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Refinishing a Few Furniture Pieces for an Outdoor Wedding
We had settled on the location for our daughter’s wedding. It was going to be in a field adjacent to our home. This meant we had to supply everything! Every single bit of furniture we would need. We were making progress. It felt good. We tried to accomplish a little something everyday, otherwise I’d get a nervous twitch thinking of all the details that needed to be done!
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Making Memories and a Tutorial on How to Tie a Quilt
Last week my aunt, her son and granddaughter (my cousins) came for a visit. We had a really good time showing them around our state – even visiting the Grand Canyon which was the first time for all 3 generations. You can see that my cousin is just a wee bit taller than me. 6′ 5″ versus my diminutive stature of 5′ 3″. So while my aunt was here I asked her if she would show us how to tie a quilt. You see, my grandmother who has been gone for 17 years, loved to quilt. She made patterned quilts and tied quilts. I have at least 9 quilts…
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Painted Rocks by the Castle Keeper Girls
We’re wrapping up the year for our Castle Keeper girls. They’ve just finished up their last monthly challenge which was to paint a rock. “A rock”, you say? Oh yes, and cute they are! ~~~~~ These owls and ladybugs were even named! “May I introduce you to Jethro, Francis, Kyle and Oliver?” Does that inspire you to make your own? But, wait! Before you run off to paint yours, I have a few more I would like to share.
This lovely butterfly is from the hand of an artist in Brazil. I wonder what type butterfly it is? The following rocks were collected while on special outings. One carried… -
Castle Keeper Girls Make Their Own Gift Wrap
Most of the time I haven’t any problem thinking of new challenges for the Castle Keeper girls. It’s actually kind of fun looking for ideas for the girls. This past month they did gift wrapping and bow toppers. They were to wrap a book or some other item (it did not have to be a real gift) and make their own wrapping paper as well as a bow topper. The girls 13 and up had to do 4 different packages and 12 and under only had to do one. Here’s a sampling of their work. Audrey (age 9) took a potato and dipped it in red paint to make…
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My Pantry Has a Name
It’s been almost 4 months since I asked for suggestions on what to name my new pantry. And after all this time I did decide on a name! Butler’s Pantry In yesteryears, the Butler’s Pantry was a place to store silverware and other kitchen items that were not edible. Although I loved so many of the suggestions that it was actually hard to choose one, I ended up picking Butler’s Pantry because I found it easiest to say when I was directing someone to go and get an item from there. It just seemed to slip out so easily. I finally got around to painting the name on the door…
