Don't Talk About It, Be About It!

I've spent quite a bit of time the last two days at Cherokee Park. It's so wonderful to be out again. Rudy loves to run! That little brown blur is him. He's usually the fastest dog at the park. Hell yes I'm bragging.

















The graffiti at the park (though I have mixed feelings about graffiti) is usually really great!















And, the fact that everything is turning green again doesn't hurt anything either.
One last note....going kayaking tomorrow!! Can't wait.

Don't talk about it! BE about it!!

What should I do with these?

I used my new sewing machine to outline these chairs. I love them but I don't know what I'll do with them. The little chair is on leather. I have old leather samples from work that I'm thinking about making into cuffs. Maybe an embroidered cuff would be good. Ooooh.

In a rut.

So, I was just thinking to myself, "I'm in a rut." Which of course gets me thinking about tire tracks. So I google image rut, thinking tire tracks will come up. But I found something OH so much better. It was necessary to share. This of course came from the Ottawa Duck Club. Is anyone else in a rut today?

Spring Fever

So there was an amazing storm today. It poured down rain and there was lots of thunder. The kind you only get in spring. The kind that makes you feel like your heart is melting and you want to sing and jump in puddles. I of course was stuck inside and it stopped raining before I could change into puddle jumping clothes. I used to work at a cemetery (one of my favorite jobs...no, I was not a gravedigger, I was a landscaper) and I would love the rainy days because if your already soaked, there's absolutely no reason to attempt dryness, ergo puddle jumping is inevitable.

But my mind wanders. What today was for me was day 52 until paddling season starts. My best friends and I go canoeing/ kayaking on derby day. That's May 5....Cinqo de Mayo...WATER!!

Here's Rudy and I last year on the Elkhorn. I'm a little worried all the crafting I've been doing will be gone this summer.

I found this website, "Kula's Louisville Outdoor Areas" and want to explore all these places: http://homepages.ius.edu/MWILMES/hiking.htm
It was nice to find a site that mentions places close to Louisville to camp and canoe...usually I have to head east for all that. CRC and I are going to go hiking this weekend. I think we'll pick somewhere Kula suggests.



Speaking of water, I was sailing in a sea of buttons all evening.

One more round

So, I'm back. The first time around wasn't so bad, even if I've yet to tell anyone about my fresh new blog. I'm going to tell my whole big audience of one about what I worked on this weekend. I'm I LOVE with this bracelet.

You can't really see the curlyques at the ends. But dang! Cute. I made another sailboat bracelet that I'm hoping to post on etsy this evening. Check it out!

Oh my goodness, Oh my goodness!!!

So here it is....oh wait, this font is bad... that's better... and even better... My First Blog!!! So why am I here you might ask? Well, let's not get existential so quickly. I'm only here to talk about stuff I like, and to force myself to MAKE stuff. I might talk about my pets every once in a while, and about paddling. But my goal is to talk all about crafty goodness. Mine and others. Also, you may notice an obvious need to improve my writing skills. Well, they say practice makes perfect.

So, for "My First Blog!!!" I'm going to show you this fantastic pillow I made for my beau (for any of you non-southerners, that's boyfriend). That's Rudy the wonderdog along side.

AHHHH!!! Bats...and on the back, Chairs. Yes Chairs and bats. Of course. So I ran out of bat fabric. But......... (dramatic pause) ...... I did put a zipper in there !!! Woohoo! And, I made that red cording myself. This isn't my typical sort of craftiness, but you'll see more of that later.