Giveaway at Bittersweet Prims

Head on over to Bittersweet Prims for a chance to win the giveaway for this adorable snowman. The giveaway ends November 7.

Back from vacation

It's been awhile since I've posted. I had been busy preparing for my vacation and now that I'm back from my 12 day cruise to Hawaii it's time to get down to business and get crafting. While I was away one of my dolls that was listed on Etsy sold. I feel bad that I was not able to notify the buyer that I would be away for that length of time. I hope she forgives me when she receives her purchase.

The cruise was great. We had been there before by ourselves, but this time we had friends to share the experience with us. We were active every minute touring the islands of Maui, Kauai, Oahu and The Big Island (Hawaii).

The sights were wonderful. If any of you go to Hawaii, a do not miss would be the Napali coast excursion on the island of Kauai. It is spectacular - like heaven on earth! (Click on the photos to enlarge).



This is the view we had from our cabin while docked in Oahu - Diamond Head.



Our Maui tour guide took us on an Ecotour around the island.



Another view of Maui



Hawaii Volcano National Park (The Big Island)



Rainbow Falls (also on the Big Island)

Our Happy 28th Anniversary!

Today my husband and I are celebrating our 28th wedding anniversary. Although we are saving our real celebration for an upcoming Hawaiian cruise, we reminisced about our wedding day after my husband pulled out this old wedding photo. Look what a difference 28 years has made.

Cabinet Makeover

A few posts ago I had shown this picture of an old wooden cabinet that had the hideous bright red calico background inside. It was a $5.00 Goodwill purchase. It took some thought before I decided what to use in the door that probably once held a mirror.

Here is the "BEFORE" photo:



Here is the "AFTER" photo:




I spray painted the cabinet in a flat black, then sanded it up a bit to add some age. Then I applied some walnut gel stain. I replaced the red fabric backing with a primitive dark sage green and rust colored calico print. On the front door I embroidered a stitchery of a primitive crow holding a pip berry branch onto a piece of muslin. I coffee stained the piece, then applied it to the inside of the door frame.

I think it turned out great.

I'll be working on some more GW purchases that need transformations as well.

My favorite little "Lady Bug" Annie doll just sold today on ebay. There are still two more Annies from the same design listed. Check out my these listings by clicking the ebay link on the right sidebar.

My Latest Creations

I've had computer issues this past week. I was so upset when my computer would not boot up the other day. I tried all afternoon Sunday trying to get it working. Tried loading the recovery disk and nothing would work. I took it to the computer repair store and they were going to charge me $149 just to run a diagnostic test on it to see if if the hard drive could be restored, with no guarantee that it would fix the problem. I said never mind. I bought a new PC instead. I lost all of my pictures and files that had not been backed up. Let that be a lesson to make sure I periodically make back-up cd's of all of my files..........just in case it should happen again. I don't know what caused the problem, but I have been having problems every time I use Facebook and think that maybe the computer had a virus that attacked the hard drive. I'll never know for sure.

Since I've not had access to a computer for a few days, I had plenty of time for crafting. I've been making these Raggedy Annie dolls from a pattern by Cat and the Fiddle Designs. After I made the first one (Lady Bug Collector), I couldn't resist making more. Their faces are adorable. I have these three cuties listed on ebay.





I've also been working on the cabinet that I showed in my previous post. It's almost done and will show the finished results soon.