Oct. 9, 2006 - A Day Filled With Tassel and Fringe
Today we took the day off ,
not so much because it was Columbus Day
but if it weren't for it being Columbus Day,
we would not have been taking it off.....lol...
Here let me explain, after talking to my big sister,
(she's 11 yrs. older), yesterday on the phone,
I had asked her if she would help me
with my breakfast nook curtains,
which my mother originally sewed for me
but I've alway's wanted to make them into
balloon shades and add tassels & fringe....
And I am not a proficient sewer,
unlike my brilliant sister who sewed my wedding dress for me over 12 years ago in a matter of 2 weeks.
So I asked my her for help and she lovingly said
"OF COURSE, I'd LOVE TO!"
So, she recommended that we start on it today since she had the day off and so she drove all the way over here (about 50 min.'s not too bad but it's not exactly close either) just to help her lil' sis....
I AM SOOO BLESSED TO HAVE HER!!!!
She arrived and we ended up conversing for nearly 2 1/2 hours before we even got a chance to write down our shopping list and head off to our first stop which was Wal-Mart, needless to say it was NOT the store we needed to go to and so we ended up at JoAnn's and boy was that FUN!!!
I ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT A DOUBT LOVE THAT STORE!!!!!
I could totally like hang out there ALL DAY LONG!!!
They've just about got it all....
And so we spent several hours there mulling over tassels and fringe w/sample fabrics from my curtains in the breakfast nook and my dining room curtains....there was sooo much to choose from but we finally made our final decision on some very YUMMY tassels and fringe for both kitchen and dining room....
By the time we got back to my house however, we didn't have much time to work with but we managed to get it started by marking where the rings will be hand sewn onto the curtains for the balloon shades...then all good things had to come to an end and it was time for my big sis to return home for she has to work in the morning and she didn't even leave my house until after 9pm. w/a 50 min. drive home....Talk about sacrifice...
There's NOTHING like having a big sister!!!
I thank GOD for her!!
Hopefully she will be able to return this friday and spend the night and we can get the curtains finished but in the meantime I have my work cut out for me!!!
I have to finish painting the entire kitchen before she returns....Not to mention I have to paint my guest room, guest bathroom, foyer, my bedroom and bath and my playroom, EEEEEK~~~ where are my clones????
I'm going to see about posting some before and after photo's so that you can all keep up with my progress....
Okay well...that's all folks...I have lil' ones waiting upstairs for me to tuck them in, say prayers and read the bible to them...
God bless everyone who reads this!!!
Here's a little something for you all:
When Mother Teresa received her Nobel Prize, she was asked, "What can we do to promote world peace?" She replied, "Go home and love your family."
"Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart." Proverbs 3:3
