PLAYING WITH BEADS...

I spent yesterday playing with my beads

& pliers again...

I find it so relaxing & somewhat

mindless...

I love running beads

through my fingers...

in search

of that

perfect bead

Three new jewelry pieces

are now available

for purchase here.

Feather your Nest Pin

Indian Summer Pin

Miss Snow Fairy Pin

Artwork in the above jewelry pieces
are high quality color prints
of my original
punch needle designs.

For those of you attending the upcoming International Quilt Market, stop by my sister's booth Pieces from my Heart ~ Sandy Gervais. I have created a line of jewelry using her quilt designs and fabrics. A limited amount of jewelry will be for sale in her booth.

Have a good week,
Brenda

A birthday treat...

I'm taking a skip

day from

work

tomorrow...

I'm going

to visit

this

little

punkin'...

...I can hardly wait!

'Tis my birthday gift

to myself!!

Have a good one,

brenda

A Good Harvest...

Freshly picked bittersweet...

a good harvest...

I'll bring it inside tonight

where it is dry

and cozy warm

&

by tomorrow morning

the golden yellow capsules

will burst,

exposing the beautiful

orangish red flesh

of the

bittersweet plant.

Bittersweet...

an autumn tradition at our home.

I'll tuck sprigs in amongst autumn decorations

&

on the mantel

&

in my old step~back cupboards.

Remaining sprigs will be tucked

around mini pumpkins

in my window planter boxes.

happy autumn,

brenda

.

Time to un-wind...

Spending my day unwinding...

Not with my feet up on the couch

&

eating bon-bons

type of unwinding...

NO...

There are new cross stitch designs that are

charted

&

now need

to be stitched...

Spending the day

by the screen door

enjoying

periodic visits

from a

very hungry

little hummingbird

&

unwinding

& re-winding

floss for

the stitchers!

Relaxing

in its

own

sort of

way...

Watch for 3

new

cross stitch

pattern

designs...

Coming soon!

Hoping you are having an "unwinding"

type of day

also,

brenda

Going Buggy!

ANYONE ELSE GOIN' BUGGY???

About 3:oo pm

our lawn becomes invaded

with tiny

little

flying

creatures...

clouds of them...

too buggy to mow...

too buggy to weed the flower beds...

too buggy to enjoy the beautiful weather outdoors...

Perfect if you're a spider...

Spider smorgasbord!


have a good evening,

brenda

Raining Acorns...

Have you noticed???

The squirrels

are busy

scurrying from tree to tree,

gathering acorns,

&

digging

in the

flower

pots...

This

can

only

mean

one thing...

summer is

coming

to

an end.

It's thyme to gather...

In honor of these busy little furry creatures,

I have created for

your stitching pleasure...

"Harvest Thyme"

penny rug pattern.

Now available for purchase on our website.

P.S.

Don't you often wonder...

if they

remember

where they

buried

all

of their

nuts!

Enjoying the beautiful weather,

brenda

So sweet...

JUST ARRIVED...

4 new charms!

Now available for sale

on

our

website.

These charms add perfect detail to pins & pendants

created with the

Patera Jewelry Findings!

have a good day,

brenda

{Shoe Shine Anyone??}

While I was gone a big box arrived at my doorstep...

what a fun surprise!

I had forgot I had purchased this little piece with all the craziness life has been the past couple of weeks...

Isn't it a sweet little thing?

Just 15" tall...

I thought that stripping/painting/waxing & distressing this piece would be a fun winter project,

but

after seeing her in person

i think

i'll leave the paint as is...

Flip open the lid

and this

is what

you see...

Shoe shine anyone?

I don't know much about this piece other then it came from Ohio.

I'm thinking it may have been something someone crafted on their own and wasn't a purchased piece...

but that is what I loved about it...

looks like something my dad would have built...

that is what attracted me to the piece.

Doesn't she have the cutest little legs??

I love her green chippy paint...

Then there is the cloth part of the lid...

It is about the size of a piece of note book paper.

Do I replace it or leave it?

Hmmm...

replace it with a

cross stitched sampler

or a

needle punched design

or a

hooked piece

or how

about a

wool appliqued design??

You have seen the before pictures...

hopefully I will have

after pictures

by winter's end...

According to the Farmer's Almanac

it sounds like tis

going to be

a

long

cold

& snowy

winter

here in the midwest...

time to start

gathering up

projects

to fill

the long

winter evenings...

hoping your holiday weekend is filled with family, friends & fun,

brenda