Towel

Towel

       My mom brought a towel that she had embroidered a design, using her embroidery machine. 

...I added an edging to it. 

 

Mom's Visit

Mom's Visit

   Having a wonderful time with my mom.

 Fish in Troy, Montana...on the way to church.

Mom and I at church, Libby.

Walking around our place.

 

Foxy

Foxy

    I haven't band loomed for a long time.  This is a cute little fox, pencil topper.

 

Yipppppyyyyyy!!!!!!

Yipppppyyyyyy!!!!!!

     I finally got all of my tatting patterns, redrawn into my new sketch book and then some.  My new book is full and had to buy another book.  While I was going through a box of things, thinking nothing, really was in them.  I found my lost sketch book of my tatting designs from the last two years.  Yippppyyyy!!!! WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!   

Transition

Transition

    The earrings, from yesterdays post, gave me idea to make this pendant.  This would also make an excellent Christmas decoration for my little tree.

 

Ears

Ears

     This is a pair of changeable earrings to go with the bracelet.

 

Finally

Finally

    
     Finally able to do a little tatting.  Still working on the Garden Collection.  Here is a bracelet from the collection.

Living Room

Living Room

      The living room had old, dark carpet and the wood stove was sitting on wooden blocks, on a large rock.  The pictures, of the before, was taken before we moved in.

     We replaced the carpet with laminate flooring.  My husband tiled the floor, under the wood stove and built a beautiful tiled box. 
The room, behind the living room, was a family room.  We converted the family room into a huge master bedroom.  For privacy, we hung oriental, folding screens up as doors.  My husband also found some iron bear footprints in the dirt, outside.  He cleaned them up and we added some fresh paint to them. 

 

Pot-Belly

Pot-Belly

       My husband found this cute pot-belly stove, outside the house.   They were using it as a planter.   My husband cleaned the rust out of it and lite a fire, to get rid of the dirt and crud inside of the stove.  
       After a fresh coat of paint, it looks adorable in our living room.

 

Changeable

Changeable

     My mom wanted a pair of pink, changeable, angel earrings to give to someone special.  I haven't made these for years and years.
 

Order

Order

     Getting to be that time of year....hunting season.  A customer sent me a pair of her elk ivories, to be made into earrings.

Plastic Button

Plastic Button

      Found some pretty, plastic buttons at a local craft store.  I turned it into a pendant, for the Garden Collection.

 

Miss You

Miss You

     A year ago, my dad passed away.  Miss him a lot.  My mom, wanted to get away, during this time.  She is visiting our new home.

Pot Belly

Pot Belly

    This cute, old pot belly stove was outside, being used as a planter.  My husband started the stove to clean the inside out, brushed off all of the rust and repainted it.  Now it is sitting happy in our living room.

 

Earrings from the Garden

Earrings from the Garden

     Another pair of changeable earrings from the garden collection.

Double

Double

     We finally had gotten some more rain.   Afterwards, we had gotten a double rainbow.

 

Kitchen

Kitchen

    We replaced the carpet and linoleum in the living room and kitchen with Pergo.  And added some cabinets with drawers, between the fridge and stove.  My husband tiled the top of the new cabinets.  The china cabinet, we brought.

 

Garden Brooch

Garden Brooch

     Found this little brooch at a yard sale.  The pin was simple, so I kept the tatting simple.  I like the way it came out.

 

Snow

Snow

     Not yet, the pattern is called "First Snow", by Tatting By the Bay (Robin).
 

Fishy

Fishy

   Still busy with the new house, so not much in the way of designing anything yet.  This fish pattern was from Nami.
 

Not Much

Not Much

    Not much tatting going on.  Did finish a little heart.  The heart pattern is a Mary Konior special.
 

While Fishing...

While Fishing...

     We moved up north, because of all the great pan-fishing (bluegills, crappie).  The lakes are all around the house.  The hardest thing is, what lake to fish today.  While fishing, my husband caught a painted turtle.  Don't they have a beautiful belly!

 

Ears

Ears

     I needed to use up a little thread  on my shuttle.  This is another pair of earrings from the Garden Collection.