Shrinking Sweaters Is Not Always Bad

I have a new obsession.

It might seem a little odd since I live in Florida.

But I can’t help myself.

It’s wool sweaters!

I am addicted to felting the wool. Have you heard of felting?

Just think of that nice cashmere sweater that your husband threw in the wash.
And it came out looking like something that would fit a toddler.

He felted it for you!

These are all nicely felted and ready to be made into something else.

The great thing is, you can cut them up and they don’t unravel. 

Sometimes they need to be washed more then once. 

Hot wash, cold rinse. I throw in an old towel to help with agitation.

 before felting

I keep searching for different colors and patterns.

I even found a hounds tooth wool skirt in some great earthy shades.

I’m loving the orange in this sweater.

Here it is after I washed it. Fuzzy softness.

Some I will put aside for projects next fall. 

Hey,I’m stocking up.

 

This one had these amazing pearl beads sewn onto the front.

I removed them before washing so it would shrink evenly.

 instagram shot

Now I am searching for some bright and fun colors for spring and summer.

I found just a few at Goodwill yesterday. 

Half off day!

I wish you could feel the softness. :)

Guesting at Primitive and Proper Today!

I am visiting Cassie at Primitive and Proper today.

Come by and see me!

Also, I added some handmade items over at Skyland Drive.
Some sweet smelling lavender sachets. 

Swing by and get a better look. 

Can't believe it's the weekend already. Not that I'm complaining.

Hope you have a fun one!

Pendant Lights

We had a nice dinner. Roast beef, mashed potatoes, it was pretty good.

Son #3 put the dishes in the dishwasher while I washed out a pot.

Then this happened.

I think it was the potato peels.  What good is a disposal if there are more things that you can’t put in it then what you can? Potato peels seemed like a pretty easy thing to chop up.

So anyway, while I was being the flashlight holder I thought I would take a really crappy shot of my new lights. We put them in awhile ago but I sort of forgot about them.
Well, I didn't forget. I was not wanting to show you my kitchen.

Why yes, those are paint chips still adorning my unpainted cabinets. I got completely off track in this room. I still haven’t painted the walls either and those darn dreary cabinets keep screaming at me….

WILL YOU PAINT ME ALREADY!

Back to the lights. They are these easy to install pendants from Lowes.

They just screw into the light socket wherever you have a recessed light.

You can find them without shades as well but these accept a higher watt bulb. I can always change out the shades down the road. I like the brush nickel finish and the white shade give a nice clean look. They give me more direct light and it’s such an easy solution if you are in the mood for a quick change.

I guess I will do a little online browsing for some new cabinet hardware.
Maybe that will give me the kick in the pants I need to get moving.

Do you have any projects that are staring you in the face?

Wish you had a magic wand to wave too?

Facebook, Etsy and Blogs, oh my!

You know you are behind in blog posts when your husband ask when you will post again.

So, while I chat with you all I thought I’d show you some shots I took when we went walking with some friends at Blackwater Creek State Park.

I have been busy trying to get my etsy shop set up and a facebook page for Skyland Drive.

I have the facebook page set up so now I just need to be active on it. I have to get on there and do some liking. Also, I should do some moving around. Those of you who have FB pages for your blogs which I am following, are done so under my personal profile. So, what I may do is like you all again under my FB Skyland Drive page.

Does that make sense? Because I see no other way of doing this. After I go through all of that I will just hide you under my personal profile so your blog updates don’t show up twice in my feed. 

Or will I have to delete you? That sounds so harsh.

And I keep forgetting to link up my items to facebook when I list a new item on etsy. Even though it asks me after I publish it! I see no way of doing it at any other time.

I am learning as I go here. Bear with me.

 I kept trying to share some of my etsy items already published and it will not let me!

I had to color my hair yesterday because I gained a bazillion more gray hairs from all of this.

Tomorrow it’s getting cut.

I hope you will stop by and see me on facebook. You can find me here.

Some friendly faces would be great.

There isn’t a lot on there right now but it will get better!

Oh and one more of this little guy. It was the cutest mushroom I ever saw.

I guess it’s really a toadstool.

I may lose internet for a bit. We are canceling Cox TV so we have to get our own modem for the internet.

And because nothing is easy around here I'm suspecting there will be problems.

Have a great weekend.