Deciding What Stays and What Goes

Some things here at the house were carted to the booth. Spring cleaning!!!

Also weeded out my supply of paints. Two wooden boxes worked great for their storage.

It's almost time to turn the calendar page. See you in June.

A bit of rambling...

  

favorite chair

I love to sink into this chair. It has a prominent place in the den. Grandkids like it, too. Toys and crumbs end up along  its sides and on the floor. The ottoman is popular with the little ones as a bouncing seat.

A flea market wood pedestal was added to the kitchen to hold our Roma tomatoes. Also new to the kitchen is the lovely lady on the clip magnet. Pennee gave me the Kelly Rae Roberts surprise on Mother's Day.

 

a favorite word

 

 new tag set featuring favorite color 

 

favorite Willow Tree "Heart and Soul"

  

HAPPY WEDNESDAY 

 

Warm month...warm thoughts

Hello. It is like summertime. Way too warm for the middle of March. However, it's nice to be outside with no need for a jacket. Our yard received its first mowing this week. Potted plants got some attention from my clippers. Happy to see new growth from last summer's vinca and spike plants.

I'm fond of this Victorian greeting card with its inside sentiment.

    

Spring by Frederick Walker

Daffodils are the happy flowers of spring and are seen in lots of places now.

Our yard has a few patches. There are abandoned ones on the roadside.  There are clusters around trees. There are rows and rows  of them. Daffodils are such a welcome sign of spring.

I've been making a few magnets over in the studio since I've sold down the number I had at the booth.

  

Visits to my mother are frequent but are becoming sadder and sadder. I hate what Alzheimer's has taken from her.

I remind myself to cherish this time with her even though my real true Mom is already gone. But her smile and voice are precious to me. We end every visit  with a hug and a kiss and the words "I love you."     

Tuesday Tidbits

Hi! I made a quick stop at Dollar Tree to find clear flattened marbles.

My daughter has been making magnets and thumbtacks using them.

Check out this website http://keepitcrafty.wordpress.com/ to see her

projects. Besides the marbles I found this unexpected tin panel of birds.

button, earring, and domino magnets

 

three tags in a painted frame

 

a quote by courageous Helen Keller

broken pieces for mosaic projects

 

He's the sweet reason projects are kept waiting.



Summer is almost over for the grandkids. School starts in three weeks. Too bad it is so hot. This heat wave is keeping us inside more than we want to be. 



Thursday Tidbits

This tag set was sent to North Carolina today.



This assortment will be given as a Thank You gesture to a sweet person who gave me three wallpaper books for free. 

These magnets were fun to make and will go to the booth.

This friendly visitor was found in our lawn mower shed.

Happy to report we missed damaging storms last night.

Today was a super nice day.