Vintage Barbie

Barbie has been stored away for 49 years, and I take her out every now and then, just to look at all the beautiful hand knitted clothes that were made for her by a great Aunt. The detailing in the clothes is so unique. Each purse, and dress has a different vintage style, and no two hats are the same.

The Barbie case used to be used as my lunch box, that I carried to school.

Xmas Planters

Picked up all my foliage a few days ago.. out in the country, and finished arranging my flower boxes and planters for christmas.

Scroll Saw Bunnies

A friend of mine built a sleigh, and asked if I could make some bunnies to put on the sides of it.
I cut these bunnies out on my sroll saw, and then painted them.

Happy Thanksgiving

Here is a little idea for place cards at your Thanksgiving table.

I used mini pie pumpkins and wrote each guests name on card stock, and
added a sticker. Then I put a slit in the stem and inserted the card.

Your can decorate the card with stickers, or what ever you like.

Each guest can take the pumpkin home and bake a pumpkin pie.

Hope everyone has a "Happy Thanksgiving"

Fall Is Upon Us

Looks like my dog Bill, is deep in thought. Wonder what he's thinking.

Could it be that he doesn't like the fact that the leaves are changing and that
we have to leave the cottage soon, and won't be back until spring?

Is he thinking about the great summer he had?

Or is he thinking, wow, I can't believe those impatiens are blooming like that and
it's so cold at night now, with hardly any leaves left on the trees.

When is a window not a window?

This may look like a window, but it is actually a picture with a window frame in front of it. I just finished the curtains, and added a rope light to brighten it up.

You can look out the window and see a little cafe across the street, with two waiters (actually a wine bottle holder) enjoying themselves out front.

Our little bar area in the family room is almost complete.

Indoor Canopy

Back to the basement reno. Here is my finished canopy for my cafe in paris look.

This reno is long and slow, but fun to do. I am onto the window treatment now, finally, I want to put window boxes with flowers in them, under these
windows. Stay tuned.

Grandson's First Birthday

Yesterday my grandson celebrated his 1st birthday.

I have been keeping this little rocking chair for years, in hopes that I could

pass it on to my grandchild someday. It used to belong to my daughter who

is now 28. My husband and I started working on it in July. It was difficult to

scrape the white paint from some of the areas like the spindles, but with a

wire brush and alot of elbow grease, we stripped off the white paint and

stained it in a red mahogony color. Then we put on two coats of polyurethane.

Hope he likes it!

Nova Scotia Canada

Just returned from vacation in beautiful Nova Scotia Canada.

This is the lighthouse in Peggy's Cove. The views were breath taking.

Where the ocean meets the sky.

A Hint Of Lime

I love the deep lime color of this foliage. Not sure what the name of this plant is (does anyone know)?

It is such a striking lime green.

The ferns are also a very vibrant green, such a statement.

Tiger By The Tail

The tiger lillies are just beautiful this year at the cottage!
Just love the color orange, don't you?

New Table Creation

Here is my latest table creation. I used nylon webbing and weaved two colors together, in a checker board patten, on wood. Then I painted the base, which was grey metal, in black. It will be great on my deck at the cottage.