I tried something a little different in this attempt to make a braided RUG.
Last time, I hand stitched the braid together and ended up with a bowl…
This time I figured if I machine stitched it I might end up with a more flat product. Yeah, not so much… Still got a saucer shape. Oh well. Try, try again.
I think I’m going to use some liquid starch or something to stiffen it up. I think it would make a nice bowl by an entryway to toss your keys and pocket change.
At my husband’s urging to get the kids out to “stretch their legs” took them to my hometown for the farmers market and a bit of history. I grew up in a tiny but historic town that was the summertime playground for the wealthy in the late 1800’s.
The farmers market was brimming with goodies… We bought radishes, summer sausage, cheese and kettle corn for starters.
I also got this wonderful bouquet of flowers for $7 and the nice man threw in these nice big zucchini.
And just look at these wonderful eggs… I had 2 over-easy this morning. YUM!
During the farmers market and on weekends the oldest operating streetcar in the country gives short rides with a stop at the restoration barn for a little history lesson. The streetcar was really neat. Ornate carvings on the woodwork, vintage ads at the cove ceiling and a beautiful cast iron stove for use during the winter months.
And why no pictures you ask… Because silly me forgot that you actually need to charge camera batteries every once in a while…not just drag it around in your purse taking pictures willy-nilly expecting it to magically work indefinitely.
I went a little nuts last evening and made a bunch more…
I’ve been saving bottle caps for years….as well as having others give them to me. I went through and found the ones I had pairs of. I still have a few more pairs but they’d look better with gold findings.
When I was a kid, my dad had a huge collection from all the bottled pop he drank. Bummer…it was thrown away 20+ years ago. There would have been some really fun ones in there!!
These ones with the phrases in them are fun. You could totally mix and match these depending on your mood.
I was recently gifted with a handful of fun bottle caps by my brother-in-law and his girlfriend. Thanks guys!!
I love it that they’ve been saving them for me!! One persons trash is another one’s treasure!!
Today would have been my dad’s 83rd birthday. We brought him a card and flowers this morning.
I caught this very sweet moment where my girl lovingly touched his marker and said “Happy Birthday Grandpa”. They always had a good connection…she’d often ask to go visit him at the nursing home.
Hope everyone had a safe and Happy July 4th!!
Well, lookie here…I’m right on time with my July dress for the Dress-up Project!
When I think July, I think Independence Day, hot & sunny days, picnics and time with family. What would a fashionable girl wear for that? A Patriotic sundress, of course.
Head on over to the Alice and Camilla blog to see the rest of the July dresses.
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