The Foggy Dew

Yesterday was a gray misty, January day.  There was a hushed beauty in the air. The deer appreciate the safety of the foggy camouflage.

A fleeting image of the lady cardinal. Her mate was harder to capture on film. I must put some feeders out very soon. 

The day's silvery haze made me think of how beautiful the color gray really is. It lends such a calming tone to whatever it graces.

 

Turkey n' Pie

It was exciting to get a photo back of a happy customer in her custom apron! She just happens to be my aunt Ruth. Here she is on Thanksgiving, modeling her "Turkey's in the Oven" apron, made just for her with vintage fabrics. Thank you, Aunt Ruth, love you!

If you want your own custom apron or one I've already made please visit this link:
Purple Pinafore.

Recent Sewing

I recently won a yard of good quality fabric from J &O Fabrics on Facebook. They asked what readers would do with a yard of  their brightly colored "African Queen". I answered right away because I had admired the design of the fabric on their website. The statuesque profile of the pattern reminded me immediately of my niece. I said I would make a hair kit for her mom to keep her hair care items in.  I finally finished the hair kit. It includes a tote bag, accessory bag, a kerchief and a headband.

Isn't she an African Queen?

Did I say free, yes I said free Vintage Clipart!

I love these freebie vintage images. I used one for my etsy banner, in fact. Check out this blog: Far Far Hill for a bunch of gorgeous images of yesteryear. You will have to click on the buttons for "free download".

Wedding in Review

I just realized after being married now for 9 months, that I never did a wedding post on this blog.  So I thought I'd share a few of our best wedding photos by the fabulous Adam Mowery.
My husband and I met online, I'm from CA and we now live here in his home state of NC.  I wanted a simple vintage Irish wedding but added a few Southern touches, too.  I'm wearing my mother's dress, that I altered to fit my 50's style. I loved the little chapel where we held the small ceremony, it's hard to find anything like that where I'm from.  My niece and nephew stole the show as the adorable flower girl and ringbearer. And David and I were so pleased with the music that was all done by Barrowburn, a local Celtic band. And I almost cried when my brother led us all in worship and added a custom line to David's favorite worship song. All that stress was for naught, because the Lord brought it all together perfectly. No, it wasn't my dream wedding but it was a simple and sincere celebration and committment before the Father. AND I just happened to get the most loving husband in the history of the world!

A Full Heart and Silent Mouth

There is so much that the Lord is teaching me and speaking to me about right now that I'm occupied with listening. I'm not able right now to assemble it into words appropriate for my blog yet.  But, I feel so undeservedly privileged to fellowship with Christ in my suffering and watch Him turn my pain into something good.  Friend, if you don't know Him, you are missing out on a different kind of life, that I dearly want you to know.
Visit this link to find out more about the choice we all must face: 2 Ways to Live
My recent miscarriages and chronic illness have kept me from doing as many creative things as I normally like to do and share with you.  But, I thought I'd post a photo of one thing I made recently.

Merry Christmas!

WET PAINT

I bought my office chair at a yard sale for $8 this summer and it works great.  It was just WAY too boring in all black.  So I decided to spruce it up a bit.  I recovered the back support with some great fabric that a friend had also found at a yard sale, for $5 for 4 bolts.  It was very easy to recover; I just unscrewed the 2 screws in the back and then glued the yellow fabric over the old fabric and screwed it back on, tucking the fabric in around the edges.  I thought about recovering the seat also but I wanted something more creative than a matching seat. And since I've been enamored with bees lately, I thought I'd paint on some yellow stripes!  I just used some clear packing tape we had, to guide the paint as you can see here.

Then I got out my 99 cent acrylic yellow craft paint and started painting my stripes.  I went into the other room to watch TV while the paint dried.  A few hours later I came back and the paint was already dry but the stripes seemed paler than I had wanted, so I added another coat of paint.  I went back to another activity until the paint dried. Soon after that I was talking to my hubby and then as he turned to leave I noticed something on the back of his shorts.  Well, I figured out why my stripes were pale. And I realized that one should not assume that one's spouse is aware, and should always put up a "WET PAINT" sign when painting furniture. My sweet hubby had decided to work on my computer while I was in the other room and had inadvertently added bumblebee stripes to the posterior of his nice khaki shorts! Look here:

Oh well, sorry Honey. At least my chair turned out the way I wanted. :)