Valentines Day!

I made a jar of hearts for Bob. I found a heart shape  online and printed them out on pink paper.  Cutting them out was relaxing! I love easy crafts!
 And on each one , I wrote something I Love about him.  I could have gone on and on but I ran out of room in the jar!  I hope he will like it!

Making Easter Gifts!

   Every year I try to make a little something for all the girls( my Mom, my sistier and sister in law's , my niece,  ) So this year I decided to make pot holders ( again) . But I figured you can never have to many potholders. I did most of this by hand and then finished them up by machine.  I used blues , yellows, and pinks- all the springy colors.
  I find it very relaxing to do both hand and machine sewing. Usually they come out very nice. So I have a nice handmake gift to f give that is also useful!  What could be better than that?

Book Bub- for those who do ereading!

Book Bub is a free daily email that gives you notices about ebooks with a deep deep discount.  ( like 2.99, 1.99 &; .99)  There are many categories  to choose from : mysteries, actions, advice, biographies, children, cooking, historical fiction, history, horror , just to name a few.

  Book Bub features bestsellers and bestselling authors and books that have received good reviews from both critics and readers.  You can customize the types of books that you receive emails about.

  There are also links to Amazon, Kindle, Barnes & Noble,  apple books, & Goggle p[play so you can easily get the ebook for your specific device.

  At the bottom of the page, you can see links to free ebooks and free kindle books.  There is a bookbub blog which has informative and easy to read articles  about books and authors.   Also on the blog are tabs with must read articles, book lists by categories, links to most popular posts and quotes from authors and best selling books.

Book Bub is a great place to explore if you read a lot of ebooks!

Bathroom mini job

  We put up a new mirror in our bathroom. We had an old ornate mirror with built in lights   and the light switch inside the mirror finally wore out.  So we were looking for a temporary solution.

 We got a light bar  to be installed at a later date when the electrician can come and do some other work we need doing.

  Until that time we really did not want to go without a mirror in which we can see to bush our hair, and also for me to apply my make up,

  So we went shopping for a mirror that we could put up to hide the hole. In fact we went to several thrift stores and  found a few likely candidates.  We did not plan it , but when we went we did not have a lot of cash with us .

  We measured , and found two items we thought might work.   We told the owner we might we back the following day with cash( they did not have the capacity o accept credit cards or debit.

  The next morning we headed back to the store to make our purchase.  But then we decided to stop at our favorite shop- Lisa's not Just Antiques.

  And we found just what we were looking for!!!

  Here is the mirror we bought   - put up in our bathroom. We think it looks nice . The best part of course  with Lisa-  she was having a sale , so we got it for a really good price!


Lisa's- Not Just Antiques

Spring Decor/Spring

  Here is another Easter Decoration we did this year.  We have had Mr.Rabbit for many years. He is made of plaster / resin material. We always put him out in the spring.

  This year Bob went to put him out, his bottom half broke off . So here is what Bob did:  Took a large planter and filled it with kitty litter ( for the ice in the winter)  .Then he stuck  Mr. Rabbit into the planter.

 Later when we went to the dollar store we got some plastic Easter eggs. ( We needed a few more for our other decorations)   So we put the rest around Mr. Rabbit and put in on the front patio!

New items on ETSY!

I just started putting some items on Etsy- check them out!
This is a set of potholders- yellow and barn red. 81/2 by 8 1/2 . Coming soon will be a set of 4 place mats.

Shadylanequilts/ETSY