Tag and Sew

Good news, I may now have a working sewing machine. We will know for sure tonight when I test it out. In the meantime, I have been tagged by Cornflower Blue.



What was I doing 10 years ago?

Living in California smoking way too many cigs.

What are 5 things on my to-do list for today?

uck, not much time to do things when you work. Buy some flannel, try out my new "used" sewing machine, possibly bike ride (rain may not let me), and that is all for right now.


Snacks I enjoy:

Peach ice cream, marshmallows, Salsa con Chili by Santa Barbara (I think they don't make it any more- I haven't been able to find it at Hannaford's anymore)

Things I would do if I were a billionaire:

Make sure those that I know and love have adequate health care and a place to live.

Places I have lived:

Brick apartment buildings, stone houses with no running water, small cabins in the woods, places in the middle of nowhere.

Well Hello Big Beautiful Tall Boots

I love tall boots so much. Very Wonder Woman like. I was just watching some early episodes of Wonder Woman over the weekend. I spent a good deal of time marvelling over her tall gold boots and of course her red ones! Need to find me some of those.

Etsy Favorites

You may recognize some of these as I tend to find my favorites on the homepage.





It seems that I really like animals. Click on each photo to find the etsy seller.

Wrap your own Sea Glass

I know there is a lot of sea glass jewelry out there, but this wrapping technique is super easy and looks very nice.



Supplies to make sea glass necklace: craft wire (26 gauge works well) jump rings, clasps (your choice), soldering gun, solder, sea glass of course!



Step 1: cut a 6 inch length of the wire with your wire cutters



Step 2: Make a upside down U shape like this about two inches in from the end of your wire



Step 3: Cross the wire over the U shape you just made.



Step 4: Now place the wire on the back of the sea glass with the loop you just created on the side of the sea glass. You will want to do this so that the next loop you create is on the opposite side of the first loop.



Step 5: Next you will be making the same loop directly across from the first one. Start to create your U shape and twist it several times creating a loop just as you did in Steps 1-4.



Step 6: Now you have two loops on opposite ends of the same piece of wire and a loose 4-5 inch tail.





Step 7: Take the tail and encircle the sea glass with it



Step 8: First circle around sea glass. Now do that several more times, until you have done several more loops around. The amount of times you go around will depend on how large of a piece you selected.



Step 9: After looping it several times the front should look like this. Sort of tidy and neat. The back is where the two side loops are.



Step 10: Now open your jump rings and attach them to each side loop.



Step 11 Open your jump ring and attach it to the side loop of the next piece of sea glass you are using. Keep attaching pieces until you reach the desired length, soldering each piece is you so choose, to add strength to the jump rings.



Step 12: Attach your clasp to the ends.



Now go get some sea glass!

Couches

Okay before I forget again the winner of the giveaway quilt is....Jacquie from Tall Grass Prarie Studio. Uh-oh for me because I had a super hard time with the binding and my machine- I hope you don't mind Jacquie!

So, couches. This blue one is one that I snagged before it was thrown out. I plan to recover it in a gray or light blue so that the other one that I hope to buy soon matches.



I love the simple shape and how small it is. We currently just have two chairs, so we are really moving on up now.



I got this beautiful print at the Salvation Army for $2.50. I think it would look great on the wall behind the blue couch pictured above.







On another note I am very pleased that people have been buying things from me on etsy! It really makes my day when I get an order.

I just ordered a macro lens from B&H photo for my through the viewfinder experiementing. I can't wait to get it and build a contraption for it! Isn't this week the best? I find it very exciting knowing that a holiday weekend is approaching.

Weekend

With my sewing machine on the funk lately I haven't been sewing much. I still feel very creative though- just having to do different types of things.



I have been taking lots of photos lately. That makes me sooooo happy since I had given it up for five or so years.



I've also been enjoying the word unfurling. Very satisfying. This weekend I rummaged and cleaned and biked. I was very happy to make more room for my rummage finds by cleaning out a closet.



I still need to make a "contraption" for shooting through my viewfinder (none of these photos were through it). I am addicted to TTVF photography lately.



I really need to pick up a sewing machine at a yard sale somewhere so I can get to sewing! I also saw a really great round modern looking sectional couch at the Salvation Army last week. I am hoping it will still be there (and be half off!). I was thinking it would look great recovered in gray or light blue. If I leave work early Friday, I may be able to pick it up before we leave to go camping. We'll see....

Secretary's Lounge

Lots of new items have gone into the Secretary's Lounge shop on etsy this week!