Thank You

Thank You

     Nicola sent me a wonderful, thank you present, for test tatting.  I love the old Workbasket magazines.  They always have a tatting pattern.

Frame

Frame

   
     I found a cute little 4" X 5" frame at a yard sale.  I decided to cut a diamond-shape from green matboard.

 

Floating

Floating

     I had taken a watercolor class in high school.  I didn't think I really had it mastered (far from it).  I had tried to "float" my pigments on top of a puddle of water.  I never thought that was the proper way to do it, but it did OK.  Not long ago, I seen a video, on Facebook, with someone using the same technique.  Ha, I wasn't the only one, and I did it right.  I decided to play with it a little a came up with this.  Not that great.  I like my new way of water coloring, using a dry technique.  

     This one is my favorite...no to find a little frame for it.  Time to go yard-saling. 
 

Daring

Daring

     I sucked it in and went for it.  This was very intimidating, but working through the water color.

Peas

Peas

     In less than a week, my peas have started to come up.

 

Had a little room for my rock garden.

We  decided to have a little more lawn, for a picnic table.  Hubby put some straw down on the new seed to protect it from the hot sun.

Jan

Jan

    Another birthday card for another neighbor.

Nicola's

Nicola's

      Here is another, beautiful heart, called "Nicola's Heart."  This was an awesome challenge!!  Nicola is a needle tatter and designed this for needle.  I had to dig out my Celtic shuttles to tat this one.  The rings are large enough to get my shuttles through.  She has this one posted in Craftree.

 

Sweeping

Sweeping

     I had the honor of test tatting Nicola Bowersox's, "Sweeping Heart."   She posted this beauty on Facebook's group, "Tatting."

 

Mouse

Mouse

    A birthday card for a neighbor.

Sunflower

Sunflower

   One of my favorite doilies to tat.  The pattern was from Jan.

Garden

Garden

    We had gotten a good deal on 2" thick, rough cut, cedar boards.  We were going to put in the garden next year, but couldn't pass up the lumber.  We made two, raised garden boxes (2 feet tall) and a fenced-in (deer proof) garden area.  My neighbor had too many veggies, so I planted them in my new garden.  Next year, we'll plant a cherry and apple tree in the the extra space....this was a two day project.

Solar

Solar

     Shopko, was clearencing out their season things and saw a solar light to fit on top of a wide-mouth jar.  I made a little fairy scene, using Arkansas "Diamonds."  My parents brought them back from the mine.

Shed

Shed

     We moved into a smaller place and needed a shed to store things from the garage.  Took us three days, but worth it.  

Blackberries

Blackberries

      Haven't felt like tatting, lately.  Been doing a few projects outside.  Here is a trellis, made out of a ranch panel, for our blackberries.

Box

Box

     We were having a get-together at the neighbors house.  They had this awesome, Kentucky Bourbon cake.  She had given me the wood box, before I left.  It worked out, perfectly, for all my buttons.  I had out-grown my old box and was needing a new one.  Looks like I have some room left to add to the button box.

Embellishment

Embellishment

     I was in the mood to do a little embellishment tatting.   Found this pin at an estate sale.

      

One More

One More

     I had one more, shuttle to empty.   Guess, another trinket box.

 

Boxes

Boxes

    Had a little thread on a shuttle, I needed to use us.  I had enough to make another trinket box.

Happy Birthday, Sheila......

 

Outside

Outside

    Something, relaxing to do while hubby is taking a nap.   Nice day to be outside.

 

Color

Color

     Such a nice day to sit outside and do a little coloring.

 

Two

Two

    Another two, more rounds done on my doily.  Half way done...so far it's been a bear to tat.  I hate hiding all the ends.  The rest of the way should go faster.

 

Hummer

Hummer

     A humming bird, tea pot I made for my neighbor.  The tea pot was made from three cans of ginger beer. 

 

Next 2

Next 2

    Finished the next 2 rounds of my doily...