PumpkinFest

Do you ever notice how many festivals there seems to be in your area?
Do you know there are festivals that go on around the state all year?

It is fall, time for the beautiful fall colors and pumpkins and gourds and witches and gooblins. This up coming weekend is the PumpkinFest in Neskoosa, Wisconsin. I have never been, but I hear it is just fabulous! Something for everyone young and old alike. And there should be lots and lots of craft booths as well. So the plans are, to try and get in as much as possible on saturday.

The men usually go hunting that weekend, and the wives get to go alone on one of their weekends. We normally chose the weekend. And this year we chose this weekend because we are camped close to Neskoosa for the PumpkinFest. Wouldn't you?

So no sewing will be done this weekend, and my busy schedule is not allowing me to get much done so there really isn't anything to report. Other than I spend a half hour in the morning before work trying to finish up the quilting on the Halloween table topper. Still alot of work to be done on it, but I will prevail. It seems the half hour in the morning is the only time I have these days.
Isn't that terriable? My goodness, I should be able to take at least one day for myself, don't you think?

Battling Sisters

Why is it that girls in the family that are so close and love each other battle all the time.
Sunday is a babysitting day for me and it seems every time I turn around these two little adorable girls are at each other's throats.
Kinda reminds me of my three daughers while they were growing up. Hmm did I say just when they were little growing up??? Somedays they have their problems too.
These two little ones certainly take after their momma and aunts. Thank goodness it is fast approaching evening and they are slowing down.

Yesterday was Octoberfest in Appleton, and it certainly was a nice day to be walking around visiting all the craft booths. I found some unusual items and tasted some differnt kinds of foods. I and my girlfriend left early in the morning and spent most of the day there.

No sewing to report for this weekend. It went fast and no time for me time.

How do I do it??????????

Do you ever get those weekends, where you think to your self, how am I ever going to get all this done?????????
Well I seem to have alot of those weekends.
I promised to take all the grandchildren to The Day on the Farm, a local event held each year around this time to raise money for St. Jude's cancer research.
Lots of activities and ofcourse the children wanted to do them all.

And then there were tomatoes screaming at me from outside in the garden. So I managed to put up another 20 pints of salsa. Which prompted a trip to the store. That made for a long day..........

And somewhere in the weekend my girl friend needed help with doing her resume and cover letter. Since she didn't know anything about a computer, I invited her over to use mine so I could help her. I gave her a few short lessons on the computer, which I am sure she will soon forget. It is alot to take in at one time.

The house needed vacumming, dusting and scrubing also, so I was up bright and early this morning to get a handle on that.
and when do I have some spare time to relax and do some sewing you ask????????????

Well right after I got two loads of laudry done and Bill's work shirts ironed for the week.
This is a table topper by Mary Jan Carey. It uses the fabric line by Jacqueline Paton. Such an adorable table topper. And it was fun and easy to make. The top is done and now I just need to sandwich and quilt before the binding is added. I can hardly wait to add this to my kitchen.

Crafty AppleFest

What a beautiful day for a booth at the Crafty Applefest in Chilton.

So many people passed thru our booth, and we were given such lovely compliments.



Here are the aprons that my sister made. Such lovely work and they got alot of attention.

These are the flour sack towels that we sold in pkgs of three. They are done in a redwork. I know it is hard to see, we were in a blue tent as you can tell by the bluish shadow.

For our first show, it went well enough. We certainly didn't figure on breaking the bank, but to cover our expenses and more was good enough for me. We had a wonderful time, visiting with family and friends that stopped by our booth to wish us luck. We couldn't ask for a more beautiful day and I accually got sunburn.

I am looking forward to doing some more table shows. My next one is a holiday show in November

Labor day weekend

Well the plans for Labor Day weekend were changed at the last minute. My sister's daughter was very ill and my sister needed to help out with her two grandchildren and her daughter during the weekend.
I did get a chance to see her on sunday when I traveled to green bay to pick up some of the items that needed to be priced and package for the upcoming table show in Chilton for the Crafty Apple.
But my weekend got filled up fast.
I spent the day saturday canning salsa. I put up 20 pints, and that took a good part of the day. I actually went to the farmers maket early in the morning to get some of the ingredients I still needed that I couldn't get from my garden.

I did get some sewing in also. I finished up this sweet treat bag for a christmas gift.

And worked on my bethelem star qilt blocks. More like a puzzle.

And on labor day, I spent the day with my four grandchildren and my three daughter's at the Bay Beach amusment park. That was a wonderful day. The weather was beautiful. The children all had a great time.

So I guess it was a great weekend all together. Actually any time spent away from my office is a great day. Speaking of which, back to work for me.

Manistique Labor Day plans

So what are your plans for the upcoming labor day weekend??

I am making plans to go to Upper Michigan to visit my sister. Well it will be more of a working weekend than a visit.
We need to finish up the last of the products for our first upcoming craft show on the 12th of September. The Crafty Apple in Chilton, WI. Actually my sister has been able to acomplish alot, and I need to get caught up with my part. Which is ironing, labeling, folding and packaging the products. So we do have our work cut out for us. This certainly will not be a sewing weekend.

But it is still a girls weekend, no matter how you look at it. So I am looking forward to it. It is so beautiful in Manistique, MI. She lives right on the lake and every morning is just beautiful and every evening when the sun sets is just picturesque. It is so quiet there, only the sounds of the loons and small animals during the day, and the appearance of the deer in the evening.

And Bill is looking forward to a no women Labor Day weekend himself. He is planning on some lazy day events for himself while he stays home.