A Brand New Year

We had a little visit last week from my sister, her daughter and granddaughter. We all had such a good time.
It's always fun to see how the little ones have grown, and Miss Savannah is just a delight. We were sad to see her go. She had a good time with our daughter learning how to operate the camera on her cell phone.

I can hardly believe it, but here we are - already in another year! The possiblities are endless. It's up to each one of us what we do with this new year we've been given. I look back at 2009, and it was a very good year. Lots of things were made and cooked and grown and enjoyed. There was a lot of love shared here in Muddle Manor with some of the people dearest to us. We missed seeing our baby girl all year, but she will be here for a short visit next month, so we'll be content with that.

By the way, I found the little calendar above through TipNut. She printed links to free calendars, and this is one of them. I like it!

It's time to take down the Christmas decorations, the Christmas tree and the lines of Christmas cards that have brightened our home and hearts this season. I'm dragging my feet about it, because I like looking at them.

I've made a number of these little wallets for gifts this year. I have no pictures of those I've given away so far, but I have these that I made after Christmas.

I used leftover 5" squares from Moda Charm Packs that remained from various projects.
The instructions are basically the same as the tutorial I published here almost a year ago, just a little bit bigger square as the foundation piece.

Here's a look at the ones I have right now.

I love the colors and the designs on all these fabrics.

So of course I'm happy with how the fabrics look together.

It's handy how that turns out,

isn't it? :-)

I'm making curtains for the sewing room. I had bought and put up venetian blinds, which I really like. However our daughter's cat Jack has a strange urge to eat the strings that hold the slats in place on those, so they must be replaced. I should have known better, but I thought he had reformed. Silly me.

I have so many plans and desires for the new year. Don't you? It will be fun to see what we can accomplish!

Hugs and kisses,