Hanging out upstairs today

Hello everyone,

Once again I'm upstairs for the day but I wanted to show you what I did the other day. One of the things I tried to do while I was having headaches was to make sure I went out every once-in-awhile so that I didn't become a hermit. One of the things I got was the supplies to make an arrangement for the top of the entertainment center. I didn't want flowers but something different. I found some silk bushes of leaves, feathers and pine cones. I think it turned out great. What do you think?

Now, once I get rid of the headache, I am going to do some decorating and also some more cleaning in the studio.

Hope you enjoyed my new arrangement.

Talk to you later,
Wanda

Back to the Living!

Hello Everyone,

I know, I know, you are so very surprised to see a post from my blog because you had forgotten you were following me since I haven't made a post since July.

Let me get the health issues out of the way. I'm still having the headaches but they are fewer and less intense because of the botox shots. The dizziness and balance issues have gone away after a spinal tap. The tests for maniers turned out to be negative and they weren't sure what was causing the dizziness/balance issues and thought it might be that I was having spinal headaches, so a spinal tap was ordered. 48 hours after the test the dizziness was gone and I was stable on my feet. I haven't had any dizziness since. I've been driving and doing things on my own, what a relief. No one has figured out what happened and what caused it but I'm just glad it's over.

Now on to the fun stuff.

While hanging out in my room for the last few months I was able to work on a few things. All by hand and I have a few more pictures of some things I made (and received from the swaps I had joined).

Small crocheted bunny pin cushion

The Brick pin cushion (there are many appliqued flowers and leaves)

3 felt bunny pin cushions

 And as the recipient posted them on her blog:

Pretty bunnies

Crocheted musical note (the recipient is a music teacher)

And the one's I received (if I duplicate some from earlier posts forgive me it's been awhile since I did them).

This is a cool looking machine embroidered piece. I love it.

My pink chicken...love it!

Love this one because it has my favorite color in my initial.

A bunny, yeah!

This was a small quilt swap. I did this all by hand. It was cool

The person who I sent this to wanted something spring and bright colors.

I had asked for pink and that was all. Little did she know I love carousels.

Amazing! And she sent the pattern and extra of the center fabric with it. So excited.

I have decided to make a hot pink and white Christmas tree in my studio. So I have made a few ornaments.

An online blog friend asked for some pattern testers and I joined in. This is my colors of her pattern. Love them.

So, I wasn't sitting around doing nothing but now that I can climb down the stairs, I have been back down in the studio. Since it has been a while since I have been in there it had become a dump of my stuff. First off the desk had to be cleaned off. I did a few other things but I have to save something for tomorrow. Come back and see if I did, LOL.

Talk to you later,
Wanda

Working on projects

Hello Everyone,

It's been an eventful few weeks. Migraines, shoulder issues (with a miraculous ending), handwork on projects and a little cleaning of the studio.

Just a quick mention that my posting may not be very often but I will jump on every once and a while.

Medical issues are being taken care of. As for the shoulder issues, we thought I had a tear in my rotater cuff but my grandson bumped it and popped it into place. Lots of aches still but it isn't painful to move.

I've been working on more swaps and have had to do them upstairs, so lots of handwork going on. I've sent a pincushion to England, have another pincushion about ready to mail, and I'm working on a small quilt for another swap. I'm nearly done with the quilt.

I've also agreed to help with a pattern test and I'm working on it and hope to have it done soon. I love what I've done so far, I've used 2 colors (she used 3 and wrote the pattern for 3).

As for the craft studio, I've been working on sorting and filing some of my patterns, stencils and info. I've finally finished the stencils. I've also filed most of my patterns (I have a couple that need some pieces printed). The info part of the filing is now in 2 baskets. I have to sort them and put them in the file cabinet.

I've also been working on decorating with some of my "pretties". I bought some children's hangers and am now in the process of getting some of the kids and grandkids old clothes hung and I will put up a clothes line for them to hang on (I've lost some that I had in an old suitcase. I can't find the suitcase, hoping hubby knows where it is).

I thought I would show you some of my ribbons and how they are stored in the dresser.

The top drawer has black and white ribbons and laces.

The second drawer has reds, pinks, oranges, yellows and purples.

The third drawer has creams, tans, browns, greens and blues.

I don't have a picture of the bottom drawer but it has large rolls in it. These ribbons are various colors. They are on their original rolls but the rest are on the same size pieces of foam core board.

More room to come.

Thanks for stopping by. Talk to you later,
Wanda

Quickly...not!

Hello everyone,

I hope your day is going absolutely wonderful. It's been nice here in North Carolina but the weather can change quickly. Tomorrow there is supposed to be rain and snow (I don't think we will really get snow but you never know).

Today was an upstairs day (no studio today). The morning was a bit slow in getting going but this afternoon was for my grandkids.

Tomorrow will be another studio day and I'm getting excited about how far I've gotten on the organization. More on that tomorrow.

I will leave you with a picture of a couple of items I've made.

Talk to you later,

Wanda