A New Fabric Selection and Happier Days

So, new to me, a selection of Waverly Fabrics I purchased from the local Walmart Store recently during three different visits.  I hadn't purchased fabrics in a very long time and walking by the aisle with this display of fabrics available in one yard or fat quarter pieces....well, they made me think of Spring and a breath of fresh air, something I am very much looking forward to in 2021 after this sad and very stressful year.  An "investment" in the future, I suppose you could say.  And, that is my hope...for all of us...better, happier and healthier days.

Wherever You Are Today 

 BE WELL

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Simple Little Houses and Some Trees

 

SIMPLE LITTLE HOUSES.

I wanted to talk about them tonight. 

I am a fool for them.

I mean, I LOVE them to the moon and back.

I dream about them at night.

So here's one simple house project I have made with my own two hands,

and

three houses which I purchased.

 I've shown this pincushion so often on this blog, I should probably be ashamed to do it again.  And, yet, here it is.  It's three inches square.  At least three people close to me have requested to receive it when I die.  In order to manage that...A.  I have to die and B. That's not happening yet, I hope. So, C.  Guess I'll have to make a couple more reasonable facsimiles.

 

Then, recently, I found this little hand-painted one.  It is two inches square and just adorable!

 The one on the right is about one of the tiniest prints I have ever seen.  It's adorable too.

The print is mounted on wood and has a tag on the back which says New View Gifts and Accessories.

 

Here, the one on the left is painted on a surface I can't identify and signed by a name I can't read. 

I also got it at the flea market.  

It is one and a half inches by four and a half inches. 

The landscape painting is an oil....signed A.M. and labeled Agnes M. Meyers Gift Shop, 

San Antonio, Texas.

I also bought it at the flea market quite a few years ago.  I knew it was Texas the very second I laid  eyes on it, because I am from Texas and I've seen many fields of Bluebonnets...

as they say - "back in the day."

This little painting is four by six inches.

And, dear.

By the way, I know these two paintings are not of Simple Little Houses,

but because they are also SMALL I chose to show them also.

 

 A close-up of the pincushion.

 

 A close-up of the tree.

  

 The Bluebonnets.

 The two tiny prints are so sweet.

 

  I couldn't resist them.

Simple Little Houses.

And there you have them.  

four of my favorites

 plus a tree and a Texas Landscape.

"ART IS LONG AND TIME IS FLEETING"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 until next time

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Just a Few Things I Thought Interesting Today

 

Today I was looking around the house for something to post.....I had an idea earlier in the week for today's post....but where did that idea go?  A mystery to me.  So, I poked around and chose these items to mention to you...perhaps you will find them of interest.

This first one is a beautiful print given to me several years ago by Mr. G.  Isn't she beautiful?  I really need to get her framed.  Seems Mr. G. has all kinds of ideas about things I happen to love collecting.

 

 This is a beautiful photo...a card sent to me by one of you, (Sandra in Alabama), also several years ago.  It is dear.  I feel like I'd love walking right into that house and garden.  And, more French Knots.

I can almost smell the flowers!

 

 Now, okay....this might puzzle you.  It is actually a scrap from a larger piece of painted canvas.  You know I do have a "thing" for that stuff, don't you?  It's about four inches square.  Why am I showing you this?  Well....it's probably going to be made into something.  What, you ask?  I'm not sure, but thought if I showed it to you it bring an idea to mind and I could make it, then show THAT to you.

Myself...well, I think it's beautiful just like it is, but I must confess....just thinking what I could do with it entertains me.

 

Why this photo?  For no other reason than I wanted you to see this beautiful flower.  It is, of course, a Daffodil.  Air dried right there on that little chest.   FROM LAST SPRING!  And, it has dried paper thin and the color is still pretty. 

 I now have some daffodils drying from this Spring.  

 

 Lastly....this is one of my favorite spots in the house.  Truly.  I don't think I know anyone else using a medicine cabinet to house vintage threads.  LOVE IT!  Actually, there are two of these cabinets in my bathroom.  One much larger, which I use, and this one over the second sink...which is not used at all.

Weird, I know.  But, isn't it pretty?

So...an odd selection of photos, I suppose.  Hopefully, you found them interesting and if nothing else, you can appreciate the uniqueness of these items.  As you already know, there is no telling what I might post here at any given time.  Thanks for taking the time to look!

until next time

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