Baby it's cold outside

So I made a Christmas sign. Excuse me Buster. Tryin' to take a photo here.

 I copied the idea from a pin on Pinterest and I am so pleased with the way it turned out.

The one problem is that it has created the most persistent earworm ever!

I cannot get that song out of my head.

Constant Crafter

The constant crafter. That is what I should have named my blog. My interests are so diverse that I have a hard time focusing on one project at a time. Then there are the books I want to read. Life is too short and time moves too fast. I wish I could read and crochet at the same time, wouldn't that be great? I am determined to finish "Anna Karenina" before I see the new Keira Knightley movie so I may have to put the hooks down for a spell and pick up that hefty novel. In the meantime these round little beauties are quickly becoming...

these square little beauties. When I complete all of them I will have enough to make four afghans. Yee Haw!

I have completed this massive striped Christmas afghan for my shop. It is queen sized and super heavy.

I have also finished my first button painting! I adore it and I am already working on another one.

 So much fun.

What have you all been working on?

Paint Project

This weekend was warm and sunny so I spent as much time as I could out in the garden and I am glad I did because it is raining today and snow is in the forecast for tonight. I raked and shoveled and when I was starting to feel a sunburn coming on I set up shop on the deck in the shade with my acrylic paints. I was inspired to make colorful plant markers.

My fine hubby was nice enough to cut up several blocks of wood for me. He keeps telling me I could do it myself but I can't get over my fear of power saws, I blame my woodshop teacher. I think all those safety stories scared me permanently.

I started out with the plan to use Sea Glass colors but I kept goin' off track. I can't help it... I am drawn to vibrant colors.

Then I used a marker to sketch out the designs.

I had a brief set back when I realized the varnish didn't make it through the winter.

Lucky me, I was able to find another can out in the garage.

So...here they are all varnished, now I just need to put stakes on them and pop them in the ground. Oh... and wait for our last frost! ;-)

First completed Painting

I have started many paintings but this is the first one I have finished. I love the way the sky came out. I could live in that little cabin right there, no problem. I wonder if there is a lake or the sea just over that hill?