broken

During my 2 week hiatus, I meant to post this. These all (except for 1) happened in the same week and a half. I knew that stained glass class in college would come in handy.


1. Charlie threw a rock at the window. He was trying to throw it above the window (where there are more windows). It's such a tempting rock pile, isn't it?



2. Jack accidentally knocked this over with the broom handle (it's been in the same place for 5 years and hasn't been touched until now.)



3. Unknown. One day it was just broken. Of course, no one knew anything about it.

4. Sam threw a ball and it hit this. (How many times a day do you think I have to say "no throwing balls in the house"?) A few days later Jack finished the job (broke then entire glass piece) by throwing a ball! (Another sconce light has been broken by a lightsaber in the past.)

5. Luke broke this picture frame by knocking it over while he was walking on and climbing all over the piano.

RIP my friend RIP

I remember 1 thing from a short photography class I took in high school. If you ever get sand in your camera you will not get it out. We took our camera to the beach and were not very careful to keep the sand away and guess what - it's dead now. By some miracle it died right after I photographed my last piece of jewelry for yesterday's giveaway and restocking the shop.

Since I knew my camera was ruined, I decided to try taking it apart to see if I could get into the lens (the sand got into the lens somehow and it wouldn't zoom right or focus). Guess what - I couldn't fix it. A new camera is already on it's way, but I'm still sad. I LOVE that little camera.

feature and giveaway!

The lovely Hannah of Sherbet Blossom is doing a giveaway for me today!

I've been working day and night making new things for my shop and there are several new designs.

I'm also having a sale - everything is 20% off - starting today and ending next Thursday (April 22). So if you're looking for something for Mother's Day or just for fun, now's a great time to get something.

Some of the new designs

just stumbled across this

and I am in love.




and just for fun

Where have I been? Well, I was in California for Spring Break last week with the fam and before that I was just lazy.

Can't be lazy anymore because . . .

I've still got a bunch of stuff to put away from the trip and the house needs some cleaning
I still have several more blog posts to catch up on (225 down, 225 to go)
I have to figure out what to wear to my sister Katie's wedding (in a week and a half!)
I've got to get my shop ready for a giveaway on this blog (she's doing giveaways all this month!)
I need to get my computer worked on
I've got to order the flowers for sisters wedding
and the list goes on . . .

I'll try to get something a little more exciting up here soon.

and on to the next quilt

I have been collecting orange and yellow fabrics for a while now. And a few weeks ago I finally cut into it to make a zig zag quilt. At first I thought I'd make a string quilt with it but I somehow changed my mind and it is now a zig zag. Turns out I probably have enough fabric for 2 or 3 more quilts. Oops.

how to patch a shirt

A few years ago I bought this adorable turtleneck for Charlie. The first time he wore it he cut 2 small holes in it with a pair of scissors. I vowed to fix it, but I wasn't sure how.

Finally, about a month ago, I figured it out. I knew I could applique some sort of animal shape (and what animal shape would be approriate for grey, red, and white stripes?) but I hadn't thought of the square background. The final shape needed to cover the holes AND the embroidered bear in the corner.

I was working with my friend Tabby on making some 1 onesies and had this aha moment. I also love the etsy seller moonmum and have been wondering how to use some of her designs on something without outright copying her. I tried to change her robot up a little, so it wasn't exactly the same. I LOVE how it turned out.

So if your 3 year old cuts your favorite striped shirt (I think each of my kids has done it) now you'll still be able to save it!

also been working on . . .

something that's been on my list for a while. My closet door. It has now been freshly painted (2 coats on each side) and hardware cleaned of old paint. That hardware (doorknob, plates, hinges, and all screws) was a bugger to clean. It took a few days and several toothpicks to clean out all the layers of old paint. But I am so happy with the result! And I am pleading with you all - PLEASE DO NOT PAINT YOUR HARDWARE. If you can't remove it entirely at least tape it off so you don't get paint all over it. It takes more time, but it looks much nicer. Okay. Enough of that. Now for the photos.

I love my doorknobs.

The door and doorway (which was also repainted). I'm also going to add some hooks to the inside of the door for towels and scarves.

Of course, I don't have before pictures, but this is an example of a hinge that's been painted over. This on is in the hallway. It is next on my painting/stripping project list.




These are the hall closet doors. Almost every door upstairs looked like this (with the grey inside). The closet door was the last of 9 doors to be painted (and hardware cleaned) upstairs. The hallway is the next job. The yellow on the right is wallpaper glue left over from when I finished stripping the wallpaper. It needs to be cleaned off (the white wall on the left has been cleaned of glue), then all the cracks and holes filled and sanded, then painted. It is the next house job on the list.

I've waited long enough

I finished this quilt several weeks ago. But I wanted to make sure Ash and Andy saw it first.

I LOVE it! I want to make a bazillion more of them!

I also tried a new quilting pattern this time. It's a kind of a vine and it's on the diagonal. I like how it turned out and it wasn't too hard, but next time I think I'll mark at least some of the lines.

New

I have a new niece!