Thankful for the 4 day weekend! :) Ben helped me organize my studio space a bunch today (I seriously could not have done it without his help, I would have been sidetracked a million times & not known where in the world to start)… It seems that I have become very unorganized lately. I couldn’t find my wallet in my purse today when we were at the pet store, because it is so full of junk. My desk/studio area was getting a bit like that too. Now I have no papers or clutter on my desk – only my sewing machine & computer, my fabric cupboard looks wonderful & only has fabric in it, I even have a w.i.p. (works-in-progress) shelf, and the other shelves above my desk & my bookshelf are organized. Such a wonderful feeling to have it all neat & clean. Now if only I was that organized in every other part of life (my purse still looks like a miniature tornado went through it, and my email inbox is overflowing – sorry if I owe you an email, I really am going to get to it soon:)…

I am planning a shop update for either this Monday or Tuesday (hoping for Monday though),  just in case anyone is interested. Now that my studio area is cleaned up I can finish working on my w.i.p. pile that is no longer fighting not to get buried under everything else! :)

I have received many lovely goodies in the mail lately… (Don’t you love when that happens!)

This weekend I received a lovely package from Kelly in Australia for the fall swap (how cool to get mail from a country I have never visited). The generosity and friendship from other bloggers still amazes me sometimes… It has been so neat to get to know Kelly through her blog & emailing. I was so excited to open the package from her I almost didn’t wait till I got back in the house:) (I think the postman must think I am crazy, can anyone relate to that? :) Kelly sent so many lovely goodies…

An Australian magazine (love this Kelly!), some very cute little bags for putting goodies in (with French writing on them… gah love these!), 2 (!) notepads designed by Kristen Doran (whose work I love & I don’t think Kelly even knew that:), very cute Christmasy fabric (that I think might be a table runner? Am I right about that Kelly?), a lovely postcard by Simply Photo. Of course the best part of the whole package was the handmade skirt that she made me!

This skirt is absolutely perfect for fall weather! Thanks Kelly!

Then today look what I got in the mail…

A new laptop to replace my old one which died:) Is it wrong to think your computer is pretty? :) I actually got to pick a color for the cover of this & it is midnight blue:)

So happy to have my own working computer again!

Thanks for all your sweet comments on the scarves! I am behind on emails (like always:), but hopefully will catch up soon. The pink + brown scarf is still available in my shop, if anyone is interested…

I was hoping for a productive weekend filled with some sewing, emailing, & updating my etsy shop, but instead it has been a very lazy weekend. Although there is still one day left, but I have a feeling that will be spent picking up a bit & doing laundry (well that is if I don’t decide to have another lazy day:)…

I did get some lovely goodies in the mail today (which I am so excited about!). However having a lazy weekend means that while I did take some photos of those goodies I didn’t actually take the photos off the camera yet:) Maybe tomorrow…

So instead, photos that I took last weekend at the park…

Lovely fall colors… (I looked up some info online & last weekend was supposed to be the best weekend for fall colors around here, although it didn’t seem like there were that many leaves changing & what had changed was mostly brown.)

The photo above was a little hidden place we discovered quite by accident… The top is a walkway with a bench that Ben & I have sat on many times. I think we both thought that it was just a concrete walkway on the side of a hill, but I looked over the edge – which was quite brave if you know me because while this photo makes it look like it isn’t high up there is a sudden drop on the right just outside the photo frame – and there was this little hidden room/structure…)

Hope everyone else is having a wonderful weekend!