tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59768275025758693062024-02-06T17:53:04.966-08:00Mumsie's MusingsMary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-33737984476860027042013-10-30T12:46:00.000-07:002013-10-30T12:46:42.528-07:00What I want for my birthday...(tee-hee!!)Yup. Have one of those fun days coming up soon...so this post is really for my hubby....but sometimes it is fun just to see what other people are thinking to be favorites right now. So here goes....<br />
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Yes...those are UGG boots!! And they also make shoes!!<br />
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<li class="product">And mushroom salt and peppers...in polka dots!!</li>
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<img _extended="true" alt="image: adidas Owl Sweater D86822" height="200" prodid="D86822" src="http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/9086/10h/origin-d5.scene7.com/is/image/adidasgroup/D88046_01?wid=500&hei=500&fmt=jpeg&qlt=92,0&resMode=sharp2&op_usm=1.1,0.5,1,0" style="display: block;" title="adidas Owl Sweater" width="200" />and of course a new sweater...by ADIDAS no less!! Who doesn't love an owl??!!<br />
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Ok hubby.... ready, set, shop!!xxoo!! (Really I'm just kidding...but I do love all these!)<br />
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<br />Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-52006884650817936972013-10-30T07:53:00.002-07:002013-10-30T07:53:35.935-07:00Well I need a little Christmas....We do have some snow, so with Shawnee hosting a new SWAP...how could I resist???!!!<br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Do you collect anything?</li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Do you prefer Cookies or Candies as a sweet?</li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Describe your favorite holiday tradition.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Did you believe in Santa as a child?</li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Do you put up a tree and when? If not, how do you celebrate?</li>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">1l My hobbies are crafts! Like sewing, knitting, crocheting, a little scrap-booking, painting...and then walking, running, playing tennis, ice skating, travelling...oh boy!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Favorite colors: pink!! Turquoise, mint green, robin's egg blue....silver!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I collect Hello Kitty stuff (I know...I'm dorky), Madeline dolls (that little French orphan....) craft supplies...salt and pepper shakers that are vintagey,...</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I like to read mysteries, and "feel-good" stories, magazines, (love craft magazines and house magazines)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Holiday treat: shortbread cookies!! The nice scottish kind!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Holiday tradition: I used to love to go with my family to get a tree, when I was a kid and livef where there actually were trees to cut down! But now I just enjoy putting up all the decorations, right after Thanksgiving. Although this year I am not sure that I can wait that long!!</span></span></div>
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Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-18614725135316085092013-02-13T09:06:00.001-08:002013-02-13T09:06:26.161-08:00And what I sent!So here is what I made for my swap partner!<br />
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These are photos that Ellena took after she received my parcel! The goodies on top are the tuck-ins I added...a cupcake stnad (paper), cupcake bubble bath, an owl cookie, sanitizer...cake scented...a cupcake candle, and I forgot what else!<br />
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I collect old trim pieces from pillowcases...I think my Gramma made this crochet edging in the 40's! <br />
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Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-2207950898371598672013-02-13T08:18:00.001-08:002013-02-13T08:18:11.439-08:00Another Swap!!Well...another year...and no posts yet....hmmmmm. Anyways...here is what I recieved in the latest swap from the Flirty Apron Swap hosted by Shawnee. The participants were sent a fat quarter of lovely cupcake fabric and instructed to create something out of it. My partner Ellena and I decided to make table runners instead of aprons. Here is what she sent me!<br />
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Here is what else was in the package!! Chocolate!! and a cute doggies note book! And just look at the light green polka-dot underside!!<br />
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Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-58457770776380538202012-05-14T14:23:00.001-07:002012-05-14T14:23:32.808-07:00New Swap!Well...trying a new swap!<br />
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Decided to have a go at those squares!<br />
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Very satisfying to see those little piles growing!<br />
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I've decided it will be a queen-sized blanket....hmmm...Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-75273168528977129552012-02-26T20:06:00.000-08:002012-02-26T20:06:05.480-08:00Christmas in February!!Well hello!! I see I've not managed to keep my blog very up-to-date...probably earning me one of those "bad-blogger" or "no-post" blogger titles!...But I am resolved to get back at it!<br />
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</tbody></table>So Christmas has come...and gone...and we enjoyed a traditional BOUCHE NOEL...a cake rather like a jelly-roll...with a very decadent cream filling (chocolate in our case). It is always in the shape of a fallen log...and I made some little marzipan wood-land creatures to play hide and seek on it!<br />
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</tbody></table>Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-38885167117468597042011-12-12T20:08:00.000-08:002011-12-12T20:08:34.347-08:00Bedroom re-do!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglx60AmlasevS5zHFz1idKdGq3W8ysiBzRrQSb13IY6c1dPP6R8watWfI2CDZnHc69Gsy-jh9V8rrhmmW7zJ-nIw29G9V4pcGHI6Iy28R48Wjxxh9uzdDBm6cMdFtYxVzpud9n7YuGQQ0/s1600/100_1409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglx60AmlasevS5zHFz1idKdGq3W8ysiBzRrQSb13IY6c1dPP6R8watWfI2CDZnHc69Gsy-jh9V8rrhmmW7zJ-nIw29G9V4pcGHI6Iy28R48Wjxxh9uzdDBm6cMdFtYxVzpud9n7YuGQQ0/s320/100_1409.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I have been wanting to paint the master bedroom for a while...like the past 5 yrs....but never seemed to get around to it. A few weekends ago I took the bull by the horns....and not only painted...but made a new headboard as well. The headboard was a piece of 5' x 3' plywood that I got the lumber yard to cut (hubby was away)...and I used about 200 glue sticks to apply nylon rope to it. I did a little basket-weave pattern hoping the effect would be "wicker"....hmmm...<br />
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Here is the bedroom before....headboard during construction...and finished product! <br />
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</tbody></table>Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-15911954448728621502011-12-12T19:22:00.000-08:002011-12-12T19:27:22.825-08:00Christmas stocking swap!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Well, a while ago I participated in Aunt Pitty Pat's Christmas Stocking Swap....we had to create a Christmas Stocking for our partner...then stuff it full of treasures! I made my partner a stocking out of a wool sweater...and lined it with some fabric from my mum's old stash. The lace "cuff" was an embroidered pillow slip from my grandmother.<br />
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(Note how the fingernails match the bow...tee-hee!!)</td></tr>
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<img height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpJ896p8T7wOqPUj2UH8LK9LVf3YwpKioB9ou9mvE48gjd43jwyqRNF9KO3BvaXBBVqGLmkfzThRSuZ9uw-2Ks09e_wUOBiOkVDD83zAwvkKWo0J3OUcLB5imlciG5d9a6-1ObGPnsmAQ/s320/100_1403.jpg" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 210px; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 321px;" width="96" />Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-20568544648583056852011-11-11T13:12:00.000-08:002011-11-11T13:12:18.972-08:00A New Swap!!Well here is a new swap<br />
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...a "Secret Santa Swap" that I've signed up for....and one of the rules is that you need to answer these questions: so here we go!!<br />
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<ol><li><span style="background-color: lime;">What are your hobbies?</span> I like sewing, painting, making "stuff", playing tennis, ice skating, travelling... </li>
<li><span style="color: magenta;">What are your favorite colors</span>? pink!!! lime green, turquoise, chocolate brown </li>
<li><span style="color: lime;">Do you collect anything?</span> "Hello Kitty" stuff, "Madeline" doll things, sparkly jewellry </li>
<li><span style="background-color: magenta;">Are you allergic to any fibers or animals</span>? No </li>
<li><span style="color: lime;">Do you have any pets</span>? 2 cats! One siamese, one tabby </li>
<li><span style="color: magenta;">Coffee, Tea, or Chocolate</span>? All three!! </li>
<li><span style="color: lime;">What do you like to read?</span> craft magazines, fashion magazines, "home" magazines, Canadian fiction. </li>
<li><span style="color: magenta;">Do you prefer Cookies or Candies as a sweet</span>? probably cookies </li>
<li><span style="background-color: lime;">What is your favorite holiday treat</span>? shortbread </li>
<li><span style="color: magenta;">Describe your favorite holiday tradition</span>. putting up the tree....driving around to look at the lights, </li>
<li><span style="color: lime;">Did you believe in Santa as a child</span>? Of course!! And I STILL DO!!</li>
<li><span style="color: magenta;">When do you open presents</span>? Christmas morning, after breakfast... </li>
<li><span style="color: lime;">Do you put up a tree and when</span>? If not, how do you celebrate? Yes...at Thanksgiving </li>
<li><span style="background-color: magenta;">Does your tree have a theme</span>? It's sort of "retro"...I have lots of "hallmark" ornaments..tiny teddy bear ornaments, </li>
<li><span style="color: lime;">What has been your favorite gift to give</span>? to receive? I like to make things... hats!!...sometimes aprons (of course) sometimes paintings, sometimes stuffed toys, knitted things...scarves and mittens.... I love getting handmade things...my daughter over the years have made me all sorts of things I treasure...one daughter cross-stiched ornaments one yr...one daughter made blankets one yr...my mum used to make me clothes...which I LOVED getting... a friend made me a gorgeous bracelet just a while ago...</li>
</ol>Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-9346188273109467852011-11-03T20:13:00.000-07:002011-11-03T20:13:06.626-07:002 months later...So I've been absent from blog-land for a couple of months...my excuses:<br />
#1. High School Tennis Season (meaning many trips across the state on the big <br />
yellow bus)<br />
#2. Too much catching up @ school...due to being away for....yup...High School<br />
Tennis!<br />
However...all that is behind me now...and I have until Spring Tennis Season to make stuff...and blog!!<br />
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So...I've whipped up (literally) a couple of new school-skirts. Both made of old sweaters....the bottom ribbing becomes the waist-band. Skirt #1 I hemmed and embelished with some ribbing rosettes, and a couple of leaves cut from some other old wool garment...and a few french knots. Skirt #2 was really a 1 minute effort! I didn't bother to hem the bottom, cause it's wool, it won't do anything except stretch. And I liked the wibbly-wobbly look. I cut vertical slits to put a ribbon-belt through the waist band...that took an additional 30 seconds! (Must be the camera angle that makes me look short and gnomish(large-headed) in these photos!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong>Sweater Skirt #2</strong></td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Here we are on a misty, moisty July evening...ready to start off on our caravan adventure! So first off of course we had to visit a pub! This one was right on a canal with barges docked.<br />
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Note that I am sensibly dressed for the weather in rain boots and rain-suit!</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>So school is out...and I'm working with kids! Hmmm.... well to fill my vacation time I need something to DO! We made snakes from my dad's old neckties. I've seen these fellows on the internet...and my dad kindly sent me about 20 of his old ties because I couldn't find many in the Neat Repeat shop here! (Guess not many guys sport ties these days in the west!) The kids had loads of fun making them...I thought they turned out to be pretty cute!Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-49147057187998295042011-05-29T21:40:00.000-07:002011-05-29T21:40:50.540-07:00Fabric StorageSo it's been a while since I've had these around:<br />
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So I got a friend to save me a bunch.<br />
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Now the ones from the above blog are quite <strong><span style="color: lime;">splendid</span></strong>...covered in canvas and all. I took the short-cut and used spray paint, then made liners out of fabric. I think they've turned out quite fine and dandy...and will soon be installed in my new <span style="color: magenta;">sewing room</span>!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/248517_188676261183157_100001223523773_527652_8338160_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="img" height="240" src="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/248517_188676261183157_100001223523773_527652_8338160_s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Photo is very blurry...sorry. I took it off my hubby's FB page. But that my friends is <strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">SNOW</span></strong>! And school is out for the <strong><em>summer</em></strong>!<br />
<img height="71" src="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/248517_188676261183157_100001223523773_527652_8338160_s.jpg" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 396px; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 1232px;" width="96" />Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-69267545805355059802011-05-23T20:32:00.000-07:002011-05-23T20:32:56.862-07:00Finally an apron for Katie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh37IhZDIAYbfm4QodbruVsfgNMoBFzLdzb7IXT3u1SSqJK_77F9HLmLhSJ-p022LaFJ_RtCxsuF4-jAAakxqKN9YNarZM2AgJlnbdOFvGEUqH-TGH4gpTOEg6vFgpmnp_XRck8pgUc6t7/s1600/100_0872.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh37IhZDIAYbfm4QodbruVsfgNMoBFzLdzb7IXT3u1SSqJK_77F9HLmLhSJ-p022LaFJ_RtCxsuF4-jAAakxqKN9YNarZM2AgJlnbdOFvGEUqH-TGH4gpTOEg6vFgpmnp_XRck8pgUc6t7/s320/100_0872.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I am owing my PAY-IT-FORWARD 2011 made-by-hand gifties....finally finished Katie's apron! It will be on it's way to Nashville tomorrow! Hope she likes it! I am really loving covered buttons these days, so hers has three.<br />
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This is the last week of school...yay! Oops...are teachers supposed to be saying that? But I am excited about being able to spend tons of time sewing...and working on finishing up my new "sewing cubby-hole". We are re-doing the spare room closet into a sewing area for me...so I don't have to clean off the kitchen table every time we need to ..er...eat? I think it will be cute. I'll post pictures soon!Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-64374035972012716352011-05-19T20:00:00.000-07:002011-05-19T20:00:16.135-07:00Yard Sale Loot!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6h_S_qz-DKRHCxVA7eVCoiW48yTIVfCEENKO10k8mnCk9yRZ818O_R9MErz1P0A2mE2vI5vZtCtFLIyTBMsaH0Fla5HukoVM4ESZYz4CuJdR8d58jjTNYnL_4Ai_Y3kn5ug0F8nFekHCD/s1600/100_0858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6h_S_qz-DKRHCxVA7eVCoiW48yTIVfCEENKO10k8mnCk9yRZ818O_R9MErz1P0A2mE2vI5vZtCtFLIyTBMsaH0Fla5HukoVM4ESZYz4CuJdR8d58jjTNYnL_4Ai_Y3kn5ug0F8nFekHCD/s320/100_0858.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Last week my dad was visiting us from Canada. We celebrated his birthday with a traditional "DUNCAN" cake. That's DUNCAN<strong> <em>not</em></strong> "Duncan Hines"! It's the old family birthday cake...you know...the one my ansestors were making when they came over from the old country....at least that is how the story goes. Dad is 83 now and still drives<em> by himself</em> for 3 days to visit us! And he trudges around yard sales with me! AND look what we found! <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6XkI8ZnlQAWF3lGO5LpW2DmF4k5W6oDWeB_edGTiv8LfIlNVa9F4F-AjWdaPtBucrlXcDOJrJhV0YAup5ebYihKz_SVsWqzm89dwaMvi-VrggIlMDpn1jMhpFqIz9338yLdDmTAd5vMx/s1600/100_0861.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6XkI8ZnlQAWF3lGO5LpW2DmF4k5W6oDWeB_edGTiv8LfIlNVa9F4F-AjWdaPtBucrlXcDOJrJhV0YAup5ebYihKz_SVsWqzm89dwaMvi-VrggIlMDpn1jMhpFqIz9338yLdDmTAd5vMx/s320/100_0861.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This week being graduation for our seniors, I made an apron for a friend's daughter. She picked (well her mum picked) the fabrics. Here I am modelling it! Not sure why I thought staring off into space would make a charming shot...and I must find a better spot than the end of the hall to take pics!Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-59184440768755935412011-05-07T20:49:00.000-07:002011-05-07T20:49:16.507-07:00Vintage Brooch Swap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcsVVDg1Ti_8f3qNfG6J9aLj1gtnfezfUSbaYygIm8vZIG0zuC3TLPevIfifXaJJmqU7qXcHg2EHfwYDT47Nmqhldn_E_d_DxbU0hOtyEcgsdXyHpEuvEZfvWj0nuHhmUt1rY_tPgXg2-/s1600/100_0852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcsVVDg1Ti_8f3qNfG6J9aLj1gtnfezfUSbaYygIm8vZIG0zuC3TLPevIfifXaJJmqU7qXcHg2EHfwYDT47Nmqhldn_E_d_DxbU0hOtyEcgsdXyHpEuvEZfvWj0nuHhmUt1rY_tPgXg2-/s320/100_0852.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I participated in the Swap for all Seasons Vintage Brooch Swap for Mother's Day. Look at what I got from the very talented Jan in Texas! Here is her lovely hand-made card to me, along with my beautifully wrapped parcel. That is a SECOND vintage brooch on the ribbon!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArcZwyVmh5Rf5IhAvm5hkWOr3bSI7XBM9DoYjZNgu9w1eO0yTbNV832GhAs6vdylbF2U94ROkfZKtWTyikzBqx0fUJsMlRMoB7_QPZx0WEwe0yixbE1qN71TZ34Fl83L5TQB38UdvX-5Z/s1600/100_0855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArcZwyVmh5Rf5IhAvm5hkWOr3bSI7XBM9DoYjZNgu9w1eO0yTbNV832GhAs6vdylbF2U94ROkfZKtWTyikzBqx0fUJsMlRMoB7_QPZx0WEwe0yixbE1qN71TZ34Fl83L5TQB38UdvX-5Z/s320/100_0855.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I was just blown away by Jan's beautiful gift to me! Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-83955911046029113592011-05-01T20:43:00.000-07:002011-05-01T20:43:08.019-07:00Happy May Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcytXIpUMydEEoIzA2RXRQxm7sxph4pKB0jT0-XSlKUIzhMBYFYqvhLWtEA5V3XH6hnHfTHmceyL2Bcq2U6GazaoMRoOHP4dXvlTKJQf7VGxBahHkL3w2RGHyjwLYsuXB2YQeAMUAIc-f/s1600/100_0845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcytXIpUMydEEoIzA2RXRQxm7sxph4pKB0jT0-XSlKUIzhMBYFYqvhLWtEA5V3XH6hnHfTHmceyL2Bcq2U6GazaoMRoOHP4dXvlTKJQf7VGxBahHkL3w2RGHyjwLYsuXB2YQeAMUAIc-f/s320/100_0845.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Well I am excited to show off my "new" spring skirt...I got all excited about tea-parties and what-not after the Royal Wedding. So this ugly, old stretchy skirt...<br />
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turned into this!!<br />
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(this makes 7 quarts)<br />
<div align="left">2 large tins tomatoes (I used diced)</div><div align="left">2 tins black beans</div><div align="left">1 pkg. frozen corn</div><div align="left">1 cup chopped onions</div><div align="left">1 cup chopped celery</div><div align="left">1 cup chopped mixd peppers (can use some jalepenos if you like spicy, otherwisde just juse green, yellow and red)</div><div align="left">1 large box chicken stock (4 cups)</div><div align="left">1 pkg. frozen meatballs</div><div align="left">salt, pepper, and Italian seasonings to taste, several splashes of Worchestershire sauce </div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left">cook for several hrs. Put in quart jars at this point...leave room at top if you plan to freeze them. ADD 1/2 cup of tiny pasta when you heat it up....don't let the pasta get soggy. I wouldn't re-freeze with the pasta in it!</div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left">And, here is a sneak-peek of my apron for Shawnee's Spring Fling Apron Swap.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhKJgjIGaIltZ3VUhbHVXGWg_nfSswyh39Q-RAZKwG-kGR0IymtkQK4YTA7fuSkjmBXve7RGp_NC1UyNz_wnWObKO62cnsOwsyS1DrF7_2AbMCVtt6cH_Y99iu6KWO8kNnYf5fNebX3oR/s1600/100_0838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhKJgjIGaIltZ3VUhbHVXGWg_nfSswyh39Q-RAZKwG-kGR0IymtkQK4YTA7fuSkjmBXve7RGp_NC1UyNz_wnWObKO62cnsOwsyS1DrF7_2AbMCVtt6cH_Y99iu6KWO8kNnYf5fNebX3oR/s320/100_0838.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left">He has little yellow spindly legs that are hard to see, and a little yellow beak. They show up much better in real life! (I didn't have orange). And how about this little tuck-in critter!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggG2CsY3sH3IOVFDUgaXVfbBfJNsiPWFQnEVOvITu_KFYFnJjVO0RmmHlS4uE5dQf74DPwfH1eTKgY-tNbd5tBT8A3iGRxzb3u9BIYmw1jNmj-N4dxQrYP94BZKqqc8vCgmQLaLdSSZOFq/s1600/100_0840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggG2CsY3sH3IOVFDUgaXVfbBfJNsiPWFQnEVOvITu_KFYFnJjVO0RmmHlS4uE5dQf74DPwfH1eTKgY-tNbd5tBT8A3iGRxzb3u9BIYmw1jNmj-N4dxQrYP94BZKqqc8vCgmQLaLdSSZOFq/s320/100_0840.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="left"><br />
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</tbody></table>Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-54280310311285659342011-04-09T14:53:00.000-07:002011-04-09T14:53:13.553-07:00sneaky-peaky!!Well, my Easter Basket swap partner should have received her parcel today if the US postal services are running correctly! So I thought it would be safe to post a sneak-peak of the basket I made for Paula! I really liked how the buttons on the side turned out...they are good old "shrinky-dink"...the same stuff my girls spent one entire summer at the cottage making "Betty and Veronica" figures with!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong>Easter Basket with Shrinky-Dink Bunny buttons</strong><br />
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and here are some of the tuck-ins I sent her!<br />
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</tbody></table>Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-5444711193248684452011-04-09T14:44:00.000-07:002011-04-09T14:44:48.719-07:00Easter-y decor!Look who lives at my house now! He flew off my knitting needles last night, and now is happily residing in a basket with the bunny that Debbie made for me!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong>Knitted lamb</strong><br />
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My hubby says he looks like a sock monkey!<br />
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</tbody></table>Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-50903760703015245142011-04-03T18:07:00.000-07:002011-04-03T18:07:52.071-07:00Swap pacels! <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It was an exciting Friday for me...not one...but<strong> two </strong>fabulous swap parcels arrived for me! First I opened up my Easter Mug Rug parcel...from Aunt Pitty Pat's swap. This was crafted by Denise. Here is my lovely Easter mug-rug...and she didn't even know my favorite color is pink!</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Denise did a super job; she tucked in all sorts of treats, some sand-dollars and a shell from beaches near where she lives, a really cherry polka-dot mug, with a little daisy tea-bag tray, and of course the mug-rug. It has a little napkin inserted into a holder on the side! I can't decide if I'll risk taking it to school (and having some poor child inadvertently spill my coffee on it!) or just enjoy it at home.<br />
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Next I got to open my Easter Basket Swap parcel! I felt a little badly getting to open mine up, as I have still to mail mine tomorrow. But it is all boxed up and ready for the post at least! So this fabulous "basket" came from Debbie, and here is what all she sent me.<br />
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He is just so cute! And now a photo of me modelling the hat! I just love wearing hats in the summer, and Debbie didn't even know!<br />
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I'm having a "deer in the headlights" moment! <br />
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</div>Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976827502575869306.post-77139103849901339022011-03-24T20:08:00.000-07:002011-03-24T20:08:55.040-07:00Spring Flower Wreath<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQGjPqMyNpCmdaDep66rJ7tmv714N9ngQPnSkCNsX3x90YivR6vneRVWno6yeifAX_Mm6_05olHPUbcAsw80pGQGRrR-6awdZzwqat-L3AWOxUjMec8u3ps_T2IC4lL-UmR33wvo6a4w/s1600/spring2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQGjPqMyNpCmdaDep66rJ7tmv714N9ngQPnSkCNsX3x90YivR6vneRVWno6yeifAX_Mm6_05olHPUbcAsw80pGQGRrR-6awdZzwqat-L3AWOxUjMec8u3ps_T2IC4lL-UmR33wvo6a4w/s640/spring2.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well being in the Easter Basket Swap, I thought I'd like to make the above wreath for my swap partner. This is how mine turned out:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzitlLzeEGJDQfdBnM4eaDZQhTY4nYVQ0hicKdXmz3Gb9K2L5rXIACXEqNM7I_009NnjrZqP8J6U4YzsrmGnJD6wwN-IGuLEKw8mEwLnJKGsnGNYI2-RThQ1OGGZN0oxxWYR1-A41PAtk/s1600/100_0789.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzitlLzeEGJDQfdBnM4eaDZQhTY4nYVQ0hicKdXmz3Gb9K2L5rXIACXEqNM7I_009NnjrZqP8J6U4YzsrmGnJD6wwN-IGuLEKw8mEwLnJKGsnGNYI2-RThQ1OGGZN0oxxWYR1-A41PAtk/s320/100_0789.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I hope my swap partner is going to like it. I just love the little bunny...he's sooooo cute! <div style="text-align: center;">Now I'm just going to have to make one for me too!</div>Mary Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999127192677635856noreply@blogger.com4