3/23/11

Revisiting An Older Post & Moving Forward

Hey everyone & happy Wednesday.  Hope your day is going great!  I was up at my usual "o'dark-30" morning time, just doing some blog hopping & catching up on parties, when I discovered a cute party going on at Delightful Order and wanted to share my  "My Play Room" post from many months ago.  If you have a craft or sewing room & are looking for some clever & fresh ideas, go check this out.

Well, I shared a couple of days ago that I was going to move forward on some projects that I had put "on hold" because our house is for sale.  I made my list & have started working.  Thought I'd share a couple of pics of what I'm going to be working on.

This is how I sort & store my fabric projects.  These are lidded drawers that snap close so nothing falls out if I want to move it from one location to another.  Most of you know me by now--each drawer is labeled with whatever project is inside.  There are 7-drawers altogether (got them at Target) & the unit is on wheels.  I have another one of these that holds my scrapbooking projects & there is a drawer for each grandchild & one for all the rest of us--I have my priorities straight, huh?  LOL!!!


This is a quilt for one of the grand twins.  All the pieces are cut & labeled, & any leftover fabric is in a zip bag in case I mess something up or maybe I'll want to make a teddy bear to go along with the quilt.


This is the quilt for the other twin.  I kind of work on these simultaneously.  You can see I've already started the piecing process, but at the end of the day, I just lay everything back inside these drawers.  That way it's easier to keep thing tidy & not lose any pieces.


This will be the next project which is a summer skirt for me.  Isn't this fabric a beautiful color?  It's a gauze material so it will be so comfy for hot weather.  It's already cut out, & the thread & elastic are under the fabric.


The next project on my priority list is a Christmas tablerunner, probably for me.  I made several of these last year for other people & decided I'd like to have one.  I am making it with the intention of using it in the new house.  I always put filled bobbins & spools of thread in each of these drawers so I don't have to dig around for the right color thread.


So, aren't you glad you stopped by?  Well, I'm very glad you did and hope you pop in again very soon.
CAS

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3/21/11

Meet Me on Monday

Meet Me On Monday






Questions:

1.  What jewelry do you wear 24/7?
2.  Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it?
3.  How many siblings do you have?
4.  Were you named after anyone?
5.  Coke or Pepsi?
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My Answers!

1.  My wedding ring, but I do take it off at night so I can slather on hand cream.
     Don't you just hate trying to clean "gunk" out of rings?  Then, if you take it
     to the jeweler for cleaning, they look at you all weird-like & make you feel
     you should be apologizing.  Well, okay, maybe that's just me!  LOL!!!
2.  Twirling, of course!  Sometimes there is a bit of ? , but you don't want to 
     know about that.  Do you?  No, seriously, you don't.  It may be polite in
     some cultures, but it's kind of disgusting after the age of 2.
3.  One, but she is no longer in my life.  Very sad, but true & her choice, not 
       mine.  That's definitely a story for another Blog, & I haven't decided to do
     that, yet.


4.  No, but  I'm glad I wasn't named after anyone in my family--Ruth, Clara,              
     Edith, Erma, Roberta -- ah, no, don't think so!  Please, anyone out in    
     blogland with one of these names, don't take offense.  I'm just saying       
     that I don't think those names would have worked well for me.  OIY!!!  I
     hope I haven't offended anyone, but we are being honest here, right?

5.  Coke, or rather Diet Coke or Coke Zero.  The Man prefers Pepsi, so when we 
     share, I go with Pepsi & sometimes he goes with Coke.  Just a little give &      
     take, even with the small things, keeps things on track for marital bliss!


Once again, probably more than you wanted to know.  But I thank you for stopping by and hope you'll come again soon.
CAS

What's Blooming?

Hey friends!  Hope ya'll are off to a wonderful start to the week.  Yesterday was a bit overcast here, & we're due for some hefty winds; but the lighting seemed like it might be good for some photos of the things that are blooming around here.  I am really trying to increase my photography skills & one day, hope to have one of those great DSL cameras.

I haven't planted anything new.  Everything has been here at least since last Fall & some things are a couple of years old.  You just never know what is going to last here through the summer.


I love this faux"ironstone" planter.  I'm so amazed that the lobelia came back to life after the few straight days of freezing weather we had.


Love yellow mums!


Hibiscus


So majestic-like.


This is our Weeping Bottle Brush that sits in the front flower bed.  It is just starting to bloom.


Easy to see why it's called a"Bottlebrush".


Busy bee doing his thing!


Beautiful Bougainvillea.  And yes, this is the true color.  I love the stamens.


The Petunias & Allysiums are lush.  



I really need to do some dead-heading on the petunias, huh?


It would be so great if we had "smell-a-blog" because citrus blossoms are totally permeating the air right now.  This one is a Meyer Lemon.


This dove was sitting very regally on the pergola as I was taking photos & stayed long enough for me to get this great shot.


A thing of beauty.



I will be happily linking this to DebbieDoos-Monday's Newbie Party.  This will be my last time to link to Debbie's Party because my time in Blogland will reach 6 months in just a couple of days.  I thank you, Debbie, for coming up with this brilliant idea.  You have given so many of us such a wonderful venue for expanding our exposure here in blogland & increasing our Followers, all of which means making more friends.  You are a very special lady, & I feel honored to say you are my friend.
 

I am also linking to:





Sunday Showcase-Under the Table Dreaming
Sundae Scoop-I Heart Naptime
Today's Flowers-Flowers From Today

Dittle Dattle-Amaze Me Monday

Thanks everyone for stopping by and please come again soon.
CAS

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