New Toys

I know I said I was in a creative slump and I still kind of am but that never stops me from buying new things. Why is that?
I did figured out why I am in this slump. Work gets stressful beginning January 1st and ends on April 15th with a large party. So when I am stressed I tend to gravitate towards crafts and the creativity starts to flow. Now that April 15th is long gone work is back to normal and there is not as much stress. So now I have do not seem to have a reason to craft.

I have been slumping around since the 16th and now I am ready to get back on the band wagon. I do hop that posting my new toys and what I plan to do might give me the motivation to started.

Last weekend I went to a quilt store that I had not been to before and what do you think I found there? Did you guess? ....... Tea Towels sold by the yard. The woman who owns the store loves to embroider and said these are the best towels in all the world. They have a vintage look and feel to them with a slight yellow hue and hemmed on the sides but not the ends. I bought 1.5 yards so I can make 2 towels. As I was getting ready to buy the towels the biggest rick-rack I have ever seen. I have a sick love affair with rick-rack, I had to buy at least 4 yards.

Thanks to Susie I also bought another new toy. A bias tape maker. Hopefully no more burnt fingers. I really hope it works. Now to just decide where to start.

Have a great weekend everyone.
~B

Creativity Drought

1. Meadow Butterflies, 2. Crochet ring, 3. Kitchen Kitsch, Lancaster, 4. Elvis, Black and White, 5. Lucy-Pillow,

6. Felt Pincushions, 7. Embroidered ornament, 8. Betty Boop, 9. Jute Purse, 10. Whipped spiderweb, 11. Cherry Blossom Bag,

12. Babbette Blanket 13. Dragon

I have been in a creative slump lately. I have tried and tried to get out of the same old same old. So in an effort to get out of that slump I started going through some of my favorites on Flickr and thought I would share a few of the things that are starting to spark my creative fire. We will just have to see what will blossom.

What do you do when you are in a creative slump?

~B

Congratulations ...

Kerri! I hope you enjoy the towel and all the other goodies I am collecting and making.

Thank you all for you well wishes and coming out of lurking to post. Now that I know you are all there I hope to hear from you again.

~Bekah
Psst... looks like Kerri is doing a giveaway on her site you better go check it out

1 Year Anniversary - Giveaway

On Sunday it will be my one year anniversary of my blog so in honor of it, I am doing a giveaway.

Since everyone liked this towel so much I am giving it away along with some vintage patterns and possibly some extra little goodies like embroidered buttons.

So leave me a comment by Midnight, Tuesday, April 8, 2008 and I will enter you in the drawing. I will ship anywhere.

I am off to go camping and I hope to take lots of pictures while I freeze. Have a good weekend everyone.

~B

Hello World....

I have been so caught up with learning to knit that I have been ignoring embroidery. Feeling bad for all my hoops and floss because they look at me so longingly from across the room that I took pity on them and embroidered something.

Now I am hooked again! It must have been their evil plan all along. I seriously think I am addicted, I might need help. Embroidery is my drug. I sit there and stitch and just relax so much that I have fallen asleep. I normally wake up when I stab my finger *ouch*. I was getting bored a bit with embroidery because I was not challenging myself with new stitches so for my next project I had to do something new.

This one I posted on my vintage blog was just calling to me. I loved watching the Partridge Family re-runs as a kid. Who would not want to be in a family band and travel around on a techno-color bus? I sure did. What did you want to do when you where a kid?
~B