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!



Bell Play

So Teela & I have been playing with some bells.

(and because I am a nice neighbor I took every single chime out so they are completely noiseless!!!)

 

We arranged the white bells with some driftwood collected from the beach

and slices from an old tropical plant that had long since died & dried out.

 



However, I am in agreement with my Tee-Tee that whilst we like the new bells & swags,

we no longer like the painted fence boards so next year we're gonna paint that section plain white.

 

What do you think?

Sometimes a simple crafty project is just what a perfect autumn day calls for.