Needlepoint this week...

I started a needlepoint project this week.I still have more to do on it and then prim it up with a teadye afterwards.The bottom pic is what I've gotten done so far tonight.I still have to add the beak to the bluebird,throw in some branches and border.

First tomato...

First tomato,mater,to ma to of the summer.Yeah Yeah,it's little,but who cares,we were so tickled eating anything we grew ourselves.The others are already twice that size,guess this little guy couldn't wait to grow up.I'm excited,because little as it was,it tasted 100% better than those generic ones in the store.

Good Morning...

Today I'm off to the post office to send my ebay payment off for a cd of antique crochet patterns,so excited.Then to Costco,I don't care what they say about Hurricane Bertha,as wierd as it is acting,it might come to the east coast.I want extra food and water and if nothing else,I have it for the next hurricane threat.I'm excited my little gs is spending the night,his mama said he had passed by my house on the way home the other day and blew me a kiss,he said,"I love you Nana."How sweet is that,love that child.Anyway,going to the farmers market in the morning,we should support our local growers and it's fun to go.Peaches are in the mountains this month,can't wait to can some.

Crafting...

Been in a crafting mood today,

I love jars of old buttons,ribbons,rusty bells and pins and coffee and tea dyed tags.

Some of my dolly parts and accessories,it's fun to look at what you got and come up with something.I love making dolls of different sizes.They just come to life as you work with them,makes me smile.

Crochet FanMotif...

This is the crochet motif I'm working on,it's called Lady's Fan Coverlet and Pillow,found it on http://www.freepatterns.com/ a long time ago.If it's not there,do a google search and it might come up somewhere.I substituted my own colors.Anyway,these motifs will be sewn together and crocheted around whole piece.So,I'm working away and I get absorbed in counting and stitches,just happen to look next to me and apparently somebody is feeling neglected...

Molly,you need to get off of my crochet...

Molly,I know you hear me,come on,get off the crochet...

Molly,don't cut your eyes up at me,I know you know what I'm saying...Hello....

Oh,alright,alright,I'll stop crocheting for awhile,come here.

Ribbon Holder...

Resized pic so you can see what I'm talking about with the ribbon holder.I have buttons in jars,so I can see them,I love old buttons.Jars are great,I love lavendar and roses,my Tasha jar,I call it.I collect cups,I have to have a cup for coffee or tea always handy,but in the back I use cups given to me for crochet hooks,pens,markers,etc.My thread holder has a cut out bird I'm working on,need to stuff it.I really want to do some ribbon flowers on crazy quilt squares.Just click on the pic and it will enlarge.

Sewing Area...

I sat up a table in my living room just so my husband and daughter could have me in the same room while they were watching tv and I was crafting.It's just a little bit of my stuff,but I've tucked some things here and there incognito.Luckily the table folds down,so when I work on something,I can just pull up the front piece.The back piece is down,so this table doesn't take up all that much room.This ribbon holder is actually a quilt holder that hangs on the wall,I just slipped the ribbon rolls on the dowels and laid it on the table.My thread holder is actually a plastic fishing box you put your little fishing accessories in,works great for thread.

The pattern in the basket is a friend's,Andi Tanner,she makes beautiful dolls.You can put craft things in so many things,baskets,boxes,tins,my granddaughters gave me this paper mache heartbox that they modgepodged a bunch of cut out pics of themselves,I love it.

These big plastic containers that you can buy cheeseballs or pretzels in are great for putting crafts in that you want to see into.

I painted these claypots and modgepodged printouts on them,they are great to put little tealights in.

Cake Candles...

My son just wanted a white cake with white icing,which can make me wacky,because I love to decorate.I just sprinkled some colored candy beads around the edges.So,my daughter came up with a creative idea,just use the candles to decorate and she made the 26.It lit up so pretty and I liked it,so did he.