The Sewing Mom

I created this Advent Calendar wall hanging using pre-printed cotton fabric. The finished size is approx. 28″ long x 21″ wide. Each of the 24 pockets is trimmed in metallic gold thread and are ready for small surprises to be stashed inside. The entire calendar is machine quilted with a polyester batting in between the fabric layers.

This Advent Calendar is for sale for $20 plus shipping.  If you are interested in the hanging rod, it is priced at $18.

If interested, please leave a comment and we will go from there. 

Tags: Advent Calendar, quilting, sewing

My husband finally managed to get himself to the eye doctor just before Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, he didn’t have time to sit down and pick out his new eyeglasses. The optometrist did give him his prescriptions though, so now he can really go anywhere to get his new eyeglasses and he does have a style in mind.

He prefers the half rim style where the lenses isn’t fully encased. He also needs bifocals, so his lenses have to be able to accommodate that requirement. Since it is Cyber Tuesday, I’ve been doing some online shopping and I think I have found something that even my conservative husband would like.

I found these stainless steel half-rim frames at Zenni Optical.  They have hundreds of Holiday frames to choose from and prices are extremely reasonable. They also offer regular bifocals or progressive lenses, anti-scratch coating and UV protection on the lenses.  Since my husband does have his lens prescription we just have to do some simple facial measurements and then we can order online direct from Zenni. There’s no middle man and so it can save us a ton of cash, very important this time of year.  The glasses come with a hard carrying case and a micro-fiber lens cleaning cloth which we use both all the time and can never have enough of.

I think I’ll be measuring my husband’s face when he gets home!

Tags: eyeglasses, eyewear, zennioptical.com

It’s funny how being out of town for Thanksgiving can put me behind on my holiday decorating! I normally haul everything out the day after Thanksgiving, while everyone else is hitting the Black Friday sales, and have it all done by Sunday. This year though, because we weren’t home, I’m behind.

I rearranged the family room furniture on Sunday and my husband put up the tree Sunday afternoon. By Sunday evening, the lights were on the tree and I added the garland. That’s as far as it got. All of the boxes of decorations are still sitting here and the family room is a disaster. The dog’s bed is even sitting in the middle of the room because it just sort of landed there, she seems happy with it!  You can even see my daughter’s homework project in the middle of all the chaos, we were busy working on her collage instead of decorating.

So, my tackle is to get busy and get the room decorations up. I have to wait on decorating the tree for my daughter to be home after school. She would not be happy with me if I did the tree without her! By the way, I have a 2nd tree as well that I put up to hold all of my Barbie ornaments that I have collected over the years. That’s also on my to-do list and I still have to go purchase this year’s ornament from Hallmark.

How’s your decorating going?

Tags: decorating, tackle it Tuesday