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kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
August 19, 2008
09:37 PM Post #5439156
| This is a 2 drawer chest I got years ago at a garage sale. I finally got around to doing something with it. I painted it all white, then painted flowers on the front and side and did a mosaic on the side.
Lyn
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kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
August 19, 2008
09:39 PM Post #5439169
| the side 
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kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
August 19, 2008
09:41 PM Post #5439189
| the front 
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kimarj
(Kim) Philadelphi, PA
(Zone 6a)
August 19, 2008
09:45 PM Post #5439240
| You play nice : ) Very pretty!! |
kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
August 19, 2008
09:53 PM Post #5439309
| a stool I purchased long ago and just did mosaic on it. There are mirror tile that don't show up in the picture as it shows the ceiling in them.
Lyn
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dahtzu
(Faye) Henderson, NC
(Zone 7b)
August 19, 2008
09:55 PM Post #5439319
| Love the way you play, beautiful toys. |
kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
August 19, 2008
10:02 PM Post #5439355
| and another stool.
Thanks for the compliment Kim. I do enjoy tinkering but had not done any for quite a while until I did these 3 things. I also did a bowling ball with flat marbles the other day. The clear glu hasn't dried completely so the picture isn't very good. Maybe later I will post a different picture of it.
Lyn
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kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
August 19, 2008
10:09 PM Post #5439434
| Thanks Faye. I need to get out some pictures I have before we went digatil and scan them as I used to "play" at a lot of different things. Mostly stuff for gifts that may give others ideas for things.
Lyn |
dahtzu
(Faye) Henderson, NC
(Zone 7b)
August 19, 2008
10:18 PM Post #5439526
| Lyn, please do post pictures of other things you have done, And, lol, don't be surprised if we (I) TRY to copy them. After all, I am a copy Kat. |
katiebear
mulege
Mexico
August 19, 2008
10:42 PM Post #5439646
| Very playful, happy designs. Thanks for posting.
katiebear |
Doe41
(Audrey) Dyersburg, TN
(Zone 7a)
August 20, 2008
01:48 AM Post #5440137
| OK, I'm new at this! What do you set it together with? Grout? What kind and can I get it at Wal*Mart? |
darkmoondreamer
(Karen) Frankston, TX
(Zone 8a)
August 20, 2008
10:02 AM Post #5441080
| I'm not new at trash to treasuring things, but completely new to mosaic. I too want to know how to grout and what to use. I get the impression that you glue your mosaic tiles, or jewels down on a surface and then rub grout in between everything...Is this right? Please let me know, I'm anxious to begin mosaics and figure there are some experts here, LOL! |
kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
August 21, 2008
12:00 AM Post #5445149
| Audrey & Karen, I used regular flooring tile glue on the chest but got some glue that dries clear that was good for most anything on the stools. I am afraid I threw the empty bottle away and am having a "senior moment" so can't think of the name. I just bought a tube of GOOP Sport and Outdoor glue to try next. I used half glass marbles on one table and stained glass pcs. on the other. You are right, you glue your pcs. in place, let dry according to glue directions and then apply the grout. You can get grout at Lowes, Home Depot, Menard's etc. I don't know about Wal Mart but you can google it to see. For the projects I have done I have used unsanded grout. You can get either and there are different colors or you can buy a grout colorant. I used Mosaics by Plaid (also from a garage sale) but think they also have it at the building supply places.There is a site on DG for Mosaics & Stained Glass where you can learn from those who have more experience. I am just messing around with it. It is fun for sure.
Lyn
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Mazda1994
Oklahoma City, OK
August 21, 2008
12:31 PM Post #5447204
| Or, you can just google "mosaic instructions". |
Doe41
(Audrey) Dyersburg, TN
(Zone 7a)
August 21, 2008
12:47 PM Post #5447302
| Thanks! I want to try everything I see!! |
venu209
Jersey Shore, NJ
(Zone 7a)
August 21, 2008
08:56 PM Post #5449477
| Here's a site with a lot of info
http://www.mosaicartsupply.com/mosaicfaqs.htm#Q2A |
Doe41
(Audrey) Dyersburg, TN
(Zone 7a)
August 21, 2008
09:15 PM Post #5449553
| I earmarked the page! I'm gonna try it when I get time!  |
kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
August 22, 2008
07:12 PM Post #5454123
| More "play" This is another garage sale item from a few years ago that I just got painted for out on our sun porch. I didn't mosaic this time as it has a drop leaf wood grain counter top.
Lyn
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kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
August 22, 2008
07:13 PM Post #5454128
| another view. 
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kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
August 22, 2008
07:14 PM Post #5454131
| and another view.
Lyn
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katiebear
mulege
Mexico
August 22, 2008
07:17 PM Post #5454140
| Beautiful work, Lynn.
katiebear |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
August 22, 2008
09:17 PM Post #5454605
| I love your work, like the little crawly critters along the ground. Great addition to your sun porch. |
dahtzu
(Faye) Henderson, NC
(Zone 7b)
August 23, 2008
08:44 PM Post #5458969
| Beautiful work. Quite an artist. |
heavenscape
JayeVille, NC
(Zone 7a)
August 23, 2008
08:50 PM Post #5458996
| Fit to be sold in any craft store.
Amazing work Lyn. |
faywray
Morral, OH
December 19, 2008
08:16 AM Post #5907510
| KDM:
This is in response to an August thread . . .
I have the match to your wonderful 2-drawer mosaic-ed dresser! See pic. This is a table I got for 2.00 at an auction some time ago. We got the tile pieces for free at a tile plant. The table had a rim around it already; all I had to do was raise it a bit so there was a nice area for the tiles.
I've been having fun reading old threads from the T to T forum. It's comforting to know there are other people like me 'out there'!!
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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
December 19, 2008
08:44 PM Post #5909906
| I have been picking up some tiles whenever I find them as I do want to try to do some mosic work. Need to find a tile place to find some fancy ones now. Of course, that too has to wait until spring. I'm going to hibernate after the holidays for a couple weeks. |
faywray
Morral, OH
December 20, 2008
07:57 AM Post #5911138
| Samigal!
The day I bought that table at an auction, a man there told me I could find free tiles laying on the ground at a tile plant some miles from our home. So we went there and, sure enough, they let us roam their back lot for broken tiles. They also had defective tiles and 'seconds' that could be purchased for very little money. |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
December 20, 2008
10:10 AM Post #5911329
| Thanks fatwray, I did pick up a few at the thrift store, but they usually are just plain ones. I saved some plain white ones when I tore off all the ceramic tile from my kitchen counter a year ago, so I have a good start. Just need a lot of ideas from everyone. |
kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
December 20, 2008
10:28 PM Post #5913658
| Faywray, Yes, they sure look like they could go together. I just made mine up as I went. I see you had some fancy tiles in yours. I have not got any of that kind yet. It is really fun to just go as you want tho isn't it? |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
December 20, 2008
10:38 PM Post #5913704
| As I was reading the posts I see I made a big boo boo. So Sorry faywray, I wrote your name as fatwray, now that is insulting! I usually read my post before summiting it, guess I didn't do it this time.
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faywray
Morral, OH
December 23, 2008
08:39 AM Post #5921195
| Samigal: Fatwray! I didn't notice that till you pointed it out to me! Too funny!
Yes, we did buy some fancier tiles at that tile plant (1.00 each). I wanted to at least spend some money there since they let us take the ones off the ground for free.
Originally, I had all those tiles laid out in a pattern. Then when I started to transfer them onto the actual table, it was impossible to keep my design intact! I AM glad I had all the flowers pre-planned, but the green 'leaves' had to be put on randomly in the end.
One final note about that tiled table: I had those tiles glued to that table for weeks but hadn't grouted it. Then one day my husband took that table out onto the front porch and plopped a huge pile of wet grout onto those tiles, thus forcing me to grout it! What a hoot! He surely knows how to motivate me!!!
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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
December 23, 2008
01:41 PM Post #5922106
| I guess that is one way to get the table grouted, but I may have been a little irritated at him at first. I've got a small table, not in the best of shape that I want to use for practice. If it doesn't turn out very good I'll stick it some where in the yard for plants. I had this huge round mosic table years ago that someone threw out and I'm so sorry I didn't keep it and brought it along when we moved. It was very heavy and someone did beautiful work on it. It would have been perfect for the back yard. |
faywray
Morral, OH
December 24, 2008
07:16 AM Post #5924254
| I was sitting here reading your message this morning and thinking, 'Wow! I wish I knew what month I worked on that table so I could find a better pic in the archives to send to her!' Duh! I finally realized I could just take a new pic of it; after all, that table is in our living room! So I'm sending you another pic of the table with this message.
As with any project, I have to ask myself, 'Would I do this again?!' And companion to that question, 'If I did that again, would I do anything differently?'
I know someone who painted pieces of rock and laid them in a flower pattern on the ground, in cement. Perhaps I could try that sometime . . .
Then there's the person who laid pebbles in a pattern in cement in her garden. I have a pic of that somewhere too . . .
I think the thing I like best about tiling is the longevity factor: These are items that will stand the test of time!!
PS: In the pic you'll notice another T to T rpoject: I painted two old trellises black, magnetized the wall and hung the trellises over the magnetized area. I can now change out pics willy-nilly. 
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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
December 24, 2008
12:40 PM Post #5924959
| Beautiful table! Thanks for posting that great picture.
What a great idea for your pictures, my imagination doesn't work that well. A new year coming up and a new start for me making some T to T projects. Will finish my penny BB first, it is only half done and I needed to put it aside for a while. Had to get a new memory card for my camera now I am ready for pictures, pictures, pictures. Amazing how many pictures you can take with one tiny card. Of course, everything about this technology amazes me.
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arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
December 24, 2008
12:43 PM Post #5924975
| The table is beautiful ...the photos hanging above can you explain that in more detail. How did you do that? It is awesome!!
Robin |
kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
December 25, 2008
01:25 AM Post #5926470
| Your table is much bigger then the stand I did. Very nice job. arejay 59, I was going to ask the same thing on your photo hangings. They really look nice.
Lyn |
faywray
Morral, OH
December 25, 2008
07:38 AM Post #5926733
| Thanks!
I got those trellises for 1.00 each, as I recall, from a yard sale.
On decorating shows, I'd learned about a product that magnetizes walls . . .
So I went on-line and found it. I ordered some metal shavings, essentially. It cost - again, as I recall - 15.00, and that included the shipping. (Er, it might've 15.00 plus 5.00 shipping.)
The manufacturer recommended mixing that metal powder in with oil-based primer. So that's what I did.
I thought, 'Hm. Oil base? Won't that take forever to dry?' (I wanted to get that project done quickly, you see.)
But the thing is, oil-based paint is apparently not what it used to be: it dried in @ 1/2 hour! Amazing!
I had marked out the area the trellises would cover, and painted that metal-laden primer onto that area. Then I painted over the primer with the wall-color paint and afixed the trellis over the area - with small finish nails.
Now it was ready for pics. I got strip magnets from Hobby Lobby and cut them to size. The magnets become the frames, you see . . .
Then I put any pics I wanted to put there on a disc and took the disc to the library. I dropped those pics, one at a time, into a Word document and edited them to the right size and cropped as -needed, too.
Voila! All I had to do then was cut the pics to-size and stick them on the wall with the magnet strips.
I hope I explained that right . . .
Oh, oh! One other thing: At our local library, you can make 10 copies for free, per day; after that, copies are 10 cents each.
The beauty of this whole thing is that I can change pics whenever I want.
Oh, and one last thing: Our grandson told me his pic wasn't on that wall enough times! So I plan to someday fill every one of those 30 spaces with pics of him, just to tease him! It IS hard to pick just 30 pics, but, there again, you can change them out easily.
Susan
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faywray
Morral, OH
December 25, 2008
07:44 AM Post #5926743
| Samigal:
The technology IS amazing, isn't it?
Here's another pic of that trellis project . . .
Susan
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Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
December 25, 2008
10:45 AM Post #5927007
| Faywray, you are what's amazing!!! what a clever, wonderful project...Look fabulous & very tasteful...love your wall color..Wow! Deb |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
December 25, 2008
03:36 PM Post #5927599
| Just love that idea of a magnetic wall and pictures you can cange. At one time my sister-in-law had pictures all over a dining room wall, but each one had their own frame and you can imagination how many nails she had to use. Can't wait to show her a picture of what you did.
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faywray
Morral, OH
December 26, 2008
08:36 AM Post #5928927
| Finally! People who appreciate my abilities! Thanks!
I hesitated to share that magnetic project because I don't know if one can go offf-topic in this forum. But then I realized it WAS on-topic since it was made with a trellis!!
Hey! I might go off-topic, now, though: I just found a cool lampshade at the local S&A Boutique. (That's Salvation Army Thrift store.) My husband gave me some money and told me to buy myself some clothes, and I found a lampshade!
I've never seen a lampshade like this one - it's nacre/mother-of-pearl, leaded with brass?
Oh, and how do you like the soffit? It was made from the slats of a copper blind!!!
Susan
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arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
December 26, 2008
08:42 AM Post #5928931
| Thank You for the detailed directions. The lamp is great too. What else do you make? |
kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
December 26, 2008
02:10 PM Post #5929715
| The lamp shade and soffit are wonderful! Don't think I have ever seen a copper blind. I love copper. You sure come up with some neat ideas. That mind of yours must be working all night and day!
Lyn |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
December 26, 2008
03:06 PM Post #5929886
| I love to see all the great ideas DG members have and what great buys they find to make their homes look so good. I've never seen copper blinds either, but they do look great above your cabinets. By the way, who left the microwave oven door open?? The things that catch my eye at times!
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faywray
Morral, OH
December 26, 2008
06:50 PM Post #5930648
| Arejay: I had a great time thinking about how to answer yorur question 'What else do you make?'
One of the projects that really exemplifies my style - simple, easy, quick - is this one: I found old wooden cassette holders at a garage sale for 25 cents each and framed the garage door with them! I plan to include a picture.
Here are some of the projects I've done. Let me know if you want pics of any of them:
I stained curtains by adding 400 tea bags to my washing machine . . .
And made a planter with an old brass bingo thingie . . .
And made a patio out of old brick and stone . . .
And made a wallpaper-type border out of copies of a scan of a real daisy from our garden. . .
And designed and built a huge shelving/desk unit out of MDF . . .
And I recently crocheted some totes out of strips of fabric . . .
By the way: I'd never heard of copper blinds either. When I spotted one of those in the SA one day, I was so stunned by it that I stopped a stranger in the aisle, 'Wow! Is this copper?!'
I quit!
Oh, I almost forgot: I like to sew. I think I now have 7 sewing machines!! I've been looking for a sewing partner for many years. Anyone interested???
Susan
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faywray
Morral, OH
December 26, 2008
06:56 PM Post #5930662
| kdm: I'm sure it was I who left the microwave open! I keep adding more water to my old tea bag and heating it up! That microwave dings every minute if you don't remove the item you've heated; it drives my family crazy when I forget to remove my tea!!
Here's a pic of it closed, jjst for you . . .
Susan
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faywray
Morral, OH
December 26, 2008
07:07 PM Post #5930693
| I now know it was Samigal who noticed the open microwave. But did you notice the wood trim on the passthrough???
Susan
KDM: Looking forward to seeing those scans of past projects. Also: You are so right; my mind is abuzz most of the time with new ideas! In fact, I keep a sort of inspiration notebook for future project ideas. This notebook includes tear sheets and some pics of my own past projects. A question: I don't even want to think about what people who don't create do with their time!!!
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arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
December 26, 2008
10:49 PM Post #5931467
| You are so clever!! I would love to see the patio and the border and the bag made of strips. I have my sewing machine out of the closet. Havent used one since I was oh gosh so young I cant remember the age anymore. I keep telling myself as soon as I get a machine table. Ill make a quilt, something I have always wanted to try. It seems so it just happens for you.
Robin |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
December 27, 2008
12:25 AM Post #5931704
| Thanks for the closed microwave. LOL Yes I did notice the wood trim on the passthrough, it is so pretty. You are one very clever lady, I wish I liked to sew as I have such a nice machine sitting here not being used. My mother had it for a few years after I bought it and did a lot of sewing for me on it. I can't believe it will be 50 years old next June. I think I still have the sales slip in one of the drawers of the cabinet. |
katiebear
mulege
Mexico
December 27, 2008
01:16 AM Post #5931838
| If it's a Singer 401 it's a classic.
katiebear |
faywray
Morral, OH
December 27, 2008
06:23 AM Post #5932093
| When our oldest son told me one of his co-workers wanted to get rid of some old stone and brick, I was all over that idea! That was two winters ago. We could not get that brick and stone because it was too cold. Then, finally, my husband arranged for transport and we went and loaded it up in a jiffy and brought it home and dumped it in the yard. Since I didn't want the yard to be ruined, I flew into action and had that patio laid in @ 8 hours. My husband, meanwhile, kept saying, 'Wait till tomorrow and I'll help you!' (This, as I was placing stones in the ground late one night!) But I kept at it. So the next day, he goes golfing. By the time he got home, I'd been working for hours on that patio, laying it with just a hand trowel, stone after stone, brick after brick. So he comes home and makes me some dinner - and I ate it between stones! And then he decides to help me out further by turning on the truck radio so I could listen to music; he turned it on a rock channel. After about 5 minutes of this music, I deadpanned to my DH, 'Honey, could you please turn that radio off. I'm TIRED of rock!'
The thing is, I do know how to do a 'proper' patio - dig deep; put down a layer of gravel and then a layer of sand, yada yada. But I didn't do any of that; I just dug holes and plopped the stone into the ground. I told my dad one day, as we sat on that new patio, 'Ya know, daddio, some day I might have the wherewithal to make a patio the 'right' way, but I will never enjoy a patio any more than I enjoy this one.' 
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faywray
Morral, OH
December 27, 2008
06:31 AM Post #5932099
| That trim was easy to do. (I'm in love with wallpaper paste!) I scanned the pic, put a border around it and inserted two of these motifs into one document and printed @ a hundred copies of this at the library - for free, mind you. Then I cut out the motifs (motives?!) with my rotary cutter and glued them to a strip of paper bag paper, on a diagonal. Voila! Done! The pillow represents another of my recent 'passions' - working with silk scarves. Note: The table top is covered with black and white floor tiles.
Hey! I don't make this stuff up!!!
Susan
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faywray
Morral, OH
December 27, 2008
06:38 AM Post #5932104
| Bags made out of strips of fabric . . . 
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faywray
Morral, OH
December 27, 2008
06:53 AM Post #5932111
| I'm glad that sewing machine is out of the closet! Now you need some motivation!!
I am so very glad for the opportunity to go on-line and see the work of other fiber artists. For starters, do a search for 'Nancy Crow.' Then look for 'Gee's Bend.' Awesome quilts! Then do a search on Amazon for quilt books. If you find an author whose work appeals to you, go to his or her website . . .
I happen to like the homemade look. I once made a quilt for a woman - designed just for her - and when we threw that thing on her bed, she gushed, 'It's awesome! It looks like store-bought!' That was, like, the worst insult to me! I wanted it to look one-of-a-kind, and certainly not 'store-bought.' I made @ 50 cents/hour making that quilt for her; if she'd wanted a store-bought look, she should've gone to a store!!
Robin: Quilts can be complicated . . . or easy and quick to make; there are many options. (See pic of SEQ quilt - Simple, Easy, Quick, and, I think, quite stunning.)
PS: I like to make totes. They are a way of displaying your artwork for all to see, plus they're easy and quick to make. I can include pics of totes in the future, if you'd like . . .
Susan
Susan
PS: There are beau coup quilt books at your local library. I like to stand in the quilt-book aisle, flipping through book after book, while I ask myself, 'If I could have just one quilt out of this book, which one would I choose?' Surprisingly, there are many books with nary a quilt I would want to own. And that's good news: If those ugly, boring quilts can make it into books, then why can't mine?!!!
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arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
December 27, 2008
08:19 AM Post #5932181
| Susan.
I have no doubt that your quilts should be in a book. That is so not even pretty I don't know a word. I just love it. I know the sun is shining on it but..that's what it looks like to me the sunrise. The patio is stunning. I want one just like it . I would love to see your totes I collect totes I don't know what for and they aren't even used for anything but storing things in that I probably wont use but...I have a few. I don't think only your quilts in a book maybe a craft book even that would be most likely a coffee table book. The woman woman to whom you gave the quilt to shame on her!! Do you have a web site Susan? Thank you for sharing. I hope you find time to share more.
Robin |
Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
December 27, 2008
10:08 AM Post #5932363
| I do too!!! Wonderful & inspiring...I'm jazzed on the totes also...are they croceted??? Thank you for taking the time to share...Deb |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
December 27, 2008
11:08 AM Post #5932529
| Katiebear my machine is a Kenmore, but I have a machine in a case in the closet that my son brought home some years ago, have to check it out. My sister has an old machine that belonged to my mom and that must be at least 70 years old. Never got the urge to do a lot of sewing, but give me a crochet hook and I sure can keep myself busy. Saving plastic bags because I want to crochet them into totes. Another project I can do sitting in front of the TV in the evening.
My older sister makes quilts and they are beautiful. She made me a queen size one years ago and I hate to use it and get it soiled, so after I learned what a duvet was I bought one and now am using the quilt on my bed. |
faywray
Morral, OH
December 27, 2008
12:52 PM Post #5932824
| Deb: Yes, those totes are crocheted. I use a huge, plastic crochet hook - maybe the biggest one on the market?
Robin! I once made a huge tote to give to a relative. Since I'm aware that some folks have no idea how to use a tote, I included a list of possible uses. I can't recall all the uses I came up with, but I do recall one suggestion: Store toilet paper rolls in it! It was a fairly rigid, you see, so it would stay open when you set it down - perfect for storing TP!! And I once made a lovely tote that I hung in the kitchen with potpourri in it!
Who am I kidding? I don't need an excuse to make a tote!!!
More pics to come . . .
Samigal: It's good to hear that you are using that quilt. What some folks don't realize is fabric deteriorates whether you use it or not. Why stash away a lovely quilt where no one can see it?
Robin: I love your idea of a coffee table book format. That is the sort of thing I'd put on my own coffee table. Great idea.
Which reminds me: My maternal grandmother used to tell the same jokes over and over again. It wasn't till years after her death that I realized why she did this: she liked to hear those jokes and since no one else was telling them, she'd tell them whenever she wanted a good laugh. ('Cantaloupe! I'm already married!') I mention this because I create certain things because no one else is doing the sorts of things I like to see. Since no one else is creating these things, it's up to me to do it!
Oh, and one more thing: I mis-typed when I wrote that fiber artists' work motivates me. I meant to say that their work inspires me. Duh! To get motivated, I remind myself of projects that are already done. I know, I know; it would seem like it would be more motivational to remind oneself of things that still need to be done. But I have found the opposite is true: If I think about things that are already done, it motivates me to do more things. Don't ask me why!
Ciao!
Susan
PS: You-alll are awesome. I mean that. The whole time I was at work this morning, I was reminded of your encouraging words. Thanks! I needed that! 
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faywray
Morral, OH
December 27, 2008
01:01 PM Post #5932844
| Here's a second tote pic. The last two totes pics show a tote I designed around a basketball years ago. One of our sons' young friends came in while I was designing with this tote - I'm on the floor wrapping fabric around a basketball; picture it! - and he says, 'Cool! You're making a basketball carrier!'
Aaaah! Yet another use for totes. But not really. I just call it a basketball tote because of his comment. I've never carried a b-ball in one of them!!
Susan
PS: I'm finding that old mattress pads (SA: 1.00 on half-price day) make great padding for bags. A bonus: It doesn't have to be quilted to stay together. 
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schickenlady
Newport, NH
(Zone 5a)
December 27, 2008
01:21 PM Post #5932897
| Old old pillows , you can remove the stripped fabric and use on different projects. Its called ticking fabric. |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
December 27, 2008
02:20 PM Post #5933059
| Susan, Include all of your tips and directions in your project coffee table book. Like where ,to get the kind of material you use. Little stories like the one about your basketball bag. Last but not least let us know where we can send people to buy the book.
Robin |
Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
December 27, 2008
02:41 PM Post #5933131
| count me in...I'm buying!!! your story about your grama: here's one of my dad's mom, Lydia Gaub, up in Minot ND..."sorry, I won't be out today...I'm in bed with arthritis and you know he's the worst of the 'ritis boys"...Grama's been gone since 1974 but that is one I still use and crack up everytime I say it...Deb |
faywray
Morral, OH
December 28, 2008
08:55 AM Post #5935416
| Whoa! I almost couldn't find this T to T thread this morning! I thought I was going to have to go into mourning!
Do you think it would be a lot of pressure to produce ideas for a book? Just wondering . . .
I would've liked your grandma, Deb. And I love her name - Lydia Gaub.
I had an interesting conversation with my dad a while back. He announced that he was going to write a book. I was all over that idea, 'Dad! That's a great idea! Then I could read it and understand you better!' Then he says to me, 'You'd have to buy the book .. . . '
Well! I laughed, of course. But then I realized he has a point: My family and friends listen to my stories - sure they do - but they're surely thinking, 'Oh, this is just another one of her stories!' So I think it would be better to write a book and share those same stories under a pseudonym. Then (I laughingly told dad), those same folks would buy and read the book and finally get it - get the gist of the stories, get the reasons behind those stories.
As it is, they just think, 'Oh, another dumb Sue story.'
If I wrote under a nom de plume, they'd be coming to me saying, 'Hey, you have GOT to read this book!!'
Let me see if I can find another pic to share. By the way, I'm looking forward to seeing some more ideas from you-all . . .
Susan
PS: This pic shows our last home. When my husband moved some mulch one summer, he moved some morning glory seeds with it, apparently: we had morning glories coming up everywhere. So of course I had to 'help': I moved some of the young plants. I even put a string trellis on the telephone pole. I was all worried that the electric company would complain, but not to worry: when it come time to take down those vines the electric company offered to help us!! We lived on what is arguably the busiest corner in town and we had people stop as they rounded the corner, to comment about our yard. One guy stopped the flow of traffic one day to ask us if he could get some seeds from us! Everyone apparently thought we had some sort of 'magic' seeds! Too funny. 
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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
December 30, 2008
12:15 PM Post #5943588
| Susan, that is a great house. I look out my kitchen window to see an ugly brown telephone pole in my neighbor's back yard. At first she had beautiful climbing flowing there growing on some wire she had put up, but then one day she took it all down and I'm back to seeing this brown pole. I'd put a potted plant on top of the brick fence to help hid it, but the cats prowl along that fence and it would get knocked down. Need a T to T idea for that. |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
December 30, 2008
12:27 PM Post #5943624
| Samigal
Take a picture of the area you are talking of and post it maybe someone can help you come up with an idea.
Robin |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
December 30, 2008
12:35 PM Post #5943649
| Robin, why didn't I think of that??? I'll take a picture soon and post it. If I could paint I think I might have added a scene to it, don't know what the phone company would say but it has to help improve the sight.
Pegi |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
December 30, 2008
12:38 PM Post #5943658
| Make sure you get the brick wall in the picture. |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
December 30, 2008
12:42 PM Post #5943679
| Will do. |
Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
December 30, 2008
01:05 PM Post #5943737
| Wow, what a beautiful house...my dreams live in a house like that...Thank you for letting us look...Deb |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 04, 2009
09:13 AM Post #5964173
| Hullo!
I checked messages on Dave's for two days after I posted that Morning Glory shot, but found no response. I'm glad I checked this morning! I'm still here, is all I'm trying to say!!!
Susan
PS: I thought you were all bored with me and didn't want anymore to do with me! Sigh.
Pegi: Yes! Do post a pic of 'your' telephone pole and let us help you come up with ideas!!
PPS: It's a good thing to think about gardens in the winter . . . |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 04, 2009
09:34 AM Post #5964212
| Bored, gosh no waiting patiently!! |
Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
January 04, 2009
12:10 PM Post #5964651
| Yup, I second that!!! waiting patiently..Deb |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
January 04, 2009
05:06 PM Post #5965839
| Those MG's are great Susan, I have some volunteers coming up and sad to say I have been pulling some of them out. I don't want them to take over my baby tear. Will have to plant them in another spot.
I will take a picture of that ugly pole and post it. I've looked at it for 10 years now and it has become part of the picture. LOL There is an ugly brick fence in front of it seperating the proterties. I'd love wide open spaces.
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faywray
Morral, OH
January 05, 2009
08:06 AM Post #5968237
| Well . . . since you twisted my arm, I do have something to share with you!!
This past weekend, when a friend was visiting from afar, we played in my sewing room.
I'd been meaning to try a couple of things and teased my friend that they were projects that required a friend to help in case I hurt myself - they could go for help!
The first project involved a drill and some yarns/cording/etc. We attached the ends of strands to an eye hook on the drill. (Instead of a drill bit we attached an eye hook, see.) Then we turned on the drill and twisted those strands till they became a cord. Cool!
I like the cord on the right (in the pic) best. It was made of strands of various cords and ribbons and bias tape. WAY cool. It passed The Blue Jean Test: Does it fit with my blue jean style?!!
We also worked out the details of how to box the bottom of a tote in just one step. If anyone is interested in hearing about this, I can elaborate . . .
Happy day!!!!
Susan
PS: The chair in the pic is a 2.00 bargain I found at a yard sale. I stretched strips of fabric across it to make the seat part. 
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Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
January 05, 2009
08:27 AM Post #5968277
| I love it!!!!! the one on the right would be my pick also...chair seat is great, what do I see to the right of the chair, looks like braided rugs, maybe???? Deb |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
January 05, 2009
08:29 AM Post #5968282
| How neat. |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 05, 2009
03:46 PM Post #5969821
| That rug was woven on a one-sided loom. I'll include a pic of the rug in progress. If you want to know more about this sort of weaving, let me know. PS: I was not happy with the colors in this rug long before I finished it and had to force myself - FORCE myself, I tell you - to finish it. I'm just glad it's done. There are a few things I'd do differently if I tried this sort of thing again . . .
Susan
PS: I plan to send a closer-up pic of that loom in another message, if I have time.
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faywray
Morral, OH
January 05, 2009
03:57 PM Post #5969870
| Close-up pic of loom, below.
If you've never seen this sort of thing, I have a challenge for you: Can you figure out how it's done? I'll give you a clue: There are holes in the bottoms of the pegs that fit into the larger board.
I found this technigue [for weaving] on-line, by the way. I had never seen it before. At first I didn't understand the concept. I was, like, Why are there holes in those pegs? But then a light bulb POP! went on and I suddnely saw it clearly. PS: My husband helped me drill the holes for the pegs. The long 'board' is really an oak banister piece that I got at a yard sale and brought home, thinking, 'I'll find a use for this somehow!' 
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Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
January 05, 2009
04:10 PM Post #5969918
| I swear to Heaven, you are a CRAFT WIZARD!!!! Beautiful...Deb |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 05, 2009
08:08 PM Post #5970801
| I am the Make-Do Queen!!
Here's one idea for silk scarves - see pic.
Notice the silk ties that hold this duvet cover together.
Susan
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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
January 05, 2009
11:51 PM Post #5971767
| Faywray, what a talented lady!!! |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 06, 2009
05:50 AM Post #5972276
| You are incredible. |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 06, 2009
06:46 AM Post #5972294
| Good Morning Everyone,
I have a question. I am trying to put together a DVD or CD for one of DG's Members daughter. She has been in the hospital and going back into the hospital Many members sent pictures , poems ETC. any creative Ideas ?
Robin
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faywray
Morral, OH
January 06, 2009
08:11 AM Post #5972385
| Robin: I'm not into scrapbooking but I do like to use a binder with page protectors for displaying pics that I print at the library. You might use the same idea: Slip cards and letters and pics, etc, into page protectors and put them into the binder. I did this with old pics I scanned and printed for my mom's 80th birthday party last year. It was a big hit. That binder was passed around to the guests at her party.
PS: See my Dec 26th post.
Susan |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 06, 2009
09:15 AM Post #5972494
| Thanks Susan |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 07, 2009
07:43 AM Post #5976356
| Robin: You're welcome. I hope that member's daughter is well soon . . .
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faywray
Morral, OH
January 07, 2009
08:32 AM Post #5976422
| A question: I want to start a thread (if such a thread does not already exist) that encourages folks to share pics of their gardens. I have no idea which forum would be best suited to this sort of thread. Any ideas??
Thanking you ahead of time for your input.
Susan
PS: This time of the year always finds me missing the things of summer - The smell of dirt! Dirt under my fingernails! Colorful growing things! Well, you get the idea. If a forum already exists for sharing one's garden pics, I want to go to that forum and soak up the sunny shots!!! 
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arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 07, 2009
08:38 AM Post #5976432
| Susan Start Here http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/ 
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arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 07, 2009
08:44 AM Post #5976442
| I know there is a thread in northeast gardening with photos maybe a new one Last summers Garden color shots or something like that. Or did you have any purple in your garden, Im not sure of all the rules. |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 07, 2009
08:52 AM Post #5976461
| Arejay:
Thanks!
In perusing the DG site, I did find some pics of professionally designed gardens. I am not looking for that sort of thing. I want the nitty gritty shots of people's gardens, ya know?
Thanks again for you input. I'll keep looking and if I do start such a thread, I'll let you know.
Happy day!
Susan
PS: One winter a while back I decided to do summer things. To wit: We went to the YMCA to swim . . . and we visited some flower shops around town . . . and I went to second-hand stores because I was 'jonesing' for yard-saling . . . and so on!!!
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arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 07, 2009
09:00 AM Post #5976477
| You are so creative. Why couldn't you start one in any of the gardening forums improvised garden spots pr something like that. You dont have a trade list I just looked cant you put one up there so we can all trade something with you and catch some of that creativity |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 07, 2009
09:02 AM Post #5976480
| Have you seen this http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/940710/ |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 07, 2009
09:06 AM Post #5976492
| Actually I have a garden that went from trash to treasure why not right here?Here Ill send you a picture of a piece of it. 
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arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 07, 2009
09:07 AM Post #5976495
| another 
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faywray
Morral, OH
January 07, 2009
08:41 PM Post #5979221
| Awesome Pics! Awesome gardening! My first reaction to the raised beds pic was, ' . . . a lot of WORK went into that!' Love the terracing too. And that wooden planter filled with flowers is just what I needed to see tonight!!! Thanks!
Susan
PS: And thanks for the link to the junkrevolution thing. That's sounds wonderful!!
Pic: recycled barn wood 'fence' 
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Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
January 07, 2009
09:03 PM Post #5979281
| Wow!! what a view!!! Deb |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 07, 2009
09:05 PM Post #5979285
| Thank You Susan not finished yet. Your fence is gorgeous!! |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 07, 2009
09:11 PM Post #5979315
| Oh, oh! I found two pics I wanted to share with you! Yippee! I'll send the first one, then the second one in a separate message. It's the same area of our yard . . . one taken in May of this year . . . .
and the second one taken in August of this year. My helper is Exandra, our 4-year-old granddaughter.
Susan
PS: We're planting canna bulbs in this first pic. When I first saw cannas growing, in a neighbor's yard many years ago, I really liked them, but I also thought, 'I would NEVER take the time to plant anything that has to be dug up every year!' Ha. Ha HA ha. The joke was on me: Every year, now, I plant those bulbs and then dig them up in the fall!!
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faywray
Morral, OH
January 07, 2009
09:17 PM Post #5979332
| Here's that same area of the yard, this time in August.
PS: That barn fence pic shows that area in early summer. Let me see if I can find a mid-summer shot of that same area . . .
Susan
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arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 07, 2009
09:21 PM Post #5979343
| Beautiful |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
January 07, 2009
09:25 PM Post #5979361
| Wow. |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 07, 2009
09:46 PM Post #5979432
| I have been flashing through garden pictures. I feel so much better now!!
One problem: I found a lot of pics I could share. So for now I'll send just one more: A shot I'm calling Hello from Ohio. That's our son Allen, waving from the mower . . .
Susan
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Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
January 07, 2009
10:31 PM Post #5979636
| those pics are making my North Dakota heart sing!!! flat land & windbreaks!!!! I live in MOUNTAINS and I miss the prairie...I'm putting in one of our view from the front yard right now...Deb 
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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
January 08, 2009
03:05 AM Post #5980428
| All those wide open spaces, love it! Deb, picture of your view from your front yard is really beautiful. Such wonderful postcards all these pictures would make. Now I know I will have to carry my camera with me at all times so I don't miss out on some wonderful yards around here. |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 08, 2009
07:25 AM Post #5980576
| Thanks for the pic, Deb! That's awesome! I can barely comprehend such beauty! Thanks again. More pics, please . . .
Susan
PS: I'm including another pic. This one seems appropriate for the T2T forum. I'm calling this shot: Most Creative Use of a Tackle Box. My husband used a tackle box to house the electronics for his electric fence. We added this fence this past summer, by the way, after raccoons got all of our ready-to-pick peaches. I still pine over those lost peaches!
Susan
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faywray
Morral, OH
January 08, 2009
07:52 AM Post #5980609
| Arejay: I meant to thank you for the pic of the sunflower. So . . . Thank You!!!
Was that pic taken in your garden? (Was that flower in your garden??)
I've never seen a sunflower that was not begging to have its picture taken!! We grew some hybrids this past summer. They were all beautiful but most of the varieties we tried could not be used in bouquets; their stems were just too short.
Susan
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Lulie
Northeast, OH
(Zone 5b)
January 08, 2009
08:03 AM Post #5980623
| Susan- What part of Ohio are you from? It would be great if we could start a round up. I've haven't seen one closer to me than Ohio River Valley.
We do "strawbale gardening". Check out that forum. |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 08, 2009
12:26 PM Post #5981416
| Here's the light bulb thread Susan. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/930254/
Susan your yard is amazing . I want more garden that means less lawn. And I want your patio.
Robin |
Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
January 08, 2009
12:38 PM Post #5981466
| Creative use of a fishing tackle box: the day after we left CA to live in Idaho my husband's best friend passed away unexpectly. Bob went back for the memorial but I had to remain here...in front of the gathering a table was set up with a dry stream bed running thru it with pine boughs and a picture of David...a fishing pole was leaned up against it and sitting on the bank was a brand new tackle box which contained David's ashes...My husband, Bob, said it was the most touching thing he had ever witnessed...thankfully Bob & David had taken a guided fishing trip shortly before that and we have a wonderful video of that...Bob & David had commercially fished for many years together & had hunted Idaho since the 1970's so this hunting season David's son came up from CA to spread his dad's ashes in the old hunting camp...we'll always miss him...Deb 
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arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 08, 2009
12:51 PM Post #5981530
| Depsi that is breath taking. Reminds me of Many days here in Maine. 
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Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
January 08, 2009
12:58 PM Post #5981585
| that's the view from the front porch, we've had record snow this year...your place is beautiful, too...being from North Dakota then living in CA for 40yrs it's nice to be back in the snow...I love it...Deb |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
January 08, 2009
03:19 PM Post #5982115
| Thank you for sharing that wonderful memorial story with us. It really touched my heart.
Love all those beautiful pictures. Today we are having lots of sun so that means I should start getting rid of all the weeds in the front flower beds. I don't know if I could return to the snow again, old bones don't like it. I was raised in Minnesota where it can get very cold too. I much prefer our weather. |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
January 09, 2009
01:44 AM Post #5984169
| I took the picture of the ugly brown phone pole that I see when I look out my kitchen window. At one time the neighbor had a lovely vine growing on it, but took it down a couple years ago. She does have an elephant ear plant growing by it, but doesn't grow tall enough to hide the pole. |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
January 09, 2009
01:48 AM Post #5984173
| Don't know why my picture didn't post. Will try again. 
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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
January 09, 2009
01:55 AM Post #5984181
| Still having trouble remembering where I put my pictures. This old brain doesn't work too well any more.
Found this at the thrift store for about $1.50 and there really wasn't anything wrong with it. DH just hung it on the fence, so I could keep track of the weather. It is hanging on the fence in front of that ugly pole.
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faywray
Morral, OH
January 09, 2009
08:36 AM Post #5984450
| Lulie: We live @ 45 miles north of Columbus; we live near Marion. The last time I was anywhere remotely near your town was in 1979, when I was visiting my Aunt in Cuyahoga Falls, near Akron!
We ARE closer to you than the Ohio River Valley is, at least! I personally think that there are no other people living in the whole rest of the state besides us - and you of course; it's good to know that there's a town with people in it up your way!! |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 09, 2009
08:39 AM Post #5984456
| Robin: Since I am not a paying member of DG, I could not search the light bulb thread, alas!
PS: Did you hear that certain people want to get rid of the incandescent light bulb altogether??
Susan |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 09, 2009
08:43 AM Post #5984467
| Deb: Another pic of the view, below!
I'm typing as fast as I can this morning, trying to keep up with posts!
Love all the pics and helpful comments, etc.
You-all ROCK!!!
Susan
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faywray
Morral, OH
January 09, 2009
08:51 AM Post #5984480
| And another one!!!
Susan
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faywray
Morral, OH
January 09, 2009
08:53 AM Post #5984483
| Nice find, Samigal! |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 09, 2009
08:58 AM Post #5984488
| Deb: Awesome story about the tackle box.
Hm. Should I tell hubby that his tackle box idea has been challenged as the Most Creative Use of a Tackle Box?!
I once read a poem in an old copy of Sunset magazine . . . that went something like:
You know him as a businessman, in suit and tie . . .but I know him as a fisherman.
The poem went like that, giving examples of how other people might see that man, and ended each line with ' . . . but I know him as a fisherman . . .'
It was a beautiful poem, and it reminded me of my hubby. Too bad I didn't make a copy of that poem.
Thanks for sharing that poignant story, Deb.
Susan
PS: Our 12-year-old would rather fish than eat!!! |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 09, 2009
10:29 AM Post #5984694
| Great find Sam. Again Susan the pictures are great. |
Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
January 09, 2009
11:16 AM Post #5984875
| That sunrise is awesome and the view across the field from your yard is to die for...lush greens and your beautiful blossoms, just makes me want to get a lawnchair & stay there forever...You are blessed by your surroundings...awesome inspiration...Thank you for the pictures...
I took a rug hooking class earlier this year. we hooked a small ornament and I've purchased more backing to design a pillow with...it is very restful to work on something like that, I just never find the time to sit down and do it. You guys give me so much inspiration, tho, just need to step out...our garbage dump here has a covered area with all sorts of "treasures" pulled from the trash for sale...just nominal pricing...I need to get my hiney up there...Thanks for the push...Deb |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
January 09, 2009
11:54 AM Post #5985031
| Deb, faywray, your views are stunningly beautiful. If I ever leave this house, I am going to get one with a view. |
Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
January 09, 2009
12:50 PM Post #5985252
| JuneyBug, be careful for what you wish for...for us to have this view we sit right out in the open on a bench above the canyon...hot, hot, hot...we have trees on the backside of our property only. What I really love is to watch the storms come in up the canyon...but when they hit us we have no windbreak..FayRay, our son's first job was as a deck boy on a party boat from the landing where we lived while Bob commercial fished. To this day he spends every moment he can fishing and his son, our grandson, is 5yrs old & has already caught a sturgeon as well as his first striper which they kept and cooked...he ate every bit and loved it...My husband would rather fish than sleep...I go along and read..I just can't kill anything...I do miss the days out on the ocean...we fished from Bodega Bay & out of San Francisco Bay back then living in the town of Tomales...it was a wonderful but poor money time of our life..Deb |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
January 09, 2009
01:05 PM Post #5985313
| I kind of know what you are talking about. We live it the Ozarks, right on Route 66. Folks from all over the world come here for the trout 'n the route, and the rivers to "float trip" on. They always tell us how blessed we are. After 13 years. I can say that it is, however, a loong way to any city. I currently drive 40 miles down the freeway to find a shoe or book store. I wanted to get some silverware re-plated. Oops, that is a 5 hour drive. And yesterday was the one year anniversary of 40 tornadoes hitting the area. I guess there are always two sides to everywhere. |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 09, 2009
11:18 PM Post #5987394
| The funniest thing: I think I enjoy looking at pictures of our garden(s) as much or more than looking at the real garden! I think that is due to my propensity to only see weeds when I'm near any of the plants in the summer. 'Oh, a weed! Better pluck it!' Then I see another one and then another . . . and I never do seem to find time to plop myself in a lawn chair!
Hey, but at least I've got the pics to enjoy . . .
Susan
PS: Juney Bug: No need to buy a home with a view; I'll share our view with you. Just drive (er, or fly) on over and maybe that will compel me to sit a spell!!!!
Pic: Sun Over the Shed . . . or: Nighty, Night!
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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
January 09, 2009
11:45 PM Post #5987539
| Pictures are so awesome. I need a view like that too. |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 10, 2009
08:07 AM Post #5988180
| You're welcome to share our view, too, of course, Samigal!!! I'm expecting you any day now!!
PS: Did I mention that I put that patio in with a hand trowel?!
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Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
January 10, 2009
01:28 PM Post #5989213
| Is that scaffolding I see to the right of your picture? I still just can't get over your home with the morning glories...I wish the deer didn't eat them..I put them on the inside of our chain link fence but the deer just pull them thru and chomp, they're history...we have so many deer here so everything has to be fenced...they even eat "deer proof" plants right down to the ground...the datura is about all that escapes and that's only after they've nibbled it...I pulled up all my castor beans 'cause they were eating them & I couldn't bear to see them ill...Deb |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 10, 2009
04:35 PM Post #5989845
| Deb: That thingie to the right, in that patio shot, is an antennae tower! I re-looked at that pic and can see why you'd think it was part of a scaffold! Too funny!
Did you notice the trash cans too?! I want to build another outbuilding someday and not for the reasons you might think: I want a place to hide those trash cans!!
I'm sorry the deer are eating everything in sight. Ugh! Maybe you could grow a bunch of morning glories just for them!
I can't believe those morning glories either. When I look at those pics, I'm amazed. We really were out of control! We lived in that MG house for 6 years. Can you imagine how that yard woulda looked if we'd lived there longer?!
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faywray
Morral, OH
January 10, 2009
04:36 PM Post #5989846
| Samigal: That pole has got me stumped . . .
Susan
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faywray
Morral, OH
January 10, 2009
04:47 PM Post #5989878
| Deb: I can picture your grandson fishing . . .
I like to read while our son fishes, too! I also do crossword puzzles and occasionally take creative projects to work on. And my camera; I have to take my camera to capture all that beauty.
Hey! I lived in Half Moon Bay for a while, back in 1979. Is that near Tomales? Talk about a view! That highway that runs through HMB is unbelievably beautiful.
Pic: Our son at the quarry near our home.
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schickenlady
Newport, NH
(Zone 5a)
January 10, 2009
05:56 PM Post #5990079
| I put this on one other forum. I was in the right spot at the right time in my yard. 
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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
January 10, 2009
06:32 PM Post #5990168
| Maybe if I splash some white paint on part of that pole it would look so bad. Maybe I should check with the phone company and see if that would be OK. |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 10, 2009
06:57 PM Post #5990242
| Or maybe another pole as close as you can get to that one and grow Morning glories. |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 11, 2009
09:12 AM Post #5991892
| All those design shows say, Do multiples! Maybe you could plant two more poles next to that one. (Just kidding.)
Hows about this: Paint it to look like a totem pole!! |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 11, 2009
10:35 AM Post #5992075
| No there is a women on the pottery forum she makes totem poles. They were great I will give you the link. Well as soon as I find it. |
arejay59
Litchfield, ME
(Zone 5a)
January 11, 2009
10:37 AM Post #5992082
| Here it is http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=5932486 and http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/934068/ |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
January 11, 2009
02:57 PM Post #5993057
| Thanks arejay for the links. My sister did pottery for many years. She had her own wheel and kiln and made some great things. I still have a few pieces that I'll always treasure as she has given up wheel and kiln.
Now back to the pole, a few ideas here that I'm thinking about. The pole is in the neighbor's yard and she can't see it, but should take into consideration that I have to look at it. Great ideas coming in, keeping in mind the can of paint and paint brush. |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 11, 2009
07:57 PM Post #5994041
| schickenlady: Awesome pic! Not only did you get a wonderful shot, but you got a wonderful shot of an albino squirrel!
Susan |
faywray
Morral, OH
January 11, 2009
08:26 PM Post #5994174
| Those stoneware totems are AWESOME and would be great in any yard whether you had an ugly pole to hide or not! |
Dirt_Road
Janice~ Gulf Coast, MS
(Zone 9a)
July 07, 2009
05:37 AM Post #6787998
| Gonna bump this great thread up to the top.. So many great ideas ... :) |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
July 07, 2009
01:57 PM Post #6789372
| I'm glad you did bump this thread up Dirt_Road. I can't get enough of all the wonderful things. |
Depsi
Orofino, ID
(Zone 6a)
July 07, 2009
02:22 PM Post #6789430
| Yup, I've missed this thread too!!! Deb |
Dirt_Road
Janice~ Gulf Coast, MS
(Zone 9a)
July 20, 2009
04:07 AM Post #6840507
| Hmmm I have two window frames I wonder if I could use them for the same as your picture idea? Hmm Gonna have to take a good long look at them.. It doesn't look like there is glass covering the pictures, is there glass? Hmm now you got me to thinking.. lol.. oh and I LOVE your table.. one of these days very soon I am going to start on some mosaics..
Ahh thanks Samigal and Depsi... It does have so many great ideas in the thread.. |
sammut
western sydney nsw
Australia
July 20, 2009
05:59 AM Post #6840660
| Hi a great thead never noticed it before .
Pegi been thinking about thate pole only thing I can come up with is out side your window put about 3 or 4 poles paint pattens on them and the big one might blend in with them and cement statues or things on top the brick wall if cemented cats can not knock them down .
Often building sites have plastic pipes of- cuts and timber to give away saves them having to dump it even broken tiles often all it costs is in summer have nice cold drinks to give them best to go there near finishing time a nice cold bottle of beer gets any thing you need. ----------Elaine. |
