Sew Nice

I am so not a sewer...

small thing by hand okay fine but me & sewing machines don't seem to get along for the most part!

I've sewn many curtains for our cozy little abode but that's about all...

 

 

So I kept putting off this outdoor pillow projects

but I shouldn't have because they turned out really nicely I think.

I used the innards from old pillows, got outdoor material on sale & voila seven new pagoda pillows.

Twiggs, Twine and Train Bridges

Busy busy busy...

cleaning up the yard...hanging with bunnies...finishing last minute yard projects...

 

 

 

Bundling up twigs to burn this winter...painting a train bridge...feeding the squirrels...

Hope you having a great weekend too XO

A Whimsical 6

My hon bun asked if I could paint us a new house number...

 

 

So as a bird and 8 buns napped away in the heatwave around me...

 

I came up with this...

 

It sits whimsically on the brown brick of our house hinting, I hope, at the magic that lies within.



The Back Deck Project

Well one project we wanted to get done straight away was our back deck redo...

We've been wanting to refresh and improve this much used space for some time now.

I am always SOOOOO glad and grateful

that I have not only a handsome bearded honey but one who is also very handy & hardworking.

After a long harsh winter we had to take the old gazebo down because it had seen it's best days...
our winters are so hard on any and all of our outdoor areas and stuff.



We put up a structure for a clear roof all by our handy little selves, ha ha...

Painted it...sanded and re-painted the floor and VOILA.....

  

Well, okay!  It wasn't just 'Voila', ha ha, it was a lot of work but it was so worth it.
We made sure to get this all done in early Spring so that we could enjoy it for a nice long season.

I just love sitting on the pillows on the floor at the long bench Japanese style with some food.

Or stretching out on it to watch the rain.

I love all of the flowers.
Oh flowers galore.

I love sweeping it and keeping it all clean
because it feels like the loveliest spot and keeping it up is me respecting & appreciating it.

I love putting on the pretty white flickering lanterns at night.
I love just watching the buns play about.

I love sitting here in the mornings with my espresso and a book.
I love how the chickadees bathe and drink from the fountain even with me sitting right there.

I love it all by myself or with the bun babies.

But I especially love it when I have lovely company to share it with.

Hoops Finally Filled

So I've been collecting embroidery hoops for years now & I've been hanging them all over the house.

I have 3 distinct walls in our house filled with them....they've sat empty all this time.

 

 

I was slowly collecting dollies and lace...finally I had enough for 1 wall to be completed

 

It was the moment of realizing what the colours had to be behind the lace that propelled me to finish.

 

I am completely tickled with how it turned out.  Though it was a admittedly lot of work.



 

Now if I could only cover up the ugliness of the black tv and speakers...

Why oh why can't they make these things in beautiful glossy whites, blues or reds!



The Bench Project

I asked Teela "What we should work on next baby girl"
Well, she had an idea right away...

 

 

She said 'Look Mama, our deck bench is all yucky and dirty...'

 

 

Emmett was in agreement with Tee-Tee....

 

 

So we gave it a fresh coat of paint and free hand painted a design on it....

 

 Of course Emmett teased Tee saying 'Na na na...mama is repainting it for ME, not you...'

(naughty buns!)

 

And because I can't ever leave things done simply!  I added some red beads all over the whole thing.

 

 Gave it all 4 thick coats of outdoor varnish and VOILA a pretty new bench for the back deck!

 

Everybun including moi, the artist are pretty happy with it.
What do you think?