A Week Away

Well, it was great going to Vancouver and over to the Island. Even though the weather didn't cooperate, I still did a bunch of looking around and shopping :) and best of all, a bunch of visiting!

Looking at Vancouver from Lonsdale Quay.

A beautiful day!

The famous clock at Gastown, tourists took our picture for us--me and my daughter . Drizzling a bit, but walked around before going to The Old Spaghetti Factory for a very delicious supper.

Leaving Vancouver.

Quesnel, our little city surrounded by two big rivers. It's good to be home, but nine days wasn't long enough :)

Sunflower

I had to share this picture I took this morning. I moved into my new home last April, had a worn out gazebo torn down and wonder of wonders, someone had dropped a sunflower seed throught the old floor.

Well somehow it survived the winter and sprouted. I recognized the little plant and let it grow.
The flower is so bent over, I hope it doesn't break!

The seed head is 8 inches across. The seeds are not ripe yet.

There is a little self-made bird bath from the rain.

I'm just going to leave it to nature and see what happens!

Tea on Tuesday

Peaches and paper Flowers :)


A quiet cup of tea in the sunshine of my livingroom. This is the same tea as last week :)


I bought a box of peaches! Now I need to do something with them, but of course I'll keep a few to eat.








Peaches cut in half ready to freeze. I have never done this before, so I hope it works!
















These ones are going to be canned, here they are all washed and I sit with my tea :)











Yesterday was gray and rainy, so I decided to make some paper flowers. On my side bar is a blog called Such a Pretty Mess---I love the work she does and she shows how to make these.









I used Stampin Up cardstock and sprayed them with glimmer mist. Sorry it is a bit blurry---a photographer I am not.

I have a bunch more done in other colours, but it is a bit time consuming, so maybe tomorrow :)


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Tea on Tuesday

I made it on the right day :)






I'm having a very nice tea with my muffin. This recipe is out of Canadian Living magazine, a light, not too sweet blueberry muffin with a topping of sugar and lemon zest.

***I had to come back and tell you about the napkin. I am making a card with a napkin--see the piece above it. You separate the layers, iron it onto cardstock and finish it as a card.

It is pouring rain with thunder. A good day for tea and maybe reading some of my book before dinner!




I finished my two cards :)






Thanks for the nice comments from last week. Patty, I put a cream cheese icing on the Skor bars, I think lemon zest on top would have been nice :)

Check Kimmies blog http://artinredwagons.blogspot.com/ to see who else is having tea.

Tea on Friday

Once again I have been away for too many Tuesdays! Out to the Lake with family a couple of times and of course, another trip to Chetwynd :)

Today I'm drinking Genmai-Cha--Brown Rice Green Tea, given to me by a dear friend I don't get to see near often enough! I have to say, it has a lovely, intriguing taste! Also, you are blessed with the view of my messy desk--one of my favourite places to hang out :)

The squares are called Skor Bars! So delicious....I couldn't wait for them to cool and ice, so I cut myself a couple of pieces and put icing on. All you do is mix 1, 225g box of Ritz crackers(crushed) with 1 can of condesed milk and 1 bag of Skor Chipits. Press into an 8"x8" pan and bake for 20 minutes at 350F.






I have also got into my scrap room! I love the little box on the front cover of the Stampin Up catalogue and decided to make a card fashioned after it.



This card front is done with rub-ons and I want to do one with stamps. The clock part is raised up on pop dots. I put micro beads and glitter on the brads and here and there. The embossed bird is raised on dots too. When the other one is complete, I'll post a pic of both :)

My Recent Trip to Chetwynd and My Wind Chime

Picking up rocks along the beach of Moberly Lake in Chetwynd, B.C.

A person can walk for miles like this :)

Just listening to the waves and enjoying the solitude.

What I did with the rocks :)

Not exactly a 'chime', but it was my first time wrapping rocks. Maybe next time I will add something to actually make a nice little sound.......or maybe not. I kind of like it just like this.

The carvings from the chainsaw contest. Some are auctioned off and many are just donated to be placed all around the town. Beautiful, intricate work on them all.

Tea on Tuesday

I enjoyed a lovey cup of Exotica tea today and quite honestly this loose tea smelled good enough to eat :)







My lovely Daughter-in-law brought it for me, along with a mesh tea ball with a cute little cup at the end of the chain--do you see it hanging by my cup handle :)









Here is the tin, so you can see the blend of ingredients. I think when it's hot out, I'll try it iced.


I had my tea inside today and relaxed with a couple of magazines.

Check out the list of other Tuesday Tea drinkers on Kims blog http://artinredwagons.blogspot.com/

Tea on Tuesday in the sunny Cariboo

Well, I made it for Tea on Tuesday :) it has been a while! I think my pictures are reflecting the beautiful blue skies. I'm in a lovely shady spot on my little deck, enjoying a mild breeze.


I'm having Arizona Green Tea with ginseng and honey, so soothing. I love the apple, raison, cinnamon pitas. I just toast slightly and add butter. Some cherries from the tree--just some I could reach, riper ones were too high :)



Some company to help with the cherries!





Contemplating what to do with the rocks that I picked up by Moberly Lake, just a few miles from Chetwynd.

Not sure if I want to paint on them or wrap some wire around them and hang from a piece of driftwood. Maybe a bit of both.




A lovely piece of bark found at the same Lake. Such pretty waves on this side, reminded of a horses mane.



This side looked as though it should have goats climbing on it. I'm not sure if I could paint that, but maybe I'll have to give it a try. The whole piece is about 5 inches by 8 inches.

I will post a picture in the near future so you can see what I decided to do :)

I brought my journal outside with me too. I'm trying, once again, to keep it going. This one I started when I moved into my new home :)

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Red Hat Books

No, I'm not a Red Hatter :) I was asked to make six books for some Ladies in the Quesnel Lake area. Even in such a remote communitee, there is a Red Hat group!




I made three each of two designs, unfortunately, the photos don't show the glitter on the boa or the other parts.




Here is a view from the top, so you can see how the books are made. The instructions on how to make one of your own is on Splitcoast Stampers. See the side bar to find my gallery on Splitcoast, at the top of that page you should see Resources--lots of things to make! It doesn't take long to cut the paper, but does take time to tape all the pages together and decorate!
Now, if the sun keeps shining and the grass dries up a bit, I may be able to do some gardening today :)
Happy 4th of July to my American Friends!

Knitting Project

This is an afghan I started a long time ago. I ran out of the blue yarn and, not being able to find the same brand/colour, put the whole thing away. Well, I decided it was time to either finish it off as a lap-ghan or find some yarn that would work. The blue that I found doesn't quite match, but it is close enough to finish the job!



The pattern is from Ladies' Home Journal, Spring/Summer 1976 :) the price os the magazine was $1.50. Lots of retro stuff, probably some of it is back in style--like the crocheted bikini.




I love the colours in this--black, blue, purple and sea green. It's done with double yarn throughout and as you can see, the rows are worked to blend in each new colour.


The finished size will be 41" by 65". It's beautiful and cushie feeling :)

Tea on Saturday

Well, I'm a bit late for tea on Tuesday! However, tea is good anyday :)










Today I'm having peppermint tea and some prune pyrogies. I made a rather large batch of pyrogies, some with potatoes, potatoes and cottage cheese, yams, and just had to do the prunes. Boil them up, melt some butter with brown sugar and cinnamon, and enjoy!












Going to relax and work on a dishcloth I've been making....I think the large ball makes about a dozen or so.

My craft room, the new green paint is called, The Loft. I am going to start putting shelves together and get some of the boxes unpacked....finally!

I actually found the materials in my stack of boxes, to make someone a card. This is called a screen door card and as you can see, has a piece of screen on it. The pattern is in Country Woman magazine. This is great for many occasions, including Christmas.

Moved Again :)

Well, yes, I've moved again! And this is it for at least 10 years. This time, thank goodness, I had help to move all those boxes--I swear my craft room alone was at least 40 boxes! Plus the shelves.

New furniture, so the store delivered and moved those things in :)

I'm busy getting settled, unpacking, moving things around to see where I want stuff. My yard is getting things done too.

I've planted some flowers in pots on the deck, getting the grass worked on and some gardens for my perennials. The deck needs new paint, but it will get done this summer.

No pictures yet, but will be posting some soon :)

Am I back for real this time? yes, I believe so. I really want to get working on my crafts and be here for Tea next Tuesday :)

Happy January :)

Holidays are over and it's time to get back to working on 'stuff' :) but first, a couple of pictures for you.

The beautiful view from my deck, love it when the sun shines on new fallen snow :)

Where ever I live, I want the morning sun to shine in my kitchen/dining area :)

Fina thought this was put there just for her :) proving that cats really do like a circular bed and that they like to be the 'center' of attention.

Like Grandma, like Grandson :)

He loves paper like I do. Now to get him sewing :)

In the background, trailer park life :)

Helping with dishes after a beautiful Christmas dinner.

Helpers for taking down the tree and decorations :)

Happy New Year Everyone

Just a quick hello to wish you all a wonderful New Year. All the best. I'll be back with regular posts next week :)

Taking a Break

I'm taking a little break from my blog. It will be late September when I come back.

I will be looking forward to more Tea on Tuesday with everyone over at Kimmies :)

The Dress

Well, this is the green, Winnie the Pooh dress, finished :)

The pattern is so easy to do and turns out so cute. The dress has elastic to gather the fabric, then is sewn to the crocheted piece. Any bits of fabric can be made up using this idea! If the weather was cooler, you could add a long sleeved top and tights.










At first my gorgeous little Granddaughter didn't want her picture taken, so we got a picture of her back.


















But then, she did!


Isn't that soooo like a two year old :)








I still don't have a picture of the red topped one, using the same fabric. It is longer--half way between knees and ankles and has a pretty crocheted flower on the bodice as well as a little red ruffle on the bottom.