Fantastic Photos

I want to eat here...


I don't know where this is but I love it and I want to go see it


Just breath taking


I love owls...


Look closely there is a man in the middle making this


Honest mom I didn't eat your sandwich

Now we know where all those old street signs go...to the "Street Sign Graveyard"

What is your cat doing while your away????


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Is this not the best photo? I just love it.. :) I snagged it from Shell Bells blog so I could
share it with you here. I think it makes you want to kick off the shoes and wade in it, don't
you? So R&R and pull up a chair and enjoy....

Touring some of my Music Boxes and Photos

Hello...I have been working hard rearranging our home. phew....had to move a lot of things out of our guest room. plus I decided to take my roll-top desk and move it into the dining room and and make my office more roomy and added a shelve for my EBay stuff. Its quite a job to do it all! I thought I would also share a few of my music boxes that I have been collecting for over 30 years. I have a ton more in my curio cabinet upstairs but that is another tour...

the table moved from guest room

top of table hand painted

this is a very old music box

another old fabric music box

music box

music box "serenity"

my niece made this for me she is a florist
I love Victorian

my roll top it is a smaller one

I decided to add my photos to it

this is a photograph taken on our honeymoon long
ago in Martinique, Caribbean

an original print of Laguna Beach

a photograph I took in Florida at a park and yes its real

the alligator posed for me lol

one of my favorite music boxes

this lamp I got in the 80s at an antique shop and the
tea cart was my mom's

this is photo at a camp park in Morro Bay
that I love

you can't tell in the photo but we had to move this
mirror because it is so long the desk wouldn't fit and its
heavy too

my daughter gave me this apron for my "B" day
and it matches the flowers I have
but the real kicker are the spoon and fork hanging on
the wall, I saw them on a re-run of
"Everybody Loves Raymond" hanging
in his mom's kitchen...lol...I got them
in the 70s

and this is "Suzie-Q" my head
for taking photos of my handmade items. lol

Try Making This Cute Necklace

I always check out "Cut Out + Keep" and I found this cute necklace to make...its pretty easy and fun...

How fun this looks and not difficult...think about actually making it with your family or friends photos ...would make a great BFF gift.. :)





See Pattern Envelope Necklace and 1000's of others - or share your own on Cut Out + Keep


And aren't these just too cute... I love "cake pops" and these sheep just make it...
  go over to "cut out + keep" and read about the book written by "Ryland Peters and Small"

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Looking Around the House

I was looking out the livingroom window and thought I'd take a shot of how nice it looked and then I turned around and thought why not snap some of my favorite spots throughout the house and share them with you...so here they are...not in any particular order..........

This is my family wall of photos of my family tree....

A flower display I made

The tea cart I inheirited from my mom

an antique hurricane style lamp I got in the late 70s

last years flowers DH got me for Valentine's Day and my signature hand painted lamp

an antique corner curio shelf I got at an estate sale in WA

almost finished with my jigsaw puzzle

the view out my livingroom window

my black shark is still growing. yikes!

my flag I made has held up well through the seasons

a Valentine my pen pal sent me, so cute!

My Sewing Room, Swaps, and Ducks

The book I got from my Book swap partner and I cannot wait to read all about the ideas and tips it has to offer. The bag below I made with Noro Daria, my first time working with it and I am hooked. I love how sturdy it is. The photo does not do it justice as the colors are really brillant purples and teals and pinks...

this cap is for an adult or young teenager...I love pink and the bag below is getting ready for lining. I work on an assembly line basis make th ebags and then line them all...

yummy polka dots and even Dorothy's shoes.. hee hee....

these are for bags, and aprons, I just love matching up the material and Tall Mouse has the best!!!

these items are for my Nemo and Littlest Mermaid tote bags

I got a wonderful apron from my swap partner and some goodies too, a book, recipes, organizer, and she even hand painter a plate for me...

Wow check out what came walking down the street?? Isn't she just the cutest? Mama and 9 babies.....I just had to run out and take a pic...

Then I decided to photo some of my materials for upcoming projects..hard to get a look at it all but the material is for aprons, hot pad mitts, tote bags, and round bags...some for Christmas gifts and some for craft sales in Nov and some for my shop..I also made up some cute little sewing booklets to hold pins....:) I haven't had a chance to photo it all but this is a peek....and I just finished a terrific tote bag that I made with cotton and really got into the lining attachments with pockets and a clip for keys and also I stuck a photo holder on the front...I really like this one...