Be anything you want to be. These girls have their own version of the new Sonic girls. Oh, I love this background ! They were very attracted to it and used it in many shots. In a world of mixing and matching prints and colors, there was no end to …
(Quirky Quincy) Changing The Photo Booth From Year-to-Year Each year my grandchildren tell me that they love to dress-up for photos. Each year I prepare something different and thrift different clothes and props. The first year it was rather bland as I look back. I was still learning what I …
It’s time to talk about my year simply because I am proud of many things and grateful for many more. Since I know that some of you, my wonderful grandchildren, wander around in my blog, I wanted you to know some of my recent thoughts: Diabetes It has been almost …
I love pincushions. Some pincushions are very small. (3×3) Some pincushions are a little larger. (4×4) All are filled with poly pellets and a little dried lavender which was harvested in our yard. I popped a little card into each bag. (image from the Internet by an unknown but very …
journal entry: Thrifted bird cages. Quite difficult to find. Most are very ordinary cages but I continue to hope I will find an unusual cage along the way. The cage on the left was already this color when I found it at Deseret Industries. It was $5 dollars. I used …
My friend is moving. She didn’t really want to. She is making the best of things. I admire that in a person. She is kind of a crafty, retro, sentimental person so I was quite sure that she would like a full and funky USEFUL apron for her new kitchen. …
Grandpa is a wonderful artist. He loves watercolors, which are the most difficult as far as technique. For a Valentine gift this year, I made a book of photographs of all of his watercolors. Here …
I loved this idea when I saw it. Glitter polish is only one dollar at the you-know-what-store. The image is an iphone wallpaper and the gold border is from a ink pad. Perfect little gift when you need many and quickly and don’t have a lot to …
Here are the little beardless gnomes who live in their own playset. I made the hats on my sewing machine and they were easy and fast. I did have to sew on the bell by hand. I could have been very fussy about the painting but I wasn’t because they …
Now and then I prowl the thrift stores. I say now and then because I used to do it with some regularity. I have long been inspired by the accounts of our “mothers’ from the past, otherwise known as ancestors, who never wasted a single thing and made-over any piece …
