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    Patchwork Ornament

     

    This came from a small oddly shaped patchwork piece in my stash. It was going to be one of the tissue packs but got buried under other bits and pieces.
    Now I’m glad it did!
    Makes a cute puffy heart ornament.
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    Tea dye

     

    The other day I came across this cool tea tin. Now I’m not a big fan of Jasmine or any floral tea for that matter but I did like the tin. Who knew it would be full of tea. Not wanting to actually drink it I decided to do a little experiment. I had some scraps of muslin so I heated some water and threw the muslin and tea in with it and let it sit all day while I was out and about.

     

    It didn’t get as dark as I believe black tea would have but the fabric strips are a nice aged color.

     

    So what did I do with them you ask…
    a little layered fabric hair accessory for my girl.
  • Around home - Blog - Outdoors

    Flags and a garden update

    So I go out to check the side garden this morning and the deer have eaten the tops off my green beans and snow pea plants. Wasn’t that nice of them…pesky things.  So I decided that maybe some flags would scare them…create some movement…and generally get in the way of their snacking. Bonus…I think they look cute.  We’ll see what happens.

    The garden box is also doing very well.  There are tons of little green tomatoes on the plants.

    Check it out …

    Nature is funny at times.