PennyHeaven

I am still busy unpacking and "downsizing" my stuff but it sure is hard trying to get rid of things when I have spent years picking them up in thrift shops.  Last week I was looking around on Ki...

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Still getting settled at the new homestead.  Downsizing has been a whole new thing for me, I'm usually up sizing and dragging new things home all the time....like the ever expanding fabric stash...

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Well I am finally free of my day job!  Finished there on Tuesday and am now a Self Representing Fiber Artist....officially.  The birds are singing, the sun is shining and all is good in the wor...

http://mypennyheaven.blogspot.com/2013/05/moving-on-and-big-changes-happening.html

Well, here it is.  The first day of 2013...the year I will turn 50...yikes, that's a big number.  It's a big number but a good number and it would seem to me that it would be a good time to r...

http://mypennyheaven.blogspot.com/2013/01/adjusting-my-attitude.html

 Five more days until Dec. 21st, 2012....is it the end?..I don't think so but I did make a pilgrimage to Chichen Itza with my husband in February of 2011 to check things out. It was a "Bucke...

http://mypennyheaven.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-is-almost-hereand-end-of-world.html

Hi all, I have been busy this week working on my Etsy shop and making new projects, taking photo's, cooking and baking and walking my dogs.  What a great week off!  I must soon face the reality...

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Hey, I am excited to have just found Bloglovin.  I am thrilled to be able to find blogs that inspire me!

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I am neglecting this blog and that is not my intention.  I have been working at my "day job" and I am spread pretty thin with my need to make things with my hands and my need for rest.  The blo...

http://mypennyheaven.blogspot.com/2012/12/time-flies-when-you-have-to-work.html

This is my first Blog post of 2012.  I got away from Blogging, life was busy and new distractions have come along...Pinterest for one!  I have been busy working away in my free time on making...

http://mypennyheaven.blogspot.com/2012/07/getting-back-to-it.html

I arranged to take a week off work and I am smack in the middle of it right now.  My hubby took the time off too and agreed to take me gallivanting for a day or two an hour and a half away fro...

http://mypennyheaven.blogspot.com/2011/11/loving-having-week-off.html

Happy Halloween!  I am finally not alone on this night for the first time in years....my hubby is shelling out treats at the door while I corral our two Shih Tzu's!  The weather is good for th...

http://mypennyheaven.blogspot.com/2011/10/happy-halloween.html

 Hello all!  It's been many months since I took the time to blog and for that I am truly sorry.  I have missed putting my latest projects out there for all to see.  A few months ago I was hi...

http://mypennyheaven.blogspot.com/2011/08/been-long-time-since-i-blogged.html

I am working on a rug right now that is made with felted sweaters.  I have sooooo many wool sweaters that I picked up in thrift shops over the last few years.  I have really been feelin...

http://mypennyheaven.blogspot.com/2011/03/need-time-to-be-creative-or-i-get.html

I've been playing around with smaller projects lately.  Hot pads are nice and quick to make compared to working on a rug night after night in front of the TV.  Sometimes it is hard to know whe...

http://mypennyheaven.blogspot.com/2011/03/hot-pads-4-ways-and-hoarding-tendencies.html

Hello...had to cool my heels today to wait for a repair man.  It was my day off so I decided to spend some time playing around with fabric.  I have always wanted to try these Rolled Roses and ...

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My Dog "Corrie" and my latest rug. I finished my latest rag rug last night. It is approx. 4 ft x 3 ft in size....I can't find my measuring tape so I am guessing.  It was made using some ...

http://mypennyheaven.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-pumpkin-bathroom-has-new-resident.html

  This old sign was an Ebay purchase that I made a few years ago when I was really diggin' Ebay and spending a lot of time on it.  It is a wooden sign, nice and old and chippy.  I am pret...

http://mypennyheaven.blogspot.com/2011/02/nice-old-sign-and-weekend-well-spent.html

This is my big "D".  I found this wonderful thing at a local hole in the wall Flea Market not far from my house....I always think of that particular place as a crummy Flea Market but I reall...

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There is a list of things that I have a "Thing" for....old wooden picture frames, vintage buttons, little chairs, original paintings found in thrift shops, and Signs.  The frame thing really dri...

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I thought I'd share today some of my favorite things today.  We are snowed in here, just like a lot of people in North America and I have been told to stay home from work.  A good day to spend ...

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Just thought I'd update a post that I made back in Sept. on this blog regarding the fundraiser that we had a garage sale for.  The fundraiser was in honor of my daughter Morgan's best friend Bri...

http://mypennyheaven.blogspot.com/2011/01/kids-help-phone-fundraiser-update.html

Hi All.  I haven't posted since October.  Life just got busy and in the way....I also switched over to a new laptop courtesy of my daughter, Morgan.  She needed a Mac for school work so I was ...

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Been busy with my new job the last two weeks. I am working at Value Village also known as Savers in the States.  I love it, second hand treasures all day long and I get a handsome discount!�...

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Martina, Owner Kniterary This past Weekend was Culture Days here in Canada. http://www.culturedays.ca/en There were advertised events all over the country and I participated in a local project...

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I just finished this little bag, thought I'd try something new.  I had been using reycycled sweaters and experimenting with crocheting rag rugs. I have hand sewn in a lining in gold moire....

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