Didn’t think I had anything to blog about!

I was talking on the phone this afternoon with Tammy and she insisted I blog about something!  I told her I haven’t done anything blog worthy!  I didn’t notice it has been a Month since I have done it!

Turns out I have been doing Lots of things~in between another week long sleep in. (They are still tweaking my heart meds and Dr. said that can make you fatigued)  

I have been hooking on my so called “cancer rug”.  I couldn’t decide whether to use black or white for the background so I chose both!  You can’t actually tell, but this is a tree…the tree of life!  I came across this quote somewhere and knew I had to include it in my rug.  On top of all the swirls I am going to sew one of those antique watch faces. (for the time, duh!)

So now my next dilemma is what color to use behind the text?  Maybe the reverse of the black and white!?!?!  What do you think? 

Friday night I was playing around with my paint pens and painted these shoes!

I found them for sale at TheSwanx.com.  I had these old shoes in the closet and practiced on them.  I had been looking at Ed Hardy purses and lovin’ them too.  They look like tattoos painted on the accessories.  Just my luck last week at the thrift store they had a sale for everything you could put in a bag for One Dollar!  You know what’s coming next.  Remember, I am a hoarder.

All of them are leather, and a few are name brands!  Can’t wait to play with these.  Who needs a purse? 

Spent all day Friday on the phone with our mortgage company.  I think it was Ter’e talking about having to argue with some dumbass kid over Very important issues.  By the time Mickey got off work I was half drunk and swollen eyed from crying after getting disconnected so many times.

I got it all worked out but the life insurance.  I told Mickey if I die this weekend to get an attorney and make them pay off this house!!!!!

After dinner I’ll be listing some new wool on Etsy.  Please stop by! ShabbySheepWool.etsy.com.

Chili Pepper Red

Fall Sunset

Cirque de Soleil

Mickey has called me to dinner.  His fab homemade pizza.  He starts with a Chef Boy A’rdee kit.  Fabuloso!!

Ciao bella

and peace,

Sheri

The best thing about your best friend…

She “gets” you, really Gets you.  When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer the first thing that came to mind was, “I can’t even plant a tree and watch it grow”.  I love gardening and nature.  So this spring after completing my treatment we went to the nursery and I picked out my “cancer tree”.  A red maple.  They came out a few weeks later and planted it in our back yard.  So my cancer tree has become very special to me.  So I was surprised, but then again not…when Tammy bought me a necklace with a tree of life on it for Christmas. (Actually it’s a tree of knowledge, but we’re calling it the tree of life)

 

She understands the importance of my little Charlie Brown tree.  I think she, Mickey and my mom are the only ones who Truly understand just how important the symbolism.  I think they even get my obsession with the Virgin Mary too!  No, I’m not Catholic, but I’m so drawn to icons of Her.  I bought myself a necklace with Mary on it.

This is the pendant I made for her.  I only got one pic of her wearing it and she’d kill me if I posted it.  (her eyes are closed)

I made my parents a smaller version of my Sunflower rug.

I finished the beading at noon on Christmas day and I was serving lunch for family at 2:00! 

I thought I could finish it the night before, but I wanted to have a little energy for Christmas day.

And I MUST show you our little Santa Jimmie Dean!  That’s his heating pad he’s standing on too.  No, he’s not spoiled. 

 

Tomorrow is hooking at the Brentwood Library @5:00 pm.  Stop by if you can!

Peace,

Sheri

My hooked pumpkin....ta da!

I did this piece for a challenge and I can't remember Where the challenge was!!! The theme was hooking something round.  Anyone else involved in the challenge?  I love it anyway.  So glad I did it.  I had the pattern for years and this just got me motivated to do it. I used a real pumpkin stem that I saved and dried from last year. (See it IS handy to be a hoarder)  It is JoEllen's pattern.

 www.befruitfulkreations.com

Also I've made some progress on the cat rug.  His name is Max, I found out. 

The color planning has begun.  I am going to have to dye the red to the right, the turquoise and the pink on his chin.

1st day hooking

I was noticing little fuzzy hairs on the top of the linen.  It is bleached and I have never used this brand before.  NOT liking this!

You probably can't even see it.  But it was really bugging me.  So here's contemplating using my Usual linen!

You all know me and you KNOW I changed to the other linen!!! I re-drew and re-colored it.

OK, now hooking on the new linen.

Not liking the red color I chose.  You guessed it...I pulled it out and made another color choice.  Again...lucky I'm a wool hoarder too!

OK, now I love the pinkish/purple color.  But I HAVE to rip out the outline of his nose.  I used black yarn on it and it's looking scraggly already.  Just imagine what it would look like by the time I hook everything else and drag my hands and arms over it.  On the other outlines I just hand cut the wool.  I can only get it so small though.  I'm wondering what a 2 or 3 cut with a cutting machine looks like.  I simply can't cut it any smaller with scissors!

I may be able to hook some of the oranges in the upper left corner today.  I'm getting WEIRD on the color planning!  If my ProChem dyes would just arrive in the mail I could continue!  Tammy told me I can go over and borrow some of hers this evening if mine doesn't arrive today.

Tomorrow morning I'll be at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K walk.  I'll be in the registration booth.  Come by and see me and give me your cash!  It's at Jordan Valley Park...right by the Cardinals ball field.

Have a great weekend!  And please stop by and make a donation tomorrow.

Peace,

Sheri

Pictures of hooking at the library Monday evening.

Dulcy working on her cottage rug she started in Jane Green's workshop in Maine.

A close up of the cottage. Aren't the rocks amazing? Dulcy is hooking this in a number four cut, which is TINY for our group!!!

Marsha is working on this large ship rug.

Contemplating how to hook the "waves" at the front of the ship.

Janette and her cute pumpkin couple. I think this is Maria Barton's pattern!?!

Renee' still plugging along on her window rug. I showed the rug, but not her face a few posts back. Very cool rug!

Next, the two Peepers!

Rita is working on another darling cottage rug.

Lovin' the colors of this one. The house wool is spot dyed and looks kind of like pink brick.

This is Vicki and her patriotic rug.

I've got a few projects going. No pictures though. I do have this picture of the wool I picked out for the 3D pumpkin I'm working on. It's a pattern by Befruitful Kreations. JoEllen has lots of neat patterns on her website.

Hope the rest of the week is divine for you!

Peace,

Sheri

Now for the rugs!

As promised, here are the RUGS from Saturday's hook-in in Springfield, MO. I didn't even try to put names with the rugs~~notice I didn't embarrass myself and try to put names with faces yesterday either! I met many wonderful people, but Please don't ask me to name them. I'm terrible at that.

This was a little Tiny hooked pin on Mindy's sweater. It was hooked by Victoria Ingalls. Isn't it adorable? I want one!!!

I would like to thank everyone again, who came to our "first annual" Springfield hook-in. We had so much fun and we hope you thought we were good hostesses. We also hope you liked our city and our hookers! Please come back next year and bring your friends. I personally love meeting new friends and feel like I made some new ones.

Please leave me a comment if you were here Saturday and we met! (Or if you weren't and wished you were!)

I'll post a few more pics tomorrow.

Peace,

Sheri