Prim Pinwheels

With Flag Day and Fourth of July fast approaching I feel the need to decorate.  I am not typically a fan of decorating with patriotic decor.  I love this country and feel honored to be a part of it, but the red/white/and blue does not go with much in my home.  However, this time of year it feels necessary.  I also want to honor my mother-in-law, she loved decorating with flag decor.  These prim pinwheels were something I came up with last year.  I fused two complimentary fabrics together and then cut them into squares.  Cutting up the diagonal and folding four corners to the center.  I embellished the centers of the pinwheels and added fabric ties and some faux berries to dress it up. I tea stained the tag and wrote Prim Pinwheels on it.  The cost was only about $10, which is the best part.  Home of the Free...Because of the Brave!!

Garage Sale Mother Load!!

Angie from Baseball and Ballet and I went on a garage sale spree this weekend.  We hit the mother load at a cute little cottage on the lake.  These two women had the best stuff and I am pretty sure we were their first and probably most excited customers.  I had been looking for a vintage school house desk for a few years.  This one was in terrific condition and she only wanted $10 for it...you read that right: TEN DOLLARS (woot woot).  I also got the empty frame which I hung as is and used a wreath I already to hang in the middle to add texture.  The print on top was also a great find, I left it as is as well.  When I got home, I cleared out the cute little table and lamp I had there and set up my garage sale finds in minutes.  The two suitcases was from another sale we went to on Saturday.  I am always tempted to embellish the things I find at sales, but this time I left it as is and like the way it turned out..for now anyway.

Spring magnetic message board and fabric flower magnets

A while back I found some tin decor at Hobby Lobby (one of my favorite stores in the whole world).  They were 12 by 12 and on sale for $2.99 and I envisioned wrapping them with fabric and making fabric memo boards.  I finally finished one of them using scrapbook paper and distressing the edges.  I added some images and decoupaged them on along with scrabble letters spelling "BLOOM".

Then I made some fabric/felt flowers and attached magnets on them.  I really like the variety.

For the center of this flower I braided three strips of fabric and rolled it into a floret.

I made a yo yo for the base and added buttons and a felt leaf.

I ended up using this one as the center of the ribbon hanger.

Memorial Day

We went to western New York, where my husband and I are both from, for Memorial Day weekend.  This was my first visit back since Shawn's mom, Prudie, died suddenly at the end of March.  We stayed at Shawn's parents house, which we normally do when we go home because they have a lot of room and it's close to Shawn's brother, his wife, and three boys.  It was very sad to walk in there and not have Prudie waiting for us with a freshly baked batch of cookies.  It feels so weird to be in the house, I still feel like she is there and imagine how much joy she would get from watching all of the kids together.  George is doing as well as could be expected I suppose.  He has been trying to get the house in order and stay busy with his gardening.  He gets lonely and I don't think ever imagined that he would be in this life without her.  My brother-in-law and his family take good care of him as they live one driveway away, but it is hard to lose your partner of nearly 50 years.  They were high school sweethearts and had three children and now 6 grandchildren.  Prudie adored her grandchildren and loved to take pictures of Everything they did.  This weekend we tried to honor that memory and took some really great shots of the kids playing.  We also made sure to fly the flag she loved so much.  She loved anything patriotic, something that probably happens when you are born on Flag Day.  We miss you Prudie, mom, grammy, wife, and friend.  I hope that you felt our love this weekend.

Eliza

Drew and Eliza

Trent and Eliza

Piper the wonder dog

   

The flag at dusk

Giving Ethan a High Five

Mel and Drew

First craft post

I can't wait to use this blog to share the things I love to make. I am starting off with this succulent door basket. I found the basket at a flea market for $1.25 and added the succulents, I wanted to make sure some of them could creep out the front and sides. I also added the rustic birdhouse and burlap flowers to dress it up. Hope you like it!

31 Party

We had a great time at the Thirty-One Party I had Wednesday night at my house.  Luckily Allison was there to take some great pics for my new blog.  I had about 8 friends come over, which was the perfect amount to feel like I could spend time catching up with everyone.  It was fun to see everyone's different tastes and preferences come out.  Decisions, Decisions...

Friday Fatigue

Here I am writing a post when I am suppose to be at the Y taking a class.  My counterparts that I mentioned in the last post, who keep me accountable, both had to cancel.  I had full intention of continuing with the journey until I looked in the mirror and saw how bloated my stomach is.  It's that time of the month and it looks like a swallowed a watermelon...so not only am I tired, bloated, and in pain; I''m not sure what would come out of me when I was made to contort my body into certain positions.  Then I thought, well you are up, throw in a pilates DVD or take the dog for a walk; not happening.  I do have a report for work to write,  I need to pack for the weekend (we are going to see family in western New York).  I need to do laundry and pick up my house...but alas...I will likely remain in blog world doing my best to find a more acceptable option.  Here's to procrastination......