Sunday, July 27, 2014

Hubby and His Smoker/Grill

Hubby has been wanting a smoker for the longest time.  He has talked to so many people about it and researched different styles, and brands.  This is the one he came home with last week. It's a Smokin Brothers Smoker/Grill.  You use pellets instead of wood.
He had to get the next size up from what I said, so most of the food we put in there will look dwarfed.  But when we decide to have company over we will have plenty of room to put quite a bit of food on at one time.  Now we are trying all different meats.  This will be trial and error.  So far we smoked a whole chicken and it came out great.  Today we are trying brisket.  I have ribs and a pork loin to try.  We have different flavor pellets that we need to learn which one for which food. I'll keep you posted as we learn our way thru smokin foods.

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Good Morning Everyone

Just a quick good morning to you all before I start working on table runners.  We have a very wet, foggy morning here in Tennessee. Makes for a great time to be upstairs sewing away.  Hope everyone has a wonderful day no matter where you are.

A little bit of humor

When I tell Lacey, my 3 lb Yorkie, I plan to clean her face and eyes, this is the look she gives me.  Don't tell me they don't understand what your saying.....


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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Sneak Peak

Ok, so I had to do it.  Here is a sneak peak of one of the new ornaments I will have to sell this year.  I don't have prices on them yet.  I have a new method or formula in pricing my items.  So I have to see if I like the way it works.

 
Aren't they cute.  They are about 5". The face and body are painted. The boy wears a shirt and pants with a hat made from sheet music paper.  The girl has a shirt and matching skirt with an apron and bloomers. Both are adorned with tiny embellishments of greenery, candy canes and berries. She wears a bow in her hair.  Their little arms and legs are made from tiny twigs right from my back yard.

My Asian Lilly

About 12 years ago when I was working on putting shrubs infront of the porch, I decided to plant Asiatic Lilies along the porch wall. Over the years with critters and weather, I have lost most of the plants. But I still have this one faithful plant that comes back every year and this year gave me the best display of flowers. It also perfumes the air when the sun is shinning on it. I didn't have the heart to cut this one so I propped it against my porch railing so it wouldn't break. Now mind you, the porch is over 2 feet above the ground and I am standing on the porch to take the picture. I am face to face with the flowers. So this plant has grown over 4' tall.

Getting Ready for Fall

I just couldn't wait to show you my first 2 fall items.  First is a 60" long Scarecrow Wall or Door Quilt.  He is machine appliqued and quilted. He has buttons, raffia, and jute for his embellishments.

Second is a 4 1/2" x 22" Scarecrow. He is HAND appliqued and has buttons, yarn and jute to embellish him.  Great for small places and makes a good gift.  Coming for the Christmas Holidays will be a Snowman and Santa of the same style.
 
 

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

My New Screen Room Furniture

Several years ago for my birthday, hubby screened in a portion of our back deck for me.  It has 2 entrances to the house. One from my bedroom and one from the great room and a screen door out to the rest of the deck. I had him put indoor outdoor carpeting and I can vacumn it when I want or hose it down.  So this year I finally found a cute outdoor whicker set that fits right in the corner of the room. I even put a side table and a lamp which you cant see, and there is a ceiling fan with lights. A few plants and a throw and I'm ready for my naps.

 
Around the corner is a small table and 2 chairs so I can eat lunch out there or do some of my crafting when weather permits.  Even my girls like being out there.

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Wallet Class Planned

I'm having another wallet class on July 28th. Check under classes for more information. Yes I can teach you how to make the wallets that I make.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

A Doe and Her Fawn

Mama has now started to bring her baby around for us to see. She was so nice to pose for my neighbors camera.  Now she is coming in my yard and in a distance in the woods you can sometimes see the fawn running up and down and skipping and jumping while mama feeds. So cute.



Sunday, July 6, 2014

Not What You Want To See While In An RV

So here we are in a camp ground watching the news. OMG severe thunderstorms heading our way.  They are saying hail, lightening, and wind gusts up to 70MPH.  Crap.  So time goes by, little rain, no hail, but when the wind picked up it scared both of us.  So we wound up pulling in 2 of the slides.  Now mind you, in this camp ground right across from us is a large group with kids camping in tents.  What in the work do they plan to do???? They are out on a hay ride with no idea this storm is coming.  I thought for sure they would blow away. But the next morning there they were packing up their tents on to their next destination. Remarkable.......
 



Saturday, July 5, 2014

Bargello Flag Wall Hanging Just Sold

I just sold this beautiful Bargello Flag Wall Hanging on FB yesterday.  It took all of 5 minutes after posting it.  This is a one of a kind. No more will be made. It is just too time consuming for me to make.  But it did turn out beautiful. I'm very proud of it. There is a sleeve on the back for hanging.
 
 




Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Tea Anyone?????


While traveling you know I love to shop at Quilt Shops, but I also like to walk around antique shops.  I thought about making some Tea Cozies with matching Coasters as gift ideas.  So I looked around for some small 2 cup tea pots and this is what I found.

 
Sure hope I have time to make the Cozies.

I'm Back

So we have been back a week now and things are starting to get back to normal around here.  Hubby is working on the RV and his shop, I clean, cook, and have been working on orders.

Here is an order from a very nice lady I met in Red Bay while doing the laundry.  She bought tooth fairy pillows from me and then ordered a custom table runner with matching placemats for her RV. Our tables are so small that normal placemats don't fit.  So I found out her colors and tried to match as best I could. They were mailed out to her Monday. These are similar to the set I made for my RV.  Didn't they come out cute.