Something About Nothing

Last week when my friend and I and our darling children tie dyed shirts, my friend mentioned seeing a little girl with a tie dyed shirt she loved. She had asked the mother about the shirt and found that the shirt had been created using Sharpie Markers . The instructions were on Sharpie's website. We decided we had to give this new-to-us craft a try and so we squeezed in one last summer craft this morning. Here is Little Man after he drew some of his designs with the Sharpies. The shirt has been stretched over three plastic cups so that it was easier to draw on and then when the rubbing alcohol was administered with the dropper the excess alcohol had a place to go. Not as dramatic as actual dyes but very nice just the same. We found that some colors seem to spread better than others, and it may have been the amount of ink available in the marker, or how much was applied that made the difference. While we played with Sharpies, Little Bubba watered my weeds for me. It's ...

At the beginning of summer I posted about my goals for summer, and now summer is almost over and man what a summer it has been. Amazingly we've almost done everything on my list. I've blogged about a lot of those adventures along the way, but here are a few fun activities I missed blogging about. We toured the Oquirrh Mountain Temple - Visited with friends we knew while we lived in Jamaica - Took my Mother-In-Law to Fisherman's Wharf - This video clip of visiting the Sea Lions at Fisherman's Wharf makes me laugh. Met my Sistah's new doggie, Wes - And had some fun with Wrigley, Elliot, Wes and Dexter (not pictured) Went to the Farmers Market on a chilly San Francisco Day - Played in the ocean - Ate some funnel cake (excuse me while I wipe the drool off my computer) - And rode some fun rides. This picture is my absolute favorite of the summer: Bright colors, blue skies and happy children.

Other than keeping up with children, dishes, laundry and garden (which the rain has been taking care of) I've been a little busy making some fun projects. This little gal is Clucky and her brood from Melly & Me . She is a plucky little gal with her hands full (er I mean wings) of four little ones. She's a hard working mother and is already teaching her children the finer points of music. And since Black Sheep was "born" at the same time she has also taken him under her wing at the piano. I finally finished the circle quilt I have been working on for my oldest daughter. It only took me 6 months. Unfortunately this quilt got pushed to the back burner more than once and then the sewing machine I quilt with jammed up and I haven't had it repaired yet. I took the quilt to my friend Juliette's house and quilted it with her fabulous Bernina Aurora 440 QE machine . I didn't quilt anything fancy as I was just wanting to get it done (Sorry B) but I do...

Summer vacation is like New Years around here. It is met with late nights, much rejoicing and lists of resolutions. I started this summer by recycling an envelope into my "Summer To Do" list. I have a list of all the pre-paid, pre-planned activities I've arranged for the summer: Piano Lessons and lots of practicing Volleyball camp Art camp Batik class Dye class Free Motion Quilting class Brindy's Wedding (wow, more of those are for me than the kids, that is a switch) A List of dated activities I would really like to take advantage of: Lavendar Days Arts Festival Urban Gallery Garage Door painting Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House Farmers Market And finally the longest list - things I would like to accomplish this summer: Visit Renea (and maybe the beach while we are there) Go strawberry picking Make strawberry jam Eat out of the garden Weed the garden (gag) Clear off the back patio so we can do lots of crafts outside Hang the kids art in the hall Quilt, quilt and qu...