Getting Ready To Paint

Well, I have everything I need to get my room painted pink!  The white base coat paint and the glaze and the pale pink paint for sponge painting.  Still waiting for DH to fix the drywall crack under the window though.  I took my Marie Antoinette quilt down.  I have to clean that and I took the valance down and will wash that tomorrow.  I will use that valance again because I like it.  I'll take before and after photos so you can see the change.  This room is very pretty now.  It's sponge painted a soft sage green and I have purple Wisteria stenciled in here. But it's been this way for well over 12 years and I'm tired of it.  So soon it will be pink!

Once I get the painting done, I'll be stenciling roses in here.  I already pulled out my stencil and just have to run to Michaels to get the stencil paint.  I can do that as I feel like it though.

I've been working out the details of my new Dell computer too.  My dad has been helping me.  Our next step is to pick out a monitor.  Don't know why I can't figure all this out on my own but it's sort of overwhelming.  The computer I have now is about 15 years old and everything has changed so much over the years that I just feel better having my dad help me.

I found a white corner desk in a catalog so I need to get that ordered.

In the meantime, I've been putting pages together for my first issue of the magazine.  The cover is done and I have about 15 other pages all done and ready to go.  So far, I'm very pleased with it.  I hope everyone else is too.

For now, I finished stitching up a little purse:

This isn't sewn together yet.  I just kind of have it all pinned into shape.

I started another one of the same style:

I have a 3rd one to stitch as well. Once they're all stitched, I'll put them together.

I guess that's my news for today.  It's time for me to get off the computer and go fold some laundry!

A Few Things Finished

I spent most of the day yesterday finishing up projects.  First is this pretty Purple Crazy Quilt Pillow:

I also finished up on this little Cellphone Pouch which was a custom order:

And finally, this pillow with the vintage Rose perfume label:

Mom has finishes too!  She made these sweet little Felt Christmas Tree Ornaments for our Etsy shop:

So, now that I have everything finished and I'm all caught up on things, I started on some new little purses.  I'll have some photos over the weekend!

Christmas Door Hangers

Well, I finally got my yard all cut back.  And we put in about 60 tulip bulbs on Sunday so I'll have some new pretties come Spring.  I may pick up some more tulip bulbs for the back yard this weekend since Scott was willing to help me plant them.  With his help, we had it done in no time!

For now, I have a couple of Christmas door hangers that my mom made:

These are so sweet!

Tomorrow is a "finishing" day for me.  I have 2 pillows and cellphone pouch to put together so when those are done, I'll have more photos to share!

Is It Really October Now?

Where did the Summer go?  It's so hard to believe that pretty soon, it'll be too cold to sit out on my deck.  Yes, that Seasonal Affective Disorder has already set in.  Actually, it set in at the end of August.  The thought of not being able to go out on my deck saddens me greatly.  I just love it out there.  I'll try to remember to take some photos of it next time I post. 

For now, I finally have all of the Rose Of Sharon trees trimmed.  All that's left are 2 lilac bushes and the side garden but my neighbors pumpkin patch (will have to get photos of that too) has taken over my garden so I can't cut that back yet.

For now, I finished up the purple crazy quilt block that I was working on:

I'll have to sew this up next week and then I'll post another picture. 

My next project is a little special order cellphone pouch.  I plan to start on that this evening.

Bits and Pieces Block

Just a quick update on my current Crazy Quilt block:

We had a really nice weekend.  Scott's dad was here and we did some flea marketing and we grilled out on the deck and just enjoyed the nice weather.  So I didn't focus too much on stitching but now I'll get back to it.  It's another nice day here so I'm going to go sit out on the deck again for awhile.  I have to enjoy it now.  Heaven knows how this coming Winter season will be.