Lizzie B Cre8ive

London's Calling...

2012-02-11T08:27:00.001-05:00

The Lizzie's have been busy little B's working

away in their studios! We've been

putting together some FUN,

quick and easy quilts.

And the first one is ready to reveal!

I London

CUTE OR WHAT???

Beth was cutting up these fun pieces

in the wee hours of the morning...

And forced herself to go to bed so she could

whip it all up the next day.

Then I started getting texts like this...

That's just the way it goes with the

Lizzie B Girls.

We'd SOOOO rather be stitching up

cute stuff!

And so she did.

Then she wrote up the pattern....

(I got the text message version so I could start MINE

right away! LOL!)

Now it's UP on ShopLizzieB

in a downloadable PDF format.

NO SHIPPING!

Why that means....you could start working on

it....NOW!!!

Get out your scraps...this one is quick

satisfaction guaranteed.

Stay tuned....we'll be posting ANOTHER

fun pattern on VALENTINE'S DAY!

Can't wait to show you.

Just sharin' the LOVE.

But for now...London's Calling...

(P.S. Are you a fan on our Facebook page?

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and LIKE our page! Tell your friends!

We're planning a GIVEAWAY when we hit another

500 mark.)

February Aurifil Designer of the Month is....

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Sherri Falls!!!!

Hop on over to the Aurifil blog

to learn all about Sherri.

You'll get to see some AMAZING

stitchery projects she's done.

(And she share's a little secret! Shhh..

you'll find it under Question 10!)

Here's a sneaky peek at her ADORABLE

block for this month.

Snowpeeps in love...awwwwww!

Make sure you check out Sherri's blog

as well, she's posted some very

HELPFUL videos on embroidery

techniques used in her block.

She'll have you stitchin' in NO time!

Get that block done and upload a pic

on the Aurifil Flickr site by

clicking *here*

You'll be entered to win

FABULOUS Aurifil prizes!

Ready....Set....STITCH!!!

AURIFIL....Have you checked it out?

2012-01-24T08:13:00.000-05:00

Who doesn't LOVE yummy thread?

I can tell you WE do!

And you KNOW we all love Aurifil.

But...

did you know that we,

the Lizzie B Girls,

are on the distinguished list

of Designers of the Month this year???

Woohoooo!We can't wait!

This year the designers will be bringing you a new stitchery block each month.

Even though our month is in December,

we hope you'll get excited about this program NOW. Why?

You can win FABULOUS prizes from Aurifil!

(and they are VERY generous with their prizes)

Here's how:

First,

Check out THIS month's designer

click *here*

We LOVE Roseann! She is ONE creative chick.

Trust me, you'll be inspired when you see all the pics of her fun studio!

Second,

Get to work on her CUTE block!

I KNOW! Isn't that sweet?

Third,

When your block is finished, upload it to

this awesome flickr group for a chance

to win prizes from Aurifil!

There are only two up there so far this month, so I'd say your chances of winning are pretty darn good. AND, if you don't win this month, you'll still be in the running for EVERY month until you win.

Cool, or what?

Makes me warm and fuzzy inside just thinkin' about it!

And if that's not enough...

Aurifil ALSO has a FUN contest going on right now on Facebook.But you gotta act FAST.

Like RIGHT NOW! All you have to do is upload a quilt you have finished, get friends to vote for it and possibly win a...

SUITCASE of AURIFIL!

Holy cow...I ain't kidding!

GO DO IT NOW!

And check back each month for more

Aurifil Designer of the Month fun.

We LOVE Fan Mail...

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...YES we do!

Especially when they include pics

of quilting awesomeness!

This is our fan Carolyn's

THIRD time making

Daydreamin' Daisies.

She switched it up a bit this time, scattering smaller daisies all around.

LOVE IT!

Such a happy quilt. And don't worry

Carolyn...we switch it up all the time!

Here's one of the same pattern I made

as a baby quilt with minky..sooo

soft and cute!

This one just begs to be pet...

Send pics of YOUR Lizzie B

quilts and we'll

feature you on our blog too.

lizziebgirls@gmail.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2011-12-31T16:07:00.000-05:00

WOOHOOOOOO!!!

Bring on 2012!

Thanks to all of you who shared

2011 with us. We had a GR8 year together, didn't we? Can't wait to start the new one.

Just a reminder to join us all tonight ringing in the new year with Stitchin' Heaven...

TWITTER style!

Such a fun party last year, will be a blast again. Here's all the info you need to join in the fun:

click here

Who: YOU & Some really great Sponsors
What: New Year’s Eve 2011 Twitter Party
When: December 31, 2011 - 10pm-12:30am CST
Where: Twitter
Party : #SHPARTY Topic: Out with a Bang!

How: New to twitter? It’s easy and it’s free! Just follow the instructions below:

1. Get a Twitter account. You can sign up for free at www.twitter.com
2. Go to www.tweetchat.com (or the platform of your choice if you have another you prefer)
3. Enter SHPARTY next to the hashtag (#) at the top of the screen. Once you do that all conversations and party goers for our party will show up in a list just below the top of the page.
4. Sign into Twitter if you aren’t already. You will be prompted to allow or deny the app to access your account. Click “allow”
5. You will be redirected to the party page where you will only see conversations for #SHPARTY partyers.
6. Use the text box to write your messages. No need to put #SHPARTY in each post because Tweetchat does that for you.
7. Party! We will post messages to the party and you respond. You’ll see the conversation roll. You may want to set the speed of messages, either slower to keep up or faster to get your messages almost as soon as they post without the delay. However you want, it’s your party! You can find how to set the speed right under your message box.

See you in 2012!!!

Cookie COUNTDOWN Day 7!!!

2011-12-16T07:00:00.000-05:00

Oh the memories rolled up in these little goodies!

I asked my Mom where the recipe originated from and she said she wasn't sure. But that this was a treat her parents made together every year to give to their friends and neighbors

spreading JOY and good CHEER!

This is me and my Grandma. We called her Grandma O because her last name was long and quite hard to pronounce when we were little! (I think this photo emphasizes that she had hair and I, well, didn't.)

Anyway...one day during the holiday season my mom called her parents to ask a question of some sort and her father

(Grandpa O!)told her they couldn't talk at the moment as they were in the midst of making more of these rice krispie balls. He told her they had already delivered over 200.

TWO HUNDRED!

Wow. All I can say is...I hope that back then you could buy caramels UNWRAPPED! (I used one bag and it made 12 treats...)

So here's what ya need:

It's that simple!

Okay, but I found those crazy MASSIVE JUMBO

marshmallows and HAD to try those too.

That JUMBO mallow makes the normal one look puny!

Ok, I digress.

First take a few ~~hours~~ minutes to unwrap the caramels and put them in a saucepan.

Try not to eat too many. It's hard. But you must, for the greater good, practice self control.

(I confess I ate two)

Next, set up your assembly line. Caramels on the stove,

marshmallows with a skewer ready to dip, a bowl of Rice Krispies, and parchment paper for cooling.

Next, melt the caramels. Add two Tbs.of water and heat over a double boiler until smooth. If melted caramels seem too thick, add another Tbs of water.

Now...it's time for dipping:

YUM! Now ya gotta work fast and roll that beauty in the Rice Krispies. Sorry, I couldn't snap a pic of that step, my hands were kinda covered in cereal! I plopped the covered marshmallow in the krispies and used my hands to sort of pack the cereal on there and make a nice ball.

Let them cool and then those delicious morsels are ready to SHARE! Or....horde.

I love making these at Christmas time now. I had forgotten about them because when we lived in Europe I could only get strawberry flavored marshmallows. Eeewww!

But as I made these again, I enjoyed thinking of my Grandparents that are no longer with me.

I also get to take out this work of art that my Grandma O made. She was amazing with yarn! She would put this beautiful knitted afghan on her bed in December and you would get a peek of it when you walked down the hallway of her house. It's utterly gorgeous!

And yes. I know where I get my creativity.

I love a legacy, don't you???

We hope you've all enjoyed our little cookie countdown!

We've had a great time baking and hope the smell of warm butter is also wafting through all of YOUR homes this Holiday Season.

Make sure you get your comments posted, because tomorrow, December 17th, we will announce our winner!!!

Oh...and since I've had my fair share of marshmallows today, I thought I'd leave ya with a little song...

Cookie Countdown Day 6

2011-12-15T08:26:00.000-05:00

COOKIE COUNTDOWN Day 6!

'Tis the season to be baking!

Seems like everyone I know is in the holiday baking mood... the grocery store is crazy busy and Facebook is all a-buzz with posts about baking-this and baking-that!

I am doing the desserts for a holiday party tomorrow night, and have been in my kitchen ALL day. Well, except to run to the grocery store a couple of times, and to do a couple of other errands. My feet are soooo tired! I am baked-OUT!

When these goodies all run out, my family is eating Oreos. Seriously. Or Chips Ahoy. Whatever they want to buy, when THEY go to the store.

I think I am going to just go back to sewing.

(Oh, and I gotta wrap christmas gifts...)

OK. Well. Ready for another recipe?

These are just called 3-Layer Cookies. Yummy!

First, LAYER #1:
2 cubes butter (one cube = one stick = 1/2 cup!)

1/2 cup sugar
1/8 tsp salt
2 cups flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
Mix and press into a cookie sheet. Bake at 300 for 15 minutes.

There's been some confusion...am I the only one (besides my mom!) who says CUBES of butter? A cube is a stick. You know, a 1/2 cup of buttery goodness. In a cube.

Liz made me buy a REAL mixer a couple of years ago when she was visiting. Thank you Liz, I would have DIED today without my fun red KitchenAid!

I have made 12 pans of various cookies like this in the last couple of days. My fingers hurt from all that pressing!

NEXT, Layer #2:

3 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
4 Tbsp flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups chopped nuts (I used pecans)
Small pkg coconut (about 7 oz)
Mix and pour over crust. Bake at 300 for 15 min, then raise to 350 for 15 min more.

The BEST vanilla. From Trader Joe's.

I was almost done chopping all those pecans when I remembered
I had this cool chopper. I should cook more often...I forget what's in those cupboards!

THEN, Layer #3:
1 cube butter
1 lb powdered sugar
8 oz cream cheese
1 tsp vanilla
Mix together and 'frost'. Chill and cut into 1" squares.

I am really really good at making icing. I lost count of how many bowls of various kinds of icing I made today! By the end of the day, I couldn't even THINK about licking the spoon. Blech.

Just spread a big ol' thick layer of frosting on there!

Chillin' in the fridge. Sorry no pic of the little bite size cookies all cut up and cute on a plate. I am going to bed!

This is what I look like after all day of being in the kitchen. Scary.

Don't forget to enter the drawing to win a plateful-o'-fabric! Become one of our blog followers...or comment on this post. (You can comment each day of our cookie countdown to increase your odds of winning!)

Here's the recipe...Happy Baking!

Another free printable recipe card by Smilebox

Cookie COUNTDOWN Day 5

2011-12-14T07:00:00.000-05:00

Are ya cookie'd out yet?

Today marks the official first day of my

Christmas Cookie baking.

I always kick it off with THIS special recipe

because today is my daughter's Birthday,

and she'd rather have a whole panful of these

than a Birthday cake!

It's a special recipe from a friend of mine

who grew up in South Africa.

The only ingredient that might throw you for a loop is

this:

Golden Syrup.

Very important!

It's lighter than Dark Karo syrup,

but in a pinch, you can substitute it with Dark Karo.

First off you make the yummy crust...

(very similar to yesterday's White Cookies!)

Pat it all nicely in a pan and pop it in the oven

at 350 degrees until golden.

About 15-20 mins

Meanwhile...make the caramel.

YUM!

Mix butter, sugar and Golden syrup in a saucepan

and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.

While it boils, stir in 1 can of sweetened condensed milk

and continue to stir another 5 minutes.

Making sure to scrape the bottom to keep it from burning.

You may get small burnt bits, but that's okay.

After the five minutes more of stirring, it should be a

yummy thick looking caramel!

Pour on hot crust and spread.

(probably should keep a bit on the bottom of the pain to

taste test after it cools!)

Let the caramel cool completely.

I actually put mine out in the ~~garage~~, er, fridge to hasten the process.

When it's nice and cooled off...

Melt some semi-sweet chocolate chips in

a glass bowl in the microwave stirring after

each 30 second interval

Then spread the chocolatey goodness right on top of the cooled caramel shortbread.

Is your mouth watering yet?

Oh. My.

Now let the chocolate set. My daughter loves

it when they're VERY cold.

Last year she kept her "Birthday Pan" in the

fridge out in the garage and everyone but her

forgot about them. It took her a whole month, but

she polished off the entire pan!

(she's a little skinny thing too....

I think my hips balloon just lookin' at 'em!)

So finally...

Cut and DEVOUR!

Here's the full recipe:

In between cooking and cooling time....you know, while you're impatiently waiting. How about some last minute holiday shopping??

Have you checked out the OUTLET section in our shop?

All patterns $2 and fabric $5 per/yd!
If you shop during the hop, leave us a note
letting us know you're one of our blog hoppers
and we might just throw in a surprise with
your order!

'Tis the season, after all....

Cookie Countdown Day 4

2011-12-13T08:27:00.000-05:00

COOKIE COUNTDOWN! Day #4

In our house, these are just known as...

the white cookies

All four of my boys love them. They will eat pretty much everything, but they ASK for these.

They might be everyone's favorite.

(But here's a lil' secret...

they are also the easiest to make!)

It's not an old family recipe, at least not from my family. My mom (known affectionately as 'Mama C' in Quilt Market circles!) got this recipe from her friend Martha. (She was a wonderful quilter too!) And so all of her quilter friends call these cookies "Martha's cookies".

We just call them "THE WHITE COOKIES".

And my boys know what I'm talking' about.

Here's the recipe:

2 cubes softened butter

2/3 cup sugar

2 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp salt

2 cups flour

1. Mix all of the ingredients together to make the dough and press into a cookie sheet.

2. Spread powdered sugar on top (as much as you want, I use LOTS, about 2 cups!) and press into dough. A lot of it will still be "loose" on top.

3. Bake 350 18-19 min. Cut into squares while still warm.

YUM!

On a scale of 1 to 10....

these cookies are about a 1 for easy!

and definitely a 10 for DeLisH-ish-NeSs!

Do YOU have a recipe to share?

send it to lizziebgirls@gmail.com and

we'll post it here.

And to be entered to win a plateful-o'-fabric, become one of our blog followers...or comment on this post. (You can comment each day of our cookie countdown to increase your odds of winning!)

Cookie COUNTDOWN Day 3

2011-12-12T08:57:00.000-05:00

Who doesn't love Chocolate and Peppermint together?

I have so many cookie recipes with this

combo that it's hard to choose just ONE!

However...these fudge-y brownies are outta this world.

Click for a downloadable pdf of the recipe:

Peppermint Brownies

Here's another yummy peppermint/choco

combo that I tried just recently.

WHOOPIE PIES!

I found it on

the blog "Tater Tots and Jello"

and you can find it there too by clicking

*here*

We also have a reader recipe to share!

These are Rita's fav...

Digital recipe card customized with Smilebox

Thanks Rita!

If YOU have a recipe to share,

send it to lizziebgirls@gmail.com and

we'll post it here.

Also, just a quick clarification about our

"rules" for entering our giveaway.

This is what we had posted:

1. Visit our blog each day of the hop and
leave us a comment about the recipe posted that day

2.Become one of our awesome blog followers

3. On the last day, leave us a comment with a list of ALL
the recipes and if you tried any!

You do NOT need to do all THREE of these things!

If you are a one of our blog followers and leave us a comment this week, you will be entered to win. The more posts you comment on, the more chances you have to win. The same goes for posting on the last day...it just ups your chances! We use a random generator to choose winners, so it makes sense that the more your name is in there, the more chances your name has of being picked.

Make sense?

Let us know if you have any questions!

Happy Hoppin'!

Cookie Countdown Day 2!

2011-12-11T07:00:00.000-05:00

COOKIE COUNTDOWN! Cookie #2

We are continuing our week of baking and sharing!

If YOU have recipes to share, PLEASE do!

Leave a comment with your recipe, or send an email

to us at lizziebgirls@gmail.com.

Today's cookie is....well, not REALLY a cookie.

But one bite of these melt-in-your-mouth spirals of buttery goodness, and you'll agree that they need to be on everyone's favorite cookie list!

(this is me, Beth, with my mom waaayyyy back when!)

Often our favorite cookies have a great childhood memory behind 'em.

This one sure does.

(Don't you love the old aprons that everyone wore back then? I had my own

little apron---here's a pic---when I helped my grandma bake. I still have it...it's OLD!)

My mom and grandma were ALWAYS in the kitchen baking something. Every fall it was apple pies. Not just one, or a couple. I'm talking like FORTY or so. To share with friends and family, and stockpile in the freezer.

And all that extra pie dough? Yep, that's what makes up these cookies.

'Cuz who doesn't love pie crust, butter, cinnamon & sugar? Yum!

My sister and I would just wait until all those pie crusts were made, and it was time to make the CINNAMON ROLL COOKIES!

It's super easy. Just roll out pie dough in a long rectangle, and slather with a thick layer of softened butter. (Lots. Of. Butter.) and then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. (LOTS of sugar!)

Roll up all that sugary-buttery goodness into a long tube, and then slice.

Plop them on a cookie sheet, and bake til the pie crust is done. All that sugar gets baked on and caramelized and crusty... mmm mmmmmm!

Not too technical of a recipe...but you get the idea.

You COULD take a shortcut, and use already prepared pie dough.

But homemade is always better, isn't it?

Really, you should use my grandma's recipe. It's the best.

GRANDY's PIE CRUST

5 cups flour

2 1/2 cups shortening

1 tsp salt

(mix the above with a pastry blender)

1 egg

2 tsp vinegar

cold water

(mix the liquid ingredients to measure 1 cup. Mix into dough.)

Gently roll out to make 5 or 6 pie crusts.

(or just the right amount of cinnamon roll cookies!)

So when I DO bake pies (I do...sometimes!) then I always use THIS recipe, and I always make cinnamon roll cookies.

But sometimes, I just make the cookies.

And it always brings back great memories.

Keep on blog hopping'! There are LOTS of other blogs to visit!

Click *here* for the list.

Have fun hoppin'!

And come back

for more cookie

sharing tomorrow!

and don't forget...

At the end

of the hop

we'll be giving away...

A PLATEFUL OF YUMMY FABRIC GOODIES!!!

Wanna win?

Here's how:
1. Visit our blog each day of the hop and
leave us a comment about the recipe posted that day

2.Become one of our awesome blog followers

3. On the last day, leave us a comment with a list of ALL
the recipes and if you tried any!

See you tomorrow!

Cookie COUNTDOWN! Cookie #1

2011-12-10T07:40:00.001-05:00

Welcome to our

MERRY CHRISTMAS COOKIE COUNTDOWN!

We're gearing up for a FUN week of baking and

sharing. If YOU have recipes to share, PLEASE do!

Leave a comment with your recipe, or send an email

to us at lizziebgirls@gmail.com.

NOW....LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!

First up....is the cookie my kids are anxiously waiting for.

It's one my mom used to make for Christmas and was

definitely MY favorite growing up.

I asked her where she got

the recipe and she thinks she

clipped it out of the newspaper

back in the 70's.

I think that's the equivalent of finding a recipe on a blog and

pinning it to Pinterest.

Anyhoo! She never had a name for them. They were the

no-bake cookies. So, my sister and I decided, a few years ago,

to deem them with a name. We call them...

"Grammy Grahams"

Would they win a grammy? Sure, if cookies could, they would

definitely be a top runner! But no, we use the word to lovingly

describe my mom, who is Grandma to these other two lovely

ladies posing with me in these pics.

And "Grahams" because the basic yumminess has to do with

graham cracker crumbs!

BTW...these pics were from a photo shoot last

year as the recipe was featured in the Nov/Dec issue

of the Mark Lipinski's Christmas 365 magazine.

NOW...they are the feature cookie in OUR

Dream. Laugh. Create. eMagazine!

To get the recipe....

Simply click on Issue 3 over there

-------->

on the right sidebar.

The recipe is on page 27!

And enjoy some fun Holiday crafts as well!

The list of other blog hop participants is UP!

Click *here* for the list.

Have fun hoppin'! And come back for more cookie

sharing tomorrow! I'm off to buy some mini-marshmallows....

It's a Blog Hop PARTY!!!

2011-12-09T10:00:00.000-05:00

Are you ready for another Blog Hop PARTY with the Lizzie B's?!
We're going to have a crazy FUN week,
hope you'll come back and visit us each day of the hop.

Why?!

Because we know how to party!

Also because....

We are going to do a

CHRISTMAS COOKIE COUNTDOWN!!!

Yep...a fav Holiday cookie recipe EACH day of the hop.

And of course....

There will be pressies!

At the end of the hop we'll be giving away...

A PLATEFUL OF YUMMY FABRIC GOODIES!!!

Wanna win?

Here's how:
1. Visit our blog each day of the hop and
leave us a comment about the recipe posted that day

2.Become one of our awesome blog followers

3. On the last day, leave us a comment with a list of ALL
the recipes and if you tried any!

Are ya READY?!

LET'S PARTY!!!

Click here for a list of all the blogs to visit!
(The list will be updated and posted first thing Saturday morning!)

HAPPY HOLIDAY ISSUE!!

2011-11-26T08:32:00.001-05:00

DREAM. LAUGH. CREATE.

The HOLIDAY issue is HERE!

Open publication

Warm Wishes for the Holiday season,

Liz & Beth

P.S. Check the side bar to download the iPad version! -->

Holiday Party Blog Hop FINALE!

2011-11-20T01:06:00.001-05:00

A big HOLIDAY

THANK YOU

for joining our

Henry Glass Designer's blog hop!

We had a blast and hope you did too.

We're excited to start making a bunch of

the projects posted by our fellow designers.

Do we need to sleep from now 'til Christmas???

And now....the naming of our project!

Thanks for ALL the naming possibilities, we sure

got a good kick out of them!

We have TWO prizes to giveaway...

First PLACE goes to:

Abby in California

and the pillow's new name...

JOLLY BIRD

(for the Jolly Holiday blog hop!)

and the runner up....who gets the prize for

creativity:

Agent99

for suggesting the pillow be named

KEITH

her fav Partridge!

ROFL!!!!

Agent99, this one's for you...

Whew! After that one you may want our JibJab

videos back.

**WINNERS...please send us your addresses at

lizziebgirls@gmail.com!**

Now we were going to come up with a really fun

"cheat sheet" with all the secret words from

the hop, but guess what? We don't need to!

Jill Finley from Jillily Studio

beat us to it!

**click here** to check it out.

Here's the link to the Henry Glass site. You have until November 26 to leave your comment (with all those words in it) to win the GRAND PRIZE.

Good luck to all....

....and to all a GOODNIGHT!

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Holiday Party Blog Hop - Day 7

2011-11-19T06:30:00.000-05:00

It's BIG HAIR day! We are ROCKIN' it...

(take a guess at the two rockers joining our

Lizzie B-ig Hair band!)

Now that we have your attention...

TODAY is the LAST day of the blog hop!

Make sure you visit these two blogs today:

**click here**

Gather ALL of the secret words and head on over

to the Henry Glass blog to post them.

You could be a BIG winner!

Tomorrow we'll post the winner(s) of OUR blog

for the naming of our pillow.

Did you notice?

Even our rockin' big hair band

cast a vote for a name.....

Holiday Party Blog Hop - Day 6

2011-11-18T06:30:00.000-05:00

Oh dear...another confession.

We went to see the midnight showing

of Breaking Dawn last night!

((err, early this morning...))

It's crazy, but it's tradition.

Here's how it goes down. Liz and family

fly to Tucson to spend Thanksgiving together.

But we ALWAYS seem to fly in on the VERY day

a Twilight movie comes out!

And since Beth doesn't have a daughter, but read the books the same time my daughter and I did, we have to do the GIRLIE thing and go in pj's together, right???

((plus, Beth's theater has fresh popped Kettle Corn!))

This all started with the first book/movie...after spending the night on a sidewalk outside the local mall with dear daughter and her friend just so we could meet Robert Patinson.

Oh the things we do!

Here he is, obviously enjoying a copy of our

Tuscadelphia book!

Anywho...we're a little tired today, needless to say.

but not TOO tired to....

DECK THE HALLS!!

Ok...I have wayyyy too much fun with these videos.

Hope you're all enjoying them!

And while your whistling THAT happy tune,

Check out these blogs today:

**click here**

Tomorrow is the LAST DAY of the hop!

Have you found all your "secret" words yet

for the GRAND PRIZE drawing???

Tomorrow we choose the name for

our Birdie Pillow too.

Make sure you've left a comment to be entered to win!

Holiday Party Blog Hop - Day 5

2011-11-17T06:30:00.000-05:00

I have to confess....

I've been listening to Christmas music all day!

I really try NOT to until after Thanksgiving, but

I've been whipping up holiday crafts and, well,

ya just gotta get into the spirit, right???

Today, Henry Glass Designer

Linda Lum Debono posted a pic on Facebook of a

CUTE pillow project she did last year:

Well, I DEFINITELY have jingle, and I can ROCK it, baby!

Oh yeah. So I told her this one is a MUST for me

this year. Gonna make it.

She triple-doggie dared me...

so really, I have no choice, right?

If you want to make it too,

**click here**

And since I'm flying off to Beth's

house in Tucson tomorrow,

I thought this illustrates perfectly how

we can ROCK it together!

In SPANISH even.

You think this one is fun? We'll be

decking the halls tomorrow! So stay tuned!

For today, make sure you check out

these blogs...

**click here**

I've seen some dang cute projects

on this hop so far.....how many do you think we can

all make before Christmas? Any guesses?

I know.

That's like guessing M&M's in a jar!

Sigh.

Holiday Party Blog Hop - Day 4

2011-11-16T06:00:00.000-05:00

Are we having fun yet? How many projects from the

blog hop have you downloaded so far?

How many can we get DONE before Christmas???

(ok, let's not answer that question....)

Can't wait to see what

these designers have for us today:

**click here**

Holiday Party Blog Hop - Day 3

2011-11-15T06:00:00.000-05:00

Day 3!

Do you have your blog hop GROOVE on yet?

WE DO!

Can we boogie or WHAT!?!

Blogs to check out TODAY:

Little Quilts

**click here**

Lucy Morey

**click here**

Willowberry Lane

**click here**

Thanks for all the FUN comments yesterday and

creative names for our pillow!

Keep 'em coming in, we'll choose a name (and winners!)

at the end of the hop!!

Happy Dancin'!

Holiday Party Blog Hop - Day 2

2011-11-14T06:00:00.000-05:00

TODAY is OUR blog hop day!

So here are the rules....

1. Check out ALL the blogs in the hop

each day (we'll list them here everyday)

2. FIND the "hidden" Holiday word on each blog

3. At the end, hop on over to the Henry Glass Blog,

list ALL the secret Holiday words to be entered

for the GRAND PRIZE!

WHAT is the grand prize you may ask???

**Why, a bundle of wonderful Henry Glass fabric of course!

AND...

a small gift from EACH blogger!!!**

Now THAT'S a present!

So....each blogger is also answering some Holiday

questions...ours get TWO answers since there's two of us!

(some have very similar answers,

what else would you expect from us??)

Here we go:

1. What is your favorite holiday food?
Liz: Cookies, hands down. There are cookies I only bake at Christmas time and my family looks forward to it every year. Most of the recipes are one's that have been passed down from my Mom and memories of baking with her in the kitchen every year!

Beth: Christmas cookies! My grandma used to make what seemed like 47 different kinds of cookies each year...we couldn't WAIT to get to her house! And she made candy...fudge & divinity. I used to eat divinity 'til I was sick every year when I was a kid.

2. Does your family have a favorite holiday tradition?

Liz: Oh my goodness, so many to choose from! One of our favorites is the Christmas music mix we do each year. We find lots of funky twists on traditional tunes. The tradition started when my husband worked at a record store in his teens and would do mixed tapes! Been keeping it up a long time now.

Beth: On Christmas eve, we have "party foods". tons of different appetizers, finger foods, etc...and it usually lasts all afternoon and evening. My kids would freak out if we did something different for christmas eve dinner!

3. Did you like or hate sitting on Santa’s lap?
Liz: Ok, I thought it was a little creepy. I think I only have pics of my two oldest kids with Santa.
Beth: Really...what a crazy tradition! It makes no sense, on so many levels. I just remember waiting in line for Santa when my boys were little. Wondering who was going to cry that year, and just WHAT they were going to say to him.

4. Was there a gift that you really desperately wanted? Did you get it?

Liz: Oh how I wanted Barbie's town house! With the elevator??? But my sister wanted it too and I was sure she would get it. I was the little sister, I got hand-me-downs. When I opened that package on Christmas morning with MY name on it....oh I was the happiest little girl in the world! (I did share with my sister, and she added her plastic blow-up Barbie furniture...it was one sweet pad.)

Beth: I always wanted a horse, and a room of my own. Never got the horse. (And now I don't EVEN want one of those!) And I did finally get my own room, in high school. And I have one now, too--- my studio, which is a wonderful place to get away and create and enjoy the solitude.

5. What’s your favorite holiday movie?

Liz: "It's a Wonderful Life" - we watch it each year as a whole family. LOVE it!

Beth: I like so many holiday movies. But it's gotta be "A Christmas Story". Makes me laugh every time.

6. Favorite holiday song?

Liz: Oh dear...that depends on the year! But I'm a HUGE fan of Ella Fitzgerald. Her Swingin' Christmas is what we listen to while opening gifts on Christmas morning. The first few bars of her "Jingle Bells" gets us hoppin'!

Beth: The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole. He had the BEST voice!

Found this one just recently...totally makes me laugh...and think of EGGNOG....

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7. Do you make many holiday presents? What do you like to give?

Liz: I do like to make presents...I have good intentions anyway. I like to give something made out of fabric because it really is a labor of love, and I know the one on the receiving end appreciates it.

Beth: I would like to say YES, of course! I always have high hopes, or fleeting thoughts at least...but usually I just run out of time. I don't start thinking about Christmas til at least Thanksgiving!

8. Would you prefer a large fully decorated tree or one like Charlie Brown’s tree?

Liz: I'm with Beth here...I like both! Lots of trees decorate my house, but the main one is a fully decorated 15-footer!

Beth: I like both! Sometimes we have more than one tree... I have a huge "upside-down" christmas tree that I like to decorate with just snowmen and snowy looking things. My family hates it because it is really hard to set up (even though I hang all the ornaments!) They groan every year. But that's why I have all these men around here, right?

9. If you could go back in time, when would you say was your most favorite holiday memory?
Liz: Playing games with my siblings during Christmas break! Eating cookies, listening to music, playing our board games. We always got new games for Christmas. Santa was no dummy (...there were six kids that had to be entertained!)
Beth: Just every year when I was a kid...trekking the (we thought long) one-hour in the car to my grandparents house for Christmas day. It was the same every year...the tons of food, goodies, family. Loved it! And miss it.

10. Do you like a big family gathering at the holidays or do you prefer a small dinner followed by hot chocolate by the fire?

Liz: BOTH! I have so much fun with my family, it wouldn't be Christmas without them! But I love quiet evenings by the fire. And I wouldn't turn down a cup of hot chocolate or, my favorite....EGGNOG. (with nutmeg, of course!) I make it homemade every year for Christmas Eve.
Beth: Can I say a big family party, and THEN when they all leave, quiet time by the fire?! The best of both worlds!

Now...for the FREEBIE project you've ALL been waiting for!
Here ya go. It's called...
We Put a Bird on It!
HAHA! No actually, we couldn't think of a name we liked so we thought, HEY, why not ask our PEEPS???

Leave us a comment with the name YOU think fits this project. Whichever name we like best....WINS A PRIZE!
(there could be runner-up prizes too, there might be a lot of creative names out there!)

**Click Here for PDF download**

The other blogger for today is:

*click here*

Have you guessed our word yet? Here's another hint....

Holiday Party Blog Hop - Day 1

2011-11-13T06:00:00.000-05:00

WOOHOOOOO!!!

It's THAT time of year again...

Holiday BLOG HOP time!

Getting you into the Holiday spirit earlier this year,

and loaded with LOTS of freebie projects

PLUS...

Of course, chances to WIN fun quilty prizes.

Are YA ready???

Starting TODAY, first up on the HOP:

click here!

SWING on by our blog

ALL week, we have LOTS-O-FUN in store.

As always.

And don't forget to....

ELF YOURSELF!!!

KICKSTARTER

2011-11-10T07:44:00.000-05:00

EXCITING....

!!!!!!!

I'm SO excited to let you all in on a little

something I (that would be Liz...)

have been dreaming up.

I hope you're excited too!

I just LAUNCHED a new "project" on

KICKSTARTER.

Kickstarter is a website to help

"fund and follow creativity".

It's so amazing!

Here's a little snapshot of what my page looks like:

In a nutshell...

I want to take my private quilt studio and...

.....go public!

How FUN is that?

But in order to do so,

I need some help to get it off the ground.

Kickstarter is a great tool

because people can make a "pledge"

toward my project and get some

AWESOME rewards in return!

I hope you'll go check it out.

Read about all the rewards....maybe you can

knock a few Christmas gifts off your list!

To "Read All About It"...

Click

**HERE**

Tell me what you think!

(and please don't laugh at my dorky video...)

;)

P.S. This is what happens when you go to Quilt Market and see all your fabulous quilty buddies in the biz...they make the ideas in your head grow and give you the PUSH you need to...

Just. Do. It.

Grim Grinning Ghosts

2011-10-27T08:44:00.000-04:00

Hooray for Halloween!

It's almost here and I gotta say, I LOVE this holiday.

I've got my house decorated, my Halloween playlist set on repeat, (yes, I have a Halloween playlist! Superstition by Stevie Wonder? Hello!), spiders for the kids lunches, bags and bags of candy (mostly chocolate, of course), and costumes ALMOST done!

However. Nobody, but nobody does Halloween like my good friend Jean. She SPECIALIZES in Halloween! She sent me pics of her Halloween this year and since she doesn't have a blog (which I keep begging her to do!) I just have to share her brilliant creativity with you. Get ready to be inspired! Or totally creeped out....

First, the outside of the house...

Holy bats batman!

This guy greets you at the front door. YIKES!

I'm pretty sure I have this on my garage too judging from the webs I keep walking through....ick.

Now let's go inside...

I've heard of skeletons in your closet, but in your granny's rocker?

Um....

Lots of crows and witches...

In case you need a place to hang your hat and broom....

or chain?

A witch has gotta be ready to fly...

Over the kitchen table...notice the blood dripping from the utensils on the wall in the background! Yum.

Ok...I just love the posed skeleton...he's so striking! ;)

And my ALL time fav....

The seriously creepy massive shadow up the stairs!

The only thing worse is knowing that thing is in your closet.

Give my friend Jean a round of applause! Is she amazing or what?

But that's not all. Oh no.

Every year she has a "Gross Out" dinner.

This year she sent invites that look like a lab experiment with a couple of microscope slides containing gross stuff! Eeew!

And the invites say this:

The harvest moon's upon us and that means just one thing.

It's time to grab your barf bag and watch your face turn green.

The "GROSS OUT" I am planning and you will not want to miss.

Cuz this year's fare will please you with its culinary bliss.

Of course I'll tempt your taste buds with delicious tasty fare.

Like cockroach soup and peeling flesh and piles of armpit hair.

In case your mouth's not watering, in case you're not yet sick,

We'll also serve plucked eye balls, and scabs just freshly picked.

I'm sure that makes you hungry. I'm sure you cannot wait.

So join us late October for the finest on your plate.

GROOOOOOSSSS!

I know you all want an invite.

Don't feel too bad. I can't make it to the gross out either! Not only does my pal live in a totally different state than me, but on the night of her Gross Out din, I'll be in Houston.

IT'S MARKET TIME!!

We'll be bloggin' and posting all the happenings at Quilt Market so stay tuned. For QUICK updates, "like" our Facebook page, or follow us on twitter.

I'll be sure to get picks....I mean, pics....of the Gross Out dinner from Jean too....I KNOW you'll want to see those.

Stay tuned!

Same...

channel!

Uh-OH!

2011-10-20T13:03:00.000-04:00

Just LOOK what I found....

Sharpie's AND 80's???

With a BONUS metallic silver marker?

Be still my heart.

You had me at the Duran Duran-esque drawing.

Or the name colors!

Which shall I use first??

Gotta get my 80's groove on...

Meanwhile....don't YOU forget

...about our OUTLET SALE!

Patterns 2 bucks a piece...they're selling fast!!

(I'll be alone, dancin' you know it baby....)

What's YOUR favorite decade?

Lizzie B OUTLET!

2011-10-17T11:41:00.000-04:00

Seriously? Who doesn't LOVE a sale?

And even better....

OUTLET SHOPPING!

When I see a sign like this, my heart starts palpitating.

Pretty soon, I look somethin' like this.

But we have some GOOD news.....

We've just opened up a

LIZZIE B OUTLET SHOP!

Yep! Right over at ShopLizzieB

We're clearing out the warehouse, gettin' ready for

NEW fun stuff.

We've got PATTERNS on sale for

2. BUCKS. A PIECE.

Yes, 2. Two. $2!!!

What a bargain.

So what are you waiting for?

GO! Click on over! Shop till you drop!

Once these are gone, they'll be GONE for good. Discontinued. So get 'em while you can!

And the best part of the Lizzie B Outlet Shop?

(besides the amazing $2 prices....)

You can shop in your PJ's.

Blog Hop Winners!!!

2011-10-04T07:00:00.000-04:00

Can you believe how generous Pat Sloan

and the folks at Sullivan's are? They decided on

20 WINNERS for the blog hop!

T-W-E-N-T-Y!!!

The TWO winners that were randomly picked from our blog were:

"An Encourager" (email golfinlizzy?)

and

"Laurie Becker"

Pat will be emailing you ladies!

CONGRATS!

For the rest of us still dying to check out the cool blade sharpening ruler. Check out Joann's online by clicking

HERE.

Thanks everyone for participating in the blog hop.

Check back often! And don't forget to subscribe to our little blog and follow us on facebook. We're always up to something!

And that's a WRAP!

2011-10-01T10:24:00.000-04:00

Thanks for hoppin' with us this week....

What FUN!

I Thought I'd leave ONE. MORE. RECIPE.

Ready?

It's another dessert...

but this one won't go straight to your hips!

Simply unwrap...

and chew...

Mmmmm! Yummy apples and cinnamon in one little stick of gum!

All you need is a little ice cream a-la-carte...

LOL! Enjoy!

Visit Pat Sloan's blog today and

Monday the winners will be announced.

Good luck!!!!

Day 4 - On the Edge

2011-09-30T07:14:00.000-04:00

So....is the darn song still stuck in your head? I HAD to take it off the blog, it made me feel a bit like this...

And yes. It's still stuck in my head.

THANK YOU for ALL your comments! Wish I could answer them all individually, they cracked us up! And it's fun to imagine your famous person twins, gives us an idea of what you all look like. What a FABULOUS lookin' bunch, I might add!

So I didn't tell you yesterday who I've been said to look like.

I've been told I look like a more "funky" Annie Hall. Hmmm, not so sure about that. Haven't worn a tie since, well, the '80's!

However, when I first met my husband I told him he looked like....

Yep....John Boy! (minus the mole thingie...)

I KNOW! And I still married him???

He was once traveling through Jordan and while sitting in the business lounge got the "Hey, you look like John Boy Walton!" from one of the staff. In JORDAN. It's a big joke around here. A couple of years ago he was going to be out of town for about 3 weeks and after he left, I found THIS under my pillow...

...so I wouldn't forget him.

I also think it's kinda funny my name is Elizabeth....

Good night John Boy!

Ok, enough of that. I ALSO forgot to tell you our all-time fav TV show! (No, it's NOT the Waltons.)

I'd have to say for BOTH Beth and I,

our favorite TOGETHER has to be:

Oh how we loved that show! Once we were traveling together (um, like we often do!) and we were trying really hard to get to our hotel in time for 24. We wanted our jammies, the chips 'n salsa we'd snagged from lunch, and our hand applique all ready to go. BUT, we got STUCK in traffic. So we totally pulled a Jack Bauer zooming down side roads, pulling in and out of traffic and made it to the room with 5 minutes to spare!

My other all time fav is:

We all wanted to be one of Charlie's Angels when we grew up! I always played Sabrina...first, she had a cool name. Second, it didn't take me long to figure out that she was the smart one!

What's YOUR favorite TV show of all time???

And yes, I promised another recipe. This one is seasonal and perfect for RIGHT now! And no, there are no funky ingredients.

Just.....

Classic Pumpkin Squares

4 eggs, beaten

1 15-oz can pumpkin

1 1/3 cups sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

(although I like to do 1/2 cup oil, 1/2 cup plain yogurt)

2 cups flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat together eggs, pumpkin, sugar and oil.

Add flour, and the rest of the ingredients. Mix until smooth. Spread batter in a 10x15-inch baking pan.

Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.

Meanwhile, mix up the best part...the cream cheese frosting!

You'll need:
1 package of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar

Cream together the cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Slowly add the powdered sugar until nice and smooth.
After the bars cool, go wild with the frosting!

And what you'll get is....

Delish!!!

Now don't forget to visit these bloggers today:

Dawn at Spring Water Designs

and

Emily at Carolina Patchworks

Day 3 - On the EDGE - IT'S OUR DAY!!!

2011-09-29T09:41:00.000-04:00

WOOOHOOO! IT'S OUR DAY!

Notice the music playing??? This has been going thru my head ALL week on this hop! So of course I had to share.

Please, feel free to turn the darn thing off! ------->

First, the important stuff....

These are the amazing rulers I got from Sullivan's to try out for this hop. I was sooo EXCITED to get them in the mail. I mean, who isn't excited to try out a new tool? Especially since Miz. Pat Sloan, our pal, put in so much work to design it just for us quilty folk.

This is what I've learned. First, that it's not so easy to design a new ruler as Pat will tell you! There were lots of patents out there, so she had to completely re-think this project. It wasn't a piece of cake for the peeps at Sullivan either, they had this idea to use Diamond Carbide (sounds fancy!) to sharpen rotary blades just like a knife sharpener. Great idea! But they had to make the edge JUST right. It was a year in the making, and I'll tell you what I LOVE!

I've been working on a black/white/yellow beauty....

I made sure I had the sharpening edge on the right side, and just a word of warning, it's LOUD when you run your blade against it!

LOL, it made me jump the first time, but I quickly got used to it...

the sound of my blade being sharpened.

See how shiny the edge got?

Aside from the obvious sharpening bonus, I LOVE the way Pat designed the rulers. The markings were so well thought out, and my fav part? The frosty finish on the rulers! I hate totally see through rulers. In fact, I keep the paper on the back! How many times do you go to cut a busy piece of fabric only to lose the markings on the ruler? Too many times to count. With the frosty finish, you can see everything perfectly, and the bold red/black markings just add to the overall pros of this handy-dandy tool.

Great job Pat and the peeps at Sullivans!

Now aren't y'all ready to win one too? By now you should know that each of us bloggers in the hop gets to choose a winner! So make sure to leave us a comment today to be in the running from our blog.

NOW....

The fun stuff.

We're supposed to answer these two questions:

1. If you looked inside our fridge, what would you see?

YIKES! This was scary. Wanna peek?

Ok. That's Beth's. Although I noticed something missing here. I've been to her house before and seen a big tub of Nestle Chocolate Chip cookie dough....with SPOONS inside. After all, why bake it?

And here's MINE....

What? You don't put clothes in your fridge?

There's fruit and veggies down there too....

(and yes, shameless promotion of my fav baseball team!)

LOLOLOLOLOL!!!

I actually got this idea at Beth's house. No, she didn't have clothing stacked in her fridge. However, her college boys sharing a house in town DID! After a nice sweaty game of basketball one of their friends likes to stick his shirt (yes, sweaty) in the fridge to cool it off!!! I thought that was hysterical. And, in a strange sort of way, made perfect sense. But, uh, glad it wasn't MY fridge.

Just so you know, I had to do a serious clean-out for my photo shoot! I shoulda taken a before pic, but let's just say I found plenty of science projects, including a bag full of green slimy stuff that MIGHT have been lettuce at one point....

Next question:

2. What actress would play you in the movie of your life?

No. Idea!

I mean, we ARE a bit Thelma and Louise...

Actually, I think we might be more...

Yep. THAT'S us!

Answer this: What actor/actress best describes YOU??? Have you been mistaken for someone famous before? Said you looked like someone famous??? DO TELL!

Now, for the recipe portion.....whew, this is a huge post!

Thanks for all your recipe ideas. I have two recipes to post, I'll do one today and one tomorrow, how's that?

So for today....The Lizzie B Cre8ive Cookie

This is a basic recipe with some funky add-ins you MUST try. Seriously. Try it.

First, you need some important ingredients...

My fav vanilla!

Yes, Rolo's...which you could roll to your friends, or you could just...

Chop 'em up nicely! (and share a cookie with a friend!)

And yes, Kettle chips. This is the very important secret ingredient.

Recipe:

1 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla (bourbon!)

2 cups flour

1 cup oatmeal (old-fashioned)

1/2 tsp. coarse sea-salt

1 tsp. baking soda

1 cup chocolate chips

2 packs of Rolos, chopped

1 1/2 cups crushed Kettle cooked potato chips

In a large bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Add flour, salt, baking soda and ALL the yummy add-ins. Mix like crazy. Drop by tablespoons on a non-stick cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for FIVE MINUTES. Yes, just 5. They will still look doughy in the middle when you take them out, but brown around the edges. Trust me, they're done.

ENJOY!!!

Now get baking!

You need these.

And check out Sarah Fielke's blog while they're in the oven at

The Last Piece

Don't forget to leave a comment to WIN a ruler!

Day 2 - On the Edge

2011-09-28T08:40:00.000-04:00

Here we go Day 2!

Who's bloggin' today in the hop?

Erin Russek over at One Piece at a Time

and

Victoria Findlay Wolfe at Bumble Beans Inc.

Thanks for all the recipe suggestions so far. Only, I'm waaaay more conflicted. The ONE thing that got narrowed down was definitely a dessert type dish. NO problem! I have those in spades.

Good thing you all didn't request a main dish, I wouldn't have wanted to compete with Victoria's scrumptious recipe!

So TODAY I'm going to spend the afternoon at one of my favorite quilt shops...

Doesn't this look like the cutest little shop?

Well it is! And the owners, Jan and Cynthia ROCK the house!

If you're anywhere near Exton, PA between 4-8pm today, stop in and say hi! (And taste test the recipe I may be posting tomorrow!)

I'll be signing our new book and showing off some of the quilts inside.

PLUS...

A Fall Market Preview! Yep, you'll get to see what's new for FALL.

Tomorrow is OUR big day on the blog hop. I've got some crazy stuff in store!

I'm supposed to take a pic of the inside of my fridge and post it tomorrow. Ugh. This will be very embarrassing!

If you snapped a pic of the inside of YOUR fridge right now, what would be the MOST embarrassing thing we'd see???

Day 1 - On the Edge

2011-09-27T09:39:00.000-04:00

It's HERE! The Ruler blog hop!

Lots of chances to WIN an awesome sharpening EDGE ruler.

Today, visit:

Pat Sloan (of course!)

Rachel Griffith of P.S. i quilt

Allison Harris of Cluck Cluck Sew

You'll get ALL the details of the hop at Pat's blog, of course, but let me just say, on this blog hop, you'll learn some INTERESTING things about each blogger! PLUS....you get new yummy recipes each day!

AND...because that's NEVER all.....

There are 8 RULERS to be won!

Our big post goes up on Thursday, but I've got a

question or two to put forth before that.

So for today, question numero uno:

WHAT TYPE OF RECIPE WOULD YOU LIKE

FROM THE LIZZIE B GIRLS???

I have SOOO many yummy recipes it's just so hard to choose! Gotta make up my mind by Thursday, so I thought I'd ask you hoppers for help!

Back-to-School TWITTER PARTY!!!

2011-09-23T12:09:00.000-04:00

WELCOME FALL!!!!

Can you believe it's the first day of fall? I'm not seeing these lovely leaves yet, but here in PA it's only a matter of time.

I LOVE the first day of fall. I get out ALL my decorations and go crazy all over the house before the kids get home from school.

Speaking of school.....

IT'S TIME TO PARTY ON TWITTER!!!

That's right! Today is the day, well, tonight really.

The Back-to-School Twitter Party hosted by

Stichin' Heaven!

9pm-11pm CST

Chatting with lots of fun peeps? Meeting new ones? And...

WINNING PRIZES???

(Info at the bottom of the post to see HOW to join)

Click on the Stitchin' Heaven Twitter Party button found on the right sidebar to see who all the prizes are coming from. Also, there's a flickr group with PICS of the prizes! If you wanna see,

click HERE!

Meanwhile, here's a peek at what the Lizzie B's are givin' away:

A text book!!! Um...just kidding...

A 1/2 yd of Lizzie B laminated cotton to take your text book from DRAB to FAB!!!

(text book not included...LOL!)

And the best part about this laminate? Give your little student some Sharpies and...

Let them go WILD!! How fun is THAT?

My 11-yr old is the envy of her 6th grade, I can tell you that much!

We're ALSO giving away....

Our NEW book with fun, happy, simple quilts. Ya need a book for back-to-school after all!

A pack of notecards that come in handy for

(brown nosing...) writing those teachers a note.

AND a pattern for our awesome iPad cover!

(uh, iPad not included...!)

But wait....there's more.

Yep. MORE.

You can ALSO win prizes from the BLOGS participating! Woohoo!!

So ASIDE from these awesomest prizes...there are TWO ways to win a prize from our blog:

To be in the drawing for ONE of the above mentioned prizes:

1. Leave a comment and tell us what your

ALL TIME favorite back-to-school item is.

(this gives you two chances to win, at the party and here on the blog! If you can't attend the party, you'll still be in the running for the blog prize, so leave a comment!)

To be in the drawing for the GRAND PRIZE on our blog which will be...wait for it....The Quiltin' Happy book, the Notecards, The iPad pattern AND a KIT to MAKE the iPad cover!!!

1. You MUST attend the Twitter Party

2. Look for comments by @lizcre8sQuilts or @bethcre8sQuilts

3. At some point during the party we are going to mention OUR favorite back-to-school item.

4. Come back to the blog and mention ONE of our fav's to be in the drawing to WIN!

Are ya ready?? Are ya feelin' lucky???

LET'S HAVE SOME FUN TONIGHT!

P.S. Don't forget to visit our blog next week for the BIG Sullivan Edge Ruler blog hop! Sept. 27-30. Even MORE giveaways!

Here's the party info again on how to join the Twitter Party:

We have hosted and been a part of a couple of Twitter Parties this year and just can’t resist! We thought that there couldn’t be a better way to bring in the School Year, than with each other and with tons of really great prizes from some really great sponsors! So, here’s what you need to do to party!

Who: YOU & Some really great Sponsors

What: Back to School Twitter Party

When: September 23, 2011 - 9pm-11pm CST

Where: Twitter

Party : #SHPARTY

Topic: Back to School

How: New to twitter? It’s easy and it’s free! Just follow the instructions below:1. Get a Twitter account. You can sign up for free at www.twitter.com2. Go to www.tweetchat.com (or the platform of your choice if you have another you prefer)3. Enter SHPARTY next to the hashtag (#) at the top of the screen. Once you do that all conversations and party goers for our party will show up in a list just below the top of the page.4. Sign into Twitter if you aren’t already. You will be prompted to allow or deny the app to access your account. Click “allow”5. You will be redirected to the party page where you will only see conversations for #SHPARTY partyers.

6. Use the text box to write your messages. No need to put #SHPARTY in each post because Tweetchat does that for you.

7. Party! We will post messages to the party and you respond. You’ll see the conversation roll. You may want to set the speed of messages, either slower to keep up or faster to get your messages almost as soon as they post without the delay. However you want, it’s your party! You can find how to set the speed right under your message box.