Christmas Angel toppers

Hello Everyone!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

 

Today's topic is Angels.

I know everyone at one point in

time has had at least one of these

Christmas Angels on their trees!

There are so many different kinds and

they are all beautiful. They get prettier

every year. I happen to love

the lacy ones, but over time being stored

in your attic, they become yellowed and

age really fast. The inside plastic becomes

brittle and yellowed. They may have lost the

pretty bows that once adorned them.

The lace begins to look tattered. Well I

have many of these angels.

At one time I

put Angels all over my tree - so I have plenty of them.

When I bought them, I cut the inside

plastic away and just sat them on the 

branches. My tree was gorgeous that year! Of course this

was many years ago that I did this. Every

year my ornaments seem to change.

 

This year I noticed that I had a few

lovely Angels that had yellowed really bad!

I know that you cannot see the yellow

but they are yellowed!

The 3rd picture

shows some yellow spots just above the

lace. Their hair is still very nice, but

I do not have any intention of remaking

over these Angels.

 

Well - it is time to reuse these Angels!

So I got to work. My trusty paper scissors

helped me cut away those yellowed plastic

cones. Then I grabbed my little red

handled pliers. That is my favorite

(tear-up) tool of destruction!

 This was the only Angel that was small. I tore away

the inside lights also. I will use them somewhere

else. The dress looks white but I assure you it

is yellow! I do not know why my pics have made

them bright! Strange!!!

 The yellow plastic came out easy in

this little doll. The holes in the plastic

held the lights. Most of these plastic

things come out really easy with very little

glue to clean out of the heads or body.

 Here are the bodies. Yep - I tore up all 4 of them!

I will donate their heads, arms and what little bodies

they have. I will also donate the wings.

Crafters would love to get their hands on them and

remake them over.

I know it is Christmas - but these little dolls could

also be made into HALLOWEEN WITCHES for

next year. Put on your thinking caps and imagine

it. Be sure to tear off the gold wreath on the

little angels head if she is not going to be an Angel

anymore.

 Hoo-ray!! Tide and a little bleach whitened them

up very nicely! Even the yellow spots came out.

 I noticed that the fat wings to the left is still a little

yellow but it is brighter! It could be that those wings

should not have been bleached.

 The bodice and sleeves on this dress did not clean

up like the lace. I remember the bodice and sleeves

being a beautiful white. It might be because of the fabric

it is. And so I will cut away that fabric.

Oh well - they still look better.

These laces are going to be used for my miniature

dresses that I am going to make. The lace will look

gorgeous!!

 

Have a lovely night with you and yours!

Hopblogger



A Log Cabin Dream

This pattern is called LOG CABIN DREAM.

I am

positive that all of you know this quilt pattern

as simply Log Cabin. .

Log Cabin Quilts are precious to us as they

symbolize our Home. So warm and loving.

So why not stitch one up!

 

Hello Everyone!

Thank you for your sweet comments and

concerns. They are truly appreciated!

And Thank you for following me.

Boy, when my eyes get better I will

have heaps of cross stitch work to

do!

 

Make a biscornu or a just a regular

pincushion. The choice is yours.

Log Cabin is adaptable to either.

And you can use the colors that I give or

use the colors that you choose.

 

THIS LOG CABIN PATTERN IS INTENDED

FOR USING UP ALL OF YOUR LEFTOVER

THREADS IN YOUR JARS!! For each block

just make sure that you stay in the same

color family.

 

FRONT

 

Back

 

PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL

BEFORE YOU START.

6 cross-stitch blocks form the basis of the pattern.

The blocks are surrounded by 5 narrow strips

or bands around these blocks. The final large

outside strip is stitched with #3806 Lt Cyclamen Pink.

Then the narrow last strip is stitched in

black. Use black floss to stitch the front and

back together.

On the narrow strip with the white  that you see,

there are no symbols. I intended for this color

to be stitched in white.

As in a quilt all of the centers in each block

are stitched in red.

On each block beside the red centers your colors

should be stitched with the lighter color beside the

red and then graduate out with the medium and then

dark of that floss color.

FRONT: DMC 307, 310, 605, 604, 3801, 3846, 3845, 3844,

211, 210, 209, 3806, 3805, 3804, 3864, 3863, 3862, 3849, 3848,

3847, 3836, 3835, 3834, 3855, 3854, 3853, 157, 156, 155,

372, 371, 370, 415, 414, 413, 435, 434, 433, 445, 444, 504,

503, 502, 519, 518, 517, 761, 760, 758, 742, 741, 740,

761, 760, 758

BACK: DMC 310, 3801, 3846, 605, 519, 435, 211

 

I hope you enjoy stitching this pattern. Thank you

for visiting me!

Hopblogger



Eyes are still healing

and they are taking their sweet time!

Just thought that I would let you

know that I have not forgotten this blog.

by Hopblogger



Plastic Containers can get expensive!

Hello Everyone! How are you

doing? Hope you all had a lovely

weekend.

A big Welcome to all of my new

followers. Hope you find an idea here

that you like. Or perhaps one of my

ideas sparks an idea for you!

Yea - how many of you want and try to

organize your crafts only to find that the

containers are expensive. If you need alot of

them they can get pricey.

Today I want you to take a good look

at these kinds of plastic containers.  I do not know

if you use them but I surely do. They are good

1 pound containers to use in your sewing and

craft rooms or just about anywhere you need them.

 I wash and dry them although their insides never

get dirty because the ham is placed in plastic wrap.

The cardboard top comes off easily and the glue

residue also peels off so easy.

 I use these plastic bins for my mini sewing projects

as well as for storing little stuff that has no home.

I have been collecting these and using them all over

my home.

Store fingernail polish and other supplies in them and

store under your bathroom sink. Use one for just

cotton balls or Q-tips.

You can store beads, lace, bobbins, thread spools in

them. You name it and you can use these over and

over again. And if the plastic ever breaks which I am sure

it probably will - just go buy some more ham.

This size has been around for awhile and there are

other sizes also.

Now thats what I call a good buy - great tasting

ham and a project container to boot!!

Now this plastic container is a great deal!

I already have 14 of these plastic containers in use

in my craft area alone. Store your food left overs in them.

Also when my daughter eats over

and wants to take some good yummy food home with

her then she uses one or several of these to put the food in.

You never have to worry if you do not get the container

back. If you use these already let me know what

you are using yours for!

Thank you for visiting me!

Hopblogger



I GOT TAGGED - LETS PLAY

Hello Everyone! How have you been?

First I would like to welcome all of my

new followers. Sorry that I have not

posted lately - as you can see I still

have not gotten my eyes back. Yes -

they are still healing. And it is going

along very, very slowly!!

This week - there is no picture.

Sweet Akila of Mostly Cross Stitch - (her

blog here:

 http://mostly-xstitch-and-somemore.blogspot.com/

has kindly tagged me.

Thank you Akila.

Here are the rules:

1. Post the rules.

2. Answer the questions the tagger set for you

in their post.

3. Come up with new questions.

4. Tag 11 people and link them to your post.

5. Let them know you tagged them so

they can answer the questions.

Here are the answers to Akila's questions that

she asked of me.

1. I have not tried many of the finishing

techniques. They are very pretty but I am a

woman that tries to keep everything simple

and quick.

2. My crafts vary from day to day and year to

year as does my interest in them. I try to remake

things over, mix them up and or reuse my

everyday objects into functional pieces - not

just for show.

3. No I have never participated in exchanges or Sal's.

It is something that I would like to do - have just

not gotten around to it yet.

4. If we are talking about cross-stitch. Well I have

not done any of that since I got my eyes fixed.

I am looking forward to stitching again. I cannot

say how many other craft projects get finished

in a year because most of my efforts are

being put into my miniature blog.

5.  Michaels or A.C.Moore because they are in

my area.

6. I never change the floss in any of the kits. On

occasion I do change other things to suit my

style and colors.

7. When I stitch I like it quiet. This way I can

stitch faster with nothing is taking my attention

away from what I am doing.

8. Before surgery on my eyes - cross stitch

followed me everywhere I went - including doctors

visits, airports or my sisters house.

I always keep a small kit in my purse. They

work up fast.

9. I have not worked on JUST beading projects.

My beads get used in other things.

10. I used to be able to stitch 20 to 30 hours

a week. Now that time is filled up with my

miniatures and glueing.

11. I have visited one country. I have to visit

other countries before I can say which is my

favorite.

Okay - now I have to give a list of questions to

those people whom I have tagged. Here goes.

1. What was the first craft or stitching

project that you ever

started and finished? Name that item.

2. How many years have you been

crafting or stitching? And who was the

lucky recepient to receive the item.

3. When you stitch or craft anything -

and make a boo-boo - do you finish it

or throw it away?

4. How many projects do you start

and never finish?

5. Out of all the crafts and stitching that there

is - do you have a favorite?

6. What do you do with all of the stitching

and craft projects that you finish. Do you

give them away, store them in a drawer, or use

them??

7. How bad is your creative room?

8. If you have a room just for yourself to

create or to stitch in. Does that room only

hold those supplies or does it hold a mish-

mash of other things that do not get used?

9. Are you a pack-rat?

10. Is your creative room neat and orderely or

haphazard and disorderely?

11. What is your favorite book or magazine?

Well, I tried to think of a couple of more

questions but I lost there. Here are the ladies

that I tagged.

1. Catherine of DiamondC.

http://diamondc-diamondc.blogspot.com/

2. Marlene of Poppy Patchwork.

http://poppypatchwork.blogspot.com/

3. Lori Bei Durst of Rachel and Pia's Cottage

http://rachel-and-pias-cottage.blogspot.com/ 

4. Eliana of Terra Dos Gigantes (Land of the

Giants)

http://terradosgigantes.blogspot.com/

5. Faith of Faithfully Stitching.

http://faithnchls.blogspot.com/

6. Chris P's Mini's and More.

http://chrispycrittersminis.blogspot.com/

7. Tatyana of Mouse House.

http://tatkis-mousehouse.blogspot.com/

8. Vicky of Kiwi-crafters.

http://kiwicraftydoglover.blogspot.com/

9. Rita of Stitchdays.

http://stitchdays.blogspot.com/

10. Terri at RosyStitches.

http://rosystitches.blogspot.com/

11. Carmen of mi pequena evasion

(my little escape)

http://pekevasion.blogspot.com/

Now all I have to do is notify them. God

bless you all!

Thank you visiting me!

Hopblogger