Wine Bottle Vase

Inspired by the ART of Manon Gignoux.

With a wine bottle, a few scraps of recycled textiles and some random hand stitching, I made a vase.

 

Live Well

Karen

Queen Ann's Lace

Along the edge of the woods

 the Queen Ann's Lace grows.

Beautiful in brass

 and silver.

karen

A Tuesday Treasure Hunt

I love it when our girls come for a visit and I have some time to go treasure hunting with them.

Tuesday Janice and I grabbed our favorite tunes and our bottled water and set out on an adventure.

A trip to Fryburg, PA to visit the antique shop there was our first stop.

I couldn't pass up this pretty umbrella. I have 2 others, but they are made of paper.

This one is silk.

 Love this little vessel made in occupied Japan.

I believe it is chalk ware.

 This sweet doll has glass eyes. 

The thrift stores we visited were a complete waste of time.

Not a treasure to be had, but that's okay.

After all part of the fun is in the search. If it were easy to find just the thing you're looking for, it wouldn't mean as much. These 3 special treasures will always remind me of great day spent with Janice.

We ate lunch at a diner that had more decorative chickens displayed than you could count. I wish I'd have gotten pictures of all those chickens. It was a little crazy. Aside from the over abundance of chicken decor, the food was home cooking at it's best.

On the long drive home we stopped at a Dairy Queen that was rather frightening.

The landscaping hadn't been tended to in years and everything was all grown over.

The people and the feel of the place was just too creepy.

I was waiting for a zombie to come walking out from behind the counter.

Anyway, it was an interesting day filled with the little things that make good memories.

Good company, good food, good music.

Good Day

karen

Thrifty Goodness

Stopped at the local GW thrift store for a few minutes.

Found this sweet tote bag.

Looks like it's never been used.

A lovely grouping of bottles wrapped in wire.

 Will make the perfect set of vases for some spring flowers soon.

karen

Holiday Craft Project With Fiber

Simple Holiday Project

To make this I wrapped yarn around heavy craft wire securing with a little hot glue as I went along.

I twisted the yarn covered wire around a large knitting needle to make the spirals.

I crocheted and stuffed a few simple balls to hang from the spirals.

It is snowing outside as I am typing this.

The very first flakes of the season.

karen

Playing With Roses

I've been in the loft this morning playing with my roses.

Everyone is still asleep and this is my time to enjoy.

Bet you're sick of seeing these flowers : )

karen