Primitive Cat

Now that I'm somewhat comfortable with needlepunch, I pulled out a pattern I love by Primitive Gatherings.

I'm loving the almost completed product except I'm struggling with getting the cat's whiskers and eye pupils how they should be.

So until I figure it out, this cat will be blind and whisker-less.
...and THIS is my current favorite toy...

Now I can label everything and find it easily instead of relying on my memory (which isn't what it used to be!)

I am going to be SO organized! Look out...

Oh oh...

Oh dear, I have discovered a new craft that I am loving...needlepunch! I've bought a bunch of patterns that I love but thought I would 'practice' first on something. Cringe! Way too cute for my taste but still enjoyed the process...you start with one of these...

...and a pattern or kit...

...you punch over and over on the wrong side of the pattern...

...turn it over and it looks like this!...

Now it's hard to stop...nobody really needs me to make supper, do they?

Raynold, Ben & Lloyd

Several years ago at Quilt Market in Houston,Texas, we 3 sisters met Jackie and Kathy from Lakeview Primitives and spent some time chatting with them, admiring their designs. Upon hearing our husbands names (or middle name) and finding these names humorous, they declared they would create a design 'in honour' of them...this was the result...(true story!)

I started with this 'find' from MCC...

I painted and distressed...

...then added the finished creatures...

Introducing Lloyd, Raynold and Ben! (Gord/Lloyd doesn't understand the need for a tree to be sticking out of his head)

Bowled Over...

I can't remember where this came from but I put my handy-dandy little mouse sander to it today to get the shine and varnish off..

...painted it a cheery celery green, sanded some more and 'primitivized' it...

What an easy fix for what was a very ugly bowl :) and now I can add it to my collection in my laundry room.

Autumn's Glory

Last weekend our fall weather was still holding and the colours were glorious so we headed up McKee "Mountain" to enjoy...

I happily carried Jackson to the top...good workout carrying an extra 17 pounds...

...and wow!! We were rewarded with a view all the way to the Gulf Islands!

Before and After

This was another find at the 2nd hand store...don't you love the strawberries?

...so I worked some magic with paint and sandpaper...

Now it works for me :-)

Why didn't I try this sooner??

I bought some of those stackable cardboard boxes, oh, maybe 6 or 7 years ago with the intention of painting them in primitive style but the olde procrastination gene kicked in until yesterday when I decided, enough is enough! I can do this and if I mess it up, its not the end of the world...so I painted them all black first, made up some stencils I liked...

...painted on the stencil, rubbed candle wax all over, wiped gel stain over that and what do you know...

They actually turned out far better than I had even expected! Procrastination, out the window!
(the red isn't at all accurate...I think its because of the flash)

What did I do?

I have NO idea how it happened but I was experimenting on Sunday and somehow my original design disappeared...my primitive stars template that I was so very proud of, that I had done all by myself...GONE...and only a blank background remained, staring back at me. I am quite devastated and even after hours of searching, I am unable to find it.
But I will persevere until I can restore it to its original glory. Wow, do I wax eloquent or what?