Tolentreasures

That's right, you get to pick. from any of these purses, and six or so of these eggs and some other goodies also! This is going to work a little different. 1. Comment on this post for one entry. 2. For every time that you have commented in the last month, you get another entry. (Just a little way of helping out those that are here regularly.) 3.If you choose to post about this on your blog, make sure that you tell me and you get another entry! That's it. Drawing Sunday! April Fool's Day!

Pics of finished projects. Lots of eggs. An afghan done! Wyatt's handprint on the wall, finally. Now all we need is Garren's. These are over the bathtub, just noticed that Gracelyn's is a little crooked. Another finished dress. And you see how blurry these pictures are? Even with steady shot set on the camera, this little boy is way too fast. Finally got him to sit still for a minute. Maybe he was tired, I know I was! And now for the no pics. Wyatt, taking a huge bite out of a roll of toilet paper while I was running bath water, then peeing on the floor, then when I finally got him in the tub and thought, "Wow, he is corralled, I can sit right here and not have to chase him." He puked the toilet paper all through the bath water. So much for that peaceful moment! And the second no pic. Laundromat, Saturday. Everything is done and dry and folded. And... Where is my MIL's comforter that she sent with me? and Where is my favorite blanket that my mother ma

Finished the eggs this morning. A little ric-rac, a little lace, a little braid, antique it all with some stamp pad ink, of course, a little glitter and they are done. Not sure if the pine cones go with Easter, but for now they are there. And... I guess I am back on the dress kick. We are having another sewing night/weekend at our church, to make these little dresses, that will then be taken to Haiti in June. I thought I better refresh my memory of how to make them. I could not believe two years had gone by since we had made them. For directions Click here I am the DD again today. Today's project: Strip all beds completely. Load all laundry in the mothership. (that is what we call my MIL's car) Raid my change stash, or JWS's change stash. (which incidentally, Gracelyn found and now calls it her secret agent money that she loads her pockets with everytime she is here) Gather the laundry soap and a book and after dropping my MIL at dialysis I will be heading to the laundro

There's a lot to tell. First of all, yesterday I was the DD. That is our short term for Dialysis Driver. Three hours to kill in Kittanning, PA. That's Ok, if it is once in awhile, but in the last year, I thought I had exhausted all the possibilities of entertainment available there. Until yesterday. This is Buttermilk Falls. I had not been there in years. As a matter of fact, I got lost three times trying to find it. When I did... I couldn't resist... But the water was so cold! Such a pretty place! I'll probably be back! I did manage to get a few more purses done. Packed away for the open house... But maybe I'll leave one out for a giveaway... And a towel that I had started months ago. Yesterday I found these at a local thrift shop. Less than $5 each. Promptly painted the frames last night, and this morning I hung them over our bed. See that? My name! They actually had my name on them, Literally! And I found the Kittanning Free Library, although because

..in one step. This is not a tutorial anyone is going to want to follow. You see, it is spring and I still had these Christmas lights up. No excuse for it. The weather has been beautiful. I guess I was just being lazy. You see, I sprayed these twigs white and put them in my planters out front and strung lights in them one snowy December day. I thought they look cool. And then I didn't take them down. This morning, I walked out to get rid of them and this is what I found. They are growing! Racking my sleep-deprived brain, I tried to remember where I cut them from. think... think... THINK! LILACS! You see, I have this lilac bush that never blooms. It gets tons of leaves, but never a flower. So I thought, "Why not sacrifice it for Christmas decorations." And now.. I have new lilac starts to plant somewhere else! I could get all philosophical and spiritual about that... new birth, new life, but really, Who would have thought spray painted, dead branches left cut all win

...how did I end up cleaning my sewing room? Friday it started. You see, Tuesday we get a new employee at our business. She needed a desk and computer. So off to Pittsburgh we went. With a list of other stuff that needed done also. Construction Junction Used Store Fixture Warehouse then Downtown Pittsburgh, to the Oliver Building where we found the mother load of office furniture cheap. That is where one desk turned into three, and some filing cabinets and office chairs and a credenza. No more patched together office furniture. However, It all didn't fit.. so we brought nothing home. Saturday back to Pittsburgh for a computer dialysis machine broke down, phone calls, finally clear back home, then back to Kittanning to pick up the patient. Lots of miles. Too much to explain. But.. We got the computer. An afternoon of loading software, laundry, a little more running, some grilling on the deck. Then today... I am preparing to get ready for church. JWS mentions that he is going for

This bush has never bloomed before this year.  I planted it about three years ago and finally... there are flowers! Tons of them! And so pretty. Under the watchful eye of Arnold the cement pig, the daffodils bloomed this morning. And apparently, Arnold was not quite doing his job. Tyler and Logan, in their zeal of seeing flowers already, have smelled and touched the crocuses to death. All except for the hearty little survivor. Apparently, they seem to like the purple ones better. They are quite wilted, but all for a good cause. Logan is up to 62 robins as of yesterday. Grandma Shirley - 29. Happy Spring!

The New Bigger than a Volkswagen PROJECT Click here for details. This project is too big to fit into my regular blog. It is getting it's own! Check it out at Bigger than a Volkswagen! or click on the picture!

My Mother called on Tuesday and informed me that the trunk of her car was full. Could I meet her, she wanted it emptied? My Mother lives 100 miles away. So, after work, I make my half of the trip and meet my parents for supper. An event made so much easier with the time change. I seriously dislike that trip in the dark. And what is pictured above is part of what her trunk was full of. I had to make one little purse, just to use a bit of the fabric. So many projects in that pile... however, I think that she and her friends are enabling the hoarder in me. All these zippers also. I did finish this scarf in the past few days. But, I started this. A baby afghan for a friend's first grandchild. Still working on these. Tomorrow may be the Bigger Than a Volkswagen Project Announcement. And another of these. Orange Camo this time. That's it folks! Lovin' the spring weather! Lovin' the time change! Lovin' not having the fireplace mess! Logan - 37 Robins Grandma Shirle