I always wanted hair like hers. How vain is that? I think that is the first thing I noticed about the magazine....she has the lifestyle I love, AND she has the hair I have wanted since I was 5. Life is just not fair! The dog in my life now is a yellow lab. I tell people she has everything I want, she is a natural blond with natural eyeliner!
Anyway, I enjoy the magazine and am looking forward to the next one. I still have time to strive for the lifestyle.......
Just received my first issue of "Mary Jane's Farm", a magazine featuring organic lifestyle (not radical) and the "farmgirl at heart". It is kind of a country/down home publication with articles on quilts, yard sales, stories by women, etc. It is kind of neat. Check out www.maryjanesfarm.com for a sample of the content.
Hi Kris, It's so good to hear from you! :) Good luck with the move, I never like moving .... all the packing. My mom is a huge pack rat, but my step dad keeps her in check ;) She has TONS of books though!! They are packing like crazy and we'll be going up there soon to move everything down here for them. At least everything is going into storage for now and we don't have to unpack everything yet! Makes it easier doing it in stages that's for sure. Talk to you soon~
Glad to hear you got a house! Moving is a lot of work, but just think how much fun it will be to decorate all new. I have to assume it is a smaller house than you had before, so it will be easier to take care of too. Sometimes I think I would like to downsize a little, then we have a family gathering and I wonder how I would manage without these room sizes. What I really need is a little cottage and a HUGE warehouse (I am an admitted packrat!).
So happy to hear your boys came home in one piece. Do they have to go back? Please thank them for me for their service. How lonely people without kids must be.
How bored/boring must people be who do not do crafts or sew or have hobbies!! I can't imagine waking up in the morning without a list of things to do every day. I hope I will be doing these things until I am 100. Yesterday when my daughter and I were "scanning" at the Goodwill store, I got a wild hair to buy some old silver pieces to PAINT! I waxed the parts (handles and decorated edges) with paste was, then sprayed them in off-white paint. Then I used steel wool to rub back the waxed parts and "highlight" spots to let the silver shine through. It gives a country "cottage" look to them. Love it. (More STUFF)!
Good luck with your teeth. Next week a bunch of us are going to a "Girlfriends Night Out" put on by a garden center in Eugene. Will write again after that. Later, M
Hey Kris! How are ya doin? Did you move from your house? Hope you are staying busy. I see your chipboard books are so cute. I looked thru the stash of children's books I have on hand, and the only ones suitable for altering are too good to alter! Oh, well, not like I don't have anything else to do! Now I have to start Christmas gifts for friends. I am making colorful wallets for my girlfriends, and maybe some totes for my quilting friends who go to retreats with all their stuff. When my husband goes Elk hunting for a while, I can work in the sewing room without interruption. Should get a lot done. This week I will be doing macaroni and cheese for the homecoming bonfire/wiener roast ( 100 + people).
You would love these cute little quilts I saw at the Sisters show, they were no bigger than a placemat, hung lengthwise and marked into squares with 1/4"bias quilters tape (the kind for doing stained glass quilting). In each square was scrapbook elements....buttons, etc. in a theme like Christmas, graduation, baby, sports or Halloween. There are such cute scrapbook elements, and if you are not a scrapbooker you would never buy them. These would make great gifts for those occasions or for a kids room. Maybe I will make some and post pix on my site.
How's your chipboard book coming? I can't wait to see pics :)
I've been so busy with the end of the school year and also kids appointments and urgent care (son jammed or sprained his finger and thought it was broken) and E.R. (daughter fell off the monkey bars and broke her arm) that I haven't even gotten started. I'll let you know when i do, maybe you can post pics and I'll copy,LOL!!
Wow, YGG!! I still haven't found a normal looking board book. I checked 3 or 4 garage sales yesterday and ... nothing! I can't wait to see yours! :o) And, I'll keep searching ~
I think the piano idea is neat, but you would have to line it or kind of waterproof it, depending on the kind of wood it is, as it may rot out too fast. Where were you going to put it?
I did not use a pattern (if I did, I just drew it and threw it away) for the teapot shelf supports. The valance fabric has all kinds of teapots on it, so I copied two of them (they are different painted patterns) and cut them to fit the board I had on hand to use. The shelf across them is made from parts of that same piano...the part that holds the music with the little lip along the edge. Under the shelf is our old pot-bellied woodstove painted white with teapots sitting on it. It had burned out, but I loved the shape, so it sat in the garage for years. I wanted to use it for a plant stand or something, and finally painted it white and put it in my studio because it didn't fit anywhere else in the house. it is totally useless, but it's CUTE! That is what counts!
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Kris, just seeing your post from a couple of days ago...you are too generous with your kind comments! Thank-you! Couldn't do a thing without the hope that comes from the Lord.
I hope so, because I was feeling pretty creative! With summer well on its way, I’m getting into the fresh food groove and inspired to try some quick, simple recipes.
The bright hues of the vegies reminded me of a garden party, which in turn made me remember I need to sew a few summer table [...]
Love love love Shelly’s tutorial on how-to crochet flowers. And let me tell you what, they are HOT STUFF right now. While you perfect your technique, there are a few places you can find them already made for you!
Close to My Heart has a collection of embellishments called White Daisy Mini Medley Accents. With it [...]
I just put down the March ‘09 issue of Creating Keepsakes Magazine. Wow - bracket frames, stamps, die cuts, journaling spots are HOT STUFF! And I love love love them. They make a bold statement on your projects and they do a great job highlighting anything you put on them, journaling, title, quote, etc. Check [...]
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Anyway, I enjoy the magazine and am looking forward to the next one. I still have time to strive for the lifestyle.......
So happy to hear your boys came home in one piece. Do they have to go back? Please thank them for me for their service. How lonely people without kids must be.
How bored/boring must people be who do not do crafts or sew or have hobbies!! I can't imagine waking up in the morning without a list of things to do every day. I hope I will be doing these things until I am 100. Yesterday when my daughter and I were "scanning" at the Goodwill store, I got a wild hair to buy some old silver pieces to PAINT! I waxed the parts (handles and decorated edges) with paste was, then sprayed them in off-white paint. Then I used steel wool to rub back the waxed parts and "highlight" spots to let the silver shine through. It gives a country "cottage" look to them. Love it. (More STUFF)!
Good luck with your teeth. Next week a bunch of us are going to a "Girlfriends Night Out" put on by a garden center in Eugene. Will write again after that. Later, M
I've been so busy with the end of the school year and also kids appointments and urgent care (son jammed or sprained his finger and thought it was broken) and E.R. (daughter fell off the monkey bars and broke her arm) that I haven't even gotten started. I'll let you know when i do, maybe you can post pics and I'll copy,LOL!!
I did not use a pattern (if I did, I just drew it and threw it away) for the teapot shelf supports. The valance fabric has all kinds of teapots on it, so I copied two of them (they are different painted patterns) and cut them to fit the board I had on hand to use. The shelf across them is made from parts of that same piano...the part that holds the music with the little lip along the edge. Under the shelf is our old pot-bellied woodstove painted white with teapots sitting on it. It had burned out, but I loved the shape, so it sat in the garage for years. I wanted to use it for a plant stand or something, and finally painted it white and put it in my studio because it didn't fit anywhere else in the house. it is totally useless, but it's CUTE! That is what counts!
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Love love love Shelly’s tutorial on how-to crochet flowers. And let me tell you what, they are HOT STUFF right now. While you perfect your technique, there are a few places you can find them already made for you! Close to My Heart has a collection of embellishments called White Daisy Mini Medley Accents. With it [...]Crocheted Flower Video
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I just put down the March ‘09 issue of Creating Keepsakes Magazine. Wow - bracket frames, stamps, die cuts, journaling spots are HOT STUFF! And I love love love them. They make a bold statement on your projects and they do a great job highlighting anything you put on them, journaling, title, quote, etc. Check [...]Primitive Step Stool
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