SMILES ON FRIDAY

Happy Friday !    Had a few fun photos for this "Smiles on Friday" gathering.  Annie at A STITCH IN TIME has a SMILE party on Friday.

 A blue ribbon gourd at the last fair of the season

Precious grand daughter turning 4 and wondering why is everyone hollaring "Blow out the Candle"?

And a mothers work displayed in brilliant fashion.  Helen works so hard to entertain and keep a happy home.  Her Filipino food is soooooooooooooo good.  There was also another table with 3 desserts and other fun things.

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful weekend.  And remember:  We are ALL so Blessed.

WOYWW #328

Welcome WOYWW friends,  I've missed you all..back from a wonderful vacation. But dealing with a calendar full of events and things to do for fall. Harvest season isn't far off, so my time having fun away will be limited.  All info on WOYWW can be found at Julia's STAMPING GROUND

I spent today trying to revive my 20 yr  old sewing machine. It started making a clankity noise and I can't seem to find the problem. I've tried YouTube and ask others. Repairmen are few and far between this rural area. Some say repair it, it's sturdy and durable, the new ones are like everything else no repair, just disposable.  I've a fabric card to have done very soon and my patience is wearing out.

Using my ironing board as my workspace this week.(..making a fabric card ) I did have a bent needle but still not working.

Spent time away in our nation's capital Washington D C visiting my son and his family. A 4yr old birthday party, visiting the kindergartner's school, eating wonderful Filipino food, being driven around the city by my son seeing the sights.  My husband was in awe.  I lived and worked there for 2 years as my first job. But a lot has changed in 50 years !  Mostly traffic.

I guess no more photos...my computer has an issue with downloading this day... just what I need !! Thanks for stopping by. I always enjoy your visits and comments.  We are having truly lovely fall days.

Simply Neutrals Tuesday

Welcome! I've been missing in blogland for a while. But I decided today I'd like to partake in the first
"Simply Neutrals Tuesday"  hosted by  Wen at  APPLEAPRICOT . Such lovely photos have been shared.

 One of my favorite soft music CD's...today is my dad's birthday and he & I played the Sax.

 My grandmother's "Sylvia" 's rosary and  a crocheted doll parasol

More of my lace and a very old gravy bowl from my DH family

 Another part of my heart collection, a very aged book and a blessed candle nestled in my grandmother "Anne's candle holder

 A heart shape dish holding a gold locket and pearls beside the 2 Sisters by Willow Tree

One of my collectible dolls and some special dried roses, tucked in a heart shaped wooden dish and a little china doll.

I was named after my 2 grandmothers.  Thus  Sylvia Ann....... hope you enjoyed the photos. I'm totally not the photographer/display artist many are, but I'm learning.  Any tips would be appreciated.

If you would like to see more, or become involved with  Simply Neutral Tuesday, there is still time to hop over to Wen's blog and partake.  And Thank You Wen it's been a fun event for the start of fall here in the states.

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful Sunday

DRESS UP---ATC 's for August

Welcome, another month flew by and our ATC's have been mailed.  Kimberly hosts a wonderful exchange each month and you can join in and see more ATC's on her blog ArtJoyStuff.
August theme was "Dress Up".  I had so many ideas for this but settled on  Sweet "Dolly"

My envelope:

 My ATC's  I've had these little images a long time.(on a garland) but  I also have a couple of sweet books  "Only a Doll" and "Dolly in Town"  that have this little vintage doll in it.

My individual photos didn't turn out very well and these are not the best. You can enlarge by clicking on the photo and see more details.

September's ATC exchange is posted on my side bar.  "Linen & Lace"  Another fun theme.

Thanks for stopping by, I'll have some great news next post so stay tuned. Have a great week.

FRIDAY'S SMILES

Good Morning to you, and thanks for stopping by.  Today is "Friday's Smiles" at  A Stitch in Time with Annie as our host.

My morning was so much fun to open up my computer and have these 3 little girls greet me. They live on the east coast so I don't get to see them much.  However a vacation is in order real soon.

I've been MIA again, had to miss WOYWW this week as I spent the day with my mom and was gone  Tuesday evening.  It's a rainy day here so I can catch up on some crafty goodness later. Yesterday I put carrots in the freezer, as he cleaned out the garden. We do still have our late blooming tomatoes, so hoping I will have enough to make some juice. Then crops will be ready to harvest.

Today we've plans to organize the garage again and sort through closets. Change of Season jobs !!   Thanks again for your visit. Have a lovely weekend.

Summer Family Time Lots of Photos

Welcome ....I'm a bit late in posting these, but had a lot of things scheduled for this past week.

Our 3 southern Iowa grandkids came for their annual summer visit.  It was a wonderful weather week and lots of things going on.

Four wheeling with Grandpa

 Garden time

 Taking care of string beans

Kossuth County Fair parade  lots of candy

 Movie "Home" and a visit to Great Grandma's

 A little energy fun in the back yard

 Watching spray planes, spraying the farm fields

 Viewing the farm equipment at the fair

 Watching some kids milk a goat.. Cami thought it was totally gross...free popcorn

 Only Cami up in the fair ride here

 Cash having some swim time, even grandma joined in the action

 a Hot dog and marshmellow roast...making S'mores too

 More candy at the Britt HOBO parade

Click on the photo to enlarge...real HOBO's competing for King & Queen later in the day

 Checking out midway..Cael is 12, Cami 10, Cash 7

 Then on to Fossil and Prairie Garden...small wonderful hands on museum, here NEON fish

 Looking for fossils , steep terrain on a hot and humid day.

 Was sure fun...we all found fossils...thank goodness for the breeze or grandma wouldn't have made it

Tribute to Rockford's Jon Tumilson, Navy Seal, killed in a helicopeter crash

Meeting Mom and Dad and saying good bye to grandma & grandpa...What a fun week it was.

Thanks Josh & Juli for sharing those precious kids with us.  We all had so much fun.

WOYWW # 324

So glad you stopped by. Today is Wednesday, the day we share our workspaces. WOYWW information  can be found on our hostess Julia's blog Stamping Ground .  It's fun and it's addictive.

My desk:

The right side....collection drop off...on the chair is one of the wedding dressed I plan to cut up.
The wire I will soon be using for another project. It is from a used furnace filter.

This is the remains of finishing up my ATC's for August. I will post them next week.

I've missed a couple of weeks.. Just a lot of real LIFE going on. The 3 grandchildren were here one week. We took in the local fair 2 days with stock car racing,  afternoon swimming , 2 parades, one for the Fair and the other for Britt Hobo Days, going out to eat, visited a Fossil and Prairie garden and grandpa kept them busy with garden help, giving rides on the 4 wheeler, visiting great grandma a couple of days, watching a few movies, eating popcorn and watching a bright colored airplane spray the farm fields.  And enjoying  eating 3 ears of frresh  sweet corn with our lunch each day.

My desk has had little attention, spent a day Celebrating my mothers 87th birthday,  but I did make an anniversary card for my better half, which tomorrow we will be married 10 years.  Sorry no photos yet. And we had a new shower installed.

So there was a day of cleaning up dust. I will have some wall repair to do as this was a narrower unit then the one they took out.  Have to research what I really want to do. The new colors are grey and white, so I can use any color accent pieces. Hopefully in a month or so we add the new vanity/sink also.

It has been a great week.  I am rested up, we had 2 inches of much needed rain Monday and 1.5 inches Tuesday, with forecast of another storm tonight. We;ve really had enough but  I love a rainy day !!!

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your WOYWW day.

Lacey Project

So nice of you to visit.  I've so wanted to create more with the fabric and mixed media. So this rainy day I played with laces, a pretty image and a few embellishments.  I've a blogging friend far away I would like to send this to.  Dorthe, as many of you may know from her lovely blog  Den Lille Lade.
She is a dear kind heart and always such a fun visit.

Thank you for stopping by, have a lovely week ahead.




PS....I happen to find this in my "Drafts"...Looks like a have a few more to review and find out why my mind kind of  "Flew Away" from tasks at hand.

HaPpY SuNDday ATC Exchange

Happy Sunday, I have been missing in action. Have had my 3 grand kids here since last Monday.
Have been very busy entertaining them with the great outdoors.

But I wanted to post the past "GRUNGE" ATC exchange, so a quick photo. Somehow all the individual ones I took have not turned out

Postal Packaging from Kimberly is always exciting.  The 3 ATC's came inthe 3 other wraps. In the little red bag Kimberly sent us little gems, lace and a pretty beaded pin. Thank you so much Kim.

Left the London Man is from Alice, the Middle from Kelly, the Right is from Jess. They are all so special and my photos do not do them justice. There are layers and metal adornments that really makes these so special.  Thank You so much .  ArtJoyStuff  has so much better photos and it you would enjoy the post Kimberly displayed with the "GRUNGE" swap.

 Top and Bottom was my packaging...KL was for our host Kim Laws

 My ATC's for the  "Grunge" swap  top and bottom  again KL was for our host.

Just want to say THANK YOU KIMBERLY and ALL who partake, it is always so fun. Our next month will be Linen & Lace (Sept)...Aug 28 is the deadline for "Dress UP" if you want to play along go to Kim's blog ArtJoyStuff and sign up.

Thanks for stopping by and Have a wonderful week.