A few Finishes

OK, I've been kinda busy lately~I took a class from Jennifer Cabic and learned how to make these cool rockin' pendants. and I discovered these cool vintage pop tops made into beads!! I love them! They are like eye candy!








Here is Halloween Garden~This is a kit available at St Charles





Here is The Olde Settlement Framed







Here is Hoodoo Voodoo framed. I was trying for an old/New Orleans kinda feel to it.

Bonnie at Valley Framing did such an awesome job framing these! I am so lucky!! Thanks Bonnie~~ and
Thanks for stopping by!
Now to get busy on the charts~~
I've got more new things for St Charles~Stay tuned.

Hoodoo Voodoo and Happy 4th!

Here's Jessie and her sparklers!

Next up is Mariah and Cody~~

Here is Hoodoo Voodoo! can't wait to pick out a frame!

We had a great 4th of July weekend, hope you all did too!
I finished stitching my Voodoo Sampler, I had so much fun with it!! Let's see~~ we have of course a voodoo doll or two, glass bottle for catching evil spirits, gris gris bag, chicken foot~~etc... I've been wanting to do this since our trip to New Orleans last year. I really want to go back and spend more time there~such a cool place.

I also have a pic of a class piece from last Sept. I'm thinking of releasing it at St Charles.

Necklaces and a sneak peek

Here is a sneak peek at The Olde Settlement. Carol did such an awesome job stitching it! Thanks Carol!!





Here are a couple necklaces I've made~ they are so much fun! I got the cool gargoyle from my sister~ I think he is very happy to be my model!





There are actually only 2 necklaces, showing the front and the back. It is so much fun picking out the beads too! Carmen had the cool idea to use my 1612 for some jewelry~Thanks again Carmen!!

Home from Tennessee

We had a great time on Tim's Ford Lake!
I love the south. The weather was sunny and hot. Here are some pics~






Ben and Brenda invited us to spend the weekend at their house on the lake





I also got to meet Carmen Sutton! Her house is incredible, everywhere you look, you see the most awesome stitching and finishing. She and her husband Danny are the nicest people you'd ever want to meet!






Carmen finished my 1612 piece for me~she truly is a finisher extraordinaire! I am thrilled with how it turned out! She filled it with the most wonderful smelling herbs too!

We got home last night so today was spent doing laundry and catching up on yard work. It was good to get away and also good to come home!

I have almost finished stitching Halloween Garden and tomorrow I will be busy getting some new designs charted.

1612, Pitcher Plants and Summer Toes!

Here is 1612


Aren't these pitcher plants cool! They are water plants, I've wanted a little pond in the back yard, but until then, I made my own small water container.



My poor ankle is still kinda deformed but it is attached and working so it's all good! I love warm weather~flip flops or barefoot~ Yay!


It has been kinda crazy around here~lots of kids comings and goings. I did get a few things accomplished though~ Sent a new design to Carmen to work her magic on.

Sent The Olde Settlement to Carol to work her magic on!

I'm working on a limited kit for St. Charles called The Halloween Garden. It is a big investment going to market and I want to say thanks to the shops who attend.

Hoodoo Voodoo Sampler is done in my head, now to get in on pattern maker!
Also I am doing a weird plant alphabet thing~The Wicked Series.

Dividing perennials, working on new designs

I love perennials and herbs! you buy a little pot, plant it and each year you are blessed with more than the year before. I've been dodging the rain drops and have been dividing my plants and replanting them.




I'm trying to get the thyme to grow all around my stone trough. It smells so good! I'm also severly computer challenged and cannot figure out how to get the text where I want it! Sorry!

I've divided these wild geraniums several times, I've been transplanting them to different parts of the yard.






It smells so wonderful outside right now with the lilacs and lily of the valley blooming!

Aren't these Virginia bluebells so pretty, I just wish they lasted longer

On the design front, I have 2 new things finished~~
First up is a tombstone one called 1612. This is in memory of the Pendle Witches.
I've been reading a good book on that subject~
http://www.marysharratt.com/books_dwh_about.html





The second is called The Olde Settlement.
Neither are stitched yet, stay tuned!
Thanks for stopping by~~

Lisa

oLD aND NeW

Today was a glorious day! The weather was perfect~hung lots of clothes out on the line, took the doggies for a walk, and thanks to Laurie, put some screens in. Nothing like fresh air blowing through your house!
I started thinking that I am a old/new kind of gal~I recently discovered a wonderful magazine called A Simple Life, the photography and articles are wonderful. I started looking around my "homestead"





old stone out front



new witch ball




Old bottles and new stained glass things




old stone step in our house



old well out back



old looking new stone trough



old door with new mushrooms



our old house



old stone porch (I love how it ripples)



old light in the living room.



old brick and steeple thingy



old attic where lots of bats live



old door bell



new old looking angel~old beehive bank and small crock



new witch plate


I'm working on some new designs with some old themes! Stay tuned~