Saturday's Chapter Class

What a wonderful day my good friend Doris and I had near Teays Valley, WV. It was our Society Chapter meeting. Dottie Kuhl was teaching one of her fabulous gourd ornaments. The meeting was held at a really nice Lions Clubhouse on the Kanawaha River bank. They are considering it for a summer picnic meeting. Great views. The class was terrific. The unfinished gourd was glued to a long thin wood spindle used for thread in factories. We used rubber type push molds for the face part of it, then did the embellishing of extending the hat, adding more side hair, and for doing the fur at the top of the head. Mine has to be antiqued to tone down the way over bright look of it yet. I will be sure to show it to all when complete. Just had to tell you about my great day.
Hugs, Marcia

Start Over's.......

I am so far behind on Blogger that I just need "start overs"! This is how far I have gotten on my bathroom. I had to take it in low light as the stripes jump out at you if I don't. The umbrella idea had me pulling a few hairs out of my head, but finally I stumbled, and I really mean stumbled over a box of these umbrellas a young man was unpacking in the new seasonal isles of Hobby Lobby. Here I went on a hunt for everything from a small child's umbrella to a party shower honeycombed type of one. Couldn't find a single one. Well these were perfect as the inner bamboo workings were very easy to cut with scissors. I got it to the size I wanted, then took the sticks and glued them into place inside to form how I wanted it on the wall. Now to cover it with the shower curtain fabric. You can see the fabric in the mirror along with an unfinished corner cabinet to hold the guest towels. I am now on a different style of curtain completely.....so not sure what the window will end up with yet.
Hugs, Marcia

OH MY!!! Its Wednesday already!

Sigh, is this week ever going fast. Had doctor appts yesterday and another tomorrow. Really messes with a persons day when we have them. These were appts that were to be last week during the ice storm. We are getting snow again.....LOL. Almost 60 degress on Sunday and now snow again. I have half the bathroom stripped. I hated the first faux metallic I bought at Lowes. So went on a hunt Monday and found one at Home Depot. Ended up with Ralph Lauren Candle Light. Of course one has to buy the roller so it will turn out like the sample and the video we were sort of forced to watch.....LOL. Salesman was so proud he could show us how to use the video player. He watched it right there with us, so no sneaking away. I am very pleased with how its turning out. Now that the lights are back up, I think we need to change them. So its going to be a hunt till I like it. In between I have finished painting the three guys on the stool. Its background work and the bottom to finish up. I have the two other childs chairs about half done also. I have a really neat project to start after these three items. I think it will paint up fast too.
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Monday Morning Musings

Hubby finished putting two coats of paint on for me last night. Not sure where I am going to go with this now. I think possibly satin stripe it. I love that look without having to mess with wall paper. LOL, I know that will be my part of the wall painting. John is the painter and the super wall paperier but not really into the faux part. It is bright if I leave it this way. It will be a real eye opener for any guests we have. I have the curtains, towels and items for this bath all set to go too. So far thats it for today. We're supposed to get some more snow but they have cancelled the storm warnings for our area. It almost hit 60 yesterday so we lost about half of the snow and all the ice on the trees.
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Addition to Sunday Morning

This is Madison, we call her Maddie, She is the lover, the cuddler a real sweetie if there ever was one. She is just like her grandmother, hefty, or should I say on the "fluffy side". Madison is a Diva. Her wardrobe is extensive. All three have cute clothes of which they all wear, but Maddie just loves all her "outfits". She lookes so cute in her sundresses or hoddies. Lots of fun to buy for her. Maddie loves her food, but also likes to save and savor it in front of the boys! She knows just how to wrap herself around your heart. A real lover for sure.

This is Brinkly the first of the herd. He is tiny, but don't tell him that, he doesn't know it. He has the "little guy" syndrome. Nothing gets in his way, well a cardboard box will, he just wimpers until someone lifts him over. He is the neighborhood watch dog too. His domain is a front bow window in the family room. The window seat has a cusioned area for him to run up and down and peak out of little slits in the blinds and bark at any thing that moves. Oh, grama made the cushion for him to sit on too. Mom got the idea to put one of those long flat cushions that vibrates for relaxation up there. She slid the control down thru the cushions and can just reach her hand and turn it on. It worked great at first.....now he ignores it and just give a dirty look to those that turn it on. He used to beat Maddie to everything, especially food. Now Spencer just stands over top of him to be first in line, always for the treats. These are my granddogs, unfortunatley they reside in Indiana, so we only see them every few months.

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Sunny Sunday Morning

As promised I am posting pictures of my granddogs. This first one is of Spencer, which one would classify as the "here comes trouble" pup. Spencer is 2 and full of vinegar and soooo endearing no matter what he does. He is not the most beautiful dog of the three, he has long legs, floppy ears and a longer then normal body. But....oh do those eyes sparkle with trouble! Nothing is safe.....will there is a way he will find it! More to come on the other two.
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