YABBA DABBA DOOOOOO....



 

YABBA DABBA DOOOOO !!!!!

 

Finally because of Linda and Ana of  Lanas de Ana some incentive to MAKE ME use up some of this atrocious yarn that I have been blessed with......That doesn't sound very gracious when this was given to me in good faith. Doing charity work a lot of different yarn comes my way. This will be a challenge to see what all I can do with it. I see a lot of hats and scarves....I up to the challenge to see what all I can put together and make it all compatible, I have more that I didn't photograph :-) I was the 82nd person to join I think....It will be fun to see who comes up with what.

 



JOYful surprise.....

Look what Christy dropped off at work for my homeless mission !!  I came back from lunch to find these soft and yummycrocheted  hats and scarves for wee ones.  Oh what a nice mid-day surprise it was.  Thank you Christy !! 



For the love of glass.....

I am a glass and rock nut !! For some reason I am attracted to both. What makes it even better is that the two go together well.

 

 

I got the idea when my husband put these rocks. native to Colorado, in one of our flower beds a couple of years ago. I have made stepping stones for quite some time making my own pavers but this gave me a whole different and "funner', avenue.

 

 

Then I started poking around in the surrounding woods for rocks with flat surfaces and came up with ones that look like these.......

 

 

....but before these I did some mosaic pieces like this.....

 

 

one of my many stepping stones looks like this....

 

 

Then I went on the magic of bottle trees. The story behind them started a looooooong time ago in the  southern states with slavery. The slaves believed that the pretty colors of the bottles would attract the evil spirits which in turn would get inside the bottles and be forever trapped. Trust me....with as many bottles as I have on this property I have no evil spirits :-)

 

Here are a couple.....

 

 

 

I haven't done any mosaic pieces of late. I usually only do them in summer. I work in an area of my shop that usually only I go into which is a good thing because if I don't keep it all vacuumed up someone is liable to get a sliver in hand or foot. Believe me when I say that all my pieces contain a piece of me....my blood!! I don't know how many times I have been cut. I aways try to hide that part because my husband does not like me messing with glass. I am good to wear my goggles but gloves are to cumbersome and don't work well.

 

So....do you want to give it a try?? I encourage you to do so....it is way fun!!

 

 

 

A quiet Saturday....

 

Hubby is sick today and is in bed. I, on the other hand, got up early (as usual) turned on my fairy lights....LOVE the fairly lights

 

 

made myself some tea.....

 

 

after checking out the blogs I follow I decided to make some biscuits. My biscuits contain no lard nor butter, nothing to "cut" in. I only use my organic bread flour, salt, baking powder and buttermilk. If you might be interested in the recipe just give me a holler. It is a recipe all my own.

 

 

If I do say so myself, they are DELISH!!  They are a soft, chewy biscuit.

 

The pot holders are made from wool and then felted.

Ahhhh....another idea for my 2013 "Christmas Box".

 

 

A little later I made chicken and rice soup. Chicken soup IS good when your not feeling well. I read somewhere that it is not a wives tale of old, that it does have healing qualities.

 

 

 

 

I then went on to make these little cuties that Jacquie posted from her blog  bunnymummy.blogspot.com. There other brother is hanging from another plant but he didn't get his picture taken :-)

 

 

I didn't quite have this one done from last week so I finished it up. This pattern came from Lucy @ attic24.typepad.com

 

 

 

I took the non edible fatty stuff from the chicken and rice soup to the cat we adopted last week. I was at work and saw her wondering around and could tell she was quite friendly. I also new she was a stray so I thought.... how would you like to come home with me?? She said okay and away we went. She is very skinny and needs some winter fat on her. You can feel her little hip bones and such. A month of so with mama janie and she'll be as good as new!! We live in the country so we have trouble with mice and the like. I am suppose to be getting a couple more so she'll have company soon.

 

There you have my day....

 

The movie Jerimiah Johnson with Robert Redford is on the TV for about the 10th time in 5 years!!! My husband can watch re-runs like no other. Be glad when he's feeling better and I won't have to be so nice anymore  :-)



 

 

 

 

 

ahhhhhhh....a three day weekend.....

 

I wanted a new purse so I went hunting on the Internet. Found this pattern and said, "yes, this is the one".

 

 

Got out ol' Lucy......

my 1949 little jewel.

 

 

Went to cutting and marking.....

 

 

She is just the right size with lots of inside compartments and the ties will loosen for more storage.

 

Ya gotta love a 3 day weekend.....

groovin' on vintage.....

 

I have gotten the word out about my homeless project so from time to time people give me yarn. I had a friend give me her grandmothers yarn stash. Almost all of it is from the 60's and 70's and we are talkin' WOW....

 

 

This picture does not EVEN begin to show the "florescent" colors shall we say.....

 

 

This is a fun scarf pattern that is a quick "do". I got the pattern off Etsy. The pattern is created by simplybrenna@etsy.com. It is a great pattern and I would highly recommend. It give directions using 2 different types of yarn ad hook size. I used it for gifts over the holidays and was very pleased. You need to check her out.

Naked Juice....

 

 

Have you ever bought Naked Juice from the grocery store only to pick it up and say "Ye Gads Gerttie"!!! This stuff is good for you but that is a hefty price to pay?? Well I have my own solution for this. By putting the above ingredients in my so handy-dandy Vita Mix I am able to create my own "potion".  You can add any combination you'd like. I use water or ice cubes to thin down and it is yummy!! I have used berries that are in season, different fruit. Frozen fruits work great!! This weekend I couldn't buy any fresh spinach so I used dark leaf lettuce and kale, just as good!! This drink is good to keep the pipes clean....so to speak :-)

 

 

I then put it in containers and throw a jar in my lunch sack for work. Before turning up your nose, as many do, try it...you might like it!!