My new purses!

I have been very busy!

I have 2 shows coming up and I am trying to get as many items made as possible.  These are the bags I have been working on the last couple of days.

 Made from feed sack and retro dish towels

 I used an embroidery piece to make the flap on a pillow case for this cute bag and added some vintage lace.

 Vintage table cloth and new fabric for the pocket.

 Cute bag made from a vintage quilt and new retro style fabric.

Retro tablecloth with matching vintage print quilt fabrics.

I love this one.

 

Another one with a vintage quilt but done with blue fabrics for accent. All of these bags except for the yellow plaid were made from patterns I purchased from Charlie's Aunt on Etsy.  She has some very unique style bags.

Spring is here!

As I was taking my break today I saw the buds on my front tree!

Then as I looked across the field I could see the green in the middle of the trees. Can you see it! A few more warm days and some rain and the trees will be full of leaves.

We had a lot of wind today and watching it blow across the winter wheat looked like rolling waves on the ocean.

It was very relaxing while I took Cooper up the hill for a quick walk before I got back to work on my bags.  Tomorrow I will be taking a class with my Handmade Dayton friends making ATC's then a weekend with my sister and niece working on some cards and mixed media. 

I will be finishing up my pillows for the show next week.

Anything that doesn't sell will be listed in my Etsy shop early May!

Sorry I have been gone so long but I can only do one creative thing at a time ;)

Spring is here! I saw a robin.

Spring is officially here but the temperatures aren't cooperating with us this next week, but I did see a robin and it was singing it's head off!

I have been very neglectful of my blog as of late because I have been unpacking, organizing and just being lazy.

The stress of the past months has caught up with me and I just couldn't sit down and come up with anything worth writing about. This isn't either but I thought my new image would be nice to look at. I can't wait until the trees are bursting with blooms again this year. Can you?

So

Since I don't have anything interesting right now

I'll pass on this give-away

but you really won't like it

and really don't need to stop over.

really you don't.

but if you must go here for a (boring) give-away

http://talesfromanoccottage.blogspot.com/2011/03/little-vintage-french-white-farm-house.html

Happy Spring!

Distraction

I Hate TV! It is such a waste of time and makes my mind go to mush. Well not the cool informative channels. But still when I want to get something done it's a real distraction. I have recently gotten addicted to watching 2 mindless crazy shows on Mondays that totally wreck my reading time but I can't help it they are funny. Maybe it is because I haven't really watched TV for at least 2 years with any regularity, that I am just starved for distraction or maybe it's because my brain is so tired of reading. I LOVE BOOKS! I love information and learning and growing so I have spent a lot of time reading over the past 10 years. Between my book club, my current interest in historical fiction and spiritual growth it doesn't leave much time for anything else. Then there is the new problem...The Internet. Now I am addicted to checking the blogs I like, my facebook friends and learning how to promote my business here on the web. I just don't have time for TV! Now in the last 3 weeks I have found a new show on Tuesdays I am interested in so I might as well go back to watching NCIS too. 2 wasted nights. I'll just have to get up early so I can get time to post my blogs. This is the reason I am using anyway for not keeping up here this month. TV. Well I'll just have to commit the rest of my evenings to books and blogs. I'll also get some art in there too or I won't have a blog!
So here is the inspirational art part!
The other morning we had a hard frost. Some of the pretty flowering trees were affected ( is it affected or effected? Never could get that one down) anyway, The sun was shining so brightly the next morning and our neighbors tree was just stunning. I was so thankful it wasn't frost bitten and brown. I thought I should stop taking that beautiful tree for granted and capture the beauty before the blooms are gone. So here are a few images of our beautiful magnolia tree. I hope you enjoy!



Have a great day!

SPRING!

I am sorry that the images didn't load yesterday but here they are today and we are having another glorious day!

Who said weeds are ugly?

Please tell me Spring is really near!

I am sitting in my office trying to learn as much as I can about all this Internet social communication, which is mind boggling for me. I'm stuck waiting for the phone to ring and just doing business as usual, all the while, looking out my window seeing beautiful SUNSHINE! Here in Ohio it just doesn't happen much over the last few months. We actually hit the 70's today! So I have decided to give you some pretty floral bouquets to enjoy today while we wait for the real thing to sprout!
After work I think Cooper and I need to take a LONG walk!