Saturday, June 2, 2012
Rhubarb-Orange-Vanilla Jam
Here is a picture of some of the jam Joanne, Alex and I made yesterday. The Rhubarb is from our garden, which was the reason for this project. It is so satisfying to see these lovely jars of jam and think about enjoying them in the winter.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Project to Complete
I began this small quilt (44" L x 33" W) ages ago and it is not done!! The hearts are appliqued, mostly from fabrics I had used when I made Martha's dress when she was very young and now she is 30!! It is machine stitched together, but if you look closely you can see I was hand quilting it. See the sunflower (Kansas ties)? I decided this is going to be my project when our quilting group meets, finishing the hand quilting!! I have been choosing projects that require too much thinking and I want more time to talk and listen. So here we go ladies, I am ready for many quilting meetings.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Quilters!
The Alliance for the American Quilt promotes documenting and sharing our quilt stories as part of its mission. Start labeling your work. When you finish a quilt you are a part of quilt history. Save your story!
http://www.allianceforamericanquilts.org/about/
http://www.allianceforamericanquilts.org/about/
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Joanne's triangle loom
Here's Joanne demonstrating her new creative endeavour for Bee and Alex. The triangle loom uses a continuous strand of yarn in a fairly simple weaving process yet it seems to have endless possibilities. This Joanne's first piece and it is beautiful!
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Golden Gate
I am making progress!! This photo of the Golden Gate was taken at the Discovery Museum when we took Tom and Molly. The person walking is Norm. Anyway, this is great to do and soon I will start sending sewing and food things!!
My new "potting shed"
In anticipation of spring, I decided to make my own "potting shed" out of this mildew-covered cabinet set in the garage. These are the "before" pictures. . . . .
Monday, February 27, 2012
Test Picture
Ok, I can get pictures from my computer onto the blog, but not from my phone to the blog. I downloaded the Google plus, like they said, but later read in a review that it does not work for the iphone 3g!! Very frustrating. Anyway, you now have a picture of Tom as my test!!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Alex bought this rocking chair from Pier One in 1970 to rock baby John in, and John later had it in his first bachelor pad apartment. The black paint started to wear off and flake, so 10 years ago, I thought, "Oh, I'll sand and repaint it by hand." A project that barely got off the ground, as evidenced by the partial sanding in the two "before pictures. That's how it has sat in my basement for 10 years. . .
With the warm weather today, I was inspired to tape and newspaper over the caning (which is in fabulous shape), and spray paint a pretty walnut color on top. The two "after" pictures make it hard to appreciate how adorable the chair looks now! We love it and can't wait to use it on the porch ASAP!
New life to the old chair!
With the warm weather today, I was inspired to tape and newspaper over the caning (which is in fabulous shape), and spray paint a pretty walnut color on top. The two "after" pictures make it hard to appreciate how adorable the chair looks now! We love it and can't wait to use it on the porch ASAP!
New life to the old chair!
Elliott and I made these little leaf impression "coins" out of Sculpey clay and then baked them. He had the best time making the impressions with a glass, between wax paper. In the original instructions, you're supposed to write the name of the leaf on the back to help your child with leaf identification. Elliott and I just like holding them and looking at them. . . :)
Instructions at:
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/home-garden-projects/gardening-nature-crafts/garden-crafts/leaf-tokens-876186/
Instructions at:
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/home-garden-projects/gardening-nature-crafts/garden-crafts/leaf-tokens-876186/
Birdseed wreath made in a bundt pan. Kids loved mixing this concoction. We also made some mini ones in a cupcake tin, and burrowed a little hole so that they could be hung with a ribbon. Elliott gave them to his class for Valentine's Day. See instructions at:
http://familycorner.blogspot.com/2011/07/bird-seed-wreath.html
Okay guys! I think we are in business now! Going to post some of my creations from the past couple of weeks. This is a hydrangea-covered egg (Easter decoration). Used a hot glue gun to attach snippets of artificial hydrangea to plastic egg from Michael's. Need a different container--something more like a candlestick. . . see instructions at http://thesweetsurvival.blogspot.com/2011/03/hydrangea-covered-easter-egg.html
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