Dresser Dreams

Happy Saturday my sweet friends!

I can say that since this will be

weekend #2 that I am NOT working.

In a few hours I will drive up to my mom's

and then head to the cemetery for my

aunt's burial. 

Finally closure for my cousin's.

Before I head out I wanted to show you

my second wall of the bedroom change-up.

I moved the dresser to this wall.

Added some covelets on top.

The wood hand is a display form for ladies gloves.

Behind that is a form display for hats.

The left side.

A crock filled with feathers and white pepper berries.

The apothecary jar is filled with greens and lye soap.

A tin container finishes this display. 

Over the dresser is this cubby shelf

with hand forged handles on the cubbies.

A kite string winder on top and a pewter dish.

Hanging are a yarn winder, 

tobacco strand and a ladies fan.

The first black dollie I made 

which is my angel with wings.

The entire top with wall shelf.

I so love this dresser.

Placed now on the wall near my desk.

Now you may have noticed the gaping space

between the wall shelf and desk.

It is really noticeable to me now.

I am working on drawing another design

for a bigger hooked rug.....

now just need the time to hook it.

Someday.

We had some thunderstorms rollin the other day.
Last year we must have had a bolt
of lightning hit really close to our home,
because ever since then,
our Ace kitty hides during storms now.

This is where I found him the other day.
At least it was a cozy hideout! 

Well hope everyone enjoys their weekend.

I have to finish a pillow for Winnie,

then finish my current rug.

Did not pull one loop this week.

Then will work on more Halloween goodies.

Hopefully there will be enough time

for all of this on Sunday.

What will the weekend find you doing?

Dresser Dream Blessings To All!

Janice 

May CupboardScape

Hello my friends.

It was nice having last weekend off finally.

Am still working overtime,
but having the weekend off was so needed.
Will take this weekend off too.
Will be attending the burial of my aunt.
She passed in February, however they
were not able to bury her due to the ground
being frozen.
I will be taking my mom as it was her
younger sister who passed.
Since it is outside we are allowed to attend.

Sunday I will work on more
Halloween goodies...

Today my CupboardScape was inspired
by both my gramma's.
Each Spring they would do their
 cleaning outside.

Gramma H would grab her bucket
and wash the many windows 
she had on her farmhouse.
With all of the windows in her 
2 story farmhouse, 
including 2 enclosed porches, 
there were 24 windows.
that is a lot of window washing.

Both gramma's used rug beaters
to clean their rugs.
Gramma B put hers on the cement well cover,
while gramma H hung hers from the clothesline.
(this rug beater is called a bat wing one)
(the rug was one of my gramma B's)

This rug beater is a heart one.
The wood piece is a wood mangle,
which would be used to scrub your clothes.

This is a pillow beater.
It would be used to beat your feather pillows.
Gramma B did this to hers.

Of course scrubbers and soap 
would be including in Spring cleaning.

This CupboardScape was a tribute
to my gramma's.
They had a most tedious job 
of Spring cleaning.

Storms slated for today's weather.
Better than snow we had last week.

Have a marvelous day my friends.

Spring Cleaning Blessings To All!
Janice

A Hooking Progression

Hello friends.

Hope this post finds you all well.

After I finished working on my crow pillow,

I thought it was time 

to pull out my hook, linen and worms.

I had this pattern drawn out 

on paper for months now.

When I first drew it on linen.

I screwed up with my boxes.

UGH

So I re-drew my lines and placed an 

"X" where I wanted to hook my 

hit and miss.

Day 1 progression.

I did not have enough black,

therefore my outlines are a dark brown.

Now this probably does not look like a lot done.

Well I only am able to work on my lunch hour.

that is after I actually eat.

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

This was Sunday afternoon 
the Sunday before
 Mother's Day.

They released us from work at noon,

so after I ate lunch,

I actually worked a few hours on this

while watching some tv.

If you can see, some of my rows

are a bit wonky.

I hand cut all of my strips,

so they are not all even.

A very primitive look indeed.

I dont really have a color plan for this

hit or miss part of the rug.

I just grab a worm and use it.

If you notice, the middle is also blank.

Well I do have a plan for that.

Just want to wait and draw that

until I am completed with the border.

I will give you a clue though.

It will be that of my favorite animal.

Do you know what that will be?

Hooking Progression Blessings To All!
Janice

A Desk Revealed

Good morning friends.

A little secret I will tell you.
I write my posts the night before.
I would 
NEVER 
be able to write these early in the morning.

Today I want to show you my prim desk.
I never leave it open as my kitties...
well kitties will be kitties,
and I do not need them pouncing on it.
Possibly breaking it.
So it safe if I just leave it closed.

It usually resides in our back room.
Decided to move it into the spare room now.
Since I moved the desk in the back room
where I leave my work computer and paperwork on.

An early ink crock with a small crock pitcher.

Also added a small stack 

of pantry boxes and a pear.

Another crock pitcher.

The top of my desk

with a grouping on the wall.

My desk straight on in the corner

of the bedroom now.

Side view.

With the desk opened for writing on.

I do love it open.

Makes me wonder who used it.

Was it a banker.

Was it merchant?

If only it could talk.

It was an awesome find.
One piece I will never part with,
even if I do not leave it open.

Well I will find out later today 
if I have to work Saturday again.
Sunday will be a reprieve for us
since it is Mother's Day.

Mother's Day will be spent at home.
No parties.
No family gathering.
No nothing.
Our governor extending the stay at home
order to May 28th now.

So if you are a mother to children,
or a mother to fur babies, 
or a mother to both.
Happy Mother's Day!

Desk Revealed Blessings To All!
Janice

Crow Pie

Hello Friends.

Let me tell you the story

of an unusual crow

who had to have some crow pie.

From the minute he flew the nest.

This whimsical fellow was not

your average crow.

He had a taste for the unusual as well.

So he grabbed himself a cart.

Er one with an axle.

He was going to need a strong and sturdy one.

For he intended on grabbing the biggest

and ripest pumpkin he had ever seen.

Straight from the pumpkin patch.

He did not want the tiny pumpkins in the field.

Oh no.

It was his mission to take home

this whopper of a pumpkin.

He decided he wanted pumpkin pie.

Not necessarily the entire pumpkin.

His crow pie was to just eat the seeds.

However he needed to grab himself

this pumpkin before others found it.

Hope everyone will enjoy their 

Cinco De Mayo.

We will be having chicken quesadillas for dinner.

With a few margaritas.

Yes I will be drinking a few.

I so need it.

Crow Pie Blessings To All!

Janice

It'sTulip Time

Can it be Saturday already?

No rest for me yet.

Working the weekend once again.

I went to get the mail one day....

usually Bob has been getting it.

Anyway I realized it was tulip season

here in our part of Michigan.

So I whipped up this lil display

of Spring flowers to include a few tulips.

I have a collection of stoneware pitchers.

Along with a few miniature bowls.

This pattern is the wedding ring.

Decided to add my rabbit ditty bag.

This completes my lil display.

What inspired me was my few tulips

I noticed out when when I came in

from getting the mail.

Went inside to grab my camera...

and then after I took the first pic.

noticed a third one.

As you can see no time 

to rake up the dead leaves yet.

I leave them over Winter to protect my plants.

I hope everyone enjoys their weekend.

Mine will be sitting at a computer

all day again.

In my last post Julia asked me

 what the wood item was in my shelf.

This is a flax winder.

A type of spinning wheel

to turn flax into flax thread.

Flax thread was then used to make linen.

Tulip Blessings To All!

Janice