Happy Thanksgiving!!! + Coupon! + NEW Pattern!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends stateside! And Happy Day to everyone the world over!!

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My heart is so full this morning as I reflect on this day today, and Thanksgiving days in the past. This is one day in the year that every year, has been a good day! I have so many memories spending this day with family and dear friends! I wish I could take a picture of all my memories and post them on my wall so I could look at them every day! :)

There is something magical about this day, where all the worries of the world seem to disappear, where being with, and thinking about, loved ones become my focus, and we play and eat good food, rest, laugh, and enjoy life. I love this day. And I'm grateful for the time to reflect on all the blessings that I have! The power of gratitude is real, and something I want to hold closer to my heart every day of the year.

I hope you all have a safe and wonderful day!! Enjoy your blessings!! It is such a sweet emotion. :)

 

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And... to say thank you to all my quilty friends, I'm offering a coupon that starts now and will end on Monday 11/30/2015 at midnight!

Save 30% your entire order!

enter code: GIVETHANKS

Coupon works in my Etsy shop AND my shop!

I also recently updated my Paypal account so sales on Craftsy is now open to buyers outside of the USA. Please let me know if you have any trouble with any of my shops.

This will be the biggest coupon for the rest of the year... so don't miss out! ;)

 


ALSO, I want to announce my newest pattern:

Space Gem!

It comes in 4 sizes: 9inch, 12inch, 18inch, and formatted to print on legal paper (8.5in x 14in) is the 24inch size.

It includes the usual coloring pages, cutting templates, and detailed instructions for constructing the block.


 I will share more testers photos in the next few days, but if you want to see them, you can check them out now HERE. and here's a screenshot of just a few...

This pattern is available on Craftsy (price discounted since coupons don't work on Craftsy), Etsy, and My Shop! 

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Thank you everyone for your love and support!! This journey of pattern designing has been more than I ever expected and I'm so grateful for all of you!!!

No April Fools Here!

I have so many things to be grateful for! To all of you and your kind comments (Thank you!!), support, and encouragement! For all of you who follow along on my blog and Instagram! For all the pictures you share of your projects!!! (One of my favorite things!) ;) Anyway.... I could go on and on! But basically, you are ALL awesome!!


So I am doing a NO JOKE flash sale!

You can save 25% off of anything and everything in my shop! 

Check out all my patterns in my shop HERE or on Etsy HERE!

Use coupon code: NOJOKE at checkout.

Coupon will expire in 24 hours! So don't pass up these huge savings!

I know I always say, "I probably won't do another coupon for a while" because I'm not planning on it. But then I find another excuse to give another coupon! And this one is definitely one of the best...

p.s. Sorry, coupons don't work on Craftsy, so no sales there. :( 

from blank pages... Linky and a Thanks kind of day!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I hope you have had a wonderful month and have a beautiful day. :) I love this time of year with all these great holidays, and they always seem to come and go too fast. Too much to do, but I love it all! Today I am grateful for the general store in town that carried just enough cans of cream of mushroom soup for the green bean casserole. Lol. We are going to spend the day with friends and I am SO excited! But that doesn't change that I'm a slacker and forgot to pick up my needed ingredients when I was at the store Tuesday. So I am grateful that my small town isn't TOO small. ;) Of course I am grateful for so many things! Especially my family! I have been spending so much time with them lately, and it has been such a blessing to all of us. I love my kiddos so much! I am also grateful for my wonderful hubby! He is continually an answer to my prayers and I love him. We've had some fun and exciting changes take place in the last week, and I am excited for this new chapter in our life. :) I am grateful for the gospel and the knowledge it gives me! Especially that we have an eternal family!! A few days ago we were in a different town and I lost Jacks. I could not find him anywhere!! It scared me so bad! I finally found him running down the storm gutter next to a busy street (on the other side of the building where we were). It definitely made me reflect on how much I love all my children, and how much they mean to me. But no matter what happens in this life, I'm grateful to know we will always be together. Families are definitely the BEST. THING. EVER!!! I am also grateful for friends, food, our home, and all that good stuff in life. :)

I am also grateful that I bought some knitting needles years ago that I have never used until now! :) My sometimes-tendency to buy things I "want to some day use" definitely has paid off with moving here. :) I started working on a honey cowl! I am so excited! I have wanted to make one for a while, and finally, thanks to Angela, got the motivation to. I cheered when I found that I had a circular needle the right size in my box of yarn. :)

So this is my new beginning. :) Despite my huge pile of quilts that either just need to be basted, or get a back finished and then basted. I'm crossing my fingers for a basting party this weekend! :) Anyway, this is the 2nd knitting project I've ever done, and it is fun! I made a lot of mistakes in the first few rows, but I think I've finally got it down, and I don't think it's anything too noticeable. :) I am really slow at it. I hope I get faster so I can finish it!! and boy does it make my joints get sore. I'll have to see if I can start knitting not so close to my face. ;) heehee. Gotta see what I'm doing. :) I think if I end up liking it, and get faster at it, I want to make one of these for my kiddos too. I'm thinking they'll stay on better than scarves. Which is always good with kiddos. :)


Anyway... what are you working on? Anything fun or new?

And what are you grateful for??? :)

I want to say thank you to everyone who left a comment last week! I haven't had time to sit down and respond to them all, but I want to say thank you!! I really appreciate your feedback! It definitely made me think about things differently, and in a better light I think. All the comments helped. Thanks! :)

Oh, and I did decide to start getting sponsors for The One Stop Giveaway Shop! I am also going to be offering a free sponsor spot every month! So if you are interested in sponsoring, or just getting a free spot to share your blog or shop button, please stop by and enter! :)

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Make sure to link to a post, and not just your blog. And please link back here so others can join in the fun!! If you've got a minute, stop by others projects too and leave a comment! :)

Sharing The Love, again! :)

Yippy! I was given another award! I'm so excited!! :)

This one was given to me by Courtney over at Scraps and Scribbles

Isn't that nice?!! :) 

You guys seriously make my day, and my week! :)

Thank you!

Here are the rules:

1. Accept the award. Post it on your blog with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.
2. Pay it forward to 15 other bloggers that you have newly discovered.
3. Contact those blog owners and let them know they've been chosen.


So, without further delay, here are 15 wonderful blogs that I would LOVE to share with you! :)
(in no particular order) They are a mix of fabric, quilting, scrapbooking, awesome art, food, crafts, photos and whatever else. Don't miss any of them!

1. Someday Crafts
2. Land of the Misfit Toyz
3. Cozy. Cottage. Cute.
4. Nap Time Journal
5. katie jo designs
6. Creating Cupcakes
7. The Village
8. a quilt is nice
9. Going Sew Crazy
10. 30 days
11. Bloesem
12. My Chaos My Bliss
13. the long thread
14. Ali Edwards
15. Orangette

Make sure to stop by all these great blogs and say hi! :)

Don't forget to grab a "featured  button" at the bottom of my sidebar!

Thank You! :)

Have you been over to Suzy's Artsy-Craftsy Sitcom? On Thursday's she has a Promote Yourself Linky Party! It's fantastic! :) I found her site last week and linked up, and guess what?

Today she featured my shop on her page!!! :) Awesome! :)

My day is officially good now. ;)

Thank you Suzy!!!

Her site is really fun. So go check it out and don't forget to link up your shop or website!! :)

Thank You!!!

Aimee over at Sprik Space featured my Name Mobile on her Brief Bits! Yippy!!

Thank you Aimee!!!

and Thank You to everyone who has left such nice comments!! It tickles me inside to check my email and find so many kind words! I love it! You make my day!

Thank You! :)