The postman arrived :-)

I love getting the mail when there is a squishy there with my name on it and yesterday there was one and then today there was another . Yesterday these adorable little buttons that I had won  arrived from Incomparable Buttons in South Africa ,thanks so much Tamara , they are just too cute and I will sew one on a crazy patch block later today .

Then when hubby arrived home for lunch he brought in the mail and this sweet little bundle was for me :

I should have taken a picture before I opened it but I was too anxious to see what was inside . I had won this cute little needlecase made by  Val of Val Spiers Sewsand she included this bright sunny yellow organza and some matching ribbon .Thanks so much Val ,I really appreciate it ,just love it!!
 I have no sewing updates today , I have been trying to figure out my applique for the SAHRR , had some leaves cut and realized it wasn't what I wanted so spent most of yesterday afternoon going through my magazines and books trying desperately to find the pattern for the block I used for the center to see how the rest of that quilt was made , did I find it NO! Now I think I must have borrowed that book from the library as I think I have gone through most everything I own and no luck . No problem I still have a plan just was looking for more inspiration and I am about to cut a few more leaves to see if I like these any better .I also have a postcard to make today , should have done it a while ago but kept putting it off so today is the day .
Do you want to see what it looks like out my back door today ? We have had a fair amount of snow the past couple of days so things look amazingly beautiful , love the look of fresh snow  ;-)

 For those of you who are sweltering with the heat , this is for you , I am sure it will cool you off just looking at this ;-)
 Thanks for the visit and be sure to stop by again real soon.
 hugs Sheila