crafty stuff....

My latest project for craft hope is on it's way. These bean bags are going to Liberia to help educate orphans.

Read more about the project here...but have some tissues handy. If you are crafty at all, please consider joining in the mission with the next project!





When we took our whirlwind trip to see my mom for Mother's Day, I took my sister her birthday gift so I wouldn't have to mail it later. She wears an apron almost daily which is giving me a thrill....I plan on helping her stock up!
She is quite the "girly girl" and loves vintage looks so I knew she would LOVE this fabric! I had a cute vintage doily planned for a pocket but once made I made the apron, I couldn't bear to cover any part of it up!

Today I am OFF (well, until noon) and plan on working on my May challenge....what are your plans?

I love how our yard turns into a garden each Spring......we have such a long growing season, it is one thing I LOVE about being back on the Gulf Coast.
Here are just a few things that look so different with a little 'green' around them!

Fairy House:



even with the fog...looks so much happier!

Bat house turned into bird house:
apparently the squirrels moved in...they even chewed off the little perch!



Ladybug House:



and yes.....we have lots of ladybugs!

It has been a year since Suki has been outside without being held.

The first time we tried the harness, she freaked out so badly that I felt awful and didn't want to try again. Not that I could have anyway, she wouldn't let you get NEAR her with it.

But Thursday, she was jumping at the dragonflies through the window (over and over ) so Curly Girl tried it again. With success! They stayed outside 30 minutes....until she started getting restless.

First she just lay down and closed her eyes.....


then she rolled and rolled and rolled....


then she wandered around a bit, eating grass and looking for lizards...

She cried and cried when we brought her back in. A part of me felt SO guilty about turning a feral kitty into a house cat.

But...we also know that she is happy, healthy... and loves us as much as we do her! (yes, even Leo loves her unless he catches her on my bed!)

I remember how hard we laughed when Curly Girl came out of her room like this:




It was taken a few years ago when we were still in Edmond, OK. She was playing by herself and just came out like this.....all hunched over, with her 'cane'.....she even talked like a little old man!

Thank you God for silly girls!

May's Toy Drop

We dropped this little turtle at our local library! The librarians do NOT like you to do that so we had to go in and out quickly.


We put it on a low book shelf in the children's section. I have no doubt it will be found soon!


I used THIS pattern....but I did not use her pattern for the legs as I wanted mine to look like a sea turtle's flippers. I didn't jot down what I did...sorry!

Open house

Every now and then, Rip stick Boy has a school function he ACTUALLY wants us to attend. Last night proved to be one of those times.

Here are a few photos from his 8th grade open house

I didn't post everything...just too much, but here are a few neat ones.....



Here is one thing the class did:


check out how they represented the elements, with wire and seed beads....pretty crafty, huh!


here he is showing some of his handy work to Dean and Curly Girl...


and another section.....


check out these cool masks all around the library.......

hmmm.......

Remember THIS?


now, he does THIS!

even when I'm IN THE TUB....silly cat!