Tolentreasures

Ok, before anyone goes crazy trying to sign up for this... I decided to do it a little different. I am so thankful for all of you that stop by regularly and comment on whatever rambling that I might be into on any given day! I love comments!  and so appreciate each and every one of you! So... instead of offering a giveaway and everyone comes from everywhere and signs up. I decided to take the last 50 comments on my blog posts and offer this giveaway. And the winner is..... Lesley! From Harmony Road Studio Random Number Generator brought up lucky number 47! Lesley makes the greatest paper items and is a wonderful painter!  and I have actually been to Harmony Road! Congrats Les! Progress on the Penny Rug for the De-Appled Room. Project # 6 Painting over the doorway and cleaning of the wall behind that swag that was there.. We are not even going to talk about how dirty that was! And redo of this basket. Gracelyn always uses this basket to go berry picking. Berry Picking t...

Giveaway Ended! As promised, this is a giveaway for my 500th post. 500 posts! That is a lot of talking. So here is how it is going to work. I will give away several items. Some are shown here. So, the rules and regulations. Gotta have 'em! Because I appreciate all of you that have followed for all this time and those of you who recently became followers, first and second prize will be for "existing" followers and third prize will be for any "new" followers. Now, that is not to say that third prize will not be as good as first. I will post the prizes offered at the end of the giveaway and the first name drawn gets to pick first, and so on. Get the idea? So,  1. You must comment on this post to be entered.  2. You must be a follower of this blog.  3. If you don't have a blog, you HAVE to leave a way for me to contact you. And now for the entries. 1. Comment on this post  = 1 Entry 2. Repost this on your blog somewhere = 1 Entry 3. Add this link to your ...

A little glimpse into how my mind works. It can be a scary place. I am sure most of you are the same way, so you should understand. Time and Day; 9:30 Saturday morning. Place: Church Kitchen Activity: Making coffee for Ladies Bible Study Scenario: The first pot of coffee does not work. Honestly, I make coffee every day, but something about the coffee pot, the water..whatever, it does not work and it takes FOREVER to make it so while I am waiting for the second pot, I look over and see these crocheted butterflies on the refrigerator. In the trance of staring and thinking of what all I am going to do with my day later. Bad Habit, I know, but, I had a sick husband, I had to get groceries, meet with a customer, make some deliveries, print a shirt for a customer, do a little cleaning, other misc. odds and ends, all before the boys arrived for a sleepover. So, back to the butterflies. Everything goes out of my head and I think.... Wouldn't those be cute crocheted out of pearl cotton, I...

 You will need: Poster board or lightweight cardboard Freezer or Butcher Paper Scraps of felted wool Two buttons Embroidery floss Small amount of Wool Roving Small amount of polyfil Tools: Scissors Embroidery needle Felting needle Trace this pattern and cut out of lightweight cardboard.  Trace onto freezer paper, two of body, two of head and one of blanket. I flipped the head, but that is not necessary if your wool is the same on both sides.  Iron onto wool with the wax side down, hot setting on iron and no steam.  Cut out pieces and blanket stitch the blanket onto one piece of the body.   Beginning at the right side of the blanket start stitching down the top of the back and around the foot area.  Sew the button on and then stitch up to the middle of the bottom and stuff that side with polyfil.  Finish stitching around, repeating adding the button to the other side, leave a small opening at the blanket and finish stuffing the other leg and close u...

This knitted cowl is being given away on my selling blog. It's simple, just go on over there, leave a comment and click on follower. A couple of more finished painted items from last evening. Love to find these pineapple bowls!

Where did it go? It is Little League Season. We have a screenprinting and embroidery business and there are three seasons that we know we are going to be extremely busy. They are Little League season, the two weeks before our local fair, Dayton Fair Season and of course, Christmas. Little League Season is in full force and with John, the ever present voice of reason and customer relations expert, gone two to three days a week now, it has added to my job description at work. So far, so good, I am keeping my head above water. I am really enjoying whatever painting time that I am getting. I had three of these in the stash, one already painted and finished this one this week. Anyone know what they are? I do, just testing. Found these bunnies in the last issue of Quick and Easy Painting and they are so much fun to paint. They are a Monika Brint pattern and truly are quick and easy. This is the top of the box and another plaque that I painted. I tried antiquing the plaque at S...

Ann at A Hole in the Basket Primitives is having a Procrastinator's Challenge Giveaway, nothing like a little competition to get me going. Here is my entry! So here they are, my items that I have been putting off. I have lots of needlework started but it would not seem fair to add that because that is all that I want to work on right now. 1 and 2. The blue barrel and the milkcan that I have started for two different customers and they have been more than patient with me about them. I have trouble painting what someone else wants...I want to do what I want. Sounds bratty, doesn't it? Anyway I just found out that I may be going on a trip and I think that I am going to need the extra money that these will bring in. 3 and 4. The butter churn and the wood bowl have been sitting on my paint counter for longer than I even want to admit, let's say a year, that's my story anyway. They are not for anyone in particular, they will tell me who they are for as I paint them,...