Hi Everyone – It has been quite a while since I’ve posted. With all the changes due to the pandemic and some family health issues, it wasn’t at the top of my daily lists. So here are some of my favorite happenings, creations since my last posts.
We had a wonderful Christmas this last year with all the family back together again! We did most of our traditional events except for our girls Christmas tea. We didn’t feel comfortable doing that yet, so we had munchies and drinks while doing our Christmas craft instead. This year we made sock gnomes which turned out pretty darn cute and all so unique and creative.
I like to give hand-made gifts when I can, and this year I decided it would be fun to try making animal plant hangers out of my air-dry clay for our three daughters. I was SO pleased and surprised with my results. They were quite the process and learning curve for me and I was glad I started a month early because they took a very long time for each step. The girls loved them 🙂
Last year we sold our travel trailer and bought a motorhome that we absolutely love! We’re in the process of finding a good vehicle to tow with us for getting around and touring at our destinations.
I took the time last year to refinish my great uncle’s trunk and now use it for our filing. I was going to strip it but it had several layers of paint and I would STILL be working on it, so I ended up doing a faux leather paint look with black accents that turned out great and was a much easier process.
I have been busy with several calligraphy projects for clients which is a fun and creative distraction. I am doing classes with my two granddaughters this month. Hadley is 12 and has wanted to learn how to paint watercolor birds and also learn calligraphy, so we had a fun time last weekend working on both. She is an awesome artist already and her painting was so similar to mine when we were finished, you can hardly tell the difference!
This weekend I will be showing 9 year old Evie how to do woodburning, which will be super fun too.
Since I had so much fun working with the clay, I made some clay valentine hearts with a pressed doily design in them.
I also made a little hand-sewn fabric heart out of some country fabric I had.
I am always thinking of various creations to make and projects to do in the yard, or new decor for the house, so I have been able to fill our “at home” time during this pandemic which has been very satisfying.
Hope you are all doing well and find happiness in the little moments each day that bring a smile and lighten your heart.