Garden party pooper

Today is a beautiful day. We haven’t had very many of these “perfect weather” days here, so I decided I would spend some time in my garden this morning.

I love gardening, and this year my garden is doing especially well since we installed sprinklers and a fence to keep out the bunnies. I even like pulling weeds (my yard is VERY small, so pulling weeds isn’t the chore you might think it is) and deadheading my flowers.

There’s only one thing to send me back inside on a gorgeous day like today…
*Sigh* I think I’ll do the laundry now.

A birthday and a new home

Here are a couple of cards that I made recently.

This first card is for my sister’s 30th birthday. I used Stampin’ Up stamps and rub-ons. I’ve just started using rub-ons and have decided that they are AWESOME! They are so easy to use, no smudging like with the stamps. I always seem to make the front of the card really nice, then I go and stamp the inside and it always smudges or has those extra little lines or ink blobs from the side of the stamp. I always tell myself that next time I will start with the inside first, but I never remember.

This card is for my cousin who just moved into a new house. It’s very exciting for them. They have 2 small children and they are moving from a small one story to a gigantic 2 story house. I haven’t made it down to visit yet, but I’m so happy for them.

I used sample paint cards for the background paper. The green and yellow are paint samples. I think it’s so appropriate for a housewarming card. And I also loved the names for the green paint “Tart Apple”, “Sweet Midori”, “New Green”, “Pepper Grass”. The house and trees are a stamp that I colored in (the trees) with glitter pens. I’m a big fan of the glitter pens. I have so many sets of them. Even if they are sold individually, I always have to buy the whole set. Everything looks so much better with just a small touch of glitter.

In jewelry news, my shop is currently being shown in the MAIN Showcase on ETSY. I am offering FREE SHIPPING through the month of August.
Have a great weekend!

Day at the Market

Today is our shopping day at the Redmond Saturday Market. I found some fragrant basil and garlic that I made into some pesto. I love homemade pesto. It’s one of the simplest things to make and tastes good on so many things. Of course the basic pasta, but I also love it on tomatoes with mozzarella or mixed with cream cheese as a spread.
We also bought some cherries. I think its nearing the end of the cherry season, but they still look so delicious, how could we resist?!

And you can’t leave the Market without a bunch of flowers. This year I seem to gravitate towards everything orange. After peonies, dahlias are probably my next favorite flower, but there are so many to really pick favorites.

Can't wait for dinner!

My New Red Delicious

My husband and I try to go to the Redmond Saturday Market each week. We buy our fruits and vegetables from the local farmers because they taste so much better than the stuff in the grocery store. I also buy my weekly bag of Kettle Corn.

A couple of weeks ago, I also placed an order for another kind of bag. I special ordered a large tote bag from Red Delicious Seattle. She sells her bags at the Redmond market and at Pike Place Market. I already own one of her large messenger bags that I use as a work bag, but when I saw this new tote design I just had to have one.

I finally got it in the mail today and just love it. It’s the perfect size, not too big, not too small. I picked the black and white material on the outside and she added the blue lining on the inside. LOVE IT!




I must confess that I do have somewhat of a bag fetish. I can’t get enough of them. I tried sewing a bag, knitting a bag… I just don’t have the knack. So instead I will stick to buying them!

Welcome

I have finally decided it was time to start a blog...

• The more I read other blogs, the more intrigued I became with the people behind them. I’m addicted. So I decided that I would start my own blog. (We’ll see if this feeds or cures me of my addiction.)
• It seems like a great place to show and talk about my craft projects with others. I usually ask my husband for his opinion on my newest jewelry design and he tells me to go ask the neighbor.
• Finally, we recently bought a new camera. The blogs I enjoy reading are the ones with a picture to help you “be there” with them. I love our new camera. I have so many pictures of my garden, which I will undoubtedly share with you soon.

Welcome to my blog.