gluing

up a storm!

~~~

only 26 days

of creating and crafting left...

~~~

~~~

the pumpkins are made from

an old wool blanket

and trimmed

with a painted cheesecloth bow.

~~~

i love that

these pumpkins

are simple and rustic.

~~~

they have the country look

that i love to create

and decorate with.

~~~

i'll give you a glimpse

of some of my other

craft fair goodies

as i go along.

~~~

let me know

what you think!

~~~~~

~~~

~

wishing you a crafty day!

peggy

fall fun...

autumn is full of fun!

~~~

one of my favorite

fun things to do

is to shop craft fairs!

~~~

this autumn,

i will not only shop craft fairs,

i am getting ready

to take my crafts

to be

in a craft fair!

~~~

this craft fair is known

for it's handmade

and homemade items

and is always held

the opening day

of pheasant season

(the third saturday

in october~

october 16 this year).

~~~

i have taken my crafts

to craft fairs before.

it's lots of work

and lots of fun!

i'm especially excited to be

in this particular craft fair.

what makes it

even more fun

is that

i will be

in the booth

next to

my friend debbie

from tyme flies,

who is also bringing

her handmade goodies

to this craft fair!

~~~

i sewed

this cozy wool autumn handbag

for the craft fair.

~~~

this handbag is made from

a repurposed wool skirt

and a felted wool scarf.

~~~

the bag itself and the handle

are made from the skirt

and the leaves

are made from the scarf.

~~~

the fringe was on the skirt

which adds more fun.

~~~

the leaves were cut out

and sewed on

before i put the bag together.

~~~

the button is purely decorative.

the handbag holds

all your goodies securely

with a magnetic closure.
~~~

i love this bag!

~~~

i love it's

autumn colors

and autumn leaves

and it's wool coziness.

~~~

what do you think?

will it sell?

~~~

only 39 days

until the craft fair!

~~~

i better get

busy, busy, busy....

~~~~~

~~~

~

wishing you fall fun...

peggy

make it on monday...

my mom gave me

a bag of little clothespins,

knowing i find a use

for them!

~~~

i decided to use them

as bag clips around the kitchen.

~~~

i love detail

so i had to decorate them somehow!

this is what i came up with!

~~~

aren't they fun?

~~~

and easy too!

~~~

i just glued

a piece of

tiny red ric rac

on each side

of the clothespin.

when the glue dried,

i added another coat

over the top of the ric rac!

~~~

that's it!

~~~

i looove red,

and my kitchen is red,

so i had to choose red ric rac,

didn't i?

~~~

an easy peasy
lemon squeezy project
to add some fun
to your kitchen!
~~~
try it!
you'll like it!
~~~~~
~~~
~
make it today!
peggy

a "love"ly weekend...

it was a "love"ly weekend

for me.

my friend, june, was here!

~~~

we'd planned this weekend of valentine crafting

for some time

and were sooo excited

to get together,

to talk,

to craft,

and to eat!

we even had time to check out our new thrift shop in town!

~~~

we may have talked and ate

more than we crafted

but we had a great time!

and we did make some great hearts for valentine's day.

june just got a few more ( a lot!) more done

than i did...

~~~

it was a girly weekend

but we did invite our husbands

and june's son, dakota,

for roast beef supper on saturday nite!

~~~

june and i have been friends

since high school

and we love so many of the same things!

it's good to have had such a good friend

for so long.

i feel like we know sooo much about each other,

but i did learn something new about june this weekend...

~~~

she has a secret for playing hand bells...

~~~~~

~~~

~

make it a great day!

peggy

another rainy autumn day...

it's another rainy autumn day here. we've had lots of those this year. makes me want to cozy up to the fireplace with my book. which i probably will do! i also want to work on some home and craft projects today. i looooove to craft and decorate our home. i made the leaf pillow above with a felted wool scarf and some other thrifted items. the wool blanket was a fun find at an antique shop. the pillow and blanket are in an old brown 5 gallon crock next to our fireplace. i hope your day is warm and cozy....