Artist...

At work.

This is my daughter, Kelly at work. Doing what she is so good at! Her is finished product.

My son, Steven joined in in the fun also.

I didn't get a close up though, of his fished product. This is all of us at about midnight, trying to attempt a Pinterest idea.

Turned out pretty cute.

We should have done cake after presents though, because all he wanted was 'to dig dirt'...hahaha!

Christmas in July....

It's a finish..

It's called Fresh Cut Pines, and it's from a book called Winter Wonderland by Sherri Falls.

I had himmed and hawed (sp?) too long in this one. I fell in love when I first saw this made up, and took too long to get my butt in gear and decide to order the quilt kit, I just loved the fabrics they used so I wanted a kit. Searched for like a week to find a store that still had one and ordered it. Got it in the mail and they had substituted 3/4 of the fabrics. Tell me I wasn't pissed off! I wrote her a sternly worded letter because she showed all the fabrics I was looking for but sent me different and no notice what so ever. Just sorry, she said and that was all. Grrrr. 

So another week was spent trying to find the correct fabrics that I liked. So this quilt cost me double in price actually.

I just love the backing also. All the fabrics are Holly's Tree Farm collection by Sweetwater which is by Moda. It measures about 59x79 approx which is perfect to snuggle up on the couch with.

Kitchen island.....

Painted the kitchen island last week. Here's a before and after.

The rest of the cabinets will be painted a cream color with a brown/black glaze on top.

We even put bead board on sides and back to give it a little extra pop.

Goodwill finds..

I am busy today, de-boning about 25 shirts.

Found out yesterday, by chance that at Goodwill, at least near me, has a special on Thursday's. Whatever the color for the day is on Thursday, all items are $1.00. 

Also.... Look at the cute scissors! Harbor Freight...$1.99! Bought 2 pairs, came home and spray painted the handles... Super cute! And really sharp too!

So.....I loaded up in shirtings and got a couple of wool jackets also.

My plan is to make this quilt from Fons and Porter.

I figure if Bonnie Hunter can make quilts from recycled shirts, so can I. 

Tractor Tuesday...

My little man is having his 2nd Birthday coming up and of course the theme is going to be tractors.

I'm working on a couple of projects now, and more are in the works for when we get to Texas.

I made a little banner for him.

Then of course Gramma & Grampy you have to dress the part.

I also made some table toppers from John Deer fabric. They are about 36"square to go on top of table cloths, but... They are up stairs and I'm down and too lazy to go take a picture. Haha.
Then since I had the embroidery machine going, I went ahead and made the label for his quilt.

Ready to be stitched down!

Farm fresh...

I tried something new. On a suggestion from a friend, I signed up for "farm fresh to you" delivery system. There are a whole bunch of different options/ types that you can choose from depending on what all you want. I chose a small one with a delivery of even 2 weeks. That's another option, you can do every week, every other week, 2 weeks, monthly.

You can customize it down to the very littlest thing. Up until like 24 hrs before delivery. So if your having family over or a party and you need extra stuff..add it in. I took out things I knew we wouldn't eat and put in things we would. Since it's just 2 of us, I picked the smaller option. It gets delivered after midnight and before 8:00 am. It was waiting for me at my door when I woke up. Now that's service!

And best of all, it's ALL organic and freshly picked day or two before delivery.

Finish...

Here it is all finished. Machine appliquéd because my hand/wrists won't let me do more than like 3 stitches. Sideways view. Needs to be pressed and de-threaded & then moved on to the upstairs basket.

Dog tested and approved.

A little more of a close up.

Remember, all but a couple of tan and black squares and the border I added into it. All the rest was left over from Kim Deihl's quilt of the month from last year.

Salsa...

During summer time, this is a daily occurance here at out house.

Home made salsa...

It's the only way I can keep up on using the tomatoes, cilantro and peppers before they go bad.