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I was thinking today that I'd previously shared a couple projects that I'd started, but never did come back and show the finished results. If you remember this quilt in the making that I shared a couple months ago you may like to see how I finally ended up putting it together. (shown here on a double bed)

I'm glad I took my time on it...I like it better than I usually like my own stuff. The back ended up being kinda 'spensive since I used $9/yd fabrics instead of a big ol' sheet like I used to do, but I had it all leftover and it does look kinda cool. I'll also show a close-up of the quote I found for it. I felt so lucky to find it!

 

I think I'm going to mail it down south to my mom to take to her quilter to put it together for me. The only one I'd ever used locally has recently moved. I mentioned to my mom, who literally has 50 finished quilts just stacked up in her guest room closet, that I'd probably sell this as I have no room it would 'go' in, and you'd have thought I told her I was going to murder my whole family after they go to sleep tonight! So I guess I'll be keepin it for awhile.

And if you remember my bathtub recently untiling itself (yikes!), here's how I managed to put it back together.

Hah! Who's a clever girl?! ;-D Guess I was feeling pretty creative that weekend because I went on to decorate the rest of it like this:

Pretty crazy, huh?

Well, that's about all the news that's fit to print that I can think of for now. Caleb's tugging on my shirttail asking if he can have 'graham crappers and milk' before bed. HAHA! Gosh I'm gonna miss him when he grows up. Hope you're having a good weekend!

It all started with these shoes

Seriously--in almost 50 years I don't believe I've ever owned such a *cute* pair of shoes. Just had to have them. I think I hoped they'd pull me out of this funk I've been in for months. I mean, how can you not feel perky wearing such shoes? Well, never mind that I really don't have any clothes that would 'go' with these shoes, I don't have a purse either. THAT was easy enough to take care of however, so I came up with this

Pretty cute I think. Here they are together.

Well, that got me started back in with making purses...had seen one in a japanese craft mag that I wished I could make. Oh, I'll just show you:

Cool pic, huh? by the way, you can click on any of these pics and they'll open up bigger. What I like about this purse is the use of paint...well, my attempt at it was just another reminder that I SUCK at using paints, but here; I'll show you my results anyway:

Oh well, I tried!

Then yesterday I was blog-hopping, which isn't always a good thing for me to do because I lean toward crafty people's blogs and often get overwhelmed with the amount of stuff some people tend to get done, according to their blogs, anyway. Well, I came across this website, fell in love with their title graphics across the top (masthead?) and had to recreate it in a purse.

Now THIS I like, and will continue on to make a few more in a similar fashion.

For now though, I am in the midst of canning tuna. If you've never canned with a pressure cooker, you have no idea how difficult it is to maintain 11 pounds of pressure for 100 minutes. Every time I turn my back on it it goes down to 9 pounds or up to 13 pounds. Argh! No wonder I don't do it but every 2 or 3 years! Guess I'd better get back in there.

Happy Grandparents Day

  Children's children are a crown to the aged.   Proverbs 17:6

The above bible verse was attached to a cup of dirt and worms (crumbled oreos and gummy worms) that Caleb brought home from Kindergarten on Friday. :-D I can't think of anything truer to sum up the joy these little people bring us, other than this Scottish proverb that I've been hanging on to for a scrapbook page: Sometimes perfect love does not come til the first grandchild. :-D Anyway....here's a couple of recent pics of the little darlings.

Caleb looking all dapper and grown up for his first day at Redwood Christian School.

Miss Kadence at her first birthday party yesterday:

Here's a 3-generation pic with mommy and proud papa John:

Was a fun day..Lots of presents and people. Poor little girl was rather overwhelmed with it all. Really just wanted to be left alone to play with the first toy she'd opened. I didn't get a shot of the mountain of presents. I hadn't seen anything like it since her baby shower, come to think of it. I humbly offered a photo album as a gift. Here's a link to see pics of it if you're so inclined: Kadence's ABC album

The drive there is beautiful but not a lot of fun--basically three hours of winding through the forest. Here's a shot I took on the drive home at dusk:

Lots of fires up in there this summer. Had no idea really til we drove through there. Kinda depressing---acres of blackened toothpicks. Guess it's part of nature tho'.

Will close with this pic of some quite lovely dahlia's I got at the Farmer;s Market a couple days ago. Almost as fabulous as the Heirloom tomatoes I've been gobbling up every week. Sure will miss those!

Until next time....