Happy Pink Saturday Everyone!

Another lovely Pink Saturday!  I so look forward to this and to seeing what everyone is sharing in pink.  My favorite color!

My mom received a custom order last week for a PINK Tussy Mussy so for today, I thought I would share photos of it:

Isn't this gorgeous!  My mom really has a gift for making these Victorian style Tussy Mussy's!  I just love pink and ya'll know I adore cats so this is one of my favorites!

Mom is happy to accept custom orders for Tussy Mussy's.  If anyone is looking for something special, please drop me an email or Etsy message.

Before I head out today, my drawing for this sweet little Sewing Art Quilt continues:

When I reach 300 followers, my husband will draw a name from the basket.  Details can be found here.  We're almost there so please help me reach my goal so we can see who the winner is!

A special thank you goes out to Beverly at How Sweet The Sound for hosting this lovely pink weekly event.  Please hop over to her blog and say hello.  Also, take a few minutes to see what other sweet bloggers are contributing to Pink Saturday!

Pam's Blueberry Muffins Recipe

Good Morning everyone!  First, I would like to thank Cathy Scalise for being my Guest Blogger yesterday.  I love introducing my followers to my favorite artists and bloggers!!!  There's so many talented ladies out there!  My next Guest Blogger will be posting on August 1st!

I stopped at the Farm Market the other day and picked up some Blueberries.  You would love this Farm Market!  It's in the middle of nothing but cornfields!  And thankfully, just down the road from me!  Anyway, my Bubba loves my Blueberry Muffins so I made him some last night:

These made my house smell good all night long!  I thought you might enjoy having my recipe which is a combo of several Blueberry Muffin recipes! 

Pam's Blueberry Muffins

1 3/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons Sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
3/4 teaspoons Salt
1 Beaten Egg
3/4 cup Milk
1/3 cup Vegetable Oil
Grated zest of 1 Lemon
1 teaspoon Vanilla

I double this recipe and add 1 pint of fresh Blueberries. 

Preheat oven to 375.  Combine dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.  In a separate bowl, combine wet ingredients.  In a 3rd bowl, combine 2 Tablespoons of flour with the blueberries.  You'll want to make sure the berries are coated with flour.  This prevents them from sinking to the bottom of the muffins.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.  Mix well but don't over mix.  Fold in the blueberries.  Don't mix them, just gently fold them in so they don't break.

Spoon into muffin tins or cupcake tins lined with cupcake papers.  Fill about 3/4 full and bake for 20-25 minutes.  A double recipe makes 12 large muffins.

Enjoy!

You may have noticed that gorgeous embroidered tablecloth in the muffin photo.  My sweet friend Cathy K. sent that to me!

 

I fell in love with it when I saw it on her blog.  I commented on it and a few days later, it arrived in the mail.  I have the sweetest blog friends!!!  Thank you so much Cathy!

I did iron it!  Honestly, I did!  Apparently, I'm ironing challenged as anything bigger than a 3 X 4 inch piece of fabric never looks like I ironed it!  Oh well, I love this tabletopper!

Before I head off to stitch, be sure to enter for a chance (3 chances actually) to win my little Sewing Art Quilt:

Details can be found in this post!

I'm off to stitch for a while now!  Have a great day and be sure to stop by tomorrow for my Pink Saturday post!

Marie Antoinette Purse Block Completed!

I finished stitching this yesterday and so much wanted to sew it together today but after washing my floors, doing laundry, washing a few windows and putting a few packages together for shipping, I was out of steam:



My plan now is to put it together on Thursday when I get back from picking up groceries.

I did run my sewing machine yesterday.  I pieced some Autumn themed cat dolls and another purse block.  I stitched a little bit this afternoon but not enough for sharing.

In other news, we had some of the pin-striping done on the Model A this weekend:






What you see in these photos is the gas tank.  Bubba had to have the pin-striping done on that before he could put it in the car permanently.  It's getting there!  It looks more and more like a real car everyday!

Be sure to stop by on Thursday for my next Guest Blogger post!  There will be lots of beautiful photos of my guest's creations!!!

Finally for today, enter to win my Sewing Art Quilt.  The drawing will take place when my blog reaches 300 followers:



Details can be found in this post.

Finally for today, my Peacock Purse was included in this lovely Etsy Treasury.  Please hop over see it.  It's a lovely a Treasury!!

Contest Drawing!!!

Hello everyone!  I have a really nice surprise for you all today!  I'm having a contest!  A drawing actually.  I made this sweet little sewing art quilt and thought about how nice it would be to offer it in a drawing for my blog readers:

Here's how it works!  There are 3 ways to win. 

***First, become a follower of my blog by clicking on the "Follow" button in my sidebar.  (If you are already a follower, you are automatically entered once.)

***Your name will be entered again if you mention my drawing on your blog.  Please leave a comment on this post so I know that you mentioned it!!!

***To receive a third entry in the drawing, post my blog button in your sidebar on your blog.  You can find to the left in my sidebar.  Again, please leave a comment here on this post so I know that you added it.


All entries will be put in a basket and when my blog reaches 300 followers, my husband will draw a name and I will post the winner's name here. 


So that's it everyone!  Good luck and please spread the word.  I had a lot of fun making this little quilt.  I used some vintage velvet berries from an old hat.  I hand-dyed the berries!  I ran all over the planet looking for a little sewing scissors charm.  I added some silk ribbon embroidery and wound thread on the tiny spools myself!!!

Good luck!