I had two errands to run yesterday. First, gas up SnowWhite, my truck, which was a bit un-nerving. $89 for three fourths tank...at least it wasn't completely empty. I'm sure the bill would have been well over $100 again!
Second, pick up a few groceries...and I do mean a few - eight items altogether which came to $70 and change! One bag of candy was $23.97! Can we even afford Halloween at these prices! And four chicken breasts for $13.42! I used two for last night's supper along with some mushrooms which turned into chicken/mushroom gravy plus home made mashed potatoes, corn and some cornbread stuffing. Thank goodness there's enough left overs for two more meals!
Sorry about missing yesterday...and on both tomorrow and Friday I have 9am appointments so I may not be able to post. Tomorrow's is an eye appointment which won't be too bad. Friday is my last dental appointment but it is for a tooth extraction so I probably won't be in great shape for posting...but I'll see. If I post, it will be late in the afternoon!!!
I finally finished cleaning and organizing my studio...and once it was done, I felt more like creating something. Funny how that works. I don't mind making a mess while I'm creating but if I don't clean it up and the messes pile up, my desire to do any crafting/creating disappears!
How do you handle messes? Completely ignore them or do you find that when the mess is really big, it affects your creativity? I have friends who work even more creatively in a messy situation than an organized one. Guess I'm not one of them. Maybe that's why I cover/make so many boxes...they provide an easy way to organize projects!
So yesterday while organizing some of my fabric scraps I decided to free hand cut out leaves and play with them...
I pinned them to a background piece of fabric with a plaid rectangle in the center. I'm not finished with it...I want to cut out more leaves using several different pieces of fabric scraps. Once I'm happy with the design, I will layer with batting in the middle and a piece of fabric for the back. (I have several pieces of fabric that are not necessarily nice looking and may be from clothing, old sheets, curtains, etc., all cleaned of course, which I use for backing.)
Once I have it all together, then I will stitch it down with a zigzag stitch around the leaf shapes. Once that is done, then I plan to zigzag around the outside edges and trim. The edges, instead of being straight, will follow the leaf design. I made a similar leaf design fabric piece many years ago and still use it on a coffee table in the fall.
Halloween is Saturday...are you ready for trick or treaters? I know that candy is expensive but look for the least expensive bag that you can find and help make the experience a fun one for the children. Their families most likely are experiencing the same economic hardships that all of us are...so bringing a smile to their children's faces is a good thing.
Have a great day and do something special for yourself...
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