Crocheted Lamp Shade

So, I bought a very odd and old floor lamp, that weighs a ton, and spray painted it Grinch green because - well - I had that color. There was no plan, no great artistic statement, but I feel like all this 'fly by the seat of my pants' worked out very well this one…

A belated Christmas post

I haven't been keeping up with my blog, but I want to! My web host kept changing things on me, so the blog was getting lost so I brought it back over to WordPress and it should be safer here than in any sub-directory on xyz.blah. It was a craft-filled Christmas and here are a…

Painting Gourds

The North Carolina Gourd Society holds an annual fall festival where I took 2 classes and was schooled on various things from people who know so much about gourds! Did you know there's a wood clay/putty that you can shape into a nose and just stick it right on your gourd's face? Now we both…

Alcova Scarf

Cables? YES! The more the merrier. This piece is the hottest thing in my wardrobe these days. It's springy, soft and feels so good on the skin. I was happy to have it a few weeks ago when we had a 9" snowfall. Wore it to fill my bird feeders and walk the dog. I…

A Little Kindness Monster

We're expecting a new person on our family in March 2019! A granddaughter and we're quite excited though they don't live nearby. We're going to have to make good use of video calls and social media to stay in touch. We can do it! My son is a huge fan of Pikachu so I sent…

I LOVE Vintage China

I have a love for old China, but not the storage, so I still only have what I've had for decades. Don't you just love Dutch rabbits? Found these 3" bunnies at the local nursery, the doily was a rescue from an antique shop and the dinnerware is Mason's Brown Bows transferware I inherited. Also…

Tea and Roses – a Teapot Cozy

A new teapot cozy for the teapot I recently purchased. This one is made of 2 granny squares to fit each side, then seamed in anyway I could come up with to keep the 2 pieces together. The rose is an Irish rose, free patterns for this are everywhere online. I had the teapot on…

A new teapot

I've been having tea more lately, and honey. Ending a rut of making tea how mom did, with Tetley, milk and sugar. Not sure if I even liked it, but I guess it was just what was familiar. While shopping with a friend in downtown Raleigh, there was a small window we passed that caught…

Charcoal Cabled Hat

For a cold weather trip to Beufort, NC back in December - brrr.... what were we thinking? Beaufort is a quaint gem of a town kind of frozen in time. So many historic homes, they're all white, and the annual holiday home tour is a real treat. The pattern is the Gingerbread Hat by Angel…

Spice Cake, a Rhinebeck Souvenir

Find it on Etsy Find it on Ravelry There was an email from the Indie Untangled Trunk Show for Rhinebeck offering up a delicious colorway of a neutral wool with POPS of orange and hints of violet and blue - it was so special, I had to order it. Yarn: La Bien Aimée Merino Singles…