Not Much New

Gosh, I think I have been wasting the days away.  Seems I have nothing of much interest to share.

Just been working at the store and floating around the pool!  I did run over to the mall yesterday and found this darling dress.....................

It's a washable silk.

   And I got it for a STEAL......!!!  Yep, originally $89 and I got it for a whooping $26.70!!!  SCORE!!  I love great finds.  I'm trying to hold myself back from going back over to see what else I can find.

Been hanging out with my sweet Sofia a lot lately.
She is 17 months old now and starting to sat lots of words and tries to mimic everything we do. 
Here she is in her new headwrap!

I have a day off today so Hubby and I are trying to think of something to do.  

So far we have no good ideas.

May be a relax at home day!

XOXO NANCY

LACKING

Oh where, oh where has my energy gone....oh where, oh where can it be?    GEEEEZZZZ.....I just can't seem to get my motor started.  I do have a couple good excuses though.  One being that I have been working a lot and Two being that I spent 2 1/2 days in bed with the stomach flu.  Not good.  It's a lousy way to loose 4 pounds quickly!

I did manage to squeak out one little needle felted chick before I got so busy and sick.

Her hat was a challenge.  Trying to get the brim thin enough to fit on her head was not easy.  But after a lot of needle pokes I managed to get it on her head.

A couple of the other gals at work have joined me on Monday nights at Designer Blvd. (where we work) at 6pm to redo displays until 11pm.  Adding those hours to the rest of my schedule has worn me out.  But here's a few pics of what we have done.

 Next week we will begin to change up all the displays in the Home Decor side of the store.  It's exhausting work but so gratifying. 

Today Hubby and I spent the whole day babysitting our two granddaughters.  What better way to spend a day then in the pool!

Meanwhile, I will be waiting for that motivating creative bug to bite me!

XOXO NANCY

WET & COLD vs. DRY & HOT

I'll take dry and hot any day....

EXCEPT

when the wet and dry means spending time with our family!

Twelve days in Washington rain babysitting our grandsons (while our daughter and son-in-law vacationed in our house in AZ) means having to be creative in the entertainment department.  So these are a few of the ways we made memories with the boys:

Wii DANCE PARTY

BOUNCE HOUSE

the one day the sun came out we crammed in :

a little jam'in with Gib and Stephen

In December we gave Bre her first sewing machine for her birthday.  I finally got a chance to show her how it works last week and I don't think she has left it since!

She has a very creative design talent and it is exciting to see what she is sewing up.

We had a wonderful time with our grandsons.  Coleman is 7 1/2 and Caden is almost 5.  They play great together and were so easy to take care of.  It was hard to leave them until July when we will all be together again for a big family reunion at Fort Flagler in WA.

Now we are nestled back in our home and adjusting to the 100 degree temps!

XOXO NANCY

TWO PROJECTS COMPLETED!

Well, almost two completed.....

I just need to add whiskers.

I was excited to finally finish my needle-felted Mr. Bunny.

He was a good learning experience for me since I had to try to 

gauge equal size arms, legs and ears.  He does have one ear a little longer then the other.  (The easier to hear you with!)

 He stands about 6 inches high and only about 2 1/2 inches wide.

Last Saturday I got to take a class from the very sweet and talented,

Jennifer Hernandez of  the Polka Dot Pixie.

We would be creating her little Love Birds out of paper clay on a

paper mache box.  

  I added some iridescent glitter to mine.  It would be so cute as a cake topper.
Jennifer taught us so many techniques and tips for working and sculpting paperclay.
I can hardly wait to take another class from her.  
I have another set of love birds sculpted and now need to paint and decorate them.
On Thursday I will be heading up to Washington state to see my daughter, Bre and her family and then will babysit our grandsons for the week while Bre and Kyle vacation down here in our house.  I'm so excited to be able to spend 12 days with the boys.  Hubby and I plan to spoil them "rotten!"  
Now I need to decide what project to take with me to work on while I'm gone.
I'm thinking maybe some little yellow needlefelted chicks.
Time to start packing!
XOXO NANCY

POKE, POKE, POKE!!!

OK, I'm hooked!  I'm in a Needle Felting frenzy!!!

Meet, "Lilac," she is my first bird.  Silly bird.

I experimented with wire legs and realized quickly that I need to use a much thicker wire next time. But I managed to get her to stand up anyway...skinny legs and all! 

I had a little bit of orange and yellow wool so I 

practiced making a little pumpkin too.

This is my new project.  Sorry for the poor picture

quality. I am working on the middle one.

I just finished attaching the feet. Yikes, this picture

it kind of not nice!

Now I'm working on the ears.

OOoops! I just remembered that I need to needle in some white wool down the middle of the 

underside of the ears before I attach them.

Hope to finish him this weekend.  No needling tomorrow as I work

all day. Hubby has been down on the couch for 2 days now with the respiratory flu. I know he's feeling pretty bad when he cancels his golf games!

Today I got my nails filled, shopped for a couple new tops, floated around in our pool for a couple hours and then worked on my bunny.  Love days like this. I have a ton of ironing I should be doing right now, but I really just want to read all the blogs I follow.  Man, it would be awesome to have full-time maid!

Good news:  Our daughter, Bre's MS flare-up is finally starting to calm down.  She is up and getting around now.  But they did cancel their vacation to New York in a couple weeks.  Just too much walking involved.  So they will come down and stay in our house while we go up and babysit the boys for the week.  Much less stressful for Bre that way.  

Gotta run.....the needle is calling me!

XOXO NANCY