Spinning My Wheels!

Like many of the gals in blogland, I was excited to see that Deb, who blogs at Garage Sale Gal was hosting a Halloween Spoolie Swap.

The due date to mail the Spoolies is October 1st.....

And like usual I can't seem to get started!

I head upstairs to my craft room and start pulling out Halloween supplies.....

And then I looked at what I had and thought, I need to find my small pumpkins......now that requires pulling down the Halloween tote from the garage.....a task not for the faint of heart and definitely not something to attempt without someone spotting you on the ladder!

Sooooo, now I wait for someone to come home and help me....and I waited, and waited......
after waiting for what seems foorreevver......

I head back upstairs to see what else I can pull out of my totes......and then I realize that they really need to be organized....now I'm sorting through the Halloween totes...

And then I find a little Halloween project that I worked on last year. 

This is a Halloween pillowcase......I finished two last year.  I have three pillowcases started and will finish them this year......

Now I switch out the thread in the sewing machine and sort through my tash looking for a fabric suitable for the backing........ and start sewing....

One plus that came from sorting through my stuff....

I found my box of embroidery floss that I had been looking for all week!

On the downside........

I still need to put my Spoolie idea into action!!

Oh well, I still have the weekend!!!

chris

Old MacDonald Had A Farm!

And on Sunday mornings Mr. Math and I visit the farm...we are up and out by 7 am....... 

We get breakfast at our favorite pancake house and then we head to.....

the farm.....

Old MacDonald's Farm!

It's a local farmers market...it is located in a converted McDonald's restaurant! 

Pretty clever!

We pick up the produce for the week at Old MacDonald's.

Asparagus, avocados and ripe tomatoes!

Love the colors of the Bell Peppers!

This display makes me think of the tropics!!

I have never thought of myself as a creature of habit....someone that does exactly the same thing, on the same day, almost at the same time, but I am! Mr. Math and I joke it's like the movie Ground Hog day! I love our Sunday routine......The last eight weeks I've done a lot of traveling.......and I find that I miss my Sunday mornings with Mr. Math.

Do you have any routines that you have grown to love?

chris

I'm Off!

First I'm headed to

Reno, Lake Tahoe to visit daughter number 4,
the weather should  be perfect!!!

and tomorrow I fly from Reno
to
Atlanta

to spend the week with 

Miss Margaret

 before Miss Margaret moves to
Phoenix!

This Nana is so very excited to have Miss M and her Mom and Dad moving closer to California!

Enjoy the weekend!!!

chris

Just What I Was Looking For!!!

Last weekend while looking at CraigsList for estate and garage sales I saw a listing for what seemed be a private estate sale.

This listing shared pictures of what was for sale....as I scrolled through the pictures I saw something that I had always wanted to add to my backyard paradise.......two vintage white rod iron chaise lounge chairs with side tables!

And they came with cutest yellow and white polka dot vinyl pads!! 

Insert happy face here!!!

And it was one week away from pay day!  

Insert sad face here!

No reason to even go look.....why torture myself.

Well, this Friday during my lunch break I was looking on CraigsList and the ad for the same estate sale was there.... again.....however, it had already ended. Apparently it was a Friday morning sale.

I sent an email asking if the chaise lounge chairs were still available. She replied she had one left. It included a side table as well. And she replied if I was interested be at her home Saturday morning by 10:00am! 

"Don't be late, I have very little time before the moving truck shows up"

I called my daughter and told her I needed her muscle and her car....a stop at Starbucks was payment for her help!

This is what we brought home!!

It wasn't a steal, but it was reasonably priced....I was happy to spend $60.00 dollars for the lot. Compared to what a new chaise lounge, pad and a side table would cost at Home Depot or Lowe's, I guess maybe it was a steal!! I can never get over how much chair pads for outdoor furniture cost!!

I love patio furniture and of course the more vintage it is the better I like it!!! I have always wanted a white rod iron chaise lounge chair!!

Maybe because I have always loved this picture!

My Mom and Dad poolside at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, 1959!

I came home from this estate sale with one more thing......offered to me for free!

A patio table! Mr. Math just looked at me! Another one???

But it was free! I couldn't say no!

The glass top needs to be cleaned up and then I need to search for chairs!

Has anyone ever spray painted the white plastic lawn chairs?

chris

One Little, Two Little, Three Little, Witches.......

Well, not three little witches, but one little witch that I love!

Three years ago, I started working on a project, a Halloween Quilt......

and now I'm finishing it!

Better late than never right???

The pattern calls out for 13 rows of Halloween images.......

I decided to do 8 rows of Halloween images and skip adding the word Halloween.

The spider legs are ric rac and the eyes are those little jiggling eyes. After I did that row I decided that any embellishments would be added after I had it quilted! Not sure how the eyes will handle a long arm running over and around them.....I was thinking about taking them off before quilting....we'll see.

The instructions said you could use Wonder-Under, or applique the pieces on the fabric strips......I, of course choose Wonder-Under.....I love Wonder-Under!

I also used different zig - zag stitches to make sure the pieces stayed on the quilt!

The finished top without the borders. I need to trim up the edges and pick out fabric for the borders and the backing.

Isn't that what the long weekend is for?

Not sure I like the wider pieces of fabric between the rows, the narrower pieces seem to appeal to me more.
I may have to rip it out and change it....I'll have to see how I feel about this weekend.



Have you started working on any Halloween projects?

chris

Wiser In My Old Age!!

I can't believe I'm actually using the phase "My Old Age"! Yikes when did that happen???

The only estate sales this weekend were hosted by companies whose prices are ALWAYS way to high!

So........

I decided not to even go!

Why bother.....I never come home with anything, and it upsets me that they actually have the nerve to ask such high prices.  These are these sales that when you go on the last day the prices are still too high.

You'd think they'd learn...the last day they always have lots of items left to choose from....

Wonder why???

Any who.......

I did visit one garage sale and come home with a few things that didn't give me buyers remorse.

Faux wood and geese for the men

And aqua and black for the ladies!

8 of the Coronet trays and 8 of the aqua and black trays.....

Just the best colors!!

This family must have loved to host cocktail parties or eat off trays!

I can always use another tea pot and you've gotta love the pansies!

Not vintage but I sure can use these as fill ins when making another vintage ornament wreath!

Yeap, no  buyers remorse when you spend $6.00!

Right up my alley!!!!

Happy Monday!!!

chris

Catching Up Part 2........

More thank you notes that need to be sent.....

Holly who blogs at Cutie Pie Cottage, put up a post a couple of months ago, saying that she was interested in trading one of her darling fabric ball garlands.

I have always admired Holly's fabric garlands, so I sent her an email and said I was interested in trading.

I wasn't sure what I was going to trade.....I really don't have a signature craft like Holly so I was a little worried about it.....

I sent Holly a wreath that I covered in burlap and added an embroidered piece of fabric to. I was in such a rush to get it in the mail before I left for Atlanta, I mailed it from work without anything indicating who it was from!

Holly had a mystery package on her hands!

And.......being in such a rush...

.....no pictures!

I was the lucky winner of a giveaway hosted by Janelle who blogs at Sweet Bee Cottage!

a vintage tray, a milk glass compote, a hankie and a lovely pink covered dish!

And then to top it off, I came home from work a couple of weeks ago and there was a package on the front porch....

Erica, after she had just sent me a wonderful box of Christmas goodies, Erica sent me another package!

A set of linen napkins by Vera, such great colors!

And a vintage scrapbook....with roses on the cover....Erica said she had read a post on my blog about how my Dad helped me plant pink roses at the Xavier Ct House when we first moved in, and when she saw the book she thought of me...so sweet!!

And she suggested that I use it for pictures like this........

A big thank you to Holly, Janelle and Erica for being such kind and generous blogpals!!

chris