Blog Update

Hello fellow friends and bloggers,

I have decided since this blog was originally suppose to be more for my tatting and well fiber arts,,, to create a new for my teddies and other 'dolls n toys' I may possibly be making in the coming future.

You can find my teddie bear posts now at RoseBudBears. I hope you will pop in occasionally over there. :)

I have sure appreciated all my follower and commentors. Along with just ppl popping in. Don't worry, I still plan on posting more here too! :)

Thank you all again for your inspirations, encouragements and most of all friendships!

Blessings to all!
Connie

Hello Fellow Bloggers

Well I am just about to get my knitting caught up. I am looking forward to finishing current projects (well the requested ones anyway), so I can start TATTING AGAIN!!!

Oh btw,,,wait until you see what I got for my birthday in Nov!!! Talk about a HUGE surprise!!! Check this out!!!

My first ever HDT!!! This WONDERFUL SURPRISE birt

hday gift is

from Valerie Ho!!! Sent via Marilee Rockley!!! THANK YOU Valerie!!! I really LOVE these colors and just can't wait to start using them. Next question is WHAT do I tat with these gorgeous colors!!!! Ahhh decisions, decisions, decisions! Heehee!!!

Other news,,,,it has been COLD here. Last night temps dropped

to 7 degree F! I am sooo looking for Springs. Here are a couple photos I took recently!

This is early in the morning when the sun is just peaking over the mtns from the east, and the temps was only 9 F

This is a on New Year's Day,,,it was dumping snow like crazy for about 10 minutes,,,then went back to rain/snow for the next 3 days. Now it is colder,,,and everything is frozen solid! Currently temp is 10F and dropping! Brrrrrr!!!

Well I'll follow up with a new post with some of the knitting and crochet I have been doing lately.

See ya!!!

Latest Happenings

Well I am almost finished with the jams. Actually I am done with making jams, just going to finish off the rest of the apples making juice and sauce. But for now I am kind of out of commission for a bit as I have a knee that is just killing me with pain! I don't know what is wrong with it, but hubby wants me off of it for a couple weeks. Sooooo with that being said,,I'm trying my best to stay off, which is pretty hard with so much to be done. But,,,I getting some UFO's finished!

I'm working on knitting, crochet and yeppers even tatting!!!! I am FINALLY getting some tatting done!!! NO pics yet, but will just as soon as I can!

My neighbor (who is an awesome spinner, she has alpacas,,,,) has me started on knitting my very first vest! I keep thinking I should take some photos of beginning, and as I progress,,,I'll see about doing that. That is if anyone is interested.

Other than that, I am enjoying the grand daughters just as much as possible. And doing a little with some of my photography (photos I took through the summer that is).

Well I better run, hubby's turn at the puter. :)

Blessings, Connie

P.S. NOT happy with the elections. I'm now in mourning AND praying for the USA.

I'm a Grammy again!!!!

Whoooo Hoooo, yeppers, I'm a Grammy again to a beautiful Madison (Maddie for short). . Her little sister is pretty proud of her. Boy was she worried about the 'baby' crying LOL. Monique our oldest grand daughter just turned 2.
Meanwhile I have been pretty busy putting jams. Made a really delicious 'Banana Butter', 'Caramel Apple Jam', 'Black Cherry Beet Jam', 'Blackberry Jam', 'Huckleberry Jam' and then today I put up 16 pints and 6 half pint of 'Blackberry Apple' jam. I still have (5) 5-gallon buckets of apples to put up yet. But they are gonna have to wait a couple days, as I am going camping tomorrow (just for one day n night). Maybe I'll get a little tatting done!!! I am really suffering from withdrawals, seeing all the GORGEOUS tatting being done. Can't wait to try some new patterns.
Well it is getting kind of late and I still need to pack up what I'm taking camping. I know there are several of you visiting my blogs, I want to thak you for stopping by!
Hugs N BlessingsRRose

25 Motif Challenge # 7

Here is my motif #7, made using Linda S. Davies' "Elegant Coaster" design. I used DMC Cebelia size 10 thread in color #745 Banana Yellow. I really like this color. I made 2 mistakes on this motif,,, can you find them? The first I didn't find until I was joining my last chain, the second, I found while blocking it. Yep you guessed it, I'll redo this one too! Just bugs me when I don't do things right.

I was going to do Jon's idea of her 'Hearts Snowflake' pattern using beads and this color, since I had plenty of thread left on the shuttle, but needless to say, no way was my seed beads going to fit over this thread.

Well I am getting fairly close to being packed (I think), still need to figure out a few more potluck meals. I am still in the 'family' mode from when the kids were home and having to plan lots of extra to feed them,,, sure is different just being me. I am the only one going (besides a furry companion, my son's dog I am spoiling, she started out mine LOL), hubby and daughter have to work, besides aren't really into the 'camping out' thing. I got my reservation made for my camping spot, and it is suppose to be pretty must next to one of the rivers (Twin Rivers Canyon Resort), where I can also fish. Looking forward to it!!!

Yom Kippur

Shabbat Shalom all and Yom Kippur,

Well I was right, there was indeed a couple of earthquakes yesterday, in fact one of them wasn't even over on the west coast. It was right over at Spokane, Washington. The one I was feeling coming on at the time of my posting yesterday. Hubby did a search last night. He watches that and my moods. LOL he has gotten to where he gets on the computer now and then afterward, says, so at such and such time, you were having problems today huh? About 98% of the time he is right on the nose.

Well I started last night trying to decided just what tatting I wanted to take along with me to Sukkot. LOL I think I am going to end up with taking more projects than I can actually do, oh well, at least I won't run out. But then again, even if I do,,,, I'll be close enough to home (about 18 miles), to pick up more.

I was on a last round of another motif, when well, my temper kind of got the best of me, and when my shuttle and ball twisted together, I after a couple of minutes trying to untwist them, finally yanked on them, and yep, ya guessed it, thread broke, of course only leaving me about an inch to tie with (so I wouldn't have to re-do my clover). Thank goodness my temper SELDOM gets to me like that. In fact that is actually the first time with tatting. Usually I can just lay it down BEFORE I reach that point. Yesterday just wasn't good. I know, I know, that isn't any excuse.

Onward,,,, I forgot to tell ya,,, a couple weeks ago, while I was over in my studio looking for crochet thread (while I was doing doilies) I found a piece of tatting a really pretty edging. I don't know who did it, or really where I got it, but it was still pretty exciting. I also found a collar and beaded bag. I'll try to get those posted before I leave for Sukkot.

Well at least today is a much better day. Ya all have a truly BLESSED day!!!!

Seems to be one of those days,,,,

I seem to be having one of those days,,,,
Actually it isn't that things are going all wrong,,,,just a feeling I guess. I am trying to figure out my camping list (don't even know for sure yet if I am going to be able to go (finances). For those who don't know what I am talking about, I celebrate the Feast Of Tabernacle (Sukkot). It doesn't help when for those unknown reasons I just feel antsy, (usually happens with earthquakes along the west coast).
Anyway on breaks I have a motif I am tatting while thinking about what I need to do with the other 3 I am working on.
Anyway, just needed to chat a bit I guess. LOL.

Hope ya are having a WONDERFUL N BLESSED DAY!