AMANDA'S BASKETS: MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

I hope everyone had a warm and wonderful Memorial Day Weekend. It was both a productive time and a time to relax for me.

First, for the relaxing time. All three of us went fishing. It was a beautiful day, sunny, but not too hot and no bugs. This was the view where I fished...

And the fish were biting...just not for me. :(

For the productive time, I completely finished the cat picture including quilting, the binding and a pocket to insert a rod for hanging...

And I am all ready for the June Fun With Fabric Focus Workshop which is about Modern Art Collage. I created two small examples as well as downloaded a ton of photos for participants to check out before creating their own.

The examples look a bit strange because I ran them through a laminator so that they hold together when the participants handle them.

All in all, a very good weekend.

And here's my Haiku...
Memories last in
My mind and heart thankfully
Sharing past laughters

Today was cold and rainy...with lots and lots of rain...and more scheduled for the next three days! I picked up fabric to bind the Southwest Quilt which I hope to finish tomorrow.

Then the last project I need to finish for the next guild meeting is the Holiday Information Display which includes designing and reproducing new patterns for holiday stockings (with drawstrings), drawstring bag and stuffed animals.

That's it for today...
Thanks for stopping by...
See 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.