Sister Janas Cabin Retreat!

Sister Jana and her husband Steve have had a very exciting last year... and they are finished and sharing with us all! they have built a new cabin in the exact place as our Grandparents cabin.. the land will always have lots of meaning and memories as our parents grew up out there.. and now Sister Jana and Steve's children and grandchildren will do the same! a great thing!
and sooo of course it was time for a Cobbler quilting weekend!!!!

 im here!!!

 Jana was all ready for us!

  and is making a fire!!!

     course we had lots of food...

 and company.. our mom and auntie! (sisters!)

sister Jana, mom and me..

 Uncle Doodles ( mom and Aunties youngest brother ) stopped by to check on us!
they had just got back from 2 months in California so they have a wonderful warm tan!

 Jana's Daughter in law Taylor and her mom!

 sister Jana's 3 Daughter in laws...

 Daughter in law Tiffany crocheting a baby blanket for the next Grandbabe!

 Daughter in law Taylor learning to knit from the best... Cobbler Auntie Pat.

 and Daughter in Law Heidi who hung out with us lots! working on a great quilt project!

Heidi made this quilt for Jana for Christmas
using " Minnesota " Fabric, enlarge and look at it..

 Carol P brought a wall hanging that Jana made her for Christmas..

and we found time to work on our projects... 

Jana was working on table runners.

 I had a few projects to work on..

one was a quilt kit i had bought a while ago.

 Carol P was binding quilts, finishing up another 

and was also working on an applique project..

 Auntie Mary working on a North Dakota Hockey Quilt to sell
this summer at the farmers market

she also helped bind one of Carols quilts,
while we settled in to watch a movie and chat about the day...

Carol stitchen and sister Jana snoozen!

the next morning brought sunshine and time to finish up projects! 

a few cabin pictures...

this chair is from Steve's side of the family 

they had it reupholstered 

this picture is up the steps in front of the loft bedroom,
the chair and stool was our grandparents.
the floor was salvaged from the old cabin that was also
our grandparents..

this is a large canvas picture of the old cabin that hangs in the stairways
it was given to Steve and Jana for Christmas by son and daughter in law..

looking out from the loft to the lake

and down to the cobblers!

we missed a few of the cobblers ( see you soon ) but it was a great weekend!
thank you so much Sister Jana and Husband Steve for sharing your wonderful Cabin with us and Jana for being the Hostess with the Mostess!! love you!

enjoy your days my blog friends!                   jody

i have been working on Soap....

well its the time of year for soap-making again...
i ordered all the base oils and measured out into separate batches, and lots of essential and fragrant oils. ordered a few new scents as well to try.
i have been having a few "bumps in the road" so doing lots of research and questions on a great soap forum. lots of soap experts out there willing to help!

 sweet grass soap..

warm ginger/lime soap

 

 sandalwood swirl

 

  cutting soap....

" bumps in the road "...

so im on to the next few "bump free" batches!!

enjoy your day my blog friends!                       jody

January Cobbler Get-Together!

Cobbler Carol arrived on scene first!

 as always great food!

we celebrated sister Jana's January Birthday!

Carol P made a yummy bar desert 

that i need to get the recipe together for... 

Carmel, Marshmallows, Frito's Oh My!!

i made "better than sex" cake! YUM!

 Auntie Pat made her a Knitted dish rag and Embroidered dish Towel!

then we had some show and tell!
Carol P made these quilts for her Nephews using her late brothers T-shirts..

sister Jana was making a baby doll quilt for those granddaughters to use with
the dolls and strollers...

 i finely finished something! sister Jana and i both bought a kit for this like 8 years ago...
she finished hers last her or more!

 this is sister Janas!

 Carol is always working on something wonderful with wool!

and she wanted some wool noodles so my lil cutter got some use!!
to funny it took 3 to do it!!

and of course we love to look thru patterns, magazines and chat!!

 sister Jana is working on another wall hanging. she made Carol P one for Christmas!
hopefully Carol will bring it next month!

so once again it was great to get together and catch up!
we missed Auntie Mary and Joyce as they are basking in the sun of California
and of course Beth is our long distant cobbler in California! so it was just the 5
of us and all that food!!

enjoy your last couple days of January!                  Jody

My Friend Mary..

whom i met many years ago while stationed in Rapid City, SD. We were both doing a craft show, she is a little bitty gal with so much energy and we have been friends ever since. she left for Okinawa and my husband/I moved to MN retiring from the Air Force.
Mary and her Man Laddie have been overseas... close to 20 years i bet. i have always loved Okinawa and considered it the best of all my travels...  they are now about to embark on a new adventure and moving to New Mexico! altho it may or not take a while due to paperwork etc.. i wish them the best and am happy that they will be state side!!
i also got another box in the mail from Okinawa! and thought id share with you! love love as always! thank you Mary!!

 enlarge the tea pot and notice the great detail! love the monkey and frogs on the lid!!

we are getting snow today with more below 0 temps coming, Auntie Mary and Uncle "Doodles" are enjoying the sun in California!
Enjoy you two!!

enjoy your January Days my blog friends!!                           jody

A New Year Means...

New Starts...
my son Jason and wife Jessica moved home ( 40 miles from me ) a couple weeks ago from Duluth, Mn (a 4 hour drive), to buy a house and open their own Chiropractic Clinic! so nice to have them close by the rest of us!! we stopped in to bring flowers and wish them so much luck on their first day!! Geez what a world wind it has been for them! Grandbaby #3 has been lots of help! and started her first day of a new day care, best of all she will see her cousin there! Grandbabe #2!

and Sister Jana had a Birthday on the 2nd! Happy Birthday sister!

the Grandbabes loved their heirloom quilts using papa Marks Jeans/military fatiques.

and this is a quilt the cobblers tied that i didn't show cuz it was a Christmas gift!
my friend loved it!

enjoy your new year my blog friends!              jody