May Flowers

                                                        May Flowers I made

I had a lot of fun making these flowers. I have another blog about it at:

My felt flowers - free patterns

The links here will take you to those webpages. You will have to click your back button to come back to this blog.

I made about 30 flowers and the lady bugs, bees, and butterfly's.

It was great to do and everyone liked them.  We still have the same horsey lawn mover from next door. I do not know his name, but he sure loves to eat our lawn!  As soon as the next round or rain has come and gone and the ground is dry, the fence will be repaired and he will no longer be able to mow our lawn for us!

Other news:

We have made a decision on where we will be moving to next in September or October.  I look forward to being closer to the city, and to the pools so I can get in my swimming exercises.   I will be within 15 minutes by freeway to my Mom's house. Now it takes us 1:45:00 to get to her house.

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The kittens:
The kittens will be one years old soon!  Their birthday is July 19, 2013.  Here is a blog about them:
How to appease your cat god


There are a lot of photos and a good story all about them and our other cat Benny.  They have gotten so big, they are the same size as Benny, just not as long legs as him. Here is a photo of all three cats a couple of months ago.

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Other Crafts:

I have posted all my plastic canvas on that same blog called Squidoo.
Here are the three "lenses" as they are called on Squidoo.


My plasic canvas - gifts I have made

Plastic canvas - Christmas and Easter

 My plastic canvas - Halloween designs

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Our Family Reunion:

We will be meeting up again this summer. This year my oldest daughter and family are moving to Washington state. So it will be easier for next years visit, they will already be there!  I look forward to having all four of my kids together this time. It has been almost 10 years since we were all together!  I am so happy about this years visit and my family reunion!

That ends this blog entry for now! Enjoy looking at all my crafts that I have posted on Squidoo!

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Spring is here!

          SPRING IS HERE!

 

No lawnmower needed!

The horse from next door loves our lawn, He comes over for a few days each week now for a month.  So we do not have to mow the lawn at all!   Great, yes? Photo from Feb 15 2013.

I took this one today. Hard to see his face but at least he was closer today

New happenings!

I  made some cute things for Easter gifts. Here are some of the baskets I made for the family.

I cut out the basket and stitched it on using large satin string. Then I glued a second handle on the inside of the first handle I stitched on. Net time I will stitch both together and through the length also to strengthen it.

My daughter made some yummy cookies and brownies for every one as well. Four hours down and four hours back to my brother's house. The weather was great, sunny and no rain. five in the car was really rough on the one who sat in the middle in the back. Not a true bench seat but has 3 sets of seat belts. The bench has two indents to make it like bucket seats. Guess they think the person who sits in the middle may be in a booster seat or something for a child. Oh well, next time, nest month, we bring a nice pillow for the middle!

Next project:

I will be making some more felt items, specifically some felt flowers. I am trying to finish some bunnies from felt for Sunday, I only need to make one for one person. The rest I will make after that. I have 80% done as they are all cut out. I just need to glue and or sew them. Each item takes 15 minutes to 1 hour. I have to space out what I do because of the following 2 reasons:

So you see these are the two reasons I have to find time when they are napping and I am not napping. It is sort of like when you have small kids. You either are awake when they are asleep or try to do things when they are preoccupied.

NEW BLOG PAGES:

  

I have been making pages for my other "blog" at Squidoo.

Here is one of my first pages there:

My new blog pages

I have pages about my dolls, my embroidery, my vision loss, my 2002 Olympic experience as a volunteer, and how I get around as a legally blind person.  So that is 5 pages so far. The top level you can go to is 80 and I hit 30 at 2 am this morning. I started about 6 weeks ago with a 2 week break. I have gone on the website to work on it every day for the last consecutive 14 days.  I really enjoy it and I am getting a lot of compliments and points.  You can suggest Amazon products that you have used in you 'lens' [or page] or what you are describing in your lens.

The main page is:

Squidoo.com

One can join for free. Be aware, there are terms of service that they are very strict about. Your pages need to be original. It is not a doorbell for you to make money. No spam.   You can read the basics at:

http://www.squidoo.com/lensbrainstorm

If some one likes your suggestion from Amazon or Etsy they will give you some royalties. You can donate your royalties to charity or your choice as well. 

I have one lens to charity and 4 to me. I will keep that pattern. 

I hope you have a chance to look at my pages and you can comment on the pages there. Thanks!

Go to :

http://www.squidoo.com/ibidii-designs-some-of-my-favorite-crafting-projects   

to see my pages. List of all my pages on that page as well.

HAPPY EASTER!

Changes again!

I saw this paining and it is very close or the same one my daughter had. I really liked it a lot. I love the colors and the subject. It is pretty close to the Mermaid story. I am still looking for the author and title etc. When I find it I will add it here.
I have discovered another blog area and I have decided to add all my crafts over there. If you send me an email I will let you know where my crafts went!
I am so glad that winter is just about over! Sunday is St Patrick's day and then Wednesday March 20th is the first day of spring.
My lilac tree is starting to bloom!

                                  This is some of my lilacs from last year
I used to have so many pretty vases! Since I moved all my things like that are in storage. I am planning a trip this summer to go get all my things! I am moving again and we are renting a house! So I am so excited to have my own room and hopefully my own bathroom, that is the plan!
So in the mean time I need to go through things and sort out unnecessary items. I have done this over 60 times now so I am getting to be an expert about it.
I am so glad it is getting warm enough that we do not even use the heater in the morning. We stopped using the wood stove a month ago! It has been almost two weeks since it is no longer below 32 at night.
More rain will be coming and I enjoy the rain. I do miss that about living in Washington state.
Now back to making lists of things to do for the move! I probably should make a blog post about the 20 best things to do to prepare to move! ☺

My new blog

Butterflies are one of my favorite things!
I am a Christian and I believe in God our Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. 
I am a member of the LDS church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
I make home made gifts with Plastic canvas and yarn; cloth dolls that I embroider and sew their clothes. 
I love kitties and cats and currently we have 2 brother kitties and a 3 year old male.  
I enjoy the Holidays such as Christmas, Easter, Halloween.I enjoy photography and take photos with my smart phone camera and or a digital camera - nothing fancy as I am legally blind and have not used an Cannon or Nikon SLR in 20 years. 
I love roses - all colors! My favorite is pink roses. 
I used to do quite a lot of sewing - now it is just minor things because I have had enough of sewing my fingers...
I enjoy my blog and send a comment of what you would like to know or see about me or my projects. ☺