Stitch In Time

Bamboo Fence

Most of our backyard is enclosed by a regular wooden fence, but the back property line has always had an ugly chain link fence with a broken gate.  In fact in the 12 years we've lived in this house the only people who used that gate were the burglars who broke into our house last year, and the police who chased them out.   But I've been reluctant to spend the money on having a whole new fence put in.  So this week I ordered a split bamboo fence on-line.  It came on Thursday and I installed it myself.  It attaches directly to the chain link fence.  I'm really happy how it turned out.   Very inexpensive and it made a huge improvement to the backyard.  Now I just need to plant a few flowers and maybe add a bench. 

Spring Cleaning

So slowly but surely I am cleaning my way through the house.  We have houseguests coming soon, not to mention it's just a good thing to get things cleaned up.  Yesterday I concentrated on the bedrooms.

First up was the master bedroom.   Here's my nightstand with my favorite picture of my hubby on it.

 

Then it was on to my daughter's room.  Yes, she is old enough to clean her own room - but sometimes she needs a little help.   Plus she never throws anything away and it drives me a little crazy.   So I cleaned up the top of her dresser...

  

and her desk...

 

her Wizard of Oz collection...

  

and the hardest part of all - cleaning up her clothes.  I have a whole new pile of laundry to do now...

  

then it was on to my son's room - other than having way too many legos his room is not hard at all to clean.

  

  

  

now if I can only keep things cleaned up for more than a couple days.

Inspiration

My mom sent me this great vintage postcard.  I'm not sure how old it is, but it is all hand embroidered.   It definitely makes me want to try something similar.

At the Farm

Spent the day at the farm today.   Such a fun break.

this one has a really tough life...

 

he looked like a total sweetheart...

  

until he tried to eat her fingers...

 

my daughter and her friend played a game called "can you do this?" - the answer was "no I can't!"

  

my son decided we needed to buy our own goat..

  

of course he also wants a rabbit and a chicken...

  

these two were completely in love...

  

and he might have been my favorite of the day...

  

we'll be back again soon!

 

Crazy Day

tourguide, originally uploaded by Marie 2008.

Woke up to snow this morning and now it's sunny and warm. I'm already having a crazy day. Just had to have my husband drop off my daughter's violin at school because she forgot it. Spilled breakfast cereal all over the floor. Caught the dog chewing up a permanent ink marker. So in light of being a little off this morning, here's a page I made about what we like to do on the weekends. Which reminds me of this recent quote by my 6 year old - "I love school....on Saturdays!"

Engagement Photos

My cousin and her fiance are getting married in two weeks and my husband is doing their wedding photographs.  Today we went out to try and get engagement pictures of them although the weather wasn't really cooperating.  But here's a few shots of them taken between the cycles of rain, snow and wind.

 

 

  

  

  

   

I think they make such a cute couple!

Macro Lens

My husband is photographing a wedding in a couple weeks and this has prompted him to purchase all sorts of new camera equipment.  My favorite is a new macro lens.  And the best place to test it out - the World Market.

   

 

   

 

of course, we were there purely for camera lens testing...we wouldn't actually buy anything....

Roller Skates

All my daughter wanted for Christmas this year was roller skates...actually she wanted pink roller skates.  Unfortunately it was impossible to find pink roller skates two weeks before Christmas, but I did manage to find white roller skates with pink wheels.

 

So yesterday while she was at school I made her a t-shirt to go with her skates.  The pattern is from Sublime Stitching.   It was fun to make and my daughter loved having a surprise waiting for her after school.

 

 

Postcard Album

I made this postcard album last June.   I love getting postcards and using a metal ring and hole punch makes them really easy to collect.  I recieved two new cards yesterday (one from the Catskill Mountains and one from Dubai) so I got to bring out my little album again.

Kitschy Digital Creative Team

Danielle Thompson has my favorite blog of all time.  Looking through her Flickr gallery is pure eye candy.  In fact, I can't think of anyone who has inspired me more.  So when she asked me to be on the Kitschy Digital Creative Team  I was seriously thrilled.   Here are a few of the projects I've made using her kits which you can find at Two Peas.

   

 

 

   

the other team members announced today are

Rachel Fischer
Jessie Senese
Stina Glaas
Erika Jessop
Larissa Crescini Albernaz
Lucrecer Braxton.

I'm so excited to be part of this group!