Baby Shower Ideas

I've been busy getting ready for a baby shower for my youngest sister! Ever since she told me she was pregnant, I couldn't wait to start planning the shower! She just sent me a message today saying she has 49 days to go, so I guess I've been waiting a while!! I had tons of ideas, more than I could ever do, so just had to pick a few. I'm not sure if pinterest helped me or made things harder us!

This is my great- nephew, Oakley...he rearranged some furniture for us, among others things, and kept us on our toes all day!

I will post some of our ideas, recipes and photos of our decorations. We had an owl theme, plus some old things I had around the house, even some mason jars with candles. I thought it turned out really pretty!

Kitties are still keeping me busy. I actually have new one!  I tried not to, I tried my best to find him a home, but I guess he stayed too long and I got attached  to him. He was here a long time before he let me pet him. He's really sweet and loving now. I named him Smokey. I will dig out some old photos of him when he first came you will be amazed at the difference!!

 And my studio is really coming along too! I will open in October, even if it means just one room!! LOL...really, I think I will have it finished by then. We are almost ready to put down flooring in the living room, then put it all back together. Next, we will screen in the front porch, remodel kitchen and finish the outside. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!!

Studio update

Every year I hope to get my studio open by the fall. By golly, this time I'm going to do

it! Hubby has been off work for a couple of weeks, so we took advantage of it. We have already finished my office, a music room for my husband to get together with his friends, and the back porch enclosed and made into a laundry room/fabric room. So inside, we only have 2 rooms to finish! The living floors have been replaced and new joists put in, floors leveled and new plywood. There were only 2 plugins before and just today, we are finishing getting all my plug ins ready to go, including a double one just above where my desk will go. How convenient will that be? I decided to take all the sheetrock and wallpaper down from the walls, then the ceiling too. I guess that was about the messiest job ever! I am leaving the beadboard walls bare and just putting a sealer on them and tomorrow is the day to pick out the flooring for the living room and get it installed. (Lucky my husband and in-laws are in the flooring business!)

These are my walls & ceiling before they were cleaned. They are still rustic like that, well, you will see sometime. If you can't come in person, I'll be sharing pics.

We still have a lot to do--putting up trim, painting trim & doors, new front door and building a mantel, but we have come a long way. After the living room, we still have to:

1. Finish kitchen

2. Screen in front porch (for Rusty)

3. Paint house

4. Finish roof (waiting for a "cooler" few days)

5. Decorate/Display

6. Landscaping

I may not be completely done by October, but will have it ready to open. I can't wait....if you are out of town or even out of state, I am just down the road from Unclaimed Baggage, so you can make a fun day of shopping & visiting!

Owls!!

Sorry its been so long since I posted! So much going on, I won't be able to type it all tonight. LOL! Seems like that would be the best time to blog, but I guess the days just aren't long enough! We've been really working hard on my studio and that's taking up a lot of time. I will post pics of some progress this week. It shouldn't be long until we are done (I hope)!!

I wanted to share my newest painting...if you want to see more pics, click here. I have been using lots of bright, neon colors. You can really see my 70's influence coming out, I think!!

It has been another long day, so I will keep this post short and hopefully be able to share more in the next few days.

Goldie

Y'all check out my new doll in the current issue of Create & Decorate magazine! Her name is Goldie...I always love seeing how they set up the photos there. They always do such a great job!

We are working so hard on my studio, trying to get it ready by October! We have half the roof done, but it rained us out this weekend. So we are inside trying to get the living room ready to paint. If I don't change my mind, I'll be painting that room a chocolate-y brown color and the kitchen is next and will be an apple green. Those are the last 2 rooms to remodel inside, then I can move in & display all my stuff! Then on to the outside...I think we'll make it by this October. Wish us luck!!

Recycling silverware

I've been saving up some silverware that I wanted to make into some jewelry. I've had some of it a while, but found some new forks at the thrift store yesterday. Of course, when I was cleaning out the fridge, I really got the urge to create. LOL! So I took a little break and made this bracelet. Can't wait to make more! This one is listed on etsy. Click the link below to go to the listing.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/97776851/vintage-fork-bracelet-silver-hand-mad?listing_id=97776851&listing_slug=vintage-fork-bracelet-silver-hand-mad

Half price sale!

In honor of Spring...all Spring patterns are HALF PRICE! That includes e-patterns & printed patterns, but hurry because sale will end after the weekend!!

I am dying to get outside and work in the yard, but my Daddy always tells me to wait until after "Blackberry Winter". I listen because he always has the best garden. I usually end up getting more from him than out of my own garden. He always has way too much and I am always happy to take it off his hands, especially the tomatoes for canning!

I apoligize for not keeping up my blog as I should. I have been busy mostly with taking care of my cats! If you read my blog often, you probably know that Mr. Spock has been diagnosed with Chronic Renal Failure (or Renal Disease). He was diagnosed almost 3 years ago and the vet said he "might have a couple of good years left". So I didn't expect him to still be with us, but he is still hanging on! A few weeks ago I learned to give him fluids under his skin. I am finally comfortable doing it and he doesn't seem to mind very much now and I can tell he feels a little better. This is an older picture. He has lost weight here (he used to weight over 18 lbs!) but he has lost even more now. I guess that extra weight may have been a blessing in disguise considering he has lost 8½ lbs. As long as he is happy and not in pain, I am happy to keep him here with me. He has been with me almost as long as my husband! We got him a few months after we met, so he has been a part of our family for a long time. I'm not sure of his birthday but he will be 17 some time this year. I think he deserves a lot of my time, so if I'm not blogging much, that may be why!

Bertha Bunny

Since Easter is coming up soon...I've temporarily marked down my pattern for Bertha Bunny to $4.00 for the epattern or $7.50 for the printed pattern. Get the epattern and you could get the pattern today & have a few made up in time for Easter!

http://www.thecatspyjamaspatterns.com/catalog.php?item=735