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Monday, August 30, 2010

New life adventure to begin!

Almost Home Texas again...with lots of things running around in my head. At long last, plans that we have been making for retirement are going to be put into action. Time to organize, sort, hang, and get ready for my pursuit of happiness in my art projects. I have been reading the latest Where Women Create magazine looking for jumping off points for my work stations and everything I have seen is swimming in my head so i have decided to start a list of items/projects/dreams to work from or inspire for to stay on track and what better place to wish from then my blog. Any ideas you want to share I would love to hear them and hopefully I will be able to keep you up to date over the next year with pictures too.

...sewing space in ks house
...paint/paper space in ks house
...jewelry space in ks house
...take Lexy for a walk everyday I can
...join a photo group and enter a photo challenge this winter
...finish at least 1 quilt I have already started by next spring
...recipe book for my niece
...1 photo book organized and ordered a month
...make Christmas gifts for my freinds and family this year
...make my Christmas cards this year and actually mail them this year too
...make a ribbon holder
...make a thread holder
...have an artist date with my husband each week
...visit every junk/thrift store near our home in ks that we can manage
...reconnect our love of exploring every nook and cranny of a junk store
...lace, lace, lace, make a lace book
...quilt, quilt, quilt

Bare with me here...it is a wish list

...inspiration board for my sewing space in ks
...paint and wallpaper (large floral) in my jewelry space in ks
...button embroidery picture
...work on repairs to my grandmother's crazy quilt
...scarfs from sewn flowers, felted pinwheels, old hankies
...need more old jars for sewing notions
...quote a week to a friend
...more, more, more vintage material
...list old papers and pics on easy
...stamp/paint buttons
...be more free with my color!
...material bib necklace for my girls
...skirts,skirts, skirts
...1 assemblage piece this winter
...hang all my pics
...use an old window to frame pics in a group
...1 set of earrings and a necklace made from my metalsmithing class
...black background/silver and gold leaf paper drawing
...make chandelier for my painting space in kc
...license plate(s) pic
...mud boots for ks
..........ok I quit for today. I will be dreaming about all these things tonight!

I have a lot to do in the next month to get me ready to go back to KS for hunting season, pack, prepare for sale on etsy, clean my house in TX. I have been looking forward to this for so long I am so excited but it is going to be some work and fun to get both my houses ready so that I my things in both places as I travel back and forth. Wish me luck!!!

Talk to you all soon.

...
mt

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Brooklyn Library Sketchbook Project

Hello everyone from Kansas. We have been at our home in Kansas for the last month so I have been busy with some of my projects. It has been hot outside but it has kept me inside busy setting up a new sewing room for myself getting ready for wintertime. I hope to be able to maybe finish a quilt this winter that I started years ago.

But I really wanted to tell you about the Brooklyn Library Sketchbook Project I heard about from another blogger. It is so neat!!! You receive a blank sketchbook from the library and send back a full sketchbook that you have made and it becomes a part of the library's catalog of books. They will tour the books before they return to the library to remain so that anyone can check them out. Such a neat thing to be a part of...check out their website and all about it from the button on the right side.

Talk to you soon.