Sunday Afternoon

It's been a quiet weekend, tending the tomatoes, doing a bit of painting and designing for zazzle.

Watched some Holiday Movies, did a bit of texting and e-mail and of course took a nap. It was pleasant but dull.

The most exciting thing was the appearance of the first tomatoes.

There are more details on both the tomatoes and the sweater project on the old posts by those titles.

Project Updates

Aside from eating as much of the birdseed as it can get, the squirrel seems to be bothering the strawberries too. So far the only ripe berries were in the tower planter on the other side of the deck and we're not quite sure whether it's the squirrel or the rabbits have been eating those.

We've got these strawberry jars right outside the living room window so that we can keep a close eye on them  in hopes we'll actually get to eat a few berries ourselves.

I turned these horse heads into ornaments by adding screw eyes and a hanging cord to them in hopes of selling them. I've got a dala horse sign that I put out in the yard from time to time to take advantage of all the busy traffic on the street in front of the house. I don't sell very much very often but it's easier and more profitable than taking everything to gift shops and paying commissions on consignments.

I'm sharing a few rosebushes with the rest of the family as we clear out the old rose bed. It's fun to think that they keep coming from the old farm and the gift of one bush 60 years ago,

I haven't quite decided what I'll do with the space next but think letting the soil rest until next year will be a good start and it will also give me a chance to make some long term decisions on that side of the yard.

A few more projects

I'm continuing to "play" with the carnations on my mail and crocheting another hat to donate to charity but haven't got too many other projects going. I wasn't real happy with the way my lily painting turned out and I've been working on designs for my internet stores. I've deleted hundreds of products trying to come up with just the look that I want my products to have.

Project updates

The biggest project I'm working on right now is my store on cafe press which I work on nearly around the clock taking breaks whenever I need to. Since I seldom sleep more than a few hours at a time it breaks things up and keeps life interesting. The merchandise I'm designing now has an angle shot of a wooden horse that I carved and painted last year on it and is on about every sort of product you can think of...or at least that I can. The big challenge now is to figure out how to make everything easy to find and to buy.

As you can see by previous posts there's some type of drawing or painting going on here every day.

My next project is to clear off the worktable enough to set up a collection of my Dala Horses to photograph, draw or paint. I won't decide how to capture them until I get the still life arranged.

As always the crocheting continues as I'm working on a scarf and a few more potholders.

I'm also pleased to say that I'm working with some of my Dad's drawings and will add them to my stores on Zazzle along with my own work and that of some of my sister's. I suppose that sounds a bit like the old saying "the family that plays together, stays together". I'm still hoping to include my Mom and my other siblings sometime soon.

Well, that's about it for now...happy, busy and hoping for better days ahead.

Wish Me Luck!