Spring and Summer gotta love it!

Here are some photos I wanted to show, first is my 1st peony in 3 years and it's gorgeous, I was so excited to find it yesterday!

Then there is Max, our youngest, who is finding the artist in himself. It's been exciting to watch.

Then the other day I decided to paint a window on the house because I did not like the veiw from outside. It's a tad out there but very colorful.

Oh and here is little Zoey on Easter with me. We were at Aunt Myrna and Uncle Wally's for the day.

Then there is my first ever herb garden, they all smell so good but now I have to learn what to do with fresh herbs!

30 years and still in Love!!

Hello All,



Dennis and I are celebrating our 30th year anniversary in less than 2 weeks now. We are having a BBQ blowout and our son Max is coming with the band"A different Shade of Blues" to entertain.






Here is the picture of a chair I painted for a young couple who got married last weekend. I used to take care of him the nursery he was a favorite and he found a very sweet girl to marry.



Oh and here is a picture of Sam our 4th son with his fiance Brandy, they plan to marry in October.

Here a scene I snapped after my morning walk with the dogs, Norm and Blue. It's right at the edge of the driveway, I thought it was cool.

Byee for now, Donna!

Fun with Friendship Bread

Oh I am so mad at myself, I just posted this great adventure I had yesterday making muffins and then erased it.URGH!!!

Let me redo, My daughter in law, Rachel, gave me and my friend a start of Friendship bread. I have gone through the process and couple times and Den and I eat it so fast I decided to save all of it this time and bake some for the freezer. Well so I baked all day yesterday and still have the same amount for today to do. I jazzed them up each time, we have orange muffins, double chocolate chip muffins, Cliff's Heart healthy cereal and raisin muffins, they were all really good. The pistacio muffins with pistacio pudding in them were a bomb, I didn't add enough sugar and they are green, we'll need to be extra hungrey to eat them, or I'll just give them to Max, my son, he'll eat anything. I think there were 10 dozen muffins and 4 loaves of bread.

I also got some bags made , here's a picture. They will be for sale at the Idaho Baglady in Nampa Friday. Well I better get baking and sewing, Looks kinda cold today so bundle up!!!

Donna!

Fun with Purses

Hi All, Long time no write. So I have been cleaning quilt squares out of my drawer of scraps and made this quilt, it's king size and so warm.
But I still had more so I made a quilt to cover the window in the front room, it kinda looks like stained glass.
Well now I am doing some purses and reuseable shopping bags. Here are a couple. I am using basmati rice bags and demin from dennis' old overalls. I just today figured out how to wash the burlap bags and not have all the color come out, thanks mom!!
Well I am off to sew a few more bags today as Dennis is working and I must make my way.
Oh an update on the chairs, they had a great time at the gallery but they are all back home with Den and I. I think I will try craigs list or something as you can only have so many chairs in your living room:-/
Tootles and have a great day.
Donna!

We're ready for the Gallery!

I posted this picture of unpainted chairs 9/23/08 so I wanted to show you how they turned out. I like the result! sorry about the background but I was excited and forgot about that. Here is also a picture of all of them together. They look so pretty all in a row. We take them in tomorrow so I will take some pictures of them in the Gallery. You all have a great day and Happy Thanks giving!
Donna~Creator of Cool Stuff

The Rose Garden has been planted (it's done)!

Hello,
Oh happy day the 5th and final chair has been completed and I just love this one. I was experimenting with painting roses and really like the result. I think I will wait a few days before I attempt another but am really pleased with this one. Comments are always appreciated.
PS: I am taking the chairs in this coming Monday or Tuesday, If you get a chance please come see them at the Gallery at Hyde Park in Boise, ID, I assume the display will be up 1st part of December through January 2009. Cool!!!

Have a great day, Donna!

Rose Garden Chair

Hello, So I have started the final chair for the gallery show. It is the Rose Garden. So far so good. I am pleased with the top slat and the rose buds are looking good. I wanted to learn roses and found them to be easier that I thought so, Yeah!!