Jillian Michaels

Jillian Michaels

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Embroidery Heaven

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If you embroider, make sure you check out Embroidery Library. I just found a design I have been looking for and I can't wait to get started. It is a canvas beach bag with hummingbird embroidery. I hope my machine is up to it.
Embroidery Library has free designs and, like it says, a library full of designs. If you can't find the design you are looking for go there and look, I bet you will find it or one close enough to suffice.

A Bright Light

Image by Thai Jasmine via Flickr

Every now and then, (Thank God), I run across someone with the most perfect state of mind for the way of the world, today or any day. I found that today in the form of Sigrid Olsen. I somehow had the foresight to DVR an interview Liz Walker had with MS. Olsen on "Better Living" WCVB.
The two women talked about how Ms. Olsen managed to recover from the loss of a hugely profitable business. I loved every moment of that interview because there was nothing but a positive, forward thinking state of mind. A true blessing these days. It made my day, check it out and maybe it will do the same for you.

Who Would not Want Ty in their Living Room?

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From Publishers Weekly
If you want to inject light, energy, and optimism into your life, making over your home—or even just a single room—is a good place to start, maintains Ty Pennington, the spiky-haired host of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and designer of a home goods line for Sears. With that credo in mind, Pennington sets out to help average homeowners redesign their home—and presumably their life—one room at a time. The book focuses on the three high-impact areas of the house: the bedrooms, living spaces and work spaces, and includes lists and special sections such as Balancing a Room with Art and Big Ideas for Small Spaces. The text relies heavily on personal stories and design experiences from the families that have appeared on his show. In the end, Pennington, with his off-the-wall personality, provides a solid and basic design manual. (Sept.)
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Product Description
BRING TY PENNINGTON, THE HOST OF EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION, INTO YOUR HOME AND MAKE YOUR DESIGN DREAMS BECOME REALITY.

Ty Pennington and the millions of people who watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition know that you can not only transform a home in seven days, you can transform someone's life. If he could, Ty would renovate every home in America, but even he doesn't have that much energy! So he's written Good Design Can Change Your Life: Beautiful Rooms, Inspiring Stories and filled the book with proof that you don't need a bulldozer and a million bucks to realize your dreams.

Focusing on the three most important parts of your home -- sleeping spaces, living spaces, and working spaces -- Ty offers low-cost, high-impact ideas for every budget. You'll learn how to express your personality and your passions in your design and how to get the most out of small spaces and limited time. Whether you want to create a welcoming living room that helps you connect with friends and family, a restful bedroom that lets you face the day energized and optimistic, or a streamlined home office that keeps you productive, Ty has some great ideas to share. From the elegant to the funky, the whimsical to the restful; from walls, floors, and lighting to storage, wallpaper, and fabric -- it's all here, infused with Ty's vitality and great style, along with the emotional stories of the people who changed his life as much as the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition crew changed theirs.

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Good Design Can Change Your Life: Beautiful Rooms, Inspiring Stories

Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Inbox preview

Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Inbox preview


This seems like a great idea. when I open my inbox it has accumulated, at lease two or three hundred emails over night. You'd think I was famous by now or something. Nothing makes me prouder than to see those emails (satire) everyday. I like the idea of the preview I think I'll try it, maybe I won't get so lost in "everyone's" new idea for me to get rich.

Weekend Fun-Classes/Stories/Couching/Drawing

May 29, 2009	http://www.thequiltshow.com	Weekend Fun
Quilting Lessons                 Bury the knot (36 sec)           Quilt with your Thumb (3 min)     Lemoyne:Cutting Diamonds(3 min) Included in your Star membership are quilting lessons.  Alex's classroom covers many subjects in short, casual videos.  These videos are usually about 3 minutes long so you can learn and go back to quilting.  Here are some samples for everyone.  Click on the Picture to see the class.  (Star members get to the lessons anytime by going to the Daily Blog and clicking on the classroom sign.) To get more lessons Join Here. Hint: In Internet Explorer increase the video size by clicking "Page" then "Zoom" and pick 125% or 150%.  In Firefox, click on "View" and "Zoom In".  Do this several times to reach the size you want.
Hear Sandra Dallas's New Novel   It's time for Part 2.  Sandra Dallas's new novel is filled with history, interesting characters and a surprise ending. Sandra has given us a taste with over an hour of the audio book. Click on the picture to go to the blog. If you haven't started, both parts are available through June 5.  The winners of the full audio book are Carol Upchurch, Penny Skinner, Jan Carter, Judy Carl, and Diana Hartigan.   You will be contacted soon to get your copy.  Please don't give away the surprise ending!
Bernina Video for "Couching" Potatoes Click on the picture to go and start the video. Creative Couching that is.  Nina says that this is one of her favorite techniques and can be applied to many types of projects.  (You are going to love the small purse!)
Drawing Day: Draw and Win   Thank you to ladyquilter who reminded us of Drawing Day.  On June 6, 2009 drawings from all over the world will be posted on a variety of sites to honor and encourage art and artists.  Your drawing uploaded to our site automatically enters you for a chance at a special quilting goody bag. TQS is joining the effort and will open a Show & Tell area to put up your drawings on June 6.  We want not only your drawing, but we want to become a worldwide refrigerator and see the drawings of your family.  Here is a chance to encourage the creativity of your kids and grandkids and give them an opportunity to see their work on the web.  So take away the video game remote for 1 day and give them a pencil, crayon and paper.  Then they can help you upload the picture by: 1.  Scanning your picture and uploading it to our Show & Tell area 2.  Taking your camera and getting a picture of the drawing and then uploading it. Kids seldom need ideas, but if you need some ideas: show us a quilt block, a quilting pattern, a flower in your yard, a self portrait, a bird from your area, a tree, or a self-portrait.  (This will be for the whole family, so keep it family safe.)  If this is outside your comfort area, then even better.  The worldwide goal is 1 million pictures.  Our goal is several hundred pictures.  Can we reach 500?
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Video on a Budget

I take a lot of videos for both my business and my personal use for friends and family. I do it with a Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder, 60-Minutes (Green)">Flip Video Camera priced under $100.00.
This is a video of my friend Carole's Birthday.