…my life in the country
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 28th, 2005
Got my picket fence made. Now I can hang pictures and finish the room. There’s been suggestions that i paint butterflies on it or twine sunflowers around but i think I’ll just let it be for now. lol Maybe a morning glory vine later? :laugh: Still no fiber works but I’m heading to Sis’s on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 21st, 2005
I priced ceramic tiles for this project. Yikes! And it would also add way too much weight. So I made my own tiles using scrap wood from Randy’s waste bin. A couple short bits of 4×4 and some 2×4 & 2×6′s. I used some stain/varnish to color and seal the wood so the grout wouldn’t [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 17th, 2005
Here’s one of the ladies from the bathroom border. She’s over the shower stall. I used some of the words from that old Bobby Darin song: Splish splash, I was taking a bath… I think it turned out cute and goes with the yellow, white and teal stripes under it. Randy says I’ve been watching [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 16th, 2005
shower_merpeson.bmp (513k file) I finished the bathroom paint job. Did a Decorator paint with stripes and a hand painted border re: H&G channel. Turned out very nicely, I think. I used the words from the old Bobby Darin song: Splish Splash, I was taking a bath… interspursed with mermaids and octopi. It’s unique lol This [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 14th, 2005
I’m on a roll. It’s our bathroom this time. I painted it white, taped and painted the yellow stripes and discovered there was not enough contrast and it looked… well, not very good. So I got out my acrylic paints and mixed up a teal blue and got my liner brush and did some pin-striping. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 9th, 2005
In case you wonder what he’s doing instead of making looms, here’s one project. He’s been pouring foundations, constructing driveways and installing roofs, but on this one he gets to do the middle part, too! Grandmother and I drove down and took a look, as well as the pictures. That’s him on the bottom left [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 3rd, 2005
:O Well, the How nose looks pretty much the same…. :confused: And I thought I was fat then! Oh well, I guess it’s true… time flies whether you’re having fun or not. But I did have my share of it, I think! :laugh:
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 3rd, 2005
I can finally get to my knitting machine! I decided to start with these otherwise useless odd bits of acrylic yarn and make vet pet pads while using up the yarn and also reminding myself how the knitting machine works… it’s been so long! lol But I think I’m about ready to get out that [...]