Beginning December 1st....

 Stacy West of Buttermilk Basin 

has planned and organized this very special blog hop!! 

14 days of fun!!

14 days of projects!

14 days of recipes!! 

Join us as we count down the days until

 Christmas and treat yourself

 for 14 days to a little fun!!  

Dec  1st * Quilts by Cheri

Dec 2nd * Plumcute Designs

Dec 3rd * Gail Pan Designs

Dec 4th * Woolen Willow Designs

Dec 5th * Ali Strebel Designs

Dec 6th * Cottage at Cardiff Farms

Dec 7th * Blackberry Primitives

Dec 8th * Wooden Spool Designs

Dec 9th * Homespun Quilts

Dec 10 * Notforgotten Farm

Dec 11 * Kathy Schmitz Studio

Dec 12 * Crabapple Hill

Dec 13th * Primitive Gatherings

Dec 14th * Buttermilk Basin

Dec 15th BONUS SURPRISE!! 

The beginning of the week brought a couple of cold and windy days. 

Warm enough to go outside and

 kick around the blanket of leaves that was covering the ground. 

Then.....Winter decided to arrive a bit early!! 

WE where hit with strong winds 

depleting the trees of the

 remainder of their golden leaves

swirling and tossing them

 into drifts of leaves in every corner. 

The clouds came and as the temperatures

 dropped we are now having a

 very cold, windy and wintry mix of snow and ice. 

Now its hard to keep our outdated drafty house warm when the winds blow....

so a good place to be

is in the dye room

 with the pots heating,

 the wool mixing,

 and the colors changing!!! 

The best job.....

taking the OHHH  SO WARM  piles of wool

 out of the dryer and folding them!!

Sure to warm anyone up!! 

Coming Soon to a blog near you!!!! 

Stacy West of Buttermilk Basin 

presents another Christmas Blog Hop you won't want to miss!!

A primitive

 Christmas 

handwork blog hop 

will begin

 December 1st and continue until December 14th!!!!

Each day a different designer will post a blog post 

with a FREE Holiday Project, 

and favorite recipe!! 

Mark your calendars so you can follow along!  

October

I LOVE the month of October 

and 

it just went by way too fast!!!

 Even though I started the month out with a nasty cold,

 I was able to pull it together in time for a weekend trip to

San Diego to teach a workshop at
 The Country Loft in La Mesa, California,
What a great time I had and met so many wonderful new friends
 plus got a good dose of sunshine!!!

If you live in the area I suggest you get out and visit the shop this Satuday!!
 I believe they will be all decked out for Christmas!!!

Next it was off to teach a workshop at
 Terri Staats' 

Sweet Treasures Studio
 in Keizer Oregon,
More fun and new friends!!!

Lynne, Diane, Linda, Terri, Loretta, Laura, Cynthia, Sue, and Amber!!

A quick trip up to Puyallup, WA to speak and have a trunk show

 at the Comforters Quilt Guild......
these ladies were so wonderful to me!!
We were so busy we didn't get a photo!! :(

Then I was able to sneak in a couple of 24 hour quick trips to the Oregon coast with the kids,

 and to top it off we had a couple of birthday celebrations,

 overnights with NANA,

and of course another cold!!!

Whew!!! That was a lot!!!