Spring is Almost Here...

I was working in the yard and this little lady caught my eye.  A sure sign of Spring coming soon.

Back in the house, I just had to share my orchid with you. Every year it starts to bloom at

Christmas. Well this year it has just kept on blooming. There are now 30 flowers on it.

This one has been blooming since last March when a girlfriend gifted it to me for my birthday.

I spent some time in the studio making (playing) backgrounds for some future art.

The sun is out and shining bright so I shall be in the yard. 

They say we are to get some snow over the weekend.

I sure hope not.

Blue Poppies

I love blue poppies and hope to plant

some this summer.

This is a watercolor I just finished

and sold . Click on the photo for a more detailed look..

We had a week of beautiful sunny weather. One 

day it actually got to 61 degrees!

The rain has returned so I am back in the studio

painting away. 

I though about reorganizing the studio and then

 remembered the last time I did that, and thought 

better of it. Just paint! LOL

My messy studio...........

This last weekend I ventured into my sewing studio and said " what has happened,oh for shame". When I start a project I can destroy a nicely organized studio, in a flash. Heaven help me if I have more than one project going. So without fail I am proceeding to try to reorganize, at least to the point that I can sit in my chair. I am shaming myself by posting these photo's. That way I will get busy. I borrowed Pats idea for storing lace. Just needs a little straightening........LOL!! The fabric in the closet are big pcs. and get moved quite often. Thank heaven for doors.

My Aunt left me her buttons, belt clasps, hat pins etc. Most came from 1918 and the 20's. I spent a lot of time trying to organize them and just looking at them. My Aunt and mother were identical twins. Their mom made all their outfits and was a beautiful seamstress.The pictures are old so forgive the photography. Thought you might enjoy the twins and some of their clothes made by their mother.Can you imagine having to make two of everything. Plus they had an older sister, that she also sewed for! I think their brother propably had store bought. I also found a small box holding more treasures. Beautiful buckles, hat pins, etc. Treasures to be sure! But I digress. Back

to cleaning the studio. I found a neat way to keep my beads for now. A shop was going out of business and they had their fixtures for sale. I picked this turning fixture for $5.00!

Of course I may need two or three of these someday,soon!!!

Then I put all my stabilizers in one place.... to be tidied up later....

I then put all my machine embroidery thread back in their case....
I then looked at my so called design wall and decided it will have to wait as there were at least 3 projects on there, each on top of the next. So I need to spend a whole day on that. I did get started separating batiks, pattern and solids by color. I wonder how long it will take me to mess this up.


At This point Teddy had had enough


so that's it for now. He's exhausted ha, what about me....................