My Yard

Welcome to my backyard

My first attempt at cucumbers









Thank you for your visit. Please come back soon.

Gifts From Across The Miles

Lovely gifts from Dubai and my friend Xue. This item is an Obi Belt. It is fashioned after the belt used when wearing a Kimono. It is reversable and can be worn different ways. Please check out Xue's blog. She makes so many different things and is so talented.

This is my daughter Sylvia wearing the Obi. She wore it to work today and received many compliments on it.

The other items that I received were a zippered wristlet, two pouches for Kleenx, I can actually fit my cell phone in one and two hair scrunche's

My Find Of The Week

I found these at my favorite second hand/antique store.

I love the workmanship.

I couldn't resist these cup and saucer sets, I think they are fun and whimsical. What about you?

July Artful Bag Challenge

Here we are and it is July already and we have another bag challenge.

For this months challenge we were to take a bag that we either found in

one of our piles of bags or find one at the second hand store. I found

this one way back deep inside a bag of goodies marked for the second

hand store

Imagine that!

I give all the credit to Anna at Frostedpetunias for putting together this awesome

challenge. She is the hostess. Please run to her site and check out her bags and

that will point the way to other bags.

This is what I started with.

First I added an organza flower that I made, then I made a sculpy clay face that I molded.

I added some trim too.

I then stepped back and looked at what I made.

The bag already had a very long shoulder strap.

It was a great bag to play with.

Reeds Lake Run

It was a beautiful morning for a 10k race.

Saturday June 25, 2011

Sylvia's running group from Gazelle Sports



Almost to the finish line. It was great catching her in action.



Sylvia's time for the 10k (6.2miles)

66 minutes

She ran all the way !

Mad Tea Party 2011

Welcome to my Mad Tea Party 2011

Hosted by Miss Vanessa at A Fancilful Twist

"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?"

LET THE MADNESS BEGIN

"We're all mad here."



"Curiouser and curiouser!"

"I'm late."

There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the

March Hare and the hatter were having tea at it.

"It's always tea time."

I'm glad you had a chance to visit my Mad Tea Party.

Please visit A Fanciful Twist for more parties!

June - Artful Bag Challenge

Welcome to the June Artul Bag Challenge.

First of all I want to thank Anna at Frostedpetunias for putting all of this together, she has done an amazing job. Please check out other bags there too.

Check out her other work also!

I franticly searched all around my house for an object that I could transform into a bag.

I finally decided on a Taster's Choice coffee container. It was the right size and shape for what I wanted to do.

First I pealed off the the outer lable and then drilled holes in the sides. For my handle, which is a silk rope with an orange/red colored bead.

I then got out the black spray paint and sprayed the container.

I then got out my water color paints and started mixing colors for the poppy theme that I wanted to get across.

They are my favorite flowers.

I started cutting out the poppies that I had painted.

I started gluing everything in place.

For the large silk poppy I wired that on from the inside.



I threded the silk rope with the orange/red bead on and tied knots on the inside so it will be secure.

Here is my finished bag.

It has enought room inside for a small wallet, sunglasses, keys and a comb.