rocks
wine charms
beads
my fireplace brick
I’m having so much fun making these!
I just had to share with you the awesome cart my husband made from scraps of lumber and spare parts around the house. I wish we’d taken pictures along the process but we completed forgot.
I painted the cart with Home Depot “OOPS” paint after he filled then sanded the seams and screw holes.
I’m excited about having fresh herbs all winter and the prospect of starting my own seedlings for next years garden.
**I have to mention that it wasn’t just scrap lumber, it was reclaimed lumber from a catapult that my husband and the neighbor kid built one weekend this past summer to shoot water balloons.**
I have to preface this with the fact that I DID NOT piece this quilt top myself.
My mom picked it up years ago at an estate sale or maybe and auction. Since my folks are trying to pare down their possessions, mom gifted me with this quilt top.
My daughter loved it!
In keeping with our family’s continued effort to renew, reuse and recycle; I am using a twin flat sheet for the backing of the quilt and an old fleece/wool type blanket for the batting. Since the batting is quite thick I’m just tying the quilt instead of hand or machine quilting. I will be sewing the backing up over the front as the binding though.
I made a few more last night.
I ran out of gold memory wire and my index finger was killing me so I had to quit. I do have some very plain memory wire but I like to cover that completely with beads since it’s not as shiny and pretty as the gold.
After getting dressed this morning I decided to accessorize, something I rarely do, and put on this bracelet. It got me thinking about beads, so since I had the time I made these wine charms.
The chili feast was a success. Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures. The ones that were taken are either blurry or have too many people that I don’t have permission to post pictures of. Our neighbors have the perfect house for this large group so we could hardly tell there were that many people plus 2 dogs in the house!
Before noon today it started to flurry a bit and while we were at the chili feast it was snowing big time! The ground is still too warm for it to stick but the meteorologists were right about the arctic front!
We’re busy getting the outside cleaned up in preparation of the “Arctic front” the meteorologists keep telling us about. Leaves picked up, deck furniture and chiminea put away, as well as the bikes and terra cotta pots. We also got the snowblower set in it’s usual spot next to my van in the garage. I’m sure there will still be a few little tasks that we’ll need to do even after the weather turns but for the most part, we’ll be done!
Today has been beautiful in the upper 50’s, although the wind is starting to really pick up now. Likely blowing in that cold front.
I am planning to do some art at the beginning of the week. I have started a painting…a landscape. Not sure how it’s going to turn out. If I like it enough to keep, I’ll be sure to share it here.
Tomorrow is filled with our chili feast with a few of the neighbor families.
- 8 adults
- 15 kids
- 4 pots of chili
- 2 pans of corn bread
- adult beverages
- PB&J for the non-chili kids
- brownies
- treats
- Football on the TV
Sounds like a good time right! Hopefully I can remember to snap a couple of shots of the festivities tomorrow.
Just playing around with Paint Shop Pro 7.
Aren’t these fun!!!!