notes from elinor

Shopping With Nancy Palomino

A friend of mine, Nancy Palimino, has a cousin a little north of us in Longview.   She has a blended antique store and art journaling shop.  It is great.   I love this look.

 

 

 

 

 

 I found a dandy clock.  Am I starting a clock collection?  Can't do it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letters are highly collectable.  My daughter-in-law, Heather Bailey, blogged a fabulous display of Letters she found at the Los Angeles Flea Market.  I have seen some incredible ones made from tin scraps in Africa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 This bathroom begged to be photographed.  Don't you just love black and white?

Felted Wool Containers

These knitted felt bowls were show and tell for Malinn Walther, a new member of our Art Quilt group.  She is a fierce knitter and she loves taking ideas from differing disciplines.

Puyallup Sewing Conference

Off we go.  Cherri Sue Schachterle and I head up to Puyallup Sewing Conference.  I couldn't wait to see my friends.  The drive up wasn't bad at all.  I read out loud from the book "Light in the Wilderness" by Margaret Thomas.  Cherri and I are both reading it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Here's what I got from Pamela Armas.  I showed her my doll and pages for Australia and immedialey she asked me to make one for her in exchange for her marvelous goodies.  I can't lose with a trade like that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the bits and bobs that I found at a cut rate place I like.  Must be doing pinks and reds today.

 

 

 

 

 

 Kaffe Fassett..I need some of that.  I just love his incredible colors.

 

 

 

 

 

All the way from Kallispell, Montana.  Joan Hodgeboom has the best at The Quilt Gallery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barbara Willis and Betts Vidal were so dear.  I loved seeing them.  Dear dear friends.  They are such an encouragement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

All togeher it was a great day.

The Trumpets Of Spring

Have you thanked your neighboors for their Spring flowers?  Spring is God's greatest gift.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Relief Society Dollar Store Challenge

The challenge was to decorate our tables with five dollars spent at The Dollar Store.  I bought two containers, and two packages of socks, three in each package..(got to know these are quality socks), some fake forsythia, black and white checked plastic, a red neckerchief and a plaid dish towel.

 

 

 

 I was allowed to suppliment with stuff from home.  So flowers seemed a posibility and everyone could take one home...Yeah!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Then I made mermaid sock dolls.  They were so silly and there was not a one left to bring home.  I can do that.

You Have Ribbons In Your Past

My grandaughter, Charlotte, was just baptised and her daddy sent along a lovely announcement with her testimony and the lovliest picture. This inspired me to make this fan using several pictures of her 2nd great grandmother, her great grandmother, two 2nd great aunts and a couple of great grandfathers.  I copied the pictures and used a plastic pattern 

 

 

to cut the photos into ovals and circles.and glued them onto heavy water color paper.  I painted embellishments on the water color paper and then laminated them and put them together with a large brad or split pin.  Then I used a punch to weave some silk ribbon through all four fan sections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 It's gone off to Charlotte and since a i put a self addred stamped envelope and a card, I hope to hear that it was a success.

 

Elder Cady and The Olive Garden

This the face of a Mormon Missionary in his personal Heaven, Olive Garden.  We are celebrating his birthday at his favorite restaurant, not mine by the way.  Elder Cady and his companion, Elder Parker, depend on the ward to keep them fed.  It takes a village.

 

 

 

 I just love their enthusiasm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These grins are our reward.  Muff and I dropped them off at their next appointment.

Now Take Me Home

 

Here are my Lukie birds hopping to Nebraska for the Group Challenge of Fiber Fanatics.  Everyone was given 12" of woven plastic tubing.  I pulled apart one end of the tubing and thought "tree" in the jungle with a Lukie Bird perched on top feeling the breeze.  I am loving those silly birds, but I may be over having to make more, unless of course I make them three dimentional.  Hummm

 Take them home Roxanne and see what the gals think.

 

The Big 4 0--Happy Birthday, Maureen!!!!!

Christian was the most romantic of husbands.  He helped plan the party, gave the lady an I PAD. and even wrapped it...with Duct tape.  There's the man!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Marketplace

The gal who owns this place was once a vendor at Camas Antiques and she loves the look, so it is fun to hit this store and see what she's doing.  The blend of the old and the old looking can be charming.  Both Dianne and Roxann loved what we saw.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 You can not beat orange.  All these ribbons and hanging things and patterns.  I know, I know: Who is going to dust it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love multiples.  Count the clocks, and the toasters and the mixers.  I already got my first clock.