Medallion Re~Do

Just finished in the Envoy lol medallion from yesterday re do. Lime green and brown beads. Better pictures later
OK better pictures now, the top one was taken with my cell phone ...

Tatting Tea Tuesday April 27, 2010- WHAT A DAY!!

Well I didn't get alot of tatting done today because of many things. See my plan for today was to rest my weary back and tat to my hearts content. I told my sister not to come over today because i had plans, which really wasn't a lie I DID have plans to meet up with Debbie for a tat and chatter but with my back and throat i thought it best not to do so, it made me sad. plus I just wasnt in the mood for my sisters whining and I really think she has given up tatting :( ohhh well I tried.
 But there is next week and possibly May 8th will be the first of many tat chats with 2 other tatters. More info as it unfolds nothing is confirmed yet.
My throat feels a bit better today and my back too BUT this evening my stomach is acting up BIG TIME I have no idea why :( ... The main reason I didnt get alot of tatting done today was the wind. Yes the wind prevented me from tatting because it was just the right kind of wind that kept knocking my screen door open with a *BANG* it was scaring the dogs, Ginger I dont mind her sitting in my lap while I tat because she is all of 6 pounds but Ned is my porky not really I just call him that he is about 24 pounds. He was so scared he wanted me to hold him like I was burping a baby UGH! I have scratches all over my legs and arms and even one on my back from him trying to get as close to me as he could LOL it was funny but not. They even followed me into the bathroom while I was sitting there Ginger was laying at my feet while Ned layed close to her. LOL
But I have my little bit of tatting to show as well as some pretty pictures I had taken last week. Ohhhh speaking of the pictures due to some nagging from friends and me asking others' opinions on my facebook I opened up a photo etsy shop to sell some photos, and possibly make cards from some of my photos. I have to admit some of my photography has gotten really nice.
ok on to the eye candy

new design

another new design

This photo is neat see how its focused on the water drop and its all blurred in the background its taken me years to figure this out

same here more aperature focus

and here more distanced aperature

And this is my absolute FAVORITE one!

some tatting and samplings of metallic & bamboo tatted up

Mary Konior Bud Fragment

Spinning Wheel Glass Mat Mary Konior (just starting)

MY hand dyed metallic tread and my butterfly design

MY hand dyed 100% Bamboo tread and my butterfly design

grumble, grumble, gripe.

Saturday was going to be a nice day, take note of the word WAS. We decided to go out for Chinese for lunch, my favorite. We were all getting ready and I decided to bend over and I felt pain in my back, I knew what it was and I knew what it meant. PAIN!! I really dont know what it is but my lower right side of my back that muscle I always pull it or hurt it or WHATEVER. It knocks me out of commission because I cant sit stand or lay comfortably, ben gay becomes my best friend along with the heating pad. UGH! Sunday wasnt the best either but today its feeling better somewhat I can actually move more without wanting to scream bloody murder. I did some laundry and a few other things until my back said, no more right now.
And for the past 4 days my throat has been sore, bad sore, its spring, I knew it was coming, ALLERGIES. BLAH!! I like spring for the cool weather but the pollen kills me.
I did have a bit of a rough week last week well the last few days of the week anyways BUT I have awesome friends who pulled me through!! I ♥ them. I have been tatting a few things here and there and I started on the spinning wheel glass mat by Mary Konior, that project may take me awhile its gonna be my sometimes project, when I am in between designing things.
Well I guess I am off to tat just hoping I dont fall asleep while doing it lol

Tatting on Half Marblrs is HERE!!

You can find the pdf HERE if this link refuses to work just check the drop down box towards the top of the page :)

Tatting Tea Tuesday April 20, 2010

Todays Tatting Tea Tuesday was a busy kind of day I guess. I have a sore foot, its my fault, some people chew their nails, twirl their hair, when they are under stress or nervous, well my feet are so dry and cracked ALL the time so I pick my skin and I really did it this time. It hurts to walk on it. *sigh*

I ran my errands I had to mail out some lady books ;) go to the grocery store and get some things hubby wanted meatloaf for supper so I decided to make something a bit different I made my version of stuffed meatloaf, it was goooood, we also had pieroghies and garlic beans & mushrooms.

I did some reading and i had my faithful little girl with me on my chair. She loves her momma so much, i normally cant move without her she loves to cuddle and just sit with me. I love the tv show Supernatural I think its an obsession truthfully, its on Thursdays at 9pm and I am glued to the tv for that hour I am not a tv person but that show I am LOL I have the journal and some books from the show I love it!!

Tatting: I did some more on the half marbles I was going to do 2 whole ones too BUT the inspiration isnt there I cant design under pressure LOL

Ginger and Ned were waiting me to sit and tat. They are too cute. Pets are wonderful

I made this with some new beads I found at Big Lots they are neat i definately plan to do more with those beads they are pretty

Now some Eye Candy

Hand Dyed metallic

 

And Hand Dyed bamboo

ok off to nurse my boo boo and tat some more with Ginger laying across my lap.

Tatted Ladies IS NOW READY & New Threads COMING SOON

I am so so SO SO happy to announce that my Tatted Ladies in my Life book is NOW ready...
The book is 74 pages, FULL COLOR photos with written and drawn instruction... IF you were a test tatter please contact me before purchasing you are eligible for a discount.
The books are in a report style folder with a clear covering.

 And I will be having new threads in the shop thanks to Is'Dihara testing my bamboo her wonderful input from her test gave me confidence. The thread is 100% Bamboo very soft and has a bit of a shine to it, its beautiful, not the easiest thread to tat with but give a little time and you will love it!! The other thread I will be offering is metallics, These look so pretty hand dyed especially with the strand of metallic in it. All I have at the moment are size 10 but am trying to see if I can get some other sizes, so far its not looking real good.

I will be dying thread this week first time in awhile I bought me a table for dying and clay work so that i dont have to find places for my appliances from my island...

Tatting Tea Tuesday April 13, 2010

Well what can I say about Tatting Tea Tuesday today... not alot it was a day, not that great but not real bad... I got my vehicle on Sunday ((YAY)) but hubby is restricting me going many places until its completely in our names etc... Its a 2004 GMC Envoy I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!

Ohh i also forgot something to be glad about because i can tat easily 'outdoors' after its finished up. We are getting a front porch a REAL front porch, not like our whoville front porch we have now its crooked and we had to have it for code etc... hubby built it and it didnt turn out so well lol You cant really sit there now with a chair its small, the reason we are getting a porch is we need a ramp for mother in law when she comes for holidays and stuff, she can barely walk now and we like to get her from the nursing home and bring her here now and then, I cant wait I want somewhere to sit outside and it to be shaded too it will be nice to sit and drink our coffee in the morning too :)

I didnt get a ton of tatting done today I had calls to make and my sister was here, she didnt tat today but mostly complained about her life... BLAH BLAH BLAH we all have troubles hers are self inflicted troubles.

Here is what I did today. Some more of the beaded ring motifs...

 Final one I made before the kids got home

 I had to do this with Ginger dosent she look so darling. she kind of has that "look at me" attitude

I really thought I was on to something with the beaded rings and I come to find out it is a commonly used technique, ohhh well I felt important for a minute there LOL

Have a good day

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just checking if my live signature will work

MEDALLIONS

you know the ones with the beads I finished up a few more since my TTT post... Here is a better view of them...

A little bit on the current addiction LOL

You have all heart me rant a few times on how much I hate having beads on the shuttle... That is what these are Rings only with the beads on the shuttle once I kind of got onto it it wasnt so bad well that is unless the beads are too big to be wound on the shuttle lol. These were so fun and anyone can do it just do a ring as if you are making a ring with beaded picots and dont add the bead to ANY picots and just close the ring like that voila` my version of a beaded ring I guess lol I am sure its been done before I never looked it kind of happened by accident as usual.

NEW NEW NEW!!! NEW to the SHOP

 Something I have been working on as per hubbys suggestion... If it dosent go well I blame him LOL

I made my own picot gauges awhile back and laminated them I loved them and I use them all the time
So I thought about hubbys sugesstion on making them to sell but of course I couldnt just make them plain now could I? Nope they are decorated up a bit. Laminated and each one is cut one by one... You can see them HERE

Tatting Tea Tuesday April 6, 2010

Todays Tatting Tea Tuesday is ehhhhh a day full of stuff, both good and bad I guess...

The bad first, MY ADHD CHILD, stealing and of course lying again, I actually started to believe him last night but I should have known not to believe him, Grrrrrr! That had me in an upset kind of mood most of the day!

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I nearly forgot it was Tatting Tea Tuesday and I had a special plan for today, see my sister, hmmmm how to describe her I dont know, I dont want to sound mean but she is always on a pity me kick, and poor me etc... I am sure you know what I mean, my poor mother has to put up with her and other things at the house, I know she is going crazy, my sister dosent want to stick to any hobbies or anything, so on Easter I pretty much told her she was being taught tatting and that was all there was to it, she showed up today which is a miracle all in itself, and she is being taught needle first then shuttle the way I learned and the way I am teaching my daughter. She did pretty well and i gave her homework for next Tuesday to have atleast 2 motifs done correctly... I really really hope she sticks with it and gives my poor mom a break from her attitude and stuff. No pictures this time I was just so glad she did it and seemed to enjoy it.

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Its supposed to be spring here in Pennsylvania but it feels more like mid July its HOT I hate the heat and this is making me really irritable. So today I got smart and put on the fan right away and it isnt too bad here in my corner but still kind of stuffy...

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I did end up taking some pictures this morning we had a thunderstorm with rain this morning it was weird I hate thunder so you can imagine I wasnt to happy. After the kids went to school I walked around a bit in between sprinkles and sunshine and took a few nice springy shots.

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I didnt have to cook today because we had left over ham and stuff sooooo that left me some time for tatting and I have created some beautious things see... i am having way too much fun with what i am doing and there is much much more to come of these...

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I made another covered half marble here they are both together...

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These were Easter gifts for my mom and sister... Left is an amethyst carved bear with a little motif attached for my mom. Next is a seahorse carved from Ocean Agate stne necklace for my sister with some tatting. and Last is a cell phone charm thing for my sister with glass beads, she loves it.

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And this is the boss supervising my shuttle work making sure I have the required amount of stitching in place... And yes when I tat she is usually standing on my shoulder like that or laying on top of the chair. What a silly little dog she is but I love her...

Happy Easter my friends

HAPPY (belated) International Tatting Day

Sorry dear tatting friends that I missed out on Tatting yesterday but the headache I had the day before wasnt present when I woke i got the kids up to the bus and then walked around for probably 20 minutes came in and was a bit hungry so I nibbled on some Quaker Oat Squares cereal YUM!! and then it hit, my head started to hurt and immediately I went for the pain reliever it didnt help AT ALL I ended up feeling blah the whole day. i did in fact tat but by looking at it it dosent seem like much but its the 6th try to get it right :)

front

back

side

These are half marbles you can buy them ANYWHERE these are the smaller ones I used size 20 thread on these ones Its something I been wanting to do for awhile but its really all I got done yesterday. I still have the headache but its FINALLY easing up of course the weather isnt helping one day last week it was 30*  today its 82* I dont like it

Today we had to break the news to the kids about Easter Bunny, Santa and Tooth Fairy, why today right before Easter, some kids are just plain rude and nasty, for awhile now my kiddos have been asking, I been lying and I think they already knew so really it didnt shock them, I dont like them knowing the truth right now, but I knew it was coming after all they are nearly 10 and 11...

I tried sending this about 2 hours ago and it kept giving me errors lets try again :)