Your Friends Know you too well when:

What a friend filled day I had today... I am truly blessed to have so many awesome people in my life. I met with the girls from my Book Sorority this morning and it was just great, we are focused, determined and above all, organized, or trying. Above all, to watch our children play together and laugh was heartwarming! Then it was on to my Craft Party, and to my amazing friends who came, armed with gifts no less, certainly not a requirement, but so appreciated, I cannot say enough about how special each one of them made me feel. Didn't actually open the gifts as my little helper could not help himself, and he even modelled the sweet scarf from Mary. Johanne gave me an awesome scarf that she made from a t-shirt and a beautiful flower on it...she must sell these as it is so nice! Faby gave me a beautiful bouquet of flowers, bright yellows and peachy orange...such a me bouquet. Flowers are so nice to get as you don't buy them yourself and I am married to a man who has never bought them. But perhaps the most adored gift and surprising was the gift pictured in this entry from my friend Sharon. So accepting of my need and continuous crafting in bed, she bought me this bed tray to help me work even better and to be more organized...I LOVE IT! It is already out of the box, and has tonight's project setting in it ready to be finished and more stuff to keep me busy....Now, if the man I am married to showed up with breakfast for it, which will only happen if I am dying, well maybe even not then, but I would have to refuse, as this is a CRAFT table!

Crafty Girls Day Out!

There's nothing better than having a day out with my crafty girls....no better way to use their and Narinder's last holiday day off. We made our way around to our regular haunts in hopes of catching an awesome deal....we found some! Yarn was on sale, so guess who is getting a new skirt?...yup ME! So excited, it's a redo, this time in a wonderful vintage pattern, they fit me way better...it's to replace the one that was made for me for Christmas, that is just too BIG! I feel awful about it and I love it, but with the amazing friend I have....I get a redo! Then it was off to VV where I snagged 2 vintage pillow cases to help me deal with my new obsession of tea dying...so excited about these....can't wait to see the results. Then Fabricville, where all three of us, found a great deal, mine is pictured here. 5 - 1/2 metres and 2 - 1/4 metres, I am about about variety not quantity, as I use the new materials primarily for my dolls...the possibilities are endless...however I really did not need the fabric, but I am still excited. It was a great day!

Ringing in 2012 - The Begining of New Adventures

Recently, I proposed a challenge to the girls that I have been in a bookclub with for the past year. Together we read Simply Abundance, met a monthly basis to discuss it with a facilitator from the Family Resource Centre that we all attended with our childern. The bond that developed been us mothers was more than chatting about this book, but rather a path we found ourseleves on, one of :self-discovery, simplying our lives, being greatful for the little things, developing a "Sisterhood" of sorts and so much more. This all empowering year, left us with a sense of need to continue, even if it meant that we had to find a new way! Hence the purpose of this post...I proposed that we set out on a 30 day challenge that I read about on another blog. For me it was intriguing despite it being a challenge of "taking a picture everyday and writing a paragragh about it" for me I felt it could be so much more. Perhaps looking at a snapshot of your daily life daily, could lead to seriously needed changes, new adventures, more self discovery, more friends, fullifilment, awareness, accomplishment or just being greatful for the day! We won't know until the end...30 days from now!

So I have posted my first picture, taken on my camera, but not by me...hence why I am actually in it! This picture is not just of 3 girls, but three girlfriends, who not only have 5 boys ages 7-2, but we represent a tolerence of diferences and different cultures. This picture shows the essence of friendship and my passion for entertaining, yes, I was hostess and loved it. Ringing in 2012 with our closest friends and our families makes us have a home away from home which we all need. More importantly, well depending on who you ask, we are 3 stay-at-home moms, raising our boys while trying to respect their cultures and persuing our artistic passions. As you can see by these smiles, life is great and we can't wait to take on 2012 and what it brings our way! First on the way for me is hosting another event this week....and tackling my artistic space....I am sure the pictures will be worth more than a 1000 words.

Happy 2012 and may this challenge keep us "seeing clearly now".