AMANDA'S BASKETS: ANOTHER NOR'EASTER, SNOW AND PROGRESS ON CREATIVE VENTURES

Monday, March 12, 2018

ANOTHER NOR'EASTER, SNOW AND PROGRESS ON CREATIVE VENTURES

Well, I can always hope...as we are getting ready for our third nor'easter!! On the way home from fishing, we realized that much was closed in Paramus...no electricity!!!

The end of last week was spent house hunting again...east of the Hudson. More successful than the last outing, we found several homes that we liked. A couple of them required four-wheel drive so that may be a minus.

Yesterday, we went fishing at five...really four because of the time change...no one caught anything but we were able to practice casting both with regular poles and with fly fishing poles. Friends thought we were a bit crazy but I think it's was no more crazy than ice fishing. Check out the snow...

I took the last photo because I loved the shape of the tree especially with the emphasis that the snow gave to certain branches.

On the creative front, I finished the small fabric containers. Here's a photo of the other fabric combination...

Well, actually I still have to sew on the buttons but they are cute...

And remember this...

It's wool roving attached to a piece of white felt. I did sew it down using gold thread. First circular, second in spokes and finally free-motion. I loved the results although it was difficult to iron it flat. I have now begun to add beads...

My plan is to continuing adding beads in a circular shape and then using long beads in lines weaving between the circles.

I first put this piece on a white piece of felt but thought the black background allowed it to stand out more. And I am apparently still drawn to small shiny things. I love the fact that the gold thread shimmers in the sunlight.

Thanks for stopping by...
Talk with you tomorrow...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

So in looking over your habits what did you find? Some popular good habits folks have are: Meditation, exercise, journal writing, flossing, reading and walking up early. Some not so great habits included smoking, saying yes, swearing, tolerating folks, not sleeping enough, always complaining and constantly making excuses. Do you have more good habits or more bad habits? Is it time to change? If so, start with the easiest bad habit to change, not the hardest. This will give the best chance of success. Decide on the best way for you to change your habit. Worry too much? Set a time to worry and then stop. You may have to stop yourself several times at the beginning but keep it up and you will worry less. Or, alternatively, write the worry down as well as options to stop the problem. Just figure out which way to stop is best for you.