Purses

It's too hot to be outside working in my garden and way too hot to be baking so I decided to do something else just for fun and made a couple of purses out of paper bags.

They are not for any thing in particular other than to keep on hand for when I need to give a gift card, little treat, or small gift.

I finished something

This throw has been in the making for a long time.  Actually the top has been done for over a year and my plan was  to take it  to a machine quilter last summer so I could be it back and binding put on before fall and I just never got around to it.  Now it's done and ready for fall and I absolutely love it.

A Walk Through My Backyard

 

Before you judge me

Let me just say I have a hard time passing an "everything for 50 cents clearance rack" and I have the cutest dog in the world. So when I was heading into the Thrifty White Drug Store I stopped dead in my tracks at the clearance rack and picked up a couple of packages of hair chips then spotted some small clear bands. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with either but for 50 cents I couldn't pass them up. When I got home I saw some ribbon and them my dog, need I say more?

It took me all of 2 minutes to make them, then another 10 minutes to get them in her fur and another minute for one to fall out.

I think she was only slightly embarrassed.

The problem with them is that they don't have much elasticity to them so I guess that is why they were on clearance.  Now I just need to figure out what to do with the other 48 of them.

Altoid Tins

I have many collections including tins, some are just for looks and others are for using.  Altoid tins are one of those things I find very useful. I have several sitting around so I decided to jazz them up a bit.
 

  I have a couple on my dryer, this one is for money.

 This one is for buttons.

This one is for those replaceable miscellaneous items that you find and don't know what it's for, but you do know as soon as you toss it you will remember and desperately need it.

This last one is for seeds. Four o clocks to be exact.  And as soon and I can find them (should have had a tin and I would know exactly where they are) I'm going to plant them and next fall when they go to seed I'll them them in here be able to plant them right away in the spring.