SUMMER...BORED?...NOT US!!!!

Our newest ballerina....

Our seasoned beautiful ballerina...

Our artist painting a cement pot at Mimi's

Grand daughter's (6yrs) SPECIAL art for a new room at their house!!!

Learning how to pin layers together before sewing....

These old quilt squares were from Miss Annie's garage sale and they became pillows for grand daughter's bed....after pinning she sat on my lap and machine sewed the quilted lines....can't find the finished pictures and also a picture of her adorable little suitcase we decoupaged!!

Other Mother's were busy at my house this summer too!!

Where did time go?! He used to fit in this pool a few years back at age two!!!  They all did!!!

Vacation Bible School.....she said it was tooo fun and this year Grand Dad even got involved...I wonder why?....ha....airplanes??? maybe???

I gave her her first hoop and started embroidery....she had her own design in mind!!!

An old bird house got re painted by grand daughter number two....and home it went with her!!

Probably our last 4th at this big ole house....it was a really nice day and they couldn't wait for the parade and all that candy and necklaces!!!

"We are ready!!!

SILLYness.....AND FUN!!

GOOFINESS AND BOYS!!!

OUR PRINCESS GOT SO EXCITED WHEN SHE CAUGHT SOME CANDY!!!

Grand Dad, daughter and mini daughter!!

Swim lessons....now that the ear tubes are gone!!!!

Our local boys carrying the banner and flag....sweet!

ABE!!?....we've gone greyhaired!!!

Grandson....bright eyed and bushy tailed!!!  Handsome! He is our baseball player!!!

My forever zinnias....

more zinnias from the garden...

Top garden fence railing almost installed on the loft....all pipe railing is done and the fence will be put on the outside.....you like it?

ART STUDIO....YAY...almost done!!! This WAS a two car garage.....Dick is ok with it too! Our carpenter Danny designed the railing and is finishing the details in the Studio...we love it!!

She wants American Girl doll "Kaya" for Christmas, who looks just like her!!! So she painted this blanket for the doll.  The pillow is his dog...Luke...

How did that mule get those britches on?!?!...and those socks!!!

ZigZag stitching around pillow...

OK...., these were gleaned from PB pillows and we only borrowed the design for the kids room and they did almost all the work!

We used black magic marker and acrylic paints!...on muslin....he really looks like Luke!!

Is he not the cutest dog?!  You can get yours, a little different, at Pottery Barn Kids....we made ours....took one hour and $3.00!

Our precious and loved grandkids from out of town.....

The cat we borrowed too from PB....but we painted ours to match Sunny (Sonshine) the cat!!!

Thanks for looking....have a happy day!!! More projects to come when my Studio is complete!!!

I KNOW....it's been too long....but we HAVE been busy .... and havin some fun!!! Maybe when school starts I can get back to "OTHER" things.....ha. My "Title" WAS going to be "He's Moving, but I'm Not" ....which would refer to a wonderful story of me putting off something God had in mind......and HE MOVED ON IT....., when I wasn't,.....and I had to change my tune!!!  GOD IS SO GOOD! I will share about it closer to September.....all you girls keep an eye out!!! It will have to do with SHOES!!!!  NOW back to Summer around here..... I am just going to POST a bunch of Summer Fun and projects at CAMP MIMI'S....I am missing a few projects like the redo of a cute suitcase from Miss Annie's garage sale for Peyton.....but here is all the rest!!! Miss you all and BOY DO I MISS MY ART AND STUDIO!!! Still in storage and the Studio in La Grange is coming along.....it will get "WIRED" one of these days!! ENJOY....and many Sweet BLESSINGS to you all!!!

A LOT TO SEE, A LOT TO DO!!! REMODEL PHOTOS LAST.....

I found this old sock doll I made around forty years ago for my Kellie.

Found hankies from my Mom and this doll I made yrs ago!! Had to do some patching!

They both hit a homerun for their teams this year!!! Big sister taking care of little brother.....ha!! Her team missed being champs by one game lost....it was close!!!

Our new ballerina!!!

A plane ride for the boys!!!

My three girls!!!

Bottle fed this miniature Zebu too, for five months on our porch in the winter.... she was a joy, Samuela, our girl .... she too went to the Kid's Camp!!!

Happy Memorial Day Mr Peck!!! Come see me at the Kid's Camp!!!!

Trying to kiss my baby goodbye!!! I raised that miniature donkey! Used to walk him on a leash ....he too went to Camp Winchester, a Kid's Camp.  They said the baby chickens sleep on his back at night!!!

Saying goodbye to our old tractor!! It is going with a dear friend to Camp Winchester...a kids Christian Camp!

Love these beginnings....would be pretty in embroidery.

Hope I can keep these blooming! Love these agapanthas!!

Now, WHO do you suppose those three faces belong to?!

My added love to the pieces.....

Little relics found in Mom's stuff!

Can't wait to tell you about these!! I learned to embroidery at the age of nine when we lived near the mountains in Leon, Spain....we had no TV, which was awesome and we picked flowers in the fields to make flower crowns and wore them all day. Embroidery has always taken me back to cherished times as a child!!!

I HAVE to be creating SOMETHING!!!

More fun..... the art supplies are packed away, so the needle and thread came out!!!

An exciting project that I will ellaborate more on later..... I am in love with this idea!!! It is an old hankie I will embellish.

Looking from the kitchen into the end of the living room in front where the old oak breakfast table of Mom and Dad's will go.... under the daisy chandelier.

Another old chandelier I have saved. Will go above the long dining table. It has crystals to add if I want....and it needs a longer chain plus the candle thingys....which I would love to decoupage with some kind of script....The color is what it was.....not sure if I will paint it....it has a nice old look now.

The lower part which now is insulated, radiant barriered, sheetrocked and ready for paint...

The ceiling of the inside of the garage we made into a sleeping loft for the grand kids and the room below will be their and MY room for whatever transpires!!!

Here we are with our first snack during work in our new kitchen!!  The old island we have will come there soon.

Our new big kitchen, where it WAS a small galley kitchen. New cabinets ready to paint in "Candlelight" white....still have my favorite sink. Had a yellow one in 1975. I want to be here soon!!

Floors are all sanded and stained and ready for furniture!!

An old light fixture I have been saving for years and now will be in my small dining with my green fire king dishes!!

Trying to find that right happy yellow for our house!

Mother's Day flowers.....

BOY OH BOY....where do I start?  We have truly been busy and still moving forward with our downsize. For those who are interested, I am going to post a BUNCH of pictures in whatever order they come in....(Actually, they loaded backwards!)  I am in a hurry as usual, but can't wait to BLOG with thought and more heart and PROJECTS as we get more settled!! The following are remodeling, grandkids, an embroidery NEW project from a class with karen ruane from the United Kingdom (more details on that later!!!) .....and other photos of happenings this month..... STAY TUNED FOR MORE LATER..... and sorry we are so busy right now.....how very much do I miss all of YOU, my computer, my art supplies and my normal nesting place!!! AND I HAVE lost 18 pounds....soooo easy, I'll share that later too!!! AND I eat more!!! BLESSINGS!!!! HUGS....God is good....Love Him!






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