Finally something to post.

I've been very lax in getting my crafts done... seems too hard to do them with someone constantly interrupting so I just do nothing.. But it's time to change the flowers in the cemetery so I made a couple of new arrangements and we'll take them down tomorrow. Will post more pics when I get them set out. For now, here's a couple...

Wreath

Haven't changed the flowers at the cemetery in quite awhile.. I decided to get something made so I can put it out for Kiko before I go for surgery. Might be a little while before I can go again. So this is what I made today... J

T-shirt transfer

I'm pretty much pleased with how the transfers came out.. it's not big and gaudy... looks very tasteful do me. Tell me what you think... J

We set the headstone

The cement is still wet and the edges need to be straightened but it's there and his name is spelled correctly. I'm glad to have it done and yet I hate it. Hate the thought of it and no matter what anyone says, I will never recover from this. J

New arrangements

Tomorrow we will take Kikos headstone to the cemetery... we'll set it into cement and make a place for flowers to be inserted. We'll also take this arrangement that Jerri and I made today. Taking flowers for Grandma, Martha, Aunt Donna, Bill and Grandpa... Remember to click on the pics to see full sized. J

Finally, something to add....

I finally finished painting and lining the little jewelry box... it was fun. I'm not too steady and it probably looks like a little childs handi-work, but it's cute and exactly what I needed. Here it is..

FINISHED !!!

Wheeeeeeeeee what a job, but it was worth it. We got all the pictures hung today and I am satisfied with the way they look. I don't have anything for the table below them yet and am not sure what to get to put on there. I do know it has to be something super plain. Don't want it to be too busy.. here are a few pics. Had to take them off to the side so as not to get the glare from the windows.....J

First picture framed...

I only bought one frame and one matte... because I wasn't sure about sizes etc... but this really looks good. This is a 10x14 frame, matted with and 8x10 matte. Hard to take a picture because of the glare.. would have liked to buy non-glare glass but way too costly.. I'm really happy with the way this one turned out.

The Bracelets are done...

Here they are....





I finished them some time ago but just barely got the energy to take some pictures. I really love these bracelets. The last two I made actually looked like carved wooden beads.

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More flowers (arangements)

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This is my table full of flowers to take to the cemetery.

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I bought 4 of the cone containers you stick in the ground. This is one of them filled with red carnations.
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The yellow daisies are for the basket for Mom... they are ready to set down in it when we get there. I have extra flowers to fill in with if needed, but not having the basket here makes it hard to really know what to do.

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floral arrangement

Finally today I got to the floral arrangement... I sort of had an idea of what I wanted it to look like but wasn't sure... so just started little by little until it looked almost good. I am such a NOT floral arranger but I hope it's good enough. Kiko was so talented in this area, I wish I could do half as good. These are artificial flowers wired onto some grapevine sticks and the whole thing is wired onto a scalloped brick. The scallop doesn't have a reason for being.. I just used what I had. I wanted it heavy so the wind wouldn't blow it away.. I covered the bare spots with moss and used a hot glue gun. Will try to make another arrangement tomorrow to put on Moms grave too. I noticed the basket of flowers were all faded... That's not good. I'm trying my best to remember what that basket looks like but it seems I'm drawing a blank.. anyway here are a couple of pics of the arrangement I made today. Remember click on the images to see them bigger... Hard to get a picture of the whole thing or to really show the size... it's well over three feet in length. I think closer to four.

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Beads.....not finished

I made these beads when we went camping but I forgot to take my paints.. I do have some clay that doesn't need painting.. The blue beads were made using colored fimo but the others I am painting. The peach colored bracelet isn't finished. I need to paint two more beads and I need to buy some elastic to string them on. I'll post a finished pic when they are done. I put the beads onto skewers to hold them while I paint them and leave them there to dry.. J

Finished the dog sweater...

I did it... I crocheted my dog a sweater without even knowing how. He's a funny sized dog. Not very big around but kinda long... I have yet to find one sweater in the stores that would fit him right. So I decided to make one. This is my first attempt at crocheting a sweater for him but now that I've done it and see how well it fits him I think I'll make him several. Sure fits him good and a lot cheaper than anything readymade.. I'm quite proud of this...

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Spring has Sprung

I've worked only a little on the dogs sweater today... I did look at some picture frames that I wanted. This project is going to be rather costly so I might only have to do a few at a time. But I am determined to do it. This evening I went outside for awhile and noticed how pretty the spring flowers were. I don't have much yard here but the flowers are nice anyway. Would love a bigger yard again but then that would mean more weeds too... this will have to do. I thought I'd put a few pics of the flowers here. Remember if you click on a pic it will enlarge and be so much prettier... J