Last night was a quilt session at Joyce's. This is huge because I AM Not a quilter...first time, doing paper piecing (are we NUTS?). Thankfully, Joyce is an awesome teacher and we all made it out alive, with all of our fingers (but funnily enough we all at some point cut off a piece of fabric that was supposed to stay!). I was shooting for a cheery summer color scheme (WOW--it's bright!)
The little diagram papers are actually freezer paper that Joyce printed patterns on (she is so smart!).Here's our finished blocks (the color is a bit wonky so this was the best that picnik would let me get).
I'm seriously going to sneak in to Lori's house and swipe hers!
Here's a close up of mine (put your sunglasses on first!). I'm undecided on what to do with this...pillow (but where would I put it), wall hanging (Lori suggested using it as my summer "wreath" on my hutch) or have Jim finagle a frame and wrap it like a canvas? The flower in the middle is actually just some scraps that I messed with...I'm really not super happy with the stripe fabric, but it tied all of the colors in....oh well, next time when I don't have 3 boys trying to knock over every display in Joanne Fabrics!
This morning I came downstairs and found Max on our loveseat....
I asked him if he was comfortable and here was his reply~
Here's a close up of mine (put your sunglasses on first!). I'm undecided on what to do with this...pillow (but where would I put it), wall hanging (Lori suggested using it as my summer "wreath" on my hutch) or have Jim finagle a frame and wrap it like a canvas? The flower in the middle is actually just some scraps that I messed with...I'm really not super happy with the stripe fabric, but it tied all of the colors in....oh well, next time when I don't have 3 boys trying to knock over every display in Joanne Fabrics!This morning I came downstairs and found Max on our loveseat....I asked him if he was comfortable and here was his reply~Well, alrighty then!
Have a great holiday weekend (I'm hoping ours will be spent mostly on the water...cross your fingers and say a prayer that Jim did everything right when winterizing the boat!)
Put the image under the freezer paper (shiny side down) and transfer the outline with a pen or sharpie. Painstakingly trace outline with an exacto knife....for 6 t-shirts worth of art. (I've heard that you can re-use the freezer paper templates, but mine stuck like you know what so I wouldn't bet on it!)
Flip shirt inside out and iron onto the front side a chunk of freezer paper the size of the shirt. This helps keep the paint from seeping through to the back. You could also just shove in a paper sack or cardboard, but I knew that I'd be working with boys and the more stable and less mess up-able the better ;)
With a little sponge brush, slap on some fabric paint. Let dry for a bit and then peal off the paper~
This seriously took forever!!!! I also cut out each of their names to put on the inside of "rocks". I envisioned super cool skater shirts (that ate up tons of time on the slumber party clock!)
Notice all of that hard work, cutting out all of the details in the fingers and knees and leg...Gone...I shoulda known!
The bon fire took about an hours and then it was onto playing grey ghost and finding toads (along with burping and farting contests...JoY!)
I called my mom around 8:30 pm to thank her for all of the times I was allowed to have friends spend the night :) All in all they were pretty good....ended up watching movies ALL night and giggling like a pack of girls, but they were good.
I just made basic sugar cookies using the roll a ball and smash with the bottom of a sugared glass method. Then I whipped up a basic royal icing, thick for the outline then thinned to make an even coat, added red dye and made some stitches...insta super mom (yeah, right!)
Jim was on shift the day of J's birthday, so my mom invited over to their house for steak (gee twist Jamie's arm!). They were nuts, Corn AND Potatoes!!! Heaven!
My mom was also sweet enough to make him dirt dessert...I don't know why, but 10 has seemed to be the year of weird facial expressions :/
...and crazy ways to blow out the candles...(this is my dad's method-big breathe in and then poof of air to blow out the fire)
Here he is opening our present....all excited to see something Navy, right?!?
hmmm...I wish it was from the Iraq War not WW2...well, alrighty then...(after 0 sleep the night before with his slumber party, I about lost it...so I had to remind myself that I was surely the same when I was his age...grrr)
He is now completely outfitted in everything T. Hawk from his shirts all the way down to his shoes (socks too)....and he has a nice stash to save up for a "nice" skateboard. I figure with allowance and all, it will take him the whole summer...buying me some time to have him prove that he can take better care of the cheap board from last year!
He is super into baseball and pretty much every other sport, plus skateboarding and trying to freak me out by rigging his own ramps for their bikes!
Joyce loved these plates...they are really much cooler than my cell phone cam makes them out to be! (these are one of the many projects on our next to do list!) What do you think of the glass vase sculptures in the back? They were the first thing that I spied and immediately thought...hmmmm....granny bongs?!? (I'm sorry...can't help it...way too many Cheech and Chong records in high school!) Really officer, it's a glass yard ornament for my grandma's birthday!
Here's another sign that you're in the midwest....yard ornaments made from beer cans...uh huh!
(I have to admit that I am rather fond of the pretty glass jars and the red light bulbs...another project maybe?)
These metal statuaries cracked me up! I love all of the colors and the fact that they seem to be at least pseudo recycled junk art :)
I really want this cowboy...he had a friend back behind that was holding a shot gun...you know, to go with all of my beer bottle bugs!
This was Joyce's favorite....how cute! And simple to make to boot!
Again, we've been on this bed spring phase (did I ever show you guys my "spring" wreath? I can't remember)...these would be super cute on a table or a cool old metal rocker (swoon!)
O' how I love thee, new cupboard shop that looks like it came out of Grandma's kitchen.....
This was lunch..sort of, I gave Jim the chips later and left the bun (hmph....grains!) Lunch was from a local company, Buritt Meats...if you're local, they are amazing!!!
How fun would this be in our backyard?!? Too bad Riley would be the only one still small enough to really enjoy it!
This is part of the cow barn....I'm sure the old thing is used to being filled with crap, just not of the variety that most people would actually want ;) It cracked me up to see so many people crammed in there! Honestly, this was my favorite building to go to at the fair when growing up...Kathy, I posted some pics just for you!
Here's a side shot, 3 isles of stuff, some neat, some not so much, but still!
I told Jim that he was lucky that I didn't bring home one of these for one of our peaks. Here's how that conversation went: why...because they're cool...but you don't know the angle of our roof...well...well..hmph...party pooper!
Soooo....what did I actually buy there? Not much really, a couple of tart pans and some Navy patches for Jamie's birthday next week...and....this----
The same man, who was selling the patches, also had a bunch of army-ish uniforms hanging along a fence. I went over to look at a camo duffle bag, but then I spotted this uniform! He only wanted 20 bucks!!!! It has pants with the little button front and everything! 
He said it was a WW2 uniform....under the collar is a tag saying it's 100% wool and has a very faded name written in cursive and a service number too!
Jamie's going to freak!!!! I'm thinking about framing it for his room, or just letting him hang it up and play with it a bit....any thoughts?
Posts
