New Things In The Works

Good afternoon.....I am trying to teach myself to cross stitch....it is NOT as easy as one might think....I definitely need a pair of magnifying glasses..and a better lamp...and the proper fabric always helps.....I was attempting to do my first project on tightly woven linen..and it just was not working for me...but with some MUCH appreciated help from Wendy of Pineberry Lane, I think I've got it figure out....well, I hope so anyway..we shall see when it's done I guess.....Anyway...What a sweetheart Wendy is..she is so helpful and I absolutely LOVE her website and her designs..they are fantastic!! Stop by & see her when you have a moment :).

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Here are the new "Milk Paint" Acrylics I found in a wonderful shop here in the area..they are made to replicate the old milk paints. I am using these on my newest CatchPenny Village home and I LOVE how they look...very, very colonial and true to the era! They also have indoor and outdoor latex paints..and I found a perfect one for our living room..which I am really hoping to get painted soon.

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Here is a photo of some gorgeous linen napkins and some great cheese cloth I got while we were on vacation. The linen napkins were from an estate sale ..Mom found them & picked them for me..she's always getting me great stuff like this at yard sales, auctions and estate sales...:)she's so great! The cheese cloth is different than I've ever found...its actual "Cloth" in that it's not flimsy like the usual cheesecloth I have found around here..it is thicker and heavier...kinda like muslin..:)I can't wait to use it. I purchased it at a wine and beer making shop! The napkins I will be making into undergarments for a couple of ladye's I have begun and the cheese cloth will aprons and such...:)

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We FINALLY have some pumpkins coming in the pumpkin patch....we didn't think we were going to have any this year..we've had so much rain that our vegetables were rotting on the vines..but we've had hot and dry weather for the last 2 weeks and everything is coming along wonderfully now..which is a very pleasant surprise....I found this little guy and one other one in the patch yesterday morning and I was most happy to see them...these are pie pumpkins...yum!!!

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Now I'm headed down to the farm to bring Mark some more water..he's raking hay again today...I went with him for three hours yesterday...it was 90* out..not a cloud in the sky and no breeze! Now you all know..I usually LOVE to do hay....not yesterday I didn't....it was so damn hot .....I swear to you..you could have fried an egg on the fender I was sitting on..and after three straight hours..my butt hurt so bad I was wishing I was anywhere but there.....I wanted to leap off that tractor and run home!!! My clothes were absolutely drenched through.....And..to top it all off...one of my flip flops fell off (most likely from the river of sweat pouring off of me) and is now raked up somewhere in the hay and will become part of a square bale of hay later this afternoon...never to be seen again..except maybe by a cow or horse while they are enjoying their dinner!!!!!!!!!! They'll probably eat the flip flop..develop a stomach issue and die..and I'll be haunted by it for the rest of my life!!!!!

Thankfully my sweet husband took me out for Martguerita's, nacho's and pizza last night....which helped me forget all about my overheated day :)

Have a great afternoon, Doreen