Monster Pillow Making with Callan

I Love fabric crayons! Always have always will!

How awesomely creative is that kid of mine!

"M"y HEART is in my Studio

It has been several years since I had time to use my power tools & it felt good to get back in the saddle!

Sanding & priming, tedious but it does make a difference in the end.

I tried the much pinned about "floetrol" & I'm happy with the results. I went to my local Benjamin Moore for paint but much to my surprise they said due to contract disagreements they were no longer carrying Benjamin Moore... Rather than doing 2 years of research ( my usual mo) I went to Home Depot & bought Behr Premium Plus Interior Satin paint paint. I did 3 coats of paint. For the Chalkboard Heart I used Krylon chalkboard paint.

What a mess, I transferred the dots with graphite paper, need a better way next time.

I hung both using command velcro. This is my first time using it & so far I really like this product. Because I was hanging shapes instead of a frame I taped out the shape in the spot I was going to hang it. PS this should give you some insight to my personality....

Onsies, Twosies, Threesies....

Today would have been my Mom's 80th Birthday. Staggering. I can't even begin to imagine what she would look like at 80. She's been gone for a 25 years, long years that somehow went quickly. She always said that the days may drag but the years fly by & she was right.
On my desk sits one of my most treasured items, a little blue crock that holds a ball & jacks & for some unknown reason one marble. These were my mom's, she loved to play jacks, just one of the zillion things to love about her!

The Welcoming Committee

The little kids across the street giggle when they see Virginia sitting next to the Griffin because they said they look like sisters.

Signs of life

Spring has Sprung!

MY dad made these tulips for me the year before he passed away, this is the first time I put them in my window box (my husbands suggestion) & I LOVE the way they look. I get my love of gardening & woodworking from my dad.

Thanks to pinterest I discovered some new seed starting methods, paper towel rolls cut down, newspaper pots & I came up with the idea to try paper dixie cups, we'll see what happens.

ZINC home & garden Lambertville NJ

Love this shop. If your in Lambertville check them out, 74 Bridge Street

Blue Bottles & Bulbs

There will definitely be a bottle tree in my garden this summer! All I have to do is develop a taste for sparkling water!

Trying something new this year by starting my elephant ears & caladium bulbs indoors.

3/13/13 First Crocus Sighting

 

Made my day spotting these crocuses walking on the East Side of Manhattan today.

The Not So Great Blizzard of 2013

Virginia is 15 years old & would sit out in the snow watching the world go by all day...if only someone would let her!