for me

while shopping I saw this beauty.

no it is NOT a light

it is a cool looking birdfeeder

I 

HAD
TO
HAVE
IT

AND my birthday is Easter Sunday so it is my "Easter-birthday" gift.

so thrifty I am! LOL

you like it?  

I cant wait to fill er up with seed for my birdy friends

start of basket number two

this is the start of basket number two

you can see the noise thingy better

I need to get more stuff

and this was for the cats. it was full of treats

they quickly learned to bat it around to get them out

silly cats.........

bunny pencils

remember these?

you stitch

turn

stitch ears and stuff

then glue to pencils and add ribbons or flowers etc

and paint the faces

these are Valentine ones. I didnt add the candy

but just painted the faces and added

little silk flowers to ears

or in bow

to make pretty girl ones

that is how they look afterwards.

I had to make and give them for someone to finish up baskets

so no time to take pics

but You smart ladies get the idea right?

easy peasy and so darned cute!

Easter basket success

I went shopping this weekend

could not find any pool noodles

what is a gal to do............I already had the beach towels

I went to the dollar store. they had these plastic long things that make noise when you swing them

hmmmmmm

THEY WORK!!!!

a closer look.......love the bunny

hubs was playing with him all night

he sings and flops his ears

Phoebe was not amused

Dunkin was scared of him LOL

love this little mohawk duckie.

so so cute!

one down, two more to go!

Friday around here

grabbed a few things for Easter basket making

I am still looking for beach towels and pool noodles

Phoebe found some boxes in my sewing room

that looked inviting

she was in and out of there so I put down a piece

of fleece

she slept while I sewed.........SUCCESS!  she was happy

and Momma was happy. no cat in my face under the machine! LOL

this reverse psychology thing really works! hee hee

I knitted a little on this blanket. the rows work up fast with the 

large needles but I need more yarn colors to keep 

the pattern going. it is using up bits and pieces

but I am combining them with soft homespun which

I need more of to make it nice and cozy.

not sure where this will reside. I was at first 

thinking for the baby but there is pink in it

and my marine son would NOT allow his son

to have pink in his blanket.

so it may end up on my couch or on the end of the bed

we will see once  I determine it done.

and played with some ideas for the boys hockey quilts

I am thinking their names in the center temecula alphabet style

and maybe a hockey stick and puck

surrounded by black large border to make it to size

I then may have to save up and have them 

professionally quilted

they will be twin size for their new bunk beds

THEN after work, TAXES...........

hoping we get some BACK this year to cover

the expense of the roof we need.......

we will see.......

more presents

yellow and blue (my favs) 2 inch strips

gifted to me by my neighbor quilting friend.......

she was organizing her fabrics

and those pieces she was going to throw out

so she decided to pkg them up and give them to me

since I made that zippy pouch out of discards LOL

love working with others scraps........

and scraps in general

such fun in a  little bag!

and she also gave me this mug rug pattern she found

for a mug! how adorable!

she and I were thinking of mug mug rugs 

AND the teacup pouches as a cute little gift

with tea and a pretty mug

hmmmm............we could be on to something............

cookies would go well too......

I am thnking that my Christmas box will soon be full............

Easter fun

on pinterest I saw a doily basket

made with one doily on the bottom

and one as the basket part

they were so so adorable

I have tons of these from the yard sale last summer

so I may want to play and make a basket

of candies for a couple of the neighbors

and maybe the boss........

we will see how much time I have.

I am thinking to starch them with diluted white school glue

and arrange them on waxed paper around a bowl shape

I have green and yellow and pink......Easter colors!

and also saw this cutie pie! OMG...........

I need to get off the computer.

I WANT TO MAKE THEM ALL.................

What are YOU making for Easter?????

wish these bunnies would multiply faster

making some bunny pencils for some little ones

I cut out the shapes and tried to match with Easter pencils

for colors and fun

sewed them chain piece style.............

clipped and turned and this is the shape you get........

pinch the ears and hand stitch a knot to keep them together

stuff with small pieces of batting...........

open the end to hot glue in the pencil........

see? the ears you can bend and glue to make

different personalities.........

I will show you more including how I do the faces

later..........

cute cute............

friends

this is what my sewing friend gifted to me. a cute bag 

with an iron on in the fabric I gifted to her

and lookie inside! squares! or are they? 

trivet in blueberries! with insulbrite inside......

and denim on the back for durability

and those squares?  not so much

they are strips sewn in a way and turned

so they look like squares

making little pockets.

how fun! these are hot pads for my kitchen 

with matching trivet

love love love my quilty friends..........

tea for two and two for tea

I think I can figure these out now that I have done some pouches

I love the tea bag on the zipper.

how cute would these be filled with some tea bags of all flavors?

I have some pretty fabrics I think would make a pretty teacup too

some 

rose

bouquets (that I scrounged up hee hee)

look it even has the stripe part already in the pattern

maybe a deer or two

that would make a cute cup.......

or a cutie pie jumping rope

all of these would make a cute teacup pouch you think?

if I add like 5 of these to my Christmas bin that would be good.

just sayin..........

and more of the stash would be used up

painted plant markers

I need to find some rocks

and paint some plant markers

that way in winter the rocks look ok in there

and in summer it marks where things are

now where is that paint????

(Do I have rocks in my head?)

would these be hard to make

has anyone seen these on pinterest?

I was wondering how hard they would be to make

for my two grandsons.

looks like a pool noodle

and a beach towel for the bottom

I suppose it is all in the folding

but was wondering how I could keep the 

handles from coming out

you know kids

they will pick up by the handle

makes a nice little basket that is totally useful

update:  find instructions to make here........

http://www.downhomeinspiration.com/make-fun-easter-basket-using-beach-towel-pool-noodle/

you're welcome......

goals for this year

I have some general goals for this year

to be more tolerant of Males with the remote controls........

they BOTH tend to hoard them

good thing I am not a big tv watcher anyway........I'd much rather sew

to pay it forward more

I have been very fortunate and need to remember that

even when I am kicking and complaining about something 

Life has been good to me and I should appreciate that

and look at the positive

and I need to spend more time with family relaxing.......

just because.

do you have any goals for 2015? 

Ours started out not nice with deaths in Jan and Feb 

and it makes you think about life and how you are living it

I think it is Gods way of making us stay on the path

womans work

I feel like resting........but there is much to do around here.......

these hopefully will be coming up. there is so much

snow still I dont know where they are

but I tried to move them last fall to spread 

them out a bit.

I guess I will find out how well I did.....

and these containers will need to be redone with

amended soil and get ready for the new year

I ordered some blueberry bushes that grow

in containers so am excited to see them grow

and remember this last year? yeah, I need to see if my bleeding heart survived

that was a mess all over my back garden

these never got painted so that is a Spring project now

sanding and painting.........ughh

at least it is an outdoor chore. I LOVE being outdoors

this screen room needs to be purged of stuff and organized so 

we can cook out and have friends over for fun

last year it was full of stuff

and still is a bit. thats what happens when you downsize

you are left with STUFF that you need to 

find a place for or get rid of.

I know Phoebe, I am tired too.......all this organizing 

and planning........makes a gal tired

and these guys will need to be fertilized and pruned

to make them spectacular again.

a womans work is never done is it