In the Studio

Refinished
hutch put into
service.
It looks
kinda orange
here, but it
really is
"poppy"
Like a dark
fuchsia.







With the snow outside we decided to do a few things around the house.

It is time to get the back up heater installed, rather reinstalled since it
was in the wrong place (ie, someone did not listen to where I wanted it).
All is good now.














AND........even though the walls are not finished we installed the light over the
stairwell. I love it.














When you are on a pay as you go system, things go a bit slow. BUT, the room is useable
and this is a good thing as quilts are getting quilted with the longarm home. YAAAAA

New Life for a Hutch

Sometimes furniture gets abused, in this case this cute little hutch was used to store tools and paint in a shop. It is still solid enough to save from the dump. So with a little sanding and painting. Now mind you I do not usually paint wood, but this was a good candidate.















Here are a few pictures after the crackle finish was applied. It needs to set for about a week before putting on the finish coat of clear poly.















the big crack in the top isn't as noticeable and works fine with the aged look.

The hutch top looks great and loved again.














and one of the doors. Once it is coated and knobs are reinstalled, I will post a picture of it all together.

Atop the kitchen cabinets

We have high ceiling in the kitchen and I could not see any reason to waste the space, so I had Kirk add some extra cabinets with glass doors on top of the regular cabinets. Still have a nice space on top for decorations.

This is the setting for Christmas. I was lucky to find garland with lights at our local ACE for $5.00 each (and of course I should have bought more, duh). This picture is dark so please click on it for a better look.














Some close ups. You will see one of my birdhouses (Kirk made them, I painted them). On the right is a pedestal dish my mom gave me, I put some acrylic grapes over the edge. Red cranberry like berries and white lights along the garland.



Note the dishes below.
I will share those with
you soon. They are a
treasure.








On the other side of the cabinets, a red star, acrylic rain deer, more of the cranberry berries, gold garland. This was taken before I added, red and white stripe, plaid and polka dot bows.














This is the other birdhouse and a ceramic birdhouse that my friend Cathy gave me a few years ago.

Yes, you are seeing a
tin wall. That is the same
material we have on the
outside of the house.
We built the shop
first and then added the
house on the side, so
that wall is the outside
wall to the shop, now the
inside wall for the kitchen,
bathroom and livingroom.


Why spend the money to build another wall. The tin fit perfectly into our cabin plan.
More to come.

Thank you for stopping by.
Until later.

Happy Easter

May your Easter be blessed with the risen Jesus.

Happy Easter.

Curtains

The curtains are done. They are simple curtains with lining, sewn on 3 sides with right sides together, turned right side out and then hemmed.

We installed copper pipe for the curtain rods, with a simple pine holder for the rod.














Copper clips hold the curtains (found them a Lowe's). I need to get some more clips, it is to loose for my liking.














One of the side windows of the bay so you can see the curtain closed. See the header? I am going to add more clips to hold it straighter. You can also see one of the other panels pulled back.



















The curtain pulled back. (That is the front porch out side the window).



















A block from the quilt I am working on for the bedroom. Called the Log Cabin block. Notice the second fabric from the center, on the orange side, it is the curtain fabric. This quilt will have 70 of these blocks in it, I will show it to you when it is done.















Thank you for visiting, please come again.

Shoppe Additions

Dream pillows on eCrater Shoppe


Hand embroidered with
"Sweet Dreams"
in purple





Lavender dream pillow with hand embroidery, makes a wonderful gift for yourself or a special person on you list.

Place your dream pillow inside you pillow case to help you fall asleep.
Lavender is know for its calming effect. Inside the pillow are lavender buds and soft cotton batting.


Hand embroidered with
"Lavender"
in raspberry





I made a pillow for my daughter-in-law and granddaughter, and had to make another for my son ....he said it really does make a difference, he sleeps much better.

So treat yourself or a loved one to sweet dreams with a lavender dream pillow. Perfect for your travel kit, helping to calm you in a strange place.

Note: After awhile you can add lavender EO to your pillow if you want it make it stronger.



Hand embroidered with
"Sweet Dream"
in raspberry.




To visit my eCrater Shoppe see the side bar. Thank you.

eCrater Shoppe

Good Morning All:

After a job scare, I have reopened my shoppe......I am trying eCrater this time instead of Etsy.

The reason being that eCrater doesn't charge to list, nor is there a time limit on your listing. Just a little savings. Please see my side panel to visit my shoppe.

I will be adding new items, so please visit often. All items will be hand crafted by me, today I will be adding some lavender dream pillows that are hand embroidered. This takes alot more time then without the embroidery but I think it is worth it. Jewelry will be coming soon, I am still honing my skills there. I have purses in the works as well. Soaps, too.

Thank you for your support.

Thank you
Gail