what we did last night . . .

Jennifer and Lily were over last night.  We went for a walk, talked, ate chocolate ice cream . . . and they played with my cut out photo props.

I think Jennifer got a bigger kick out of than Lily.

Although - I think Lily could really get into taking pictures with these.  She is of the generation where you take a picture of everything and post it and share it instantly.  She has no problem posing for a picture.

I also took one of the frames that I bought at Goodwill last month - and turned it into a cork board.  I have made one of these before (and the corks fit in perfectly.)  This one I had to move them around and run them different ways until I got them to fit.  Of course I could have cut them like Richard suggested . . . but wasn't feeling motivated to do that much work on it - and once I pin stuff on it - they don't show that much anyway.  I will have to find a place to hang it up . . . (I think I need more walls)  : )

What did you do last night?

Corks & Quilts

The finished cork board that I made - it took a couple of days for the glue to completely dry. I have to figure out where I am going to hang and get some cute push pins for it.

I started to fix an old quilt of Richards. It is really in bad shape and the fabric is so thin. I would almost say it isn't worth fixing, but his grandmother made it for him. I may have to make it a little smaller because some of the pieces are so torn.

This used to be the batting. It has been washed so many times over the years that there was not much left. I am going to fix what I can - get some new batting and I will have to get new fabric for the back. I really like the colors in it - I think Richard will really be happily surprised if I get it back in good shape.

"A quilt will warm your body and comfort your soul."

Uncorked

 

I decided to do something with all of the corks that I've dropped into a jar over the years. I had seen a bulletin board made with corks and thought it would be fun to make one. I think another frame would have looked better, but I just used an old frame that I had. The idea was to make something out of what I had. I thought about cutting the corks in half - so they would lay flat, but decided that I liked the way they looked without cutting them - and that just seemed like way too much work to cut eighty corks in half.

I have one cork from a "Vampire" wine that I bought one year for Halloween and I stuck in one black cork - the wine was called "Little Black Dress" and has a hanger on it. The wine was terrible, but it is a cute cork. So I just need to let the glue dry and find a place to hang it. I will have to look for some neat push pins to use on it.

"Who took the cork out of my lunch?" ~ W.C. Fields