Momma Squirrel

Yummy lunch and a bit of reminiscing :)

Yummy Lunch, originally uploaded by mommasquirrel.

I just had to share this yummy lunch that I made today. I made up a big batch of fresh fruit salad and it was just so pretty I had to share. I also had some mixed nuts, strawberry yogurt, and hot tea with a squeeze of fresh lime. I love summer foods, especially salads of any kind. Everything is so fresh, cool and crisp. Reminds me of summers as a child, we rarely cooked during the summer as there were no air conditioners in every home back then. We would get up in the morning and head outside after a quick bite to eat, then play all day until lunch time. Lunch was usually PB&J with chips and a great big frosty glass of milk. Then back outside to play again. Everyone played outside back then, building forts, catching bugs, playing Cops and Robbers, or Cowboys and Indians. We all knew that we would have to be in our own yards when the street lights came on, but we also knew that we could still play outside catching lightning bugs and playing kick the can and all the other fun night time games. Then it was a quick dinner, usually salads with bread and butter and cold cuts, and another big glass of yummy milk, and jello or pudding for desert. Then it was bath time, a bit of TV with the folks and bed.
Anyways, thank you so much for sharing my lunch with me, and taking a bit of a trip down memory lane.
Hugs, xoxoxo

Colby :o)

And The Winner Is? ~ ~ ~ Theresa!!

And The Winner Is? ~ ~ ~ Theresa!!, originally uploaded by mommasquirrel.

Oh my! This little Lady Bug had found her new home!!
Congratulations Theresa of Cottage Violets!
WhooHoop!!

Thank you to all the lovely ladies at Make Mine Pink for participating in my very first blog give-away, this has been so much fun. And thank you to Random.org for having a very clever and free List Randomizer which makes the drawing process so fair and simple.

Hugs, xoxoxo

Make Mine Pink ~ Monday

My newest creations :), originally uploaded by mommasquirrel.

Well this is my first show and tell since what my family and I now refer to as the "computer fiasco" LOL.

I have some lovely new items for sale.  The pears I call "Perfect Pears"  they are so cute I just love them. I used a new technique that  I have been working on with watercolor paint and beeswax. I am writing up the pattern for the pears and then the pattern will be available on my website. I am also writing up the pattern for the witches hat and kitty cat which will also be available on my website. The dolls are a bit of a departure for me as I have not done an Annie doll for such a long time, so I did some Annies with my personal little twist on the faces and hair. I love the way that they turned out and they will go up for auction on my eBay tonight. The little pink and green one is my spin on a Fuschia flower. I think she represents pretty well. I had seen a picture on flickr of a fuschia and just thought that the stamens looked like little legs and the petals the skirt. She is even wearing a cute little green cap on her head. So sweet! The other little cutie pie is Katie Anne and when I saw the fabric at the quilt shop I just knew what I wanted to do with it. I love the bright colors and the pink and aqua are so pretty together. 

Anyways I have truly missed the show and tell and can not wait to do some blog hopping. Whoo hoo.

Oh yeah, do not forget to check out the pretty little ladybug below - she is my very first offering for a give-away!

LadyBug, LadyBug, fly away home!!

llbug3, originally uploaded by mommasquirrel.

My very first GIVE - AWAY!
This lovely little ladybug would love to fly away to her new home with the lucky winner of my very first give - away.
So if you would like a chance to win this little sweetie please add a comment below and on the 17th I will do a drawing and announce a winner!
Whoo Hoo!

Ants at the fountain of youth.

Ants at the fountain of youth, originally uploaded by mommasquirrel.

I just had to share this cute little photo of the little ants drinking the nectar from the center of my petty lily. I planted these at the begining of the season and they have had quite a few beautiful blooms. I love my lilies!
Oh my goodness it has been a little while since I have been able to post.
Well I finally have my new computer installed and all the information from the old computer uploaded to the new one. What a fiasco of a computer problem I have been having. My computer died last month and I had so much going on since then.
I have lost out on a months worth of business and was totally freaking out about that until I realized that there just was nothing that could be done about it. So I decided to go with the flow and have made the disaster into a challenge for myself and into some exciting new possibilities.
I enrolled in the community college here in town and am going to be starting classes in August towards my AAS degree as a Radiology Tech. Yes I will be a 41 year old new student! I will continue to pursue my online business as well. I have some precious new items to offer and will be adding them to my store, etsy, and eBay soon.
I have also decided, as a way to get back into the swing of things, that I will have my first give-away next week, so check back in next Monday to read all about how you can enter the drawing.
I have missed you my lovely online family.
Ta Ta For Now, Hugs, xoxoxo

WhooHoop!! It's Show and Tell Monday!!

Make Mine Pink ~ Monday Show and Tell

My favorite day of the week is here again! The lovely ladies at Make Mine Pink have a wonderful Show and Tell blog hop on Mondays, and I am ready to HOP!

I have had a bit of a rough week this week and I just wanted to share some of the things that helped to make me smile in the midst of a troubling week.

First I went shopping for a bit of fabric for the new line of kitchen patterns that I have bumping around in my head, and I found just the most perfect and precious fabric. I love vintage 30’s, 40's and 50's decorating and the thought, work, and care a woman of that era put into making their homes a place of function and beauty. I want my patterns to evoke the innocence and grace of that era without being too fussy or hard to complete. I realize that the women of today do not have a lot of extra time to devote to handiwork so I want to keep the designs uncomplicated and fun! And what is more fun and innocent that pretty cherries and blue gingham?

I found these lovely fabrics at Joann Fabrics and just fell in love with them.

The second thing that brought me great pleasure this week was the completion of my little Lola Ladybird, she was a custom order that was unfortunately backed out of by the customer but still brought a smile to my face. She really turned out cute, and her pretty face is now up on eBay charming the spots off of all who see her. I have enjoyed her company this week.

And third I got out and did a little tending to my garden. It is a work in progress and while my poor beds are at the moment covered in layers of wet newspaper in preparation for some much needed mulch and a new birdbath, it still managed to produce some beautiful pink roses. They even stopped swaying in the breeze long enough for me to get a couple of pretty pictures of their pink perfection.

And last but not least my two new friends, Glenna and Gallagher the Garden Gnomes! They thought my front garden looked so inviting that they decided to take up residence beneath the Jasmine.

Here’s to happy thoughts and wonderful friends to share them with!

Hugs to all, xoxoxo

Make Mine Pink ~ Show and Tell Monday!

In honor of the lovely Harvey Korman. 

I wish you all love and laughter throughout your day.

Pink Hugs, xoxoxo

Colby :)

Carol Burnett Show- Funt & Mundane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egD-5vxBNpQ

Make Mine Pink ~ Monday Show and Tell!!

Francine Frog, originally uploaded by mommasquirrel.

It's Show and Tell Time! I am showing my little Francine Frog off today. She is one of my New Year,s designs and I am so pleased with how she has come out. I use vintage fabric for her body and it is almost gone now so I am not sure what will happen to my frogs personalities when It does run out, but I am sure I will find just the right cloth to use when the time comes. I even found some cute bug fabric to go with her and as luck would have it I found some stickers with the exact same bug design. This is one of those dolls that begs to be made. I think if I were a Prince I would want this little sweetie to stay just as she is when I kissed her!

Make Mine Pink ~ Monday Show and Tell!!

mosaic6419514, originally uploaded by mommasquirrel.

Ok lovely ladies, I have had a bit of a slow week this week but I did manage to get 2 dolls finished and I did manage also to get some notes and sketches done towards the patterns that I want to make.
I must confess that I love Show and Tell. I thoroughly enjoy blog hopping to see what everyone has been up too and I think that it is a very inspirational way to start out the week.
Thank you lovely pink ladies, from the bottom of my heart.
Now a little about these two lovely ladies you see here. The dark haired little lady is called Julia, and she is just a sweet little spring angel, she measures about 10 inches tall and she is just as cute as can be. She is holding a sweet little ladybug that I hand painted. I sealed it with beeswax which I have never done before but had read about it in a magazine. I really love how soft and shiny it turned out. Julia is going to be added to my ezshoppe. (As soon as I figure out how to add items. LOL)
The lovely blue eyed lady is called Daisy and she is a 21 inch doll. I have been inspired by my garden this week so as you can see I have a flower theme going on. Daisy is on eBay this week.
I hope everyone has a great week.
Thank you so much for stopping by!

Strawberry Shea

Shea1, originally uploaded by mommasquirrel.

The lovely ladies of Make Mine Pink have are having a weekly show and tell, I just love blog hopping on Mondays, and I think it is a lovely way to get inspired for the week. So here is my show and tell for this week.

BiG PiNK HuGS xoxoxo ~ can't wait to get blog hoppin!

Strawberry Shea is my newest addidtion to the Forest Brownie series. I have had a new character bumping around in my head to the series for a couple of months now and here she is :) Shea is for sale in my Etsy Shop,

Here is the background story behind my little Forest Brownies,
Once upon a time while our country was first being settled, a group of immigrants from Scotland settled in the beautiful mountains of what is now north eastern Georgia in an area near Tallulah Gorge. Little did they know that their little House Brownies, afraid of being left behind and wanting to continue serving the families that they had served for centuries packed up all their belongings and followed their families to the new land.
Well let me tell you, while the little House Brownies were busy helping their families build new homes and taking care of the livestock and doing various chores, another group of little people that the Cherokee who lived in the area called Yûñwï Tsunsdi', (or “little people”) were watching the new settlers and immediately fell in love with the little Brownies and visa versa.
Any ways to make a long story short, the little Brownies and the Cherokee “little people” began to intermarry and soon a whole new clan of little people were born, I call them “Forest Brownies” as they are a perfect mixture of the two cultures, both keeping watch and caring for the forest creatures as well as helping out lost travelers and working with livestock and doing other outdoor chores for the people who live in more rural areas. You don’t often see them anymore as they live deep in the mountains and the Yûñwï Tsunsdi' are very private by nature also very few of the House Brownie families are still in the area. But, the little people of the Forest Brownies are much easier to spot as they like to help people who get lost find their way, and they are much brighter colored in both complexion and dress, taking on the beautiful colors of the mountain foliage.