Rainy Day Jam Session

I picked these beauties at a nearby farm. In fact, they were so pretty and delicious, I hated to smash them up for jam. I consoled myself by planning another picking day just for eating and freezing.

 It has been raining all day (2.57 inches so far) and was the perfect chance to do some canning and sewing.

I'm now completely out of small jars, so will have to hit some yard sales. Walmart had the cute red checkered lids through Better Homes & Gardens.

This material has been waiting to be a pillow for some time. I like the french farmhouse style and this fits the bill. It's not for me though. Four of them will be the latest edition to the Etsy shop. 

Rain or shine, hope you're having a good day!

North Visits South

                                                 Good food and fellowship. Thanks J&J!

What's going on around here?

Every year one of my friends has a women's luncheon to encourage women in their role in life and have some fun fellowship together. Over the years it has grown and on Saturday she expects 59 women. I have always enjoyed helping with the decorations and food and this year is no exception. What will be my part this year? :-)

 The theme is royalty so my friend, I'll call her Lady Challengealot, came up with having a banner of a Christian crest.  Here's the picture printed from the internet...

then I drew it to a 3'x4' size with a few changes in wording.

Laying some satin over the cardboard I then painted the outline and filled in the coloring. You can paint on fabric using your regular acrylic paints by simply adding a fabric medium. However, it is nothing like painting on a solid surface and I found this a challenge on satin. Overall, it's looks like a royal Christian crest and that was the goal. I also sewed 10 royal purple runners for the tables and tomorrow I will be making tartlets.

What kind? Blueberry, of course!

I'll take pictures of the luncheon and post later.

So what's the next project?

I'm thinking our well used swing could use a little spring cuteness to make it more comfy and inviting. Remember how I like the color yellow. Well, everything on the porches is covered in a beautiful powdery yellow pollen. Wait, did I say beautiful? No, not this yellow...it must go out with the spring cleaning.

The garden is in a messy state waiting for tilling, planting, watering, and oh how I hope ripe tomatoes!
                                               I better get busy. Have a Happy Thursday!


P.S. In light of the terrible tragedy Japan is facing all this talk about luncheons, swing makeovers and gardening seems quite frivolous, but we truly are counting our blessings and praying for help and comfort for those suffering from so much loss. From the reports I hear we should have a real respect for the Japanese and all the examples of bravery going on. If you visit Etsy there are many shops right now that are using the sale of their goods to help the relief efforts. I applaud them.

Our Baby's 22!

On this day 22 years ago a sweet baby boy came into our lives...

Since then, we have seen much joy and happiness,

singing, laughter & tears, O's&X's,

growth, learning, accomplishment,

hard work, adventurous play, loud times and quiet times,

goals met and yet to reach

What a blessing you are to our family!

When you smile we smile:-)

Happy Birthday

With Love

Sunny Yellow

Yellow is one of my favorite colors and right now in the south there is quite a bit of it blooming.

I thought I'd share some with you, because who doesn't like flowers? I thought so. :-)

We have one yellow rose bush and it's loving the 80 degree weather right now.

To my grandma who had a painful trip to the ER and my mom who was down with the flu, this collage is for you. Love and miss you!

                           These are honeysuckle vines we have growing high up in our trees

 The orange groves near our home are bursting with clover. This will attract bees to pollinate the fragrant orange blossoms. 

Speaking of bees, they are doing their job in the blueberry field.

This is a small broccoli I let flower and hung in a tree by the hammock. Did you know this veggie was so pretty?

This stunning tree is in our neighbor's yard and I cannot drive by it enough. It's so beautiful! It doesn't last very long so we must enjoy it while we can. I think the Lord knew if we had this beauty all the time eventually we would take it for granted and just drive by without a glance.

Well, shame on us, but all the praise to a Creator who not only created the flowers, but in His wisdom gives them to us for but a season.

Enjoy and have a good day!