Update On CQ Mystery Project

Good Morning Ladies!  It's quite early.  My sleep schedule is goofy but so is depression.  I'll talk about that in moment.

I thought you would enjoy seeing a quick update on my Mystery Project.   All the seams are embroidered now:

I've already started beading this and may have another update for you later today.  The shadow you see to the left is my Simba.

I just found out on Friday that we're dealing with Kidney Failure with Simba.  Something hasn't been right for awhile.  He's been throwing up a lot, peeing and pooping on my floor, he dropped so much weight.  I took him to the vet for blood work thinking perhaps he had a thyroid problem but no, it's Kidney Failure.  He's 14.

He's on a special diet now and antibiotics.  I have to take him back to the vet in 2 weeks for another blood test to see where we're at with it.

Despite the Zoloft that I'm on, I can feel that sinking feeling in the background.  He doesn't look or act sick.  His face and eyes are bright, his coat is shiny and soft.  I pray the special diet settles things down.  I'm not even over losing Garfield yet.

For me, it's a twinge of a setback.  I'm wanting to sleep all the time.  Of course, here I am at 3:30 am again!  I've been up since 2:30.  That underlying feeling of not wanting to deal with all this is here.  The Seasonal Affective Disorder Syndrome is loud and clear too.

Anyway, I'm a bit worn out from cleaning up after him constantly but hopefully the special diet will balance things out.

He's the sweetest little kitty you'd ever want to meet.  Very quiet and gentle.  Never bothers anything, not at all obnoxious like my Nightmare.  Just quiet and gentle.

A few prayers would be most welcome.

I'm going to take advantage of my early morning quiet time and add a few new things to the shop.  If I'm up to it later, I'll post again.

Corn Bread Muffins Recipe

I mentioned on Facebook yesterday afternoon that I had just baked some Chocolate Chip cookies and a batch of Corn Bread Muffins.  I was asked for the recipe.  I intended to post it here anyway because, this is the best Corn Bread I've ever had in my life!  It's mom's recipe.  She's been using this one for years and years and although we've both tried others, nothing compares!  So here it is:

CORN BREAD MUFFINS

1 Cup Milk
1 Egg
1 Cup Flour
3 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1 Cup Corn Meal
1/3 Cup Sugar
1 Teaspoon Salt
1/4 Cup Melted Butter

In a mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients.  In another bowl, combine all wet ingredients and mix well.  Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.  Mix well.  Spoon into cupcake tin lined with cupcake papers.  Bake at 400 degrees for 18 - 20 minutes.  Makes 12 regular size muffins.

You can also bake it in a pan.  Either way, you'll never find a better recipe for corn bread than this one!

In other news, I'll have an update on my mystery crazyquilt project either later today or tomorrow.  I did stitch on it yesterday but want to get a little more stitching done before I post an update. So far, you have some very interesting guesses!  I knew it would be fun to keep you all wondering!  LOL!!!


Tomorrow, Kathi and I will be heading up to Delavan Wisconsin for a Holiday Show at Tall Grass Farm.  If you live in the Northern Illinois/Southern Wisconsin area, you might want to check it out!  It's a beautiful farm and there will be all sorts of handmade goodies, roving for felting & spinning, handmade soap and more.  Kathi & I were there in October and had a wonderful time!  If you do head out there, look for the girls with the crazy quilt purses.  That will be us!

I'll leave you for now with some new Christmas Tussy Mussy's by mom:

Custom Order - It's A Mystery!

I thought I'd have some fun with all of you!  I have a custom order for a crazy quilt piece.  The finished item will be rather unusual.  Something I've not done before but I know it'll be fun.

I pieced the block over the weekend, pulled some lace and trims yesterday and will start stitching on it today.

This mystery is, I'm not going to tell what it's going to be.  I thought it would be fun for you, my readers, to watch my progress and figure it out on your own.

Stay tuned to see where this goes!

New Creations

Some new finishes:

Everything was made by Mom except for the Santa Brooches which I did.  Polymer Clay meets hand Needle Felting!

Now Accepting Phone Orders & Email Orders

I had no clue that some people don't care for ordering online.  After having several conversations earlier this week, it's come to my attention that many people either don't want to mess with signing up at Etsy, or just find it easier to pick up the phone and place an order.  It's funny how things come about sometimes.

Mom and I discussed this and we agreed that taking phone orders would be helpful so, here we go!  We are now accepting phone orders as well as email orders.

Everything in my Etsy shop is available to order by phone or email.

To order by phone, click here.  If you call and I'm not here, please leave a message with your name and phone # and I will return your call ASAP. 

To order by email, click here.  Just send me a list of what you would like to order and again, I will reply ASAP.

I will have to send a PayPal invoice via email either way.  It's the only way I can accept Visa/Mastercard payments at this time but who knows what the future may bring!  One step at a time.

With all that said, I will make our entire catalog available right here on my blog (at the tab on the top marked Phone Orders) but that's going to be time consuming so I'll have to add it a little at a time.  For now, everything we offer is available to see on my Etsy site. 

I'm getting ready to list some new items so for now, I'll leave you with the weekends additions: