Finally Crafting

So, the craft studio is ready (enough) to start serious crafting.  I just haven't done any serious crafting!

I did make two Dotee dolls for upcoming swaps.

This little girl is for a 4th of July/Americana Dotee Swap

This is for a Christmas in July Dotee Swap

Here is my Stampin' Up stamp sets in the DVD (Media Stix) holders I found on Amazon.  They work great for this size ink pad.

Well, that's all the crafting I've been doing.  We did get a new grill and patio furniture for the back porch.  I potted a bunch of plants.  There are rack after rack of "tired" plants in the Garden Department at Lowe's.  I was able to buy a bunch of stuff for very little.  Some were on $.25 for a flower.  All they need is a little love and care.

Happy Crafting!

Kim

Mini Vacay!

I decided to visit my dear friend Marla at Holly Lake Ranch.  I arrived yesterday.  We went to the grocery store, went to two garage sales, played "Hand and Foot" card game with some of the ladies from the "Ranch" and ended up at Marla's sister's house for dinner of schnitzel, green beans, and mashed potatoes.  After dinner we played Farkle.  I'm staying until Monday morning.  Here is a picture of me on her patio.

Tonight we are going to the volunteer Fire Department to play Bingo.  Tomorrow we are going to have rib eyes and asparagus at her sisters!  

Happy Crafting,

Kim

F is for * Dotee

My latest Dotee is for the Swap-bot.com group swap "F is for * Dotee".  I have made an all (well, mostly all) felt Dotee.  My first!

Even her hanger and tail are felt.

Last year, I started a quilt for the bed in the travel trailer using this Crosswalk Quilt pattern from MSQC (Missouri Star Quilt Company).  I ran out of thread and stopped on the project.  Well, now that the Studio is ready for creating I decided this would be the first project to pick up.  Not that we will need a quilt on that bed for a while...

I really, really feel like I bought the thread I used at Walmart.  But, I have checked two Walmarts and they do not carry this thread any more.  Now it's time to do a little more research and find some on-line so I can get back to work on this one.  If I can learn how to use my quilter I just might make this the first quilt I do myself.

 Billy and I love Las Vegas.  And when we go to Las Vegas we have a bar we love to go to.  It's the "5 o'clock Somewhere" Bar in the Margaritaville Casino/Flamingo.  This is where our favorite Flair Bartender Billy Zurisk works.  He's a great guy.  Last July when Billy and I were in Vegas I mentioned to Billy Z I was retiring.  BZ asked me what I was going to do and I told him I like to quilt.  He said he had a girlfriend that turned him on to quilting and he wanted to try to make one.  (Note: He has since made a baby quilt for a friend of his)  He has a VLOG I follow.  One day I was watching one of the videos and was inspired.  Billy wears a lot of rainbow tie dyed shirts and I thought a rainbow Jelly Roll Race quilt would be cool.  Sooooo.....I bought this Kona Solids jelly roll with the intention of making a quilt and giving it to BZ when we go to Vegas this December.  I hope to have it completed before the July retreat with "Sisters Break Free" but, if not, I can make it then.

On a side note...I was going to mow yesterday afternoon and happen to see Biscuit (our cat) having an afternoon snack of a little garter (I think) snake.  

GOOD CAT!!!

I forgot to mention, I joined the Gun Barrel Quilters Guild!  They meet the 2nd Wednesday of every month and this month was my first meeting.  They just had their quilt show and there were several other new members to join.  They do several "meetups" a month and today, I'm going to "Proquiltinators".  This is a group that meets up at Cassy's (a member of the Gun Barrel Quilters Guild).  She has a place that sounds like my Studio except she just has room for folks doing hand work.  No sewing machines. I'm excited to meet more new folks and maybe learn a lot.

Well,

Happy Crafting,

Kim

Dotees!

I've had a horrible sinus infection and allergies for the last week.  Yesterday was the first day I've felt like doing anything.

I started in the Kitchen sweeping and mopping.  Everything is finished but, the floor has bowed at the entry to the bathroom.  The flooring folks are supposed to be here today to fix that.  I have hung the shower curtain, put up the shelving unit over the toilet.  Still need to hang the towel ring but, I'm going to wait and let Billy attack that!  I laid the new rug in front of the shower and the door was too low and would not go over it.  I'm going to see if the trim guy or the cabinet guy can trim off the bottom of the door a bit so it will close smoothly.

I've done a bit of sorting but, there is still a lot of work to do.

I felt so good yesterday I actually made two Dotees for swaps.   I made the H & I for the alphabet series of Dotees I'm hosting on Swap-bot.com.

H is for House

I is for I

Happy Swapping!

Kim

P.S.  I don't know how I turned on the underline!  LOL!!

Kitchen & Bathroom Updates!

Here is the finished Kitchen!!  Took all of about 3 hours total to finish!  Got a deal too!  The original guy that flaked on me quoted almost $100.00 more than the two guys that did it.

Close up of the tile and countertop.

Got the Toilet and Sink in. 

Here is the shower head in the shower.  I still need to get a shower curtain and rod for this.

I'm so excited to be done with this....but wait....the floor is buckling!  Awww shucks!!!  Called the flooring people.  "We will call you within 48 hours.  Guess what???  It's nearly 48 hours and no word.  I guess I'll be calling them back this afternoon. 

The floor needs a good sweeping and mopping but I'm going to wait because there will be some bit of mess when they come fix the floor.  *Sigh*

Good thing is I can still work even with the floor debacle.  Even better thing, I can drink coffee and work in the Studio without worrying about running to the house to potty!

I'm waiting on a guy from a new internet company to come by.  He's going to check to see if what he can install will be accessible from the Studio.  If so, I'm going to get that sucker installed.  Then I will have YouTube videos and my SIL mentioned something about an Amazon Fire Stick.  I don't know about that but he says it will work for Netflix and such.  That will be great!  I might never leave.

Have a great day and

Happy Crafting!

Kim

Today is a Great Day!

On Saturday, April 29th, there were devastating tornadoes in our area.  Luckily we were spared with the only loss being our electricity and a plant trellis.  We were without electricity for almost 48 hours.  With this loss comes another loss...our freezer goods.  Most the stuff in our deep freeze was still frozen but, the stuff in our fridge-freezer was lost.  First thing I did was hop in the shower.  Whew!  I feel fresh as a daisy after a spring rain!  I'm making a pot of coffee and it 3:14pm....I haven't had coffee in a couple of days.  I can't wait.

AND!!! The plumber is here!  I still don't have a kitchen countertop but he's putting in the toilet, sink, and shower door and we can handle the counter top and sink later!

I'm just sooooo glad things are seeming to move again.

I hope to be crafting soon!

Happy Crafting!

Kim

P.S. On 4-26 I took my cousin to Dallas for a Colonoscopy.  While we were so far north I took advantage of it and went to IKEA to pick up my desk top and to the Container Store and picked up a work chair!