Merry Christmas Happy New Year

The merriest of holidays to you and thought I would also show pics of the purses I made for my niecelets!

This is Shelby's = she looooooves Twilight - anything Twilight!

Here is Nikkie's purse - all Goth and Spooky is for her!
Finally here is Hannah's purse - She likes the Jonas Bros!!!!!! And I still needed to line it and add the handles and finish the trim, so it is only partially finished.....

and yes more photos:

These are ornaments that I received from our annual PFATT Christmas Ornie Swap!!!

Aren't they fab!!!!!! I think this may be my 4th or 5th annual swap and never have I been disappointed but rather awed and inspired by all the love and art that goes into each every ornie!!!!

Oops!

the girls want their treats!!!! tehe.....

Bye for now------

Jo and Lacey Jane

The Gift

One of my Pfatt sisters is suffering from cancer. I thought I would invite you to visit her blog and see just how she is dealing with all this trauma:

http://www.pennymcallisterupdate.blogspot.com/

I am so lucky to have Penny as a sister at Pfatt!!!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!!

Jo and her critters

Magnolia Rose - dalmation

Jasmine - dalmation

Lacey Jane - beagle

Sophee Anne - Am. Staffordshire Bull

Polly Anne - her daughter

Percey - quaker parrot

I just listed this sweet Silver Snow Angel!

Find her here!http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270502173277&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Happy Holidays All!!!!!

Jo and Lacey Jane

Introducing my Flesh 100% wool swatchette. Exclusively from my dye pot of Lacey Jane Woolgatherings@! You will get 4 pieces, from a peach to a lite pink. 2 pcs are peach, one lighter than the other. And then the pinks are one shader lighter than the other as well! Perfect for faces, flowers, emblems, trees, just whatever you can think of! Each piece measures approx. 4-1/2" x 27" for a total of 1/4 yd. wool.

And then there is Antique Peach - this is about 18" x 27" - 1/4 yd. perfect for whatever you can think of...including a great dark flesh color.

Gotta have some of this? Go to http://www.laceyjaneprims.com

where you will find primitive rug hooking patterns, kits, supplies and wool.

Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Holidays!!!!

Hugs

Jo & Lacey Jane

Last Day!!!

Today is the last day to sign up for the PFATT Blog give-away!!!!! Use the link in the former post to enter and win!!!!! Good Luck everyone!!!!
Stay safe
Jo and Lacey Jane

PFATT Blog Giveaway!!!!

http://pfatt.blogspot.com

Yes that's right - a wonderful Christmas Giveaway. Wonderful artists have donated their fabulous art for this one, so be sure to go check it out!!!!

Jo and Lacey Jane

Wow!!! Hope everyone got to see 'New Moon'!!!! Fabulous movie and now we have to wait for 'Eclipse'!
OK - that said.....
There is a wonderful blog give-away in progress - go check it out!
http://becausewebelieve-art.blogspot.com
Fabulous art by fabulous artists!
and
Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. Planning on adding more kits and more new wools on my website over the holidays. So be sure to come back and check them out here first!
Stay well
Jo and Lacey Jane

BRRRRR! Cold Today...Introducing the

Lacey Jane Hook-In!

I have started a project for everyone to enjoy! The idea is to get and do a rug by April 2010.....and easier because everything is all figured out and all you have to do is rug hook! Yeah!

Here are the details:

Texas Prairie Hearth Rug
About 11" x 24" on Monks Cloth, finished

Program cost: Uncut wool $150.00 Cut wool $175.00

When: Start in January and have it finished by April 2010

To make this as easy as possible here are some payment options:

1. Month One - Pay all at once and receive free shipping for all four months. You will receive your materials as explained in #2 and so on.

2. Month One (January) - 1st installment $75.00 (uncut wool) or $100.00 (cut wool), receive pattern Hand drawn on Monks Cloth and border wools.

3. Month Two (February) - 2nd installment $25.00, receive all green wools plus shipping.

4. Month Three (March) - 3rd installment $25.00, receive all the flower wools plus shipping.

5. Month Four (April) - 4th installment $25.00, receive background wools and binding plus shipping.

Just email or call me to sign up. And tell me -

Wool options
&
Payment options

and I will send you an appropriate invoice thru Paypal (if you chose that payment method) or an email to use as an invoice for checks and money orders.

I will try to invoice at the beginning of January to start and then every month thereafter.

Limited availability - so be sure to let me know soon! Questions? Just ask!

Sound like Fun? Join in!
and
Have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving Everyone!!!!
Jo and Lacey Jane

Only Six Days!!!!

Until 'New Moon' - my heart is beating really hard!

Happy Halloween to all....

Tomorrow is my BD. Yes I consider myself a Halloween baby!!!! Attached are pics of a corset I just finished for my 13 yr. old niecelet. I think she will be pleased.

Also a little cookie coffin I made of cardboard. Making about 15 of them for one of my niecelet's Halloween Bake Sale on Saturday!

sorry if pics are fuzzy - I was in a hurry!

Enjoy!

Wow!! Another Contest and some Eye Candy!!!

Go see my friend Johanna Parkers Blog to see her mother's home decorated for Christmas in the Country Sampler. Then enter the Country Sampler Sweepstakes to win one of three Folk Art pieces from Johanna and her Mom!! Wow!!!
Also below is my Morrigan Banshee that is currently posted to the Pfatt Marketplace and she is still available!!!!

International Quilt Festival....................

Last nite Pfatt Marketplace went live - last chance for some really great Halloween art!!! This is a pic of my Banshee I made. Her name is Morrigan and will come to signed and dated. One of my most favorite pieces!!!!

Next weekend I am attending the Intnl Quilt Festival - easily the largest quilt show in the world! My girlfriend are going to drive like the wind to Houston for a 1 day visit! I hope to meet fellow designers and going to meet up with the editors of Create and Decorate....this will be fun! And I might even see something I cannot live without!!!! Yeah!!!

If you plan on attending please email me your cell phone and we can connect! Would love to see my customers, to put a face to you.

Lacey Jane and I have a lot of work to do this weekend. Will be dyeing wool for orders and making a corset for my niecelet Nikkie for her halloween costume.

Have a wonderful weekend!!!!

Stay well

Jo and Lacey Jane

Pics from Broaddus Cemetary

Here are the promised pics from the Homecoming:

This pic is from a grave my family calls Baby Dove. All we know about the little boy who died in the 1920's. We always put flowers there.

Here is a pic of my brother's tombstone.

This is my beloved nephew's. He was in the tractor business and loved it!

I love this one - it is pointing to heaven! There were lots more I took pics of, but I think these were the most interesting. Stay well everyone....

Jo and Lacey Jane

Homecoming in Broaddus!

Today is homecoming - a day set aside each year to clean and repair the Broaddus Cemetary. Don't know why it is called Homecoming - been that way all my life. Anyway, people come from everywhere to help clean and spruce up the cemetary. At noon, there is a big spread, time to visit, take pictures and share. I am going with my family to clean our kinfolks grave sites and put in fresh silk flowers. Taking my camera - I want pics of the really old tombstones, and will share these with you guys tonite.
The weather is nice - high predicted for 80 degrees - should be a great day for fellowship!
Stay tuned......
Jo and Lacey Jane

What a nice Cool day it is!!!

Today looks like a another wonderful cool day here in Texas. Humid but cooler, I know, Shut up already about the cool weather. I just can't help myself - COOL WEATHER
Makes me want to create more spooky creations!!! Today I will work on my deadline for the magazine and then assemble my embroidery sewing machine to make some spooky ornies. My niecelet (Nikkie) also wants a corset for Halloween and I thought I would do some skulls and flowers on a piece of black material. Will post the pic when I finish, hopefully with her in it!
So - hope everyone has a blessed day.
Stay safe
Jo and Lacey Jane

Wishes Do Come True!!!

Today, I stepped out on my deck and it is definitely cooler!!! This past summer was unbearably hot. Just yesterday I was wishing for cooler weather and I woke up to a beautiful cool morning of 69 degrees!!!! Much better than 100 plus!!!
And on this note - back to the studio. Will be posting these creations to the PFATT Marketplace in October and also Etsy and Ebay. Will let you know when - but right now off to play!!!
Happy happy cooler days!!!! Fall is here!!!!
Stay well
Jo and Lacey Jane

Today at 4:18 CST Autumnal Equinox

Just found this out:

THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX ARRIVES AT 418 PM CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME DURING SEPTEMBER 22ND. SIMPLY SPEAKING... THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX IS THE MOMENT THE SUN'S APPARENT PATH CROSSES THE EARTH'S EQUATOR INTO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. AN EQUINOX MAY ALSO BE DEFINED WHEN THE TILT OF THE EARTH'S AXIS IS INCLINED NOT AWAY FROM THE SUN NOR TOWARDS THE SUN... AND HENCE THE SUN POSITIONED DIRECTLY OVERHEAD AT A POINT ON THE EARTH'S EQUATOR

Kewl Huh!!!!! Happy Happy

Out of the Studio

I was out of the studio yesterday!!! Helped a friend clean up his little acre. We spent about 6 hours of mowing, weed eating and general cleanup. Afterwards, we sat in the tool trailer and relaxed. I had brought up a pitcher of margaritas and we enjoyed the fading light, with a thunderstorm on the horizon.
Today - working in the studio - got a deadline for the magazine and also working on some Halloween creations.
Have a great day!!!!
Off to work!!!
Jo and Lacey Jane

New Poll - Go vote

For Johanna Parker at http://www.marthastewart.com for the Doer of the Week!!! What tallent!

Have a great day!!!

Jo and Lacey Jane

Today I start working on...

my project for Create and Decorate submission, due Oct. 1st. It is for the spring issue and so hard to work on - since this is my favorite time of year and I would much rather work on spooky and creepy instead of cute and sweet! Have a wonderful Sunday and don't forget to watch the MTV VMA awards tonite - a new movie trailer for New Moon will be shown, yeah!!!! Can't wait!
Stay well
Jo and Lacey Jane

Exciting Give-away!

Run and I mean Run over to the Artistic Halloween Queens blog and sign up for their giveaway! They have really awesome artists and an exciting give away!
Here is the link:
http://artisticthalloweenqueens.blogspot.com/
Enjoy!
Jo and Lacey Jane

September 9th!

Well today is the anniversary of Hurricane Carla that hit the Gulf Coast on this date in 1961! It is also the day my sweet SIL was born and guess what? Her name is Carla Jean!!!
And I came home yesterday from the post office and my sweet Polly Anne had obtained and chewed up my latest offerings for Pfatt Marketplace! She had the funniest look on her little face!
So - I loaded Ebay with some really kewl things that I hope everyone likes! Click on this link to view:
http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=lacey-jane
Have a wonderful day!!!!
Stay well
Jo and critters

Really busy day today!

Just woke up....thinking about everything that needs to be done today, like working on deadlines. So, do the dye pots I go! And I am working on more Crowullens for Pfatt Marketplace, due today! Eeeek! Mom gave me some clothes she can no longer wear, supposed to put them on Ebay, but a couple of the pieces really need altering. When I get a chance to alter them, will post photos. That is my first love - altering clothes and making wearable art. When I lived in the big city, I taught at a local shop and loved it!!!! I guess I need to post pics of some of my wearable art pieces I have made, even won 1st place at a quilt show a coupla years ago! That really made me happy.
To the dye pots I go!!!!!
Jo and Lacey Jane

Available on Newstands September 15th!

The Holiday 2009 Issue of Create and Decorate will be available at newstands September 15th. The Blessed Guardian Angel stocking and the 5cent Harvest wall hanging are two of my designs featured in this issue. Be sure to pick up a copy, there are lots of wonderful projects in this issue - just in time for the holidays. Now is the time to think about making exciting Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas gifts for yourself, family and friends!!!! And if you want kits for these two projects, just visit my website for the details!
Jo and Lacey Jane

Working

Working on Pfatt Marketplace items. What fun!!!! More Crowullen items will be featured. I love making crows!!!! Not to mention that they are so cool and wonderful for Halloween. Some of my crows can perch thru the house all year around! Be sure to check out the Pfatt Marketplace on Sept. 10th for all the artists' musings. There are sure to be some great surprises for us all!

And if interested in the little pincushions in the pic above, just email us! The witch shoes are available for $10.00 plus air fare. They are about 5-6 inches long, trimmed with chiffon and an antique jet button. Perfect for your sewing box!

See you there!

Jo & Lacey Jane