just a little stroll

Three hours and a little help from my brother-in-law, I got all the brick laid for my path. It still needs a bit of tweakin'  around the edges, but I think it will work just fine. A little bump here and there will  give it just the right amount of a fun stroll.  I think I'll plant some steppables along the sides and put a couple of my galvanized buckets by the door filled with lavender. What do you think?

It sure beats walking through mud and dirt only to track it inside and having to remove my shoes as soon as I enter. That floor is really cold in the winter.

I can picture a small roof overhanging the door area to keep the rain from going inside when you enter. A door with windows to bring in the early morning light would be awesome. Haven't found one of those yet, but still looking. I'm sure I could go on and on with ways to spruce it up around the outside. I have lots of ideas.

With this project complete, I think I'll go and sit a spell and finish up a book I have been reading, as it was hard to put down for awhile. I'll just go soak up some much needed sun on my ever so white body, and take in some vitamin D along the way.

If you happen to be in the neighborhood, stop on by and enjoy a nice iced cold glass of sun tea with me. I would enjoy the company.

The thing is.............

that when it finally warms up enough for me to be outside, all I want to do is work for the most part. With the grass nearly to my knees it was time to rev up all the lawn equipment and get to work. First I mowed the corral, then the lawn, did some weed eating and pulled a few weeds from the garden.

It looks inviting enough to sit and have a glass of iced tea, but............... not yet.

One would think that I have done enough for one day, but............ no. Hubby comes home and says "hey, the guy down the road is having a yard sale. There is a lot of copper stuff there."

Now come on, who can resist the urge to shop at a yard sale? Certainly not me. So, I hop on my quad, mosey on down the road and sure enough I buy up all the copper stuff on the table.

Look at all the neat things I picked up for just $14. There is a canister set, two tea kettles, pot, ladles, coffee mugs, and two lanterns. I figure I can use the glass bottles for some of the handmade things I will be doing for the booth in July. Oh and I picked up the coffee grinder too. Not a bad haul, but..................


 As I was leaving the guy doing the yard sale says he has a large animal trough he said, my husband said, I may be interested in. Of course I am........ I am using them as raised gardening beds. So back home to hook up the trailer, I go back down the dirt road, load it up and bring it home. But.............before I leave he mentions that I might also be interested in the many 12x12 bricks he has.

Of course I am....... So after unloading the water trough it was back down there to load up 80 bricks so that I can then haul them home and unload them all by myself. Boy, am I pooped.

I am hoping to make a very nice pathway to my crafting studio from the house so I will no longer have to walk in mud.

This will be another project for another day. But.........................

for now, this is where I wish to lay my head and just enjoy the rest of the afternoon with the sun and wind blowing in my hair.

Looks pretty good to me.

Oh how I love the warm Spring days.

Some of my many projects

I thought I would get my day started by showing you some of the many projects I have been working on. Some of my aprons are made from new fabrics.

produce bags

levi apron

Some are from old jeans.

Some with vintage doilies as pockets.

 pillowcase apron

                                          Some are made from recycled vintage pillowcases.

vintage tablecloth apron

Farm Chicks cart

This cart I plan to take to the Farm Chicks show in Spokane in a couple of weeks. I can hardly wait to see all the many crafts and antiques that will be there.

gift bags

My daughter and I played around with decorating some gift bags and tags.
I have many other projects I have been doing and so many more to complete before the end of July. This is when I will be having a booth in our small town of Bonanza. This is not something I have ever done so I am really trying to boost up confidence in what I have to sell. There will be a parade and a few craft booths and food vendors at the park. I have been thinking about this and working on this since I went to last years  event. There were not many booths, which is one reason I decided to do one,  as at this same time the whole town of Bonanza and its surrounding areas are having their Annual Yard Sale. And let me tell you, it is HUGE. Miles and miles of shopping.

My daughter plans to make some homemade products for the bath, face and laundry. If all goes well at our first time booth, we may think about another at some other time. I have to get over the anxiety of making nice, presentable, sellable things and making sure I set it up where it draws attention as well.

Wish us luck.

Been away too long

I have been doing so much and been away from blogging for far too long. I tried to catch up on some of my favorite blogs last night and even popped in on a few new ones. Looks like many of you are still having the same kind of weather we are out here in Oregon. Nice and warm one day and the next we still see snow coming down.

The grass around here is now mid calf, which means I will need to start getting out the lawn mower and weed eater. I almost do not want to work in the yard, which has always been something I have loved to do, but have been busy making so many different  crafts, that I don't want to stop.

I managed to get some of my garden cleaned up. I have peas, radishes and some pole beans coming up. I most like to see my bulbs which survived the squirrels last fall, shining bright with their full blooms. I have baby chicks that are ready to be moved into the big house. They are flying around and loving the warmer days of Spring.

Like everyone else, I am sure, we have many things going and lots more to do. So I just wanted you all to know, I am still kicking and will post some pics of some of my projects as soon as I can sit down long enough to load them up.

Hope you all have a beautiful day and I love seeing what everyone has been up to. And my, the crafting gals are so darn clever. I love learning new crafts and getting some much needed ideas. Some blogs are so creative and pretty. Wish I could get lessons on that.

Hugs,
Gail