Six Word Saturday

Herb Garden is Calling, Needs Weeding

My herb garden is in dire need of weeding to get ready for winter. I must admit I haven't been out there much lately. Tomorrow I will post before and after pictures.

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Artful Thursday

I hope to be able to start showing you some of my art projects on Thursdays.

I have recently joined up with a group that is called Artist Class. For the next few weeks they will present us with templates, pictures and such for inspiration to make our own projects. I know I won't be able to make my projects as fast as they are presented. But I will do them at my own pace.



We were showed a wooden box that was used as a memory box and inspired to make our own. We were supplied with all the art the artist used but I chose to use my own graphics.

I decided to make a memory box of my parents. The outside is made using various fabric, paper and ribbon along with some other embellishments.

Click on each picture to see it larger.

The inside pages include a pictures of each of my parents as children. And I included little graphic items to represent their interests. My dad liked to travel, liked music, was in the army signal corps and one took courses on raising chickens. My mom loved gardening, music and her church.

Mini Monday

Last week I said I would talk about and show the make I made for my swap partner in GSOLFOT But I am going to wait another week. That way they can all be posted on the GSOLFOT website first.

So, instead I will share a couple of mini things of mine. Back in January I started building a 1/12 scale doll house but never really got back to it to finish it. Now I am finally starting to furnish it and I have to finish up some curtains, pictures on the wall etc.

The first picture is of the living room. I need a rug, a mirror over the fire place, curtains, pictures on the wall AND a better bookcase. I don't like the one that is in there but it is one I had. I am searching but haven't found what I want yet. So the room looks a bit drab.... but I am thinking about it again anyway.
The next picture is the bathroom. I don't like the slanted back wall so still have to figure out a couple things for the room. AND I know the picture over the tub is crooked. I need to fix that.
I must find a rug and some towels to put on the shelves. But it is coming along.
AND finally here is a project I did a couple of years ago. I got the little kits at the N.A.M.E. convention when it was held out in Pittsburgh. The kits, created by Sue Herber, are done in the Mackenzie Childs style which I really love. I am using them in the bedroom of this house. It is still a mess in there so not ready to show off just yet.

I am going to try to find time to work on that doll house over the next couple of weeks to get the rest of it furnished and decorated. Stay tuned.

Six Word Saturday

Our Camping Season is Probably Over

We had plans to head out this weekend to use our camper one last time for the season HOWEVER weather at the campground was forecast to be lousy so we decided to stay home. I am sorry as it seems sad to cover up the camper and know it won't be used again for awhile. On the other hand we can now start looking forward and making plans for camping for next year. So it isn't all bad and we can look back at the great memories we made this year. We went to one Nascar Race, five Blue Grass Festivals and one Blue Grass jam weekend in the camper. Who knows what we will add next year.

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golden leaves are falling

It is particularly lovely outside when you get to spend time enjoying the fall leaves. Ours seem to fall in the yellow category, but an occasional red or orange mixed in. Not quite the variety of color there was in Maine but still lovely.

And our "burning bush" is in full color now.

But alas, all good things must come to an end........ and now it is time to rake.....

Here in our town you get to rake your leaves to the curb and the town comes by and literally vacuums them up in a very noisy but effective truck.

I noticed our neighbors little one was enjoying jumping in the piles of leaves before they were raked to the curb. I remember when our kids were little and liked to do the same thing.

Mini Monday

Trying to get better organized with blogging..... So will "try" to do something about Miniatures and Dollhouses every Monday.

Today I am going to show off a gift I just received. I belong to a group called GSOLFOT and every so often our illustrious leader says we must sign up for a "MAKE" It is usually dreaded at first cause we never know what we will be told to make but we sign up anyway and are always glad we did. The Autumn Make 2009 was to be a "character" not made of doll parts.

At first most of us were a little leary but things have come together. My very good friend Sally Watson (from the UK) got my name and I just received her "character" It is THE GREEN MAN. I love it. He is presently sitting outside a little woodland house project I have "sort of" started.

Here is the Green Man

Come by next Monday to see the "character" I made for my MAKE. I am just mailing it off today so need to give Gail time to receive it.

Six Word Saturday

Life got too busy this week

You might have noticed I haven't done any blogging this week. Sometimes life just gets in the way.
BUT it was a good week, weather wise and lots accomplished.

Hope to be back next week.