Holy Cow-I have been Tagged again!

Wooo Hoo Tagged again!!! How exciting is that?!?!? This time by Valerie over at http://valeriegail.blogspot.com/ She is a new bloggy buddy and I am having a great time getting to know her. Go on over to visit her blog I know you will enjoy it as much as I do!


I am a little slow at getting this posted sorry Valerie(a day late). I have been sooo busy with my projects especially tiny clothes for dolls. I won't make dolls that small again -cute as they are! LOL! I promise I really will get a photo of them posted soon.


Well this is where I state my 7 random/weird facts about me. HHMMM let me think...how much do I want to share publicly?LoL!


1. The house I grew up in, in the foothills of northeast Los Angeles, California-was haunted! Yep it was-really! Lots of crazy stuff happened in that house. It was built in 1910 and was a very cool house. I never really appreciated it until my family moved out after 20+ years! I couldn't wait to grow up and get out and then once I did I just wanted to be able to go back there forever! Isn't it so crazy how things like that happen?

2. I am the oldest kid of my family and the only girl. It was rough let me tell ya! My brothers could be brutal! I was the only one that was fair haired and light eyes. Even my mom and dad had brown eyes and very dark brown hair. I didn't match and stood out like a sore thumb!LoL! My brother's liked to tease me and say I was adopted-brats! I do have two half sisters that I met when I was all grown up. Blaaggh- (Long story)

3. I used to be quite the crazy adventurous, daredevil growing up
(big surprise I know). I ran track, biked, speed skated, roller skated, surfed(Yea Baby!) and so much more. Somehow I survived although a little beat up but not too many scars luckily! I am sooo lucky to be alive! Now since having children I have lost my courage and am a big wimp!

4. I want to live to be 103. I don't know why the random number but it is my goal at least! Hey it might happen!

5. I have a 36" inner seam-yea I know I am an amazon! LoL! I hate trying to find anything long enough. I usually have to special order or sew it for myself. I always wished that I could be average height... big sigh!

6. My favorite perfume is Crystalle CHANEL. I LOVE~LOVE~LOVE that fragrance-it is the best! I have worn it since I was 15 years old (1976~Yea I'm getting old Darn it! and who cares 40+ is the new 20+~right?) That was just year after it came out, and now they are going to discontinue it. What the? Those crazy you know what's over there at CHANEL what are they thinking?!?! I am currently buying a bottle every so often to stock up before it runs out so I have enough for the rest of my life-it is my signature scent what can I say?

7. I can be a bit of a germafobe. No I am not OCD just grossed out on picking up what other people leave behind. I try not to touch even the handles of the bathroom doors with my bare hands even in the finest restaurants-yuck! Or even read magazines at the doc's office. The way I see it if it is getting left behind-can't be anything good-right? LoL! I know what a kooky girl! :D

8. I prefer not to eat at restaurants. I guess it is the germ thing again-God knows what these people are doing with their hands before they touch my food-eeewww gross man! Now come on admit it you know you all have thought about that too at some point! :P

Yea I broke the rules and put an eighth question-so what get over it! LoL! The funny part about that is at the beginning of this I wasn't sure I could come up with seven! Oh maybe I should do a number nine-I like to break the rules sometimes!!! Haha! Oh and here's a tenth-I am a comedy junky and I love stand up! I took drama for five and a half years and improv was my favorite to do.
Oh my I did it again~Told ya I like to break the rules~What a shame I know.

Alright girls you know what happens next-yep that's right I get to tag some of you lovely blogger's! I can't wait to hear what you write! I think it is so cool learning more about you all!
So hey have fun with it-be creative, don't be shy! Just read the tag for the rules.

I am going to go into tag mode now (I'm in a bloggy trance) and make my list of lucky blogger's!

1. Brenda at http://countrydreamsandcreations.blogspot.com/ She has a lot going on you just have to check her blogS out! She just started two other blogs for her handmade creations which are darling. And one for recipes~Yum!

2. Pat at http://backporchmusings.blogspot.com/ This girl can decorate let me tell ya! And she is as sweet as can be! Scoot on over check her blog out and say hello you won't be disappointed!

3. Claire at http://ethel-loves-fred.blogspot.com/ Claire is such a cool blogger and she is quite a crafty girl too! You just have to go visit her. I really love the name of her blog too-one of my favorite shows was I Love Lucy and I laughed at the name the first time I saw it and knew instantly I would like her blog!

4. Merrie at http://wheretheblackbirdssing.blogspot.com/ She is another very talented girl and is into prim-you should see what she has posted on her blog it is darling! Not to mention what a nice girl she is!

5. Darlene at http://darlenesdays-darlene.blogspot.com/ This gal has her home decorated so cute for the holidays-you should see her collections! Oh and she also is a crafty gal as well-you won't want to miss her blog!

6. Angela at http://cottagemagpie.com/ OOO what a pretty blog she has! yummy recipes, beautiful decorating, so many girlie things we all love! She visits my blog and leaves such nice comments. And your mouth will water when you see the pictures of that tasty food-so don't pass her up!

7. Cherry at http://cherrysjubileehome.blogspot.com/ Wow her blog is so adorable and cottage chic I Love it! And she is another sweet blogger who visits my blog with nice comments. Her blog is filled with beautiful photos of her gorgeous holiday decorations and much more! Cherry is another very talented crafty girl-I always enjoy visiting her blog!

Crap who needs to pay for magazine subscriptions with all of these beautiful blogs!

Huh?

Did I just say that? okay ~correction~ I still have a hard time passing up my magazines! LoL!

And just a lil message to my long time dear friend Teresa, (she is one of my Yakkers)-yea you sista! Would ya please finish getting your blog set up already so I can include you in all the fun-sheesh!

Teresa and I have been friends since aaaa I think we were 15-she knows way too much about me! LOL!

Mouth zipped Teresa!

Well girls it was a tough but productive day around here. No I didn't get to work on my "Big Project" darn it! But I did get to work some more on the dolly clothes. My gosh I am never making dolls that small ever ever again! Have I said that enough yet? Even if it is a very cute size! These dolls are just some felt dolls I made the pattern up myself-including the clothes patterns. I have old lady hands and sometimes making that small stuff is just buggars! They are going to be cute-only made three boys, and five girl dolls. I hope they are well liked-I am going to set up an etsy shop (hopefully). Of I course will be making and selling more items. But right now with the holidays and my "Big Project" I haven't been able to work on sewing like I want to or need to! I also especially love to make little fancy ~I call them church dresses, as well as casual dresses, dress coats(One of my fav's) and of course baby items of all kinds and who knows what will pop up in my head to create! I have had many family member's and friends tell me, bug me actually to get my own boutique going. So as soon as I can get my studio finished set up and fill up my fabric, and notion supplies-LOOK OUT~ I will be knocking things out like a freight train! Right now I feel like I am in limbo and it is so frustrating!!! I just want things to be done and ready~ I am raring to go baby!

So enough of my rambling on. Thanks to all of my sweet bloggy buddy's you are all so awesome and I truly love hearing from you! Your comments and friendship means a lot to this girl. Any of you that already sells items and have tips feel free to help me out-please!

We are expecting a big crazy storm this weekend like we sometimes get in the winter months here in the Pacific Northwest. I hope and pray we don't loose our power this time and fingers crossed no downed trees or power lines at our house either!

I hate to go without being able to use my blow dryer, straightener, sewing machine oh and hot showers just to mention the few most important!

Hope you all have a wonderful rest of your week!

BLOG ON SISTAS!~Hugs & Smiles~Tam!

Up-Dates and more Up-Dates!!!

A little up-date to my

“Big Project”

A lot of my bloggy buddy’s have been asking about it, so I thought it is time to up-date blogland on it. It is sooo close to being done. Of course we have to deal with the cold weather working on it in the garage. Which doesn’t help with the paint and stain to dry in any decent amount of time. Guess I picked a bad time of year to do a project like this-being winter weather and the holidays. But hey that won’t stop this girl! I took some photos to share and let you see. I have gotten the top piece stained one coat, and painted one coat on the inside of the sides. I think it came out a little dark but hey it’s not done yet so we will see how it looks once I sand it and put another coat on. I think the clear coat will help show the grain better too. The photos don’t do it justice-the grain on this is gorgeous! We discovered that on the bottom piece in the middle it had been turned into a freezer of some sort. There was a metal casing with a drain in it. Around that there was about an inch and a half of cork used as insulation. We got all of that removed and it is pine on the inside of that part, so it will be painted. You can tell that there used to be cabinet doors that are now missing. The sections on the ends of the top piece are also pine on the inside and will be painted as well. It appears that this cabinet has been re -constructed just a little bit. But most of it is a gorgeous red tiger oak. The drawer handles are brass and I love them they are sooo cool! It was such a major job getting all of the green or aqua paint off of it. I have no finger nails and I had so much saw dust on me it was in my ears! LOL!
You should have seen this girl decked out in safety goggles, a mask, knitted cap to protect my hair, and gloves. Of course the guys insisted that I wear all of this stuff but they wouldn’t do it for themselves-the stinkers! I felt like some character from a scifi movie! LoL!
We used a blow torch to burn and scrape the paint off. That was kind of fun actuallyJ. And we sanded like there was no tomorrow. It has been really hard work, shivering in the cold garage, but it will be so worth it. I haven’t been able to get as much mileage on my bribes to get more time working on this from my guys.
I am sooo darn excited to get my little sewing crafting studio set up. I can hardly wait to get her done-she is going to be beautiful and wonderful to use! And it will make working on all of my little projects so much easier too. We have only been able to work on it at night sometimes during the week, and on the weekends. I am trying to push to get this done and set up by next weekend-lets see what happens? Mamma the motivator will be in fifth gear to get it done!
Then I will need to shop and get a little more fabric and supplies to completely fill her up-Don’t ya just love it!?!? I know me too! LoL!
Now as for the blogging magazine -man is it a nice magazine. I have really enjoyed reading it a little bit here and there in between everything else. LOL! There is some really good info in there. I haven’t forgotten that I plan on sharing some of it-so be patient I will get a post on that soon!

Fudge recipe- Thanks to all who sent me recipe's and tips you are all so awesome! I will be making fudge for Christmas. I tried to make fudge for Thanksgiving well, using the recipe from the back of the whipped marshmellow jar. I think I invented spoon fudge-LoL! I was well into making the fudge when I went to use the candy thermometer discovered it was broken! So I tried to finish it imporvising-but it never did get really firm. The same problem I had years ago-darn. My 15 year old son absolutely loved it and said it was the best he ever tried. He sayis I should make it and sell it-silly boy! So I need to get a new candy thermometer and I will be good to go! I will take a photo and let you all know how it came out.
I hope you all are having a wonderful bloggy week! Thanks for visiting and... I always love hearing from all of you in blogland!
Smiles~Tam!

Just a lil teaser!

I got it!!!

I did-today late in the afternoon, my kookie mailman comes late a lot of the time. He is lucky I didn't tackle him! Lol! Look how cute Martha decorated the package-sooo fun! Thank You Martha!!!
My granddaughter had to have the stickers and I carefully peeled them off for her-the little monkey. Except I did adorn my lap top with a piece of the darling tape. Please do go visit Martha on her fabulous blog http://missvandroo.typepad.com/miss_vandroo/ she is a very sweet gal! Oh I bet you are wondering about the magazine-aren't you? Of course you are! Well it is absolutely gorgeous! The pages of Artful Blogging are so nice and thick, the photos in this magazine are amazing!
Now I don't know if you girls are anything like me when I get one of my magazines in my hot little hands well... the world fades out around me...I get kind of in a silly trance and I look at each page one at a time so slowly and carefully taking it all in before I begin reading. I am one of those dorks that sometimes, not every time mind you, but sometimes I look from the back first-then I read from the front to back-sooo silly I know! You would think I found a missing artifact of some kind the way I look at my mags! And the fact that I actually won this one-how cool is that!?!?
It truly is a feast for the eyes and soul. I need a little time to completely read this sweet baby and then I shall choose some favorite articles to share with you- I wouldn't leave my Yakker's out of the loop-oh no! I will tell you right now -I am gonna love this magazine! It is so nice it is almost like a book! I would recommend you pick one up for yourselves or go to www.stampinton.com to subscribe. At the very least take a look at one the next time you are in a book store-you won't be
disappointed! I have to add this to Santa's list -and believe you me I definitely
HAVE been a very good girl this year...well...most of the time. Hehe!

Although I am only two months new to the blogging world I am loving it. I am very grateful for the sweet bloggy buddies I have made-you are all so wonderful and kind to me! Thank you for participating in my blog-I adore each and everyone of you and your great comments! I always look forward to checking my blog everyday!
I have been a busy girl sewing up some cute little dolls and their clothes-hopefully soon they will be ready for their premiere. Oh and of course on the weekends I have been working on my "big" project-it is coming along very nicely-I can't wait for you to see it. Hopefully I will be getting the finish on it very soon. I will have an official post for that! I also need to get started soon on a wool dress coat for my Emily Jean-her third birthday is coming quickly and not to mention Christmas-oh I have sooo much to do and so little time! But I am going to take a tiny break and read my new beautiful magazine.

So toodles for now...I will be back soon with a new post!

MUch GrOOvy BloGGy LoVe to You All! ~Tam :P

Have A Happy Merry SITSmas!!!

HaVE a HaPPy MeRRy SITSmas !

Dash on through the NET

and head on over to...

http://thesecretisinthesauce.blogspot.com/

Don't forget to visit all your SITSa's and leave some Holiday Cheer!

Now here is all the fabulous details to share with all of you Bloggy Buddies...

The Grand Prize for tomorrow's Merry SITSmas is:
YOUR Blog Featured as Friday's Favorite on Their website and....
A $200 Target Gift Card!

(How cool is this? Yea I know -now go and join in the fun!)

I'm A Tagged Girl!!! Who will be next???

I have been tagged by Lynette over at http://lynetteslam.blogspot.com/
Thanks Lynette! It was fun to read her 6 random things we don't already know about her. I never would have thought she would be the tattooed type! LoL! Go on over and check it out-you are sure to be in for a fun time.
~Rules to this Tag~
1. Link to the person who tagged you
2. Post the rules on your blog
3. Write 6 random things about yourself
4. Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them
5. Let each person know they been tagged and leave them a comment
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up

1. My little toe on my left foot is what I call my "ugly toe". LoL! because it is permanently fat and crooked from stubbing it and breaking it so many times.

2. I have green eyes with a blue ring around the outside...But they photograph blue for some reason and... my husband says he can see the devil in them!

3. I am a recovered pack rat...Sure wish I still had all that fabric I gave away!

4. I am a neat freak... my family most definitely is not! They say I am a perfectionist(I am not)

5. I don't like scary movies...they give me bad dreams...always!

6. I have never gotten a tattoo and as wild as I was when I was younger I have never had the desire to... Although my ears are pierced I rarely wear earrings anymore...and NO nothing else is pierced either-Lol! OOOps that makes 7 huh?

OOOkay here are my six picks for this game of tag. I am first off going to get some of my newest Yakkers in on the fun!

1. MiMi ... http://www.womenchangingtheirworld.com/

2. Jadehollow... http://jadehollow.blogspot.com/

3. Cheryl...http://blueberrybuttons2008.blogspot.com/

4. Barb...http://babbler-slimyslugfriends.blogspot.com/

5. Kristen...http://kristenscreationsonline.blogspot.com/

6. Jerseygirl in D.C. ...http://beachyinthecity.blogspot.com/

I am looking forward to learning six random things about these fun blogger buddies!

I Won! I Won! I Won My First Bloggy Give Away!!! YAY!

L@@K What I won from Martha over at http://missvandroo.typepad.com/miss_vandroo/
***WoW*** I am sooo excited it is my very first give away win and her first give away-How cool is that!?!?! I didn't even know this way cool magazine existed until I saw it on her blog-where have I been? I have a confession to make...I am a magazine addict! Ha! I know what a terrible thing to have-but I really love magazines! And I have been having a blast blogging so what more can a girl ask for then a magazine about blogging! I can hardly wait to get it! Well you all need to go on over to Martha's blog and give her a visit -she has a very nice, fun, cute blog!
Thank You Martha I am doing the most ridicules happy dance while I sing and shout right now! My dog and cats think I'm crazy-my kids and husband already know I am-LoL! Have you ever seen so many !!! In a post before? Nope I bet not-I am a happy giddy girl today-one of the side affects of being me! *Thank You *Thank You *Thank You *Martha-You are so awesome!

I need some fudgy bloggy help-please!

OK Girls I need your help! I am trying to plan what goodies will be made and I want to make fudge this year for Christmas. I have my usual expected cookies and candy I make but I have a hankering for fudge. I haven't attempted it for many years because as I remember it the last time I did it didn't turn out so well. And I said "I will never make fudge again!" Well you know how the saying goes-"Never say never!" So here I am with some recipes but I don't want to have to try them out to see which one will be the best. So I am asking for you to send me your tried and true best and easy fudge recipes please. And any tips you can give me will be greatly appreciated. I am a fantastic cook and baker but fudge for some reason just didn't work out for me the year I tried to make it anyway. It didn't set up right mostly. And it was many years ago -I am much older and, ehhhemmm wiser now, so maybe it will work out this time. [You can send them to my email tamgirl0@msn.com and put fudge recipe in the subject box so I know what it is for in case your email ends up in my junk box.] I am sure it will be a great fudgy success with my blogger buddy's help! Thanks Girls!