~HAPPY DAY~

Love to you...

~A SMOCK FULL OF ROSES~

 Today I stopped off at one of my favorite Thrift Stores and I found this delightfully sweet smock for $2.99!  I just love the shabby cottage pink cabbage roses on the top half and the soft blueish-green ground coloring of the fabric!  Wish I could find yardage like this!!!  Anyway...couldn't resist bringing it home with me...I might just wear it some day~  For now I love how it looks on one of my girly girl dress forms!

 I worked most of the day in my studio today and finished up another batch of vintage lace Christmas Stockings!  I know...I know!  Some of you are most certainly freaking out over this...but since I'm not sure when my hand/wrist surgery is going to be (or how long it will keep this high-maintenance energy gal down!) I've opted to start creating and listing some of my Holiday offerings early this year.  

 I'm so excited about being able to use the French Netting (Netted Lace) I found last June at an antique mall in Dickson, Tennessee!  It is just gorgeous....LOVE IT!  Incredibly I snagged 11 yards of it for $50.  That is such a GREAT PRICE!!!!

 Did I ever tell you that I LOVE to sew???

:) :) :)

 I'm not sure how I'm able to even concentrate on anything related to the Holidays given the 114 temps parts of Oklahoma have experienced of late, but I think staying inside my super-cool house is helping...at least in part.  We are on water restrictions (mandatory water rationing) and my flowers are almost all dead.  Everything looks so sad....

I visited Hobby Lobby yesterday and all their Christmas aisles are stocked and in place.  No doubt to assist all the crafters out there who depend on the store's products to help produce their own Christmas and Holiday offerings.  

You know...I love summer.  I do.  I love spending time with my Miss K and watching her frolic about in the sprinkler and pool.  But...for the second or third year in a row now it's been miserable!  The heat further enforces my belief that FALL is the best time of the year.  I hope by October the heat will have subsided and we can enjoy a cook-out or two.

Love to you...

~MISS K...THE CANDLE MAKING QUEEN~

The summer fun with my Miss K continues...

Yesterday she gave me this impish grin and convinced me that

MAKING CANDLES

from a kit given to her by her Great-Grammy (my momma!) was a good idea!

Now...given the fact I know NOTHING about candle making we were in for quite a ride!

We followed the directions for making votive candles and boy am I glad one of the added tips was to use Freezer Paper for easy clean up!  

CANDLE MAKING CREATES QUITE A MESS

 This girl is  MORE than excited!

Me, her Nana, well...I was KINDA excited!

We got everything in place...

We melted the paraffin...coloring (which was SUPPOSE to be a light pink!) and the scent (vanilla came with the kid-friendly kit so we used that!)

 And off we went!!!!

I held the pan while my Miss K dipped away...

 Setting the wicks in place...

And SCORE!  Real live burnable CANDLES!

When we woke up this morning we were VERY surprised to find our pink candles looking a bit on the dark side!

But once out of their metal molds they didn't look too bad for our first ever try at candle-making!

Here's the final result!  A sweet little

watermelon-colored-vanilla scented votive

that is perfectly wonderful for her gift-giving!  

One for her Momma.  Check.

One for her Daddy.  Check.

One for her Auntie Adrienne.  Check.

One for her new 4th Grade Teacher.  Check.

One for Nanny (Great Grammy).  Check.

One for Grandma #2.  Check.

One for Nana (Moi).  Check.

 and ONE TO KEEP!

 Can you think of a better way to spend a ridiculously HOT summer evening???

(I can't!)

Memory making at it's best!

Love to you...