A little more about Gracie Mae

As I said, Gracie Mae McDowell was my grandmother. She was about 15 years old in this picture. But I always knew her as Granny Mc, my little white haired grandmother. She couldn't have been 5 feet tall. Absolutely adorable. When I was about 23 years old, she and I spent a month in a camping trailer in Panama City, Florida. We were camped right on the bay. She would put her emerald green swimsuit on and wade out into the water to about knee deep. I would set up a big umbrella for her and she would perch herself down and begin to crochet. If we weren't on the beach, we were shopping. Oh my, she could shop my legs off! We had such a great time that summer, one of the best vacations ever.

She's been gone a long time now, but I still think of her often. When I started designing my handbags, I knew exactly what I was going to name them ... My Gracie Mae Handbags! I then began making matching cosmetic bags and sunglasses cases. So I changed the name to Gracie Mae Designs. I thought that would pretty much cover anything I came up with.

Enough info for now ... there's always tomorrow.

The First Day

This is my first blog ...ever! I thought I would give it a try. I've already tried Flickr, MySpace, Facebook, etc....blah, blah, blah. Now I'm here! Can't wait to see where this takes me. But for now I must get some sleep.