Cherries

I've been a bad girl, I have not posted for soooo long. But this month I will start to post a little more. Why? I thought I would take baby steps to post again.

Jenny Harris at All sorts inspired me. This month her theme is Cherries. So I thought of my inspirations and I came across cute cherry aprons and other items with cherries. This apron below came from Country Living.

Here are other Cherry Inspirations, Enjoy:)

Until more inspirations of Cherries this month...

Apron Fest '09 Winner

I finally drew a name for the

Apron Fest '09 Giveaway,

or should I say a Clone Trooper and
Princess Snow White drew names.

First, Thank you to all that entered.

I browsed each site that provided a link,

& I was inspired and delighted by many.

I have been overwhelmed by the kind words

and memories of aprons you all have said!

For more memories of aprons visit

http://www.apronchronicles.com/chronicles/ada.html

or click the button below.

Make sure you have a tissue or two,

all the portraits and voices made me tear up.

The first winner

that was chosen is...
Damaris said...
my apron memory- I grew up in Brazil. My grandma has this huge kitchen and makes really good food. She always wears an apron. She would let me wear her apron if I ate all my food. I know love aprons and send her a new one every year for her birthday.

You may choose from the full Denim Apron

or

the Half apron with the embroidered pocket:)

Felizidades Damaris!!!

The second winner...

And I must say why I chose to have a second winner.

After Apron Fest started,

I received a call that my friend Carol R. was

going under surgery for breast cancer.

We all prayed that the Dr.'s get everything.

Apparently, she will have to go through Chemotherapy.

& it looks like she'll beat it.
Carol is a wonderful friend and I have never heard her say anything wrong about anyone, expect her first husband, who she survived domestic abuse from.

If she can beat the odds of abuse,

and now have a loving husband who is by her side,

along with friends who love her,

she can beat this!

We have a long road ahead of us and lot's of prayers.

So, I decided to make a breast cancer awareness half apron,

with a ruffled pocket.

I dedicate this apron to Carol R.,

those fighting or survived breast cancer, and in fact, any cancer.

So, the second winner is:

Kathy said...
Thank you for the chance to win one of your aprons. And thank you for the story about your grandma. I miss mine so much. I wish my husband could of met her. I have memories the most at Christmas time. Making cookies and fudge. I now make everything with my 6 yr. old granddaughter. I think its neat to have different aprons because it can change you personality. Come check my blog contest out as well tomorrow. www.lilbitoldlilbitnew.com
Felizidades Kath':)

This was so much fun to get to hear from other blogger's and readers. I will definitely be doing something like it again soon, since I will be hitting my 100th post. So please come back and check out the blog once in a while!

¡Gracias A Todos!

Thank You Everyone!

Here is the drawing for the winners.
I had problems reading the folded papers and holding the camera.

Who could it be? Apron Fest '09

Although I feel all of the above symtoms,

and soreness from slipping and landing on my buttocks,

I am laying in bed,

under the weather, and

No, I'm not pregnant.

I have my aprons done and have delayed the winner until 6pm MST.

So hurry, if you have not entered yet, do so now.

Oh and yes, aprons,

I have decided

since I have pushed the winner announcement a day,

I will add two winners.

Ciao for now,

Arnnette

Apron Fest '09

¡Ay, Caramba! I'm late for the

What is Apron Fest? I will tell you at the end of this post.

First I want to share my memory of Aprons.

My memory of aprons start with

my Abuelita Regina O. Gonzalez-Ayala.

She is like Martha Stewart. My grandma was a florist and would create arrangements for regional church conferences and films filmed in El Paso and I even met Jack Nicholson. She would make good Mexican food, to this day I don't like Mexican food restaurants because it's not like my grandmas. Everything is by scratch not canned beans, not canned enchilada sauce, and her mole sauce is heavenly (a Chile/chocolate cinnamon type of BBQ sauce). She could sew, she could can food, make crafts, she would iron her sheets and everything in between, she could knit and crochet, she would make everything by scratch like pie crusts, buñuelos, biscuits. I'm getting hungry. Actually, my grandma surpassed Martha Stewart. She is a real pioneer woman.

My memories with my grandma were most memorable in the kitchen with my Tia's. Everyone wearing an apron. We would talk about memories and girl talk, because we did not "gossip", today we call it networking, heehee.
This is my Abuelita holding my dad.

Here you'll see a couple of my aprons hanging in my kitchen.

The white one with the embroider is my first apron.

My grandma gave it to me when I was pregnant with my first child.

She said she made it when she was pregnant with my dad.

That would make my apron 64 years old, sorry dad.

The rest is history! That is when I started sewing and collecting aprons.

Now here is your chance to win one of my aprons.

I will post a picture of my apron giveaway later.
To enter contest, all you have to do is briefly comment here

What memory do you have with aprons?

It can be a memory of something

you cooked, cleaned, or made crafts in.

Post your comment (one entry per name)

by Saturday 6pm Arizona Time.

What is Arizona Time? Here in AZ, we don't mess with our clocks for daylight savings time. It stays the same. I know California is the same time now.

El Paso, TX is an hour ahead.

So I think we are currently considered CST. Anyways,

I will have one of my princesses draw the winner's name this Saturday evening. Please include your email address. So I can mail the apron to you.

Now git on over to Apronista.com to checkout all the other giveaways going on
Click on the button to joint the fun at Apronista.com
for more information on participating

(It can be homemade, store bought, or a vintage find)

or just signing up for chances

to win a free apron from other participants.

Good Luck!

Ciao for now,

Arnnette

Have I ever mentioned that I love aprons?

What does this?

and this, have in common?

I participated on a Secret Santa Gift Exchange for the holidays. We did little daily giftsand the final gift I gave... you guessed it, an apron. Jessica, the person I had, loves cats. She also loves vintage and retro looks. No offense, because I'm a dog lover instead, but it was hard to find a cat fabric that I didn't grose out with. Even as a dog lover, a pet apron just doesn't go with a kitchen for me. Except maybe chickens and rooster or cows and pigs, Ironically. I think it's due to the fact that I've visited kitchens of friends with litter boxes and/or in the bathrooms, eww!

Thats another segment.

The thought of an apron with cats, just didn't work for me. However, I found this fabric with cats and another cordinating fabric with paw prints that looked retro and didn't look like I would grose out if I visited a friend wearing this cat apron.

Anyway, I found the one I liked and wouldn't grose out with. Jessica loved it!

Last weekend, at a (15-20 year) reunion with old friends from the Young Women and Young Adults, we did the same kind of gift exchange. We had a friendship exchange with handmade gifts. The person I had was Veronica. She likes simplicity and collects "dust". Not really, she's a perfectionist clean freak. Somehow I figured her as a "green" person. Don't ask. I just somehow can guess peoples color and likes. I bought this fabric with green and chocolate colors. I bought a hook to hang the apron that was green with a humming bird. Since birds are like the "In" style, and I love humming birds.
Well, it turns out Veronicas favorite bird is a humming bird and loves green. She loved it.I had enough fabric to make a pot holder and I included her first initial.

I used to sell aprons. My mama, who on a tight Christmas on year, convinced me to sell my aprons. It worked! I was able to have a Christmas for my children when I had recently separated from my previous marriage. I still only sell aprons for holidays when requested.

For now, I thought I would share two of the aprons that I made recently. Hope you enjoy!

Ciao for now,

Arnnette