Ladies Craft Night

So before Christmas I started a small group at our church for ladies to come and craft. No lesson, No formal craft, just bring what you want to work on, bring some food, and bring funny stories! I didn't know how it would be received, but the first night - I think we had 28 ladies! It was CRAZY, crafts everywhere! Since it's a very loosey goosey group, we never know who is going to show up. One week we may have 5 ladies and another week (like last night) we had 18. I look forward to them every two weeks, and I hope the ladies are having just as much fun as I am. Here are a few pics of the group from last night!

Gotta get to work on some projects.....will be back tonight with a post on our bathroom remodel! I'm super excited about it.

Have a great day!

~mandy~

Northern Lights......

I am a southern girl to my core, but once in my lifetime I would love to be anywhere with some Northern Light displays.... It is just the neatest thing in the world to me, and I am secretly jealous to those of you who get to see them on a semi-regular basis....   :-P

Here are some pics that made me want to hop on a north bound plane today!

~mandy~

PS - it's been a really busy weekend and gonna be a busy week, but I promise to stay connected. We are cleaning up our yard, as well as starting a big remodel in the house.....I'll post pics to keep you informed......hehehee

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Highs in the 50's ...... springtime!

Today was the first day it has felt like Spring (and I have been able to be out in it)! The whole Deitering clan (girls included) got out and started clearing off a fence-line that was overrun with very large weeds and small trees.....It was a muddy, muddy, muddy mess, but we got the weeds and trees down. There is a whole bunch more manual labor involved before our yard is not the mud pit that it currently is, but.....we put a REALLY big dent in it today. We are all feeling it too, I'm pretty sure the girls are gonna hit the hay quite early tonight.

ANYWAY back to springtime! Sooooo, pretty much the only reason I LOVE springtime is because of all the new babies (animals) that appear. Baby bunnies, goats ..... I know babies are had in the other seasons of the year, but they are cuter if they are born in the Spring.

(all pics are from Flickr - search baby bunnies & goats)

SEE!!!!! SO cute! Anywho, thought I would share the cuteness with ya! Have a great night everyone, hope you had a great day!

~mandy~

Oh and I am super happy that Hawaii was spared from the BIG waves, and am very saddened at the loss in Chile. The earth is groaning.....

Laundry....piles and piles of it!

A little secret of mine ..... I like doing the laundry! I like gathering up about 3 baskets of clean clothes, sitting on the floor with them around me, putting on a good movie, and then go to town. Piles of nice, clean, organized laundry. Now putting away the clothes........well I don't count that as doing "laundry", because I don't like putting them away.  hehehehee.

I know clothes lines aren't practical, but this pic makes me want a clothes line real bad.....just to take these kind of pics. I know, I know....I'm weird like that.  :)

Nope, this isn't my laundry room, but it is super pretty, so I thought I would post. I had a bunch more pics, but they were saved to the wrong place and didn't make it to the post.....so sorry.

What is going on over in Mandy Land..... I have been matching up fabrics and getting ready to start sewing like a mad woman on our "critters" for Hello Ladies, AND some new dolls in our "Something" line. (they all have S first names and Something is their last name....Sammy, Sally, Suzie....etc.) It's gonna be fun. Matching up fabric is so much fun AND such a pain, I love it.

Sammy is currently on vacation in Texas with my parents, visiting family and friends, dropping off his girlfriend Sally..... I'll have pics when they get back Monday or Tuesday, this will be a whole segment! Sammy was my first "Something" and he may end up traveling the world and getting pics made with people.

This is for you Krystle, but I saw this over on VioletBella's blog and I thought of your "space" issues!

OH and Janel is doing a super neat giveaway over at her blog in honor of having 400 followers! So check it out and enter yourself!

Gotta get back to sewing, but I thought I would stop for a moment and let you peak into my world.   ;)

Have a great night everyone!

~mandy~

PS and BTW - HelloLadies made their first ETSY sale!!!!!! WooHoo. Ironic as it sounds, but our first etsy sale item was actually the first onesie we ever made......(twilight zone music) ..... creepy.  :)

So Cute Giveaway!

You should totally head over to Kellie's Blog and enter her first ever GIVEAWAY!

There is some amazingly cute stuff up for grabs......

Have a great day everyone!

~mandy~

Friendship Month!!!! My BFF Jess

National Friendship Month is in full swing, but I have yet to join in, so I am going to start with my very BFF Jessica.

We've been friends since I moved from Colorado, back in 98, but we didn't become really good friends until we both started to plan our weddings at the same time for the same year. Our hubbies were room-mates so we ended up spending a lot of time together. Once married we lived within a couple of miles of each other and we dealt with the fun of 'newlymarried' life together.

She calls me her brain, and she helps me not be a hermit and breaks me out of my comfort zone quite regularly. Always bursting my protective 5 inch bubble of 'do not touch me' space. 

 :-)  She is very much the sister I never had!

Another shared passion is crafting/art - me the crafting and her the art. We've had the most amzing nights crafting and talking about the future, or stupid movies, or random weirdness....they've been good times.

OH and we share a love of twizzlers! 

She is an amazing woman, and my life would be dull and boring without her in it! Such a woman of God and an inspiration to me on an everyday basis.

We also have a passion for Jessica coloring my hair.... as you can see throughout the pics and the years.....hehehheee!

I love you Jess! You are totally my BFF!

(and we both love Twilight....heheheee)

~mandy~

Be on the Lookout!

Okay so I found this pic a LONG time ago on Flickr and TOTALLY forgot to put a link with it, so now I am on the hunt for the original pic. IF you happen to come across it....please let me know, I need to get in contact with it's owner! thanks!

~mandy~