I'm back . . .

Well, I am back home from Camp Pretty Stinkin' Green.  That's what we call our creative time we spend together.  Hannah was a wonderful head counselor.  She filled the mess hall with great food.  I can still smell the yummy lentil soup.

I can't believe that I didn't take my camera!  Silly me.  You will have to take a look at Hannah's blog and Pretty Stinkin' Green to see pictures of the adventures we went on and the mess we made of the "main cabin".  We had piles of tee shirts in various stages of  deconstruction.

It was a very productive few days.  We are excited to have a whole new line of shirts that are so cute and wearable.

A huge thanks to D, Hannah's wonderful hubby, who totally revamped my computer.  It is so much happier now.  D, you are awesome!!! 

Please leave some feedback on the skirts in the comment section here.  Thanks, Deb

Look out Ohio!

My toothbrush is packed and I am off to Ohio to play with Hannah!  We have tons of fun things planned, all business related of course.  I mean our job does involve thrifting and creating right?

 Our company does have a mandatory health program which includes daily dog walking.

 Impromptu coffee/tea breaks are also written in the Pretty Stinkin' Green's policy manual. 

So if you happen to stop in here to see what I am up to, just click here and you can join in on our fun for the rest of the week.  See you in Ohio! 

Sleddi Spaghetti and Ugly Dolls

Sleddi Spaghetti was Sunday.  It is an event at we put  on every year to raise money and awareness for a branch library that we are hoping to have in our community.  It's a wonderful family event.  There is a spaghetti meal, with Moomer's ice cream, sleding, stories, games and crafts. 

I am the craft lady.  I the past we have done duct tape wallets, funky junky frames, and . . . that's all I can remember right now.  Besides the duct tape the other projects have all been from recycled materials.

This year we made "Ugly Dolls".  I took a huge bag of mismatched socks, a big bin of wool scraps, various sizes of needles, upholstery thread, glue, and scissors.

The kids stuffed the socks with wool scraps and sewed them shut.  They embellished the "dolls" with more wool scraps and googly eyes. 

The kids loved the craft.  Many handstitched on the very forgiving materials for the very first time ever. The creative juices were flowing.  Everyone had a great time making their dolls. 

Another successful craftin' day.

Vote

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Pretty Stinkin' Green has been keeping me pretty stinkin' busy lately.  We have had several givaways, the news coverage last night,  our web shop surprise hit be Mary Jane's Farm group, another giveaway arrangement for next week, and we just signed up to advertise with Donna Downey on her blog, "Simply Me ". 

Hannah and I are working hard to keep the shop full and looking appealing so people enjoy coming back.  I am having a blast creating stuff.  I just need to stay off this darn computer so I have more time to get stuff done.  My husband and I were joking the other day about yelling to our 12 year old to get off facebook while we each sat in a chair with our laptop in our laps.  Hmmmm . . . what's wrong with that picture?

News Flash

Pretty Stinkin' Green was featured on Project Green on TV 9&10 news tonight.

Here is the segment

You must read today's post on the Pretty Stinkin' Green blog.   Hannah shares the story of how we became "Pretty Stinkin' Green" with our readers.   I love our story.  Mostly, I love that friendships can grow no matter how far away they live.