Fredericksburg Texas

Whenever I visit my mom in San Antonio, Fredericksburg Texas has always been one of my favorite places to go. Sure, this little town is packed with amazing shops up and down Main Street, with everything you could possibly want to decorate your home, yourself, and your dinner table in that unique Texas style.  Not to mention all the peach orchards surrounding this cute Texas town where you can buy or pick them yourself.   

But for me, the number one reason for visiting Fredericksburg is to see what interior designer, Carol Hicks Bolton has been up to.  I’ve followed her from her former Homestead shops on Main, to now her new warehouse a few blocks off Main on Lincoln Street.  What a treat!  She travels the world to find the most awesome antiques and ships them to tiny Fredericksburg!  And they are so friendly, asking where you're from and allowing all the photos you want to take.  So……

You can read more about Carol Hicks Bolton and see more of her work on the blog Fiona and Twig and get ready to be inspired!

Spare time projects

 

Thought I would share some recent projects.....

I finished my first pair of socks, learning to turn a heel....

 

 

Just finished cherry season.  Picked 4 buckets, dried 2 buckets, made 14 jars of jam with the rest.

 

 

And finally, a sneak peak of the sweater I started.  Working on the back......

 

 

Not by my choice, my free time became full time last Thursday.  At least I have things I love to do. :)

 

 





Birthday Book for Braxton!

Many exciting things happening around here!  Our fifth grandchild, Quinn was born on Monday, which just happened to be our 35th wedding anniversary.  What a way to celebrate!  And, she was born just 3 days after big brother's second birthday.  

Some of you know all the grandchildren get a book for their 1st and 2nd birthdays.  I wanted to share Braxton's book.

Four of the pages I owe design credits to and I've linked those photos to the wonderfully talented people I found through Pinterest!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/100551151/comic-book-characters-felt-finger?ref=sr_gallery_43&ga_search_query=felt+finger+puppet&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZA&ga_explicit_scope=1&ga_page=4&ga_search_type=handmade

http://www.imagineourlife.com/2011/09/05/astronaut-quiet-book-page/

http://www.imagineourlife.com/2012/01/09/treasure-quiet-book-page/

http://craitlyn.blogspot.com/2010/08/charlies-felt-name-book.html

Baby Presents Part 3

Our fifth grandchild is due in two weeks.  I just finished her presents....

 

 

 

Her big brother is in for a rude awakening.  Poor baby. :)

 



Baby presents part 2

My second wood project, a baby spoon for baby Jools.....

Baby Presents, Part 1

Our fourth grandchild is due in a week.  Much knitting and quilting has been happening.......

 

 

 

 

 

Our fifth grandchild is due in 5 weeks.....so onward I knit and quilt.  More to come......

Valentines

Wow.  I just looked back at my last blog entry and it has been a month today.  I've been missing, but not gone forever.

The month has been busy, filled with some sorrow, but this is not the place for that.

Valentines day was yesterday and I made some trinkets for our grandchildren.....

Olivia likes to play tic tac toe, and as the evening evolved, Lily got the hang of it.

And for our buster boy Braxton.......

a Valentine robot.

And of course there has been much to knit.  I'm working on a sweater for our oldest son, (daddy of the 2 girls.)  It's nearly finished, estimating some time this week, but I haven't taken a single picture yet.

And I am always trying to improve my drawing skills and adding to my sketchbook.  My latest entry is from a photo taken of Olivia on Christmas Eve...  

total childhood bliss.