Waiting on Wednesday (83)

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and it is a way to show off the books you can't wait to be released!!



This week I chose:



"Home for the Holidays" (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #5)

by Heather Vogel Frederick

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Release Date: Oct 4, 2011

The following description is from goodreads.com:



This Christmas
season, join the girls of the mother-daughter book club for a variety of
holiday-themed adventures! But unfortunately, nothing goes quite as
planned for any of the girls. On a Christmas cruise with their families,
Megan and Becca fight over the dashing son of the ship's captain.
Cassidy and her family fly back to California to visit Cassidy's sister
Courtney... but when the West Coast causes homesickness for their former
life in Laguna Beach, the family begins to question what state they
should call home. And a disastrous sledding accident causes both Emma
and Jess to completely change their holiday plans.

Between
squabbles, injuries, and blizzards, everything seems to be going wrong.
Will the girls be able to find their holiday spirit in time for
Christmas?

I know, it's way too early to be thinking Christmas books, but how ADORABLE does this one look!!? The cover is perfect! This is definitely on my holiday to read list!

a footstool makeover

This little footstool started out with a

dingy brown velvet covering which

it was wearing when I bought it.

I was in my needlepoint phase,

{yes, that is mismatched green wool you see}

and one of my first projects was

to staple this finished piece

to the footstool...

A couple years ago, I crocheted a cover

for the footstool,

which just slipped right over the needlepoint...

Lately I've felt ready for a change and

a little less color, so 

I removed the crocheted cover and the needlepoint,

took a coffee sack--which I would usually

sew into a tote bag--and cut out a cover

for my stool...

The burlap coffee sack was stapled to the underside,

and then I used black upholstery tacks to attach

some wonderful jute braid that I found at Walmart.

I should finish the underside off with a black

fabric dust cover, but haven't gotten to that yet...

It presently sits right next to my cubbie unit,

handy for whenever I need to reach something up high...

~Deb

wedding dress 2011