The swamp in the basement is now dry and things are back to normal - except for the giant pile of stuff on my work table. Oh. That IS normal.
Before the trip to Florida, I made a few things - and I got back to my sewing machine after I returned, but before the flood. Here are a couple of pix of what I've been working on:
The pillow on the left is made from an old popcorn bag that Lara gave me. I love the image of the little girl! I made a piping and gave it an envelope closure with a red,white and blue ribbon closure.
The next pillow is just an applique pillow cover - again with an envelope closure. It's not that I don't know how to do zippers, but that I like the idea of using ribbons or buttons to close the pillow cover - and there's another opportunity to get another fabric or two in there.
In the front are two more burp cloths, and a 5 ft. bunting banner. Don't have a specific plan for it yet, but I love the colors and it filled my creative need the day I made it.
In addition to the sewing frenzy (I swear I have art/craft/creativity ADD), I painted this silly trio of canvases for my kitchen.
The reason it's silly is that I don't ever need a reminder to eat.
It would have been much smarter for me to buy 6 canvases, and paint "vacuum" or 4 canvases for "dust". But really - where's the fun in that.
Maybe I need to buy ten more for the other side of the kitchen that would spell out: STOP EATING! Just a thought.
Finally, in a nod to my creative friend Mel - who has state plates in her Texas kitchen (pix Mel??), I'm going to turn my b.o.r.i.n.g guest room into a travel themed guest room. Several years ago, Mary Englebreit Home Companion magazine had a Florida guest room with lots of Florida plates. I'm going to try to get all 5o states instead. I hit the mother lode at our local Goodwill this week - after going three days in a row. Look what I found!
The kitsch factor is pretty high - and sometimes slides right into the "cheesy" category, but they're fun, inexpensive and displayed together should make a statement.
So. A rolling stone gathers no moss, and while I haven't been rolling terribly quickly, I can say unequivocally that there's no moss on me.
Happy Saturday!
wow, love all the stuff! i didn't know i gave you the popcorn girl, don't tell madi, it's her fav food.
i was thinking "just eat it" like for the kids? but "dust" is a thought. haha like those cute dust catchers that say "shop" since when do we needa reminder?
will send you a plate mosaic for the room, when i find those plates, i beat them w/a hammer then put them back together!
Posted by: larahurley | August 16, 2007 at 12:25 PM
I love it all, too!!! Wonderful! And the plates, OMG, what a great idea, stolen or not. I think I'm down to one Texas plate, but I'll check to make sure. I can't believe you got so many in such a short time. What's the spending limit? What states are missing? I'm out a lot, I could use someone else to shop for! Great "work"!
Posted by: Doojie | August 29, 2007 at 12:26 AM
Oh my gosh you are super talented!! Loving all your projects!!
Posted by: threesweeties | August 31, 2007 at 10:07 AM