Show and Tell Monday

I worked my fingers off trying to finish these this week. I am so happy with them too. Aren't they sweet. They are already on my website at

http://www.beloved-creations.com/catalog.php?item=324

Here at my grandmother's house we also broke up 5 bushels of green beans -- some went to the freezer and several bags to friends and family and of course we have already ate 2 pressure cookers full. It was a lot of hard work but fresh green beans are so worth it. I should have taken a picture but we have to do it all again on Wednesday so I'll take one then.

Beach Cottage Tote Bag

As many of you know Make Mine Pink (http://makeminepink.com/) has themed shopping on Fridays. This Friday we are celebrating The Beach Cottage. I have made a one-of-a-kind tote bag. I started with a ready made over sized tote bag, then added a beautiful oriental print lining, added some embellishment on the front and wala! A Beach Cottage Tote

Check out my site at http://www.beloved-creations.com/catalog.php?category=67 for items in this category.

Pink Friday's -- The Beach Cottage

You can already purchase an embroidered monogrammed beach lounge chair cover from my site. See http://www.beloved-creations.com/catalog.php?item=253

and here is a peak at the fabric I'm using on the beach cottage tote bag.

Links from today's Wednesday Lunch Bunch

No guest today but lots of great information.

Duck Tape Marketing
http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/

Make Mine Pink
http://makeminepink.com/

Spoonflower
http://spoonflower.com/welcome

ThreeSheets2
http://www.threesheets2.com/specialty.html

Beloved-Creations
http://beloved-creations.com/
http://beloved-creations.com/
http://blogtalkradio.com/janetinky

My granddaughter will be home soon

As many of you know my granddaughter has been serving in the Army in Iraq. Well she is counting down the days. I hope you all will pray for a safe return for all of them.

Pink Friday -- Beach Cottage

I feel the need for a beach bag to go with my beach cottage. Hmmmmm -- let's see Amanda is not here so I guess I will have design this one my self. Let me think maybe some pink, embroidery, of course a linning and some kind of fringe for sure.

Stay turned for pictures on the progress

June is Breast Cancer Survivor Month

June is breast cancer survivor month! You can click everyday to give the gift of mamograms to women who can not afford them. Look for the click it button on my blog on the right hand column. Visit me every day to click or put it on your own web site.

Show and Tell Monday at Make Mine Pink

A few weeks ago I showed off two yo-yo's I made -- I now have over 300 and am ready to turn all these little yo-yo's into a yo-yo quilt. It will be a small quilt because 300 sounds like a lot but it really does take a lot of yo-yo to make one.

Check out all the reast of the ladies on the forum at http://www.makeminepink.com/

How Do You Go Green?

Green is IN!! What do you do to go green at your home or business? Leave me a comment and I'll add it to the Green List. Don't you just love this goat.

My bad! This is a sheep not a goat. Now I'm laughing.

Wow! More than 10,000

If you scroll down through my blog, you can see that I have had more than 10,000 visitors. Thank you so much for your visits, comments, and encouragement.

Pink Friday at Make Mine Pink -- An English Tea

Don't forget to check out all the sites at Make Mine Pink for Pink Friday http://www.makeminepink.com/

This weeks themed shopping event is "An English Tea." I am offering linen napkins and a table cloth for sale on my web site at http://www.beloved-creations.com/catalog.php?category=67

My Get Away

As many of you know, I am the primary care giver for my grandmother. I live with her and do my best to make her comfortable as I can. I have lots of aunts that come in and help and my uncle cooks every day, thankfully I don't do this alone. She has a visiting nurse practitioner that comes out each week to check her blood work and all the other, so I really do get too burned out. But some times I do need to get away and this week, I went to my daughters for 3 days. It was a nice visit with her and two of my grandchildren. Of course I bought a vintage handkerchief that I will put on my site later.



Next week I hope to get away again for an overnight stay some where too. Maybe I'll go to Bardstown. I really had a nice time there.



Anyway, I have put some of my things on sale on my website. Check out the sale page for some discounts. Also the quilt kits have reduced prices as well.

Good Morning

It is a beautiful day here in Krypton Kentucky. It is finally raining! We have had record heat every day for over a week. We just got the peas up in time, but many other crops were about to fail. Gladly we need this rain. Rain like today where it is just a nice shower all day really makes everything look green and clean.

Have you checked out what I am offering for the Pink Fridays at Make Mine Pink? This week I am offering a hand embroidered 60 inch round table cloth. New never been used. I embroidered it 3 years ago and put it away and now resides on my web-site.
Check it out at http://www.beloved-creations.com/catalog.php?item=31

The Amanda Bag is Finished

The Amanda Bag is finished and my granddaughter learned so much. The silent auction is until 11:59 pm est tonight. Please email me at janetinva@hotmail.com with your bid. We will let you know tomorrow who won the bid.

Update on the Amanda Bag

We have made the lining, pocket on the outside with embellishments and cut the pocket for the cell phone. She is learning a lot about why you have to iron and cut strings today.

Tomorrow we will finish up. Tomorrow night the bidding ends at 11:59 est. So get your bids in early.

The Wednesday Lunch Bunch Links

Today I interviewed Anna Reeves of Ana Designs and Subscribe to Delight -- here are her links.

http://www.subscribetodelight.com/
http://www.subscribetodelight.com/AnnesBlog/tabid/365/Default.aspx

My new website that will include advertising, blogtalkradio shows, storytelling, writing, photography, and etc
http://janetchristianmedia.ning.com/

A web site I like
http://lisaleonardonline.com/

Makeminepink
http://makeminepink.com

The Amanda Bag

Each day I will be posting the progress on my granddaughter's tote bag she is designing and making. Yesterday I posted the plain canvas tote we will be using. Today I am positing the embelishments she has decided to use.

There is a silent auction for the bag. Please email us at janetinva@hotmail.com with your bid. The highest bidder at 11:59 pm on Thursday night will win the auction. All the money will go to Amanda to have fun while she is here.

Make Mine Pink Monday Show and Tell

Another Monday to oooh and awwwe over what members of Make Mine Pink have been working over the last week. I have not done anything -- but my two of my grandkids are here with me.

My grandchildren are 5 generations since my grandmother is still living. My great-granddaughter is 6 living generations. Anyway here is a picture of them.

Amanda and I are going to decorate this bag. I'll be teaching her all kinds of stitches and such and on Thursday we will have a silent auction for the Amanda Bag.

Links from The Lunch Bunch

I had a wonderful interview with Erica from Meadow Street. Check out her items at
http://meadowstreet.com

I also mentioned the Pink Fridays at Make Mine Pink
http://www.makeminepink.com/pink-friday/

Lots of vintage patterns from Jen
http://www.momspatterns.com/

I also told you about my new media website -- this will be expanded soon to include advertising
http://janetchristianmedia.ning.com/

Praying for Grandmother

Here is a picture of my grandmother. She is not doing well these days. She will be 94 July 15. She fell and broke 3 ribs about a month ago and she really is having a hard time recouping from it.

Show and Tell Monday at MMP

Here are two items I have worked on this week. On the little purse, I need to add a button and snap. As you can see these two yo-yo's are different shapes. The round ones will be the quilt lined with the darker pink flower yo-yo's. Aren't they just the cutest?