Lest you think I’ve been sitting here in the house, watching soap operas and baking bread all day… talking to Toria for hours through our iPad2s’ Facetime (what a wonderful invention, Mr. Jobs and team)… You’d be (partially) wrong! I have a slew of projects I’ve been working on! First of all… I finished Toria’s…
Category: Crafts
Baby Blankets
Victoria bought the fabric and designed the look, but *I* made her baby quilts! I have one completely finished… as of this afternoon! I did some handquilting on it… “caterpillar tracks” squiggles in a huge X across the green squares… and then in a diamond shape through the colored squares. The back is blue flannel….
Still A Secret
A very special young couple were married a few weeks ago. I didn’t go to the wedding, and I bought them a few gifts… but… you know me… I like getting *personal*! I researched their registry… and then decided on this. The dishes are actually more brown than…
Soapy Smile
I’ve been meaning to share something I did a few weeks ago… One of my pet peeves is laundry detergent. Don’t ask me how I got this way, but it always seems to be a fight to find what I want for the price I want to pay. Unless I manage a 4 hour trip…
Questions and Answers – May 2011 Edition
Wonderful! Nothing like a chance of winning to bring out the entries! Way to go! Let’s get to it! Taylor wrote: I have a couple questions. 1: Where did the name the Badlands come from? 2: I don’t know a lot about dog breeding. Might some of Dally’s puppies be sable, because of Elsa? Or will…
Whew.
Ha! I did it. My first pysanky completion of the year. The white is done, I’ve just covered the brown with wax… All dyed. With the wax melted off… Other side… white is finished and I’ve just covered the brown… All dyed… (very bad photo too… but realized it too late!) Wax all gone! View…
Other Muse
I’ve got the hankering for pysanky! After my classes… and a friend posting hers on facebook… and seeing my link for last year’s trypillian egg… That’s all I want to do is sit and smell that melted wax and create! Instead, today, I sorted and cleaned and painted and organized and…
A New Craft Support Group Part B
We started this little adventure in November. Preparing for Christmas presents, remember? Well, it’s come and gone… as well as Vernon’s birthday on the first… and as usual… I’m still not finished! I figured I’d share anyway. I only work on it when I sit down in front of the TV… and after a bit I…
Boys ‘n’ Toys
I haven’t heard from any of you about your attempts at making a wool saddle pad… Is anyone besides me making one of these? I’ve just been referring everyone to the posts at “Just Another Day On the Prairie” instead of redoing all of her instructions and work. No need to reinvent the wheel… but…
Two Reasons
You asked for it, so here it is… I can’t take credit for the design of the paperback book wreath… although I did add my two cents worth! Here’s the link to Living With Lindsay where I found this cool idea! She says “Librarians, Please Avert Your Eyes”… but it seems to me, with the reactions…
A New Craft Support Group
Seems like there’s a rush going on… Snow and highs in the low 40’s are predicted for next week… So we’re busy putting up, cleaning up, fixing up what we don’t want to get frozen or too wet. Vernon headed to the badlands to repair a tank that was leaking… and he didn’t seem to…
We’re Set
I spent the morning trying to create some crafts. I’ve joined up with the Friends of the Ten Sleep Library for a fun little project. I did it years ago when I worked at the library… it’s called The Festival of Trees. Organizations decorate a Christmas tree or wreath… Businesses bid on them and display…