Holidays – Page 6 – Thimbleanna

Happy Halloweenie!

20 Comments / October 31, 2015 October 31, 2015 / Holidays

It’s that time of the year when the Ghastlies get to come out of hiding — Yipee!!!

Sorry for the absence around here — there just hasn’t been much blogworthy going on. I’ve been stitching a little every night (that TAW is going to be the death of me) and my little knitting project is done — just needs to be rinsed and blocked. Otherwise, it’s just our normal boring routine and trying to clean things up a little. We’ve been going through our bookshelves and trying to clean them out a bit — it’s a lot of work! I even cleaned up a teeny bit here on the blog — I updated the header to a fall theme and added an extra tab that shows some of my past thimble headers just for fun.

I’m all ready for the little trick-or-treaters tonight too. I love seeing the little kids come by – I really miss that part about having small children around. I met a friend for lunch this morning and there was an adorable little girl there all dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood. Such a fun time for little kids!

Also, this is one of my favorite days of the year. Not because it’s Halloween, but because we end daylight savings time. Fall Back. An extra hour in the day. WOOHOO!!! I wish every day had an extra hour in it. Or maybe ten — yeah, an extra ten hours sounds a LOT better!

Have a Happy and Safe Halloween!
XOXO,
Anna

Happy July 4th!

32 Comments / July 4, 2015 July 4, 2015 / Chuck Nohara, Holidays

Happy July 4th to all my US friends! And to all my UK friends, especially Pam — Happy Pam’s Birthday!!! Pam, I hope you’re celebrating your birthday the way we do — by grilling outside and watching fireworks! ;-D

TheFirstChild, SweetiePie and Winston are here and we’re having a nice quiet weekend. We’re planning a 4th of July bike ride downtown this morning and then we’ll have a little cookout with MeMum and BigDaddy here, at our house. Followed by some fireworks — TheManoftheHouse bought a few more than he should have this year — hopefully it will be fun AND mosquito free. (We’ve had such a wet year (the wettest June on record) and the mosquitos will eat you alive out there!)

I’ve managed a little sewing while the kids have been here. SweetiePie had some homework to do, so we sat together and I put a few stitches in another Chuck Nohara block. It’s slow going, but I have 5 little blocks now — this is going to be a loooong-term project!

The latest block, with the piggies, was a fair bit of work. I think it was meant to sew the little wedges onto a background fabric, but the piggies didn’t line up with the openings, so I cut them into hexagons and stitched them back together again. Here’s a poor cell-phone picture taken before the wedges were sewn on.

I loved that I didn’t have to worry about my stitches showing on the seams, since they were covered up by the wedges. This was a really fun little block to make!

Ok — must run — lots to do today. If you’re partying in the US, have a great time!

XOXO,
Anna

Happy New Year!

21 Comments / January 1, 2015 January 1, 2015 / Holidays, Store

Once again, the kitties of ThimbleannaLand are here to wish you a Happy Happy New Year! They’re looking a little like they have a hangover from the New Year’s Eve celebrations, but rest assured, we run an alcohol-free kitty hotel around here.

Can you believe it??? 2015??? Wow. We joke about how the weeks and months fly by and now, the years are flying by too! I’m pretty happy to kick 2014 out the door — it wasn’t a spectacular year. We all managed to survive, and I’m really grateful for that, but, I’m hoping that 2015 will be a lot more fun.

It’s been really busy around here these last few days, but I managed to have a little look back on the blog. It wasn’t a great year project-wise — especially when I see some of you over-achievers out there who have a bajillion quilts done in a year. My pace is definitely more like a turtle, but that’s ok, I guess. I’ve been doing a lot more hand work — it takes a lot of time but I really, really love it.

The really exciting part about January 1st is that the new Spring/Summer 2015 line of fabric from Liberty of London can finally be listed for sale. They have pretty strict rules about their campaigns — you can’t show or sell the fabric before the date (even though I saw a lot of sneak peeks) and, the killer for me, you can’t sell the fabric on etsy (even though Hello! — there’s lots of Liberty on Etsy!) So, I’ve been busy re-vamping the little Thimbleanna.com shop here on the blog so that I can sell the Liberty that arrived here last week.

It’s a small shipment to start, but Oh. SO. Pretty! It’s all about Alice in Wonderland this spring — have you seen the adorable little print with all of the characters from the story? I love love love it! I only have the gray colorway so far, but it’s a start! I hope you’ll have fun oggling the fabric — and I think you’ll find the prices VERY friendly for Liberty ;-D!

Ok, kids — must run. Time to get back in the kitchen. I hope you’re having a wonderful New Year’s Day. We’re having our traditional New Year’s Day dinner, even though we’re a teeny little crowd here this year. Thanks so much for hanging in there for another year — you guys are THE. BEST. readers anywhere and I can’t even tell you how much your invisible friendship means to me.

I Heart You.

XOXO,
Anna

P.S. I had to add a little human verification checkbox after the comment form. Tech Support wanted me to add some word verification stuff to solve the comments not being forwarded to my email problem, so I compromised with the checkbox. Sorry. It’s pretty quick though — just click on the little box when commenting and be on your way. It really has nothing to do with the problem I’m having, but they’re Tech Support and I’m trying to make them happy. Even though it didn’t solve the problem. ;-8

Merry Christmas!

31 Comments / December 24, 2014 December 24, 2014 / Holidays

I hope you managed to get everything done and that you’re able to take time and enjoy family and friends. And if you’re one of those who’s up all night on Christmas Eve putting the last stitches on that special gift, I’ll be thinking of you — I’m not in that boat this year, but I have been in past years and those are some fun memories.

I was hoping to show you a picture of bolts of Liberty fabric under the Christmas tree — as proof what a good girl I’ve been this year. Apparently I haven’t been THAT good LOL. A few bolts of Liberty fabric were supposed to be delivered this week but DHL dropped the ball. Their excuse was that they forgot to load it on the truck. Sheesh. I’m glad Santa never used that excuse when I was a little girl! Instead, here’s a picture of some fake little bolts under some fake Christmas trees with a fake deer keeping them safe. Pretend they’re the real thing — they will be in a few days.

Anyway, save your Christmas money boys and girls because the Liberty will be coming to the Thimbleanna shop in the new year. There will be a giveaway and always low prices.

Until then, I hope Santa is good to you and I hope you have a Very Merry Christmas!

XOXO,
Anna

Happy New Year!

37 Comments / January 1, 2014 February 15, 2014 / Holidays

The Kitties of ThimbleannaLand want to wish you a Very Happy New Year!

Even if they’re grumpy and uncooperative for picture-taking. It’s hard to get them to sit together — I don’ t think they like each other very much!

Anyway, I hope you’ve had a good end-of-year week — it all went by in a blur here in our little corner of the world. It was wonderfully relaxing though. I’ve been terribly lazy, mostly reading and putzing around. A teeny bit of sewing, knitting, and organizing of pictures. Tidbits, but nothing significant.

Do you make resolutions? I’m not really a resolution maker, but I’ve been thinking about things I’d like to do and make this year. My list is a mile long and a mile wide — fueled by all the beautiful things to be found on the internet. I’d kind of like to make an organized list — maybe of 10 things this winter or something. I had a lot of fun with my list last fall — we’ll see if I can get motivated. In the meantime, I did a little bit of looking back. 2013 was a really good year here — nice and quiet, which is just how we like it.

Now, it’s time to look forward. Thanks for checking in and hanging out with me now and then. I love blogs and blogging — with all the newer platforms, it’s quite a bit different than it was seven years ago when I started posting. I feel the connections made with many of you could only be made through blogs though — plus, they’re so fun to go back and read what we were doing in past years.

Best wishes for a Healthy and Prosperous New Year!
XOXO,
Anna