Thursday, September 29, 2011

Blog Problem....."no comment!!"

                                          Some of you have emailed me that you
                                           are unable to comment on my blog.........
                                          I am not sure what the problem is, I haven't
                                          changed anything. Is anyone else
                                           having this problem?
                                          Have any answers??
                                          If you do please email me @
                                          gayle.vintagegreen@gmail.com     Thanks!~

Getting my flower beds ready for winter........................
I found a very welcome guest!!!

Julia: I strained and bottled my blackberry liqueur this morning........
Yum!! Hey! It's 5 o'clock somewhere...right??
Hope yours turns out good as well!!!!!!

                                                                         
                                                                                                                   

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Memory Folk Art

NOT A JUG...............BUT WHAT?
                                           

I am not really sure what this piece was created on.
It's not a typical jug,
and it was built on a plate.




 Interesting old bottle, and of course...
a peach pit!!
I swear.....peaches must have been a novelty!!

                                                                           

The seller of this piece dated it "1950-1959".
I assume because there are two Canadian pennies on it,
one dated 1950, and the other 1959.
I don't think these pennies are original to the piece ,
there is no paint on them and I think they were added
at a much later date.




Sweet angel on top,
has a bit of a broken wing.

Bottom of the plate.

I think this is a turn of the century piece,  with the two
pennies added later.
There are some really fun bits and pieces on this 
piece of memoryware,
(I really like the egg)
and I haven't seen one made this way before.  
I have no idea what was used as
the foundation.

Any ideas?

Age?

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Indian Fabric Boho Bag

First project from the Indian fabric........................................








My goal with this purse/bag was 
to end up with a lightweight,
medium size purse/bag that was
colorful with an ethnic vibe,
relatively inexpensive, and fairly easy to make
since sewing is not my first love........:)
After trying to make my own pattern, I finally bought one.
I used Butterick pattern B5449,
one of their easy  cheap ones......$2.99.
So with $20.00 for the fabric my total
cost was $22.99 plus tax.
Everything else used was materials on hand.
The lining was an old paisley shawl, bought long ago.
it was orange and I dyed it to match fabric.  

What I learned:
This fabric has little glass mirrors in it, and they
seem to want to be right in the path of the sewing machine needle.
You can avoid some by pattern layout, but not all.
Yow will have to watch for them and remove any that are in 
your seam path.
Second........I suck at making tassels. And it's not really something I plan on
taking the time to get good at.
So..................I am going to be looking for replacements.
I think I saw some on Etsy,  I will be heading over there to have another look.
I am really happy with this bag, think I will get a lot of use out 
of it, and it's medium size is perfect for me .

If you want to see some really great bags, with price tags to match,
have a look here.
Beautiful, but not in my budget........
Under $25 works for me everytime!!!




                                                                        

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Bringing in the last of Summer................

GATHERING IS GOOD...........................

Herbs  hanging and drying.........................

Blackberries and mulberries brewing into a  liqueur........

Marigold seeds drying .....for next years planting

The ever present zucchini.................
We have been having lots of chicken, garlic and zucchini pizza!!
Check out her dough recipe.......if you need one. 

Garlic ready to be planted for next years crop......................

And lots of corn!!
Not from our garden, from the farmer down the road.
We have been using this recipe
LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!

In between all this country mouse thing, I did manage to get out for a bit
and "gathered" this..................

I have a love for textiles and these from India
are high on my list!!!

Indian crazy quilt?

Do you love it too???

I bought this for a specific project.............

Now the hard part,......cutting into it

                                                                  

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Mr. Postman Look And See...


                                                       "I think of most things in life
                                         
                                                       as either a Bob Dylan or a

                                                       Beatles song."  .........

                                                                                  Steve Jobs


                  I agree wholehardedly.   Today could be Strawberry Fields,
        except it's blackberries I'm knee deep in.  So since I am waiting
                 for the mail to bring me a jacket I bought on EBAY, I have
                  decided my life song today is Mr. Postman.

                    What song are you living your life to today?