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So this blog post is all about my girlie. She moved into a new place this weekend and I want to share a few pics. But first...I just GOTTA show you my Valentine's Day roses! It's over a week and these beauties are still gorgeous gorgeous!
Back to my girlie...as I mentioned, this past weekend, Miranda moved into her own place. She's been out of the house for several years but this is her first apartment. Her own little nest. It's been some time in the making...lots of crazy ups and downs for our girlie. So happy to report that Miranda has finally found herself financial and emotionally prepared to live in her own place.
When Miranda first moved out, she lived in a house full of very young adults, all of whom who were out of the house on their own for the very first time. As you can imagine, that was the party house. Miranda decided to get out of that situation and she moved to Hawaii for about half a year. When she moved back to Oregon, she moved in with her boyfriend at the time. She got out of that relationship (look at me being so nice and not saying anything negative about that!) and moved in with us. It didn't take her too long to get back on track and she moved in to a house with two friends from school.
That worked for awhile but Miranda was ready to start the next chapter in her life...the adventure of her first place all to herself! And it's just the cutest little studio apartment! So perfect! Her own kitchen, her own bathroom and she even has a closet! :-)
Here are a few pics...
Yes...the walls in the hallway are that crazy, funky mint green color. It's not a very pleasant color to be around. I'm guessing the intention of it is to serve as a deterent to keep people from lingering in the hallways.
I tried to do some research on the building but couldn't find much; however, it obviously used to be a hotel. Based on the details, hardware and fixtures, I would guess it was built in the early 1900's.
2010 fixtures...
Caught girlie dancing...
Unpacking to some lovely natural light. That's Miranda's friend, Trevor. We absolutely could not have made the move without him.
Very sweet and kind (and strong) friend of this family!
There have been a few trips to Fred Meyers and IKEA to buy household items and once Miranda gets a bit more settled, there is at least one more trip planned to IKEA for a bookcase. This is definitely Miranda's big adventure but I am LOVING being able to help her set up home!
I'll take some more pictures once Miranda's little place is ready for visitors so stay tuned!!!
Happy President's Day to you! I have the day off so it's an extra nice day for me! I had a massage and had an appointment with my naturapath. I won't go into any details about that appointment because I am in the cleansing portion of my program. :-)
The sun was shining this morning so I HAD to go out in it. I took my camera with me and snapped a few pictures around the garden...
I think violets are my favorite flower. I still love pansies and lily of the valley but violets...they just melt my heart.
Playing with the zoom on my camera...
Wouldn't this picture make an awesome transparency?
Me and my shadow...
And that little shadow off to the side? That's my other shadow, my boy Atticus. :-)
Okay...gonna go start some supper...I'm a little nervous...I've decided to introduce some fish into my diet and I bought a salmon fillet to cook tonight. I've been vegetarian for eight years so I'm sure hoping my body remembers what to do with this form of protein! Wish me luck!
Hello Sweet Things!
Wishing you a very happy Valentine's Day. Mr. G and I usually don't do much on this day. We decided long ago to just save all that mushy stuff for our anniversary. We used to go out to dinner but it was always so crowded and so stressful so we just don't do it. So imagine my surprise when this morning the FedEx truck stopped at our house and delivered a box with two dozen roses and some Rocky Mountain chocolates!
And the enclosure from Mr. Romantic...
So so so perfect! I love it! Even after 25 plus years of marriage, this sweet feller knows how to surprise me!
Turns out the flower delivery made just about everybody happy in our house...both cats have been taking turns just hanging out in the box the flowers and candy arrived in...
Funny bunny!
In honor of this very sweet day, I thought I'd take a moment to show you some goodies that my very sweet friend, Suz Reaney sent me a few weeks ago! I met Suz through the Silver Bella Yahoo group before that event. We hit it off immediately. Then about three weeks before Silver Bella, Suz and her fabulous husband, Jud, came to Portland for a business event. Glen and I had the very good fortune of being able to meet up with them for dinner. It was so wonderful and you wouldn't think it was the first time we'd met. We all got along great and a fast friendship was solidified! The same thing happended when Glen and I met up with my wonderful friend Ilene and met her husband, Dave, for the first time. It was just so comfortable.
So without further ado, just look at these beautiful treasures Suz sent me...
Look at these beautiful earrings! Suz and her daughter, Kat, are very talented jewelry artists and have an Etsy shop. Be sure to pop over for a little looksee!
Holy Moly Suz knows I LOVE old stuff and I love quantity so I am SO in love with these treasures!
It's all just so marvelous! Thank you again, dear Sue, my very treasured friend!
Happy Valentine's Day to you all and I hope it's a very sweet day!
Like hundreds of other crafty craftisans out there, I joined Mary Ann Moss' online class Remains of the Day.
I know I'm late getting to this party but I didn't decide to sign up for this until way after it started. I've done some bookmaking and wasn't totally motivated to buy another class. But this one just called to me. And every time I went blog hopping, I'd see someone working on theirs so I just went for it. Well, after watching Mary Ann's tutorials and seeing all the wonderful work the other participants have shared in the Flickr group, I'm really glad I joined! Mary Ann is super inspiring and oh Lordy, I am having the time of my life using up all kinds of odd bits, scraps and leftovers that have been hanging around in my stash forever! Love that! It feels so good to use up stuff!!!
So getting on with it...here's the book in all it's glory, how it will look tucked under my arm as I carry it everywhere I go. Front...
Back...
I definitely went for the very shabby look. I showed it to my husband and he said it looks likes it's 100 years old already. :-)
Opened a little to show the inside of the flap...
I LOVE how this little bit turned out...
It's just a bunch of yarn and ribbons stitched over with LOTS of zig zag and regular stitching.
And then fully opened showing the whole inside...
It's totally wonky but I'm just gonna embrace it. I have learned that when I make mistakes, the best thing to do is to just love 'em. It's the books that turn out less than perfect that end up being the ones I enjoy the most. Why? Because those are the ones I'll use instead of letting them sit on a shelf, admired but unloved. :-)
I used some burlap I found at the bins (thoroughly washed...yuk!) for this book and it's my new favorite material! I love how the ends fray and of course, that brown paper bag color makes me very happy. I also FINALLY bought a free motion presser foot for my machine. I'm not terribly happy with it because it has a spring and with every stitch it lifts up. I don't think they all do that so I need to investigate that a bit.
Here's a close up of the pocket on the inside...
The pocket is a piece of clear shower curtain with a piece of a hankerchief that had a map of Mt. Ranier stitched behind it. Way wonky!
The outside all opened up...
As for the insides, that is still a work in progress. I did get one signture done this weekend though...
Some of my favorite pages already...
This was totally the part that sold me on this class. Usin' up stuff!!! I think I went a little crazy because I didn't give myself too much room to journal or add pictures.And I still want to add words, stencils, rub ons and stickers! I'd better scale this down a notch! Oh well...I'm still learnin'. :-)
Got lots of future pages cut and ready to stitch up so I'm well on my way with completing this project!
Take care and hope you have a wonderful week! I had a crappy week last week between my friend's death and the whole stress-fracture-wearin'-a-soft-cast-possible-surgery situation...but this week holds some promise of being much better. I have today off, it's sunny and I have a massage scheduled this afternoon! And then tomorrow I'm taking a Franklin Covey "Focus" workshop at work! Super excited about that!!!
xo...
I have come to realize that ever since Facebook came on the scene, I am just not that motivated to blog like I used to. I used to be so good and showed up to blog at least two or three times a week, maybe more. But now, wow, seems like if I post two or three times a month I'm doing good!
For the most part, today was spent just boppin' around the house, doing housework, catching up with the laundry and watching the Puppy Bowl (come for the puppies...stay for the kittens!!!) I really needed some quiet time and today did the trick.
So one of the things I wanted to share was a swap I did with my super talented and sweet peep of a friend, Hope! Oh man...this girl has good stuff and boy, did she share! I usually feel like I overgift and go overboard with swaps but after receiving her goody pack, I feel like I didn't give her enough!
Look at what she sent me...
Blurg? A-M-A-Z-I-N-G treats!! It took two pictures to get everything laid out to show you! Oh my!!! Thank you so much, Hope!!! I love it all!!!
Next up...check out these SUPER cool, ginormous coffee filters that my dear daughter scored for me! Her shop can't use them anymore and rather than recycle them, she thought of sharing them with me! I loves my girlie!!!
I put the soda can in the shot so you can tell how big these are! So what should I do with these super fun, super huge beauties!? Any suggestions? They're magical!
Much more to share but I gotta go take some more pictures first with my *a-hem* brand new camera! :-) I have a Fuji Finepix SP1000 that I love and it was still doing it's job but I won an award at work and got to pick out a prize! I picked out a Nikon Coolpix P90. Pretty flippin' sweet, eh??! The zoom is phenomenal!!!
I have tomorrow off and I just have a few things on my agenda (including a massage ...happy sigh...) so I'm hoping to get back to do a bit more blogging and show you my Remains of the Day journal! I'm still working on the inside pages but I got the cover all done! LOVE this project!
