Learning lessons

           Well, I have decided that I need to write more often, even if I don't have pictures.

The longer I go without writing the harder it is to write.

lesson 1.

lesson 2- be VERY careful when putting non-food items into the microwave!

                                                     

I had lofty aspirations for this fabric that I had hand drawn roses onto.

I then painted them with Rit dye. 

To set the dye I often microwave the fabric to set the color.

I did not notice I had left a pin in the fabric.

Within 3 seconds I had started a fire in the microwave!

I downloaded these pictures myself, a FIRST!

But unfortunately I had to ask my husband 2 or 3 times what I was doing wrong.

I need to take pictures daily for a week or so and download them for the practice. 

I am a repetition learner!

Third Lesson!

On the kitty cat homefront-

I took pictures of them.  The one of Abby is a little blurry.

Gemma and Abby pretty much avoid each other.

Yoshi is the "stalker kitty"

Gemma is okay if he stays 3 feet away from her, but closer than that and there is hissing.

I am hoping they will continue to get more comfortable with each other. 

They are all very sweet and lovable.

Yoshi

Abby

aka Little Girl

Gemma, my kitty!

New shop items

I had a very productive weekend.  I got the bathroom spruced up and we got pictures taken of my latest creations for my Etsy shop.  I learned how to upload pictures from the camera.(need  A LOT of practice with this).  I got 5 new items listed in my shop!  Getting things accomplished is such a good feeling!!  I am usually too tired on Monday's to do much, but veg  out.  We saw 44 patients today!

                             This is the watercolor shabby chic jacket.

This one is hand painted with cottage roses and polka dots.

Shabby bracelet- ombre dyed in peaches & corals.

Black & white cuff bracelet.  Elegant and whimsical!

This one is so lovely! Made with peachy-pink and white chiffon-

cuff bracelet also.

I love visitors to my etsy shop!

etsy.com/shop/polkadotcherries

(Sorry have not learned how to do a link yet)

Learning to blog is a work in progress for me!!!

Marietta   :-)

Polka Dot Bathroom II

Deciding what to put on the little shelf was the next problem.  I generally wander around the house looking at what I have and what do I want to put together.  The problem now is, I have put a lot of my knick knacks away since the kitties have come to live with us.  Yoshi can get up anywhere and I am afraid of precious things getting broken.

I am not totally happy with what I have put on there, but it will work itself out!  I had framed several years ago, a cover from Victorian Trading Co.  It is in peachy-pink and there is a violinist.  I hung this above the shelf.

I sat these two polka dotted shoes a top a vintage hankie with pink edging. 
I have had a fascination with paper parasols since childhood.
My mom and I love cameos.  These two shoes were given to me by my mother.

This is a little scrabble letter holder with shabby roses.  I got this at a flea market in Michigan.  It is sitting on a knitted doily.

This a a peach colored glass basket, and cherries look good every where, in my opinion.
This is sitting on  a cute varigated pink doily.

Hanging from the 2 little pegs are a treble clef and a crocheted violin.
In honor of my daughter.
And a beautiful applique rose handkerchief.

This is the flower arrangement put together.  I added a black & white photograph of our daughter along with it, that was taken a few years ago.

The picture and shelf have added  just the right touch to the new bathroom!

Polka Dot Bathroom

Yesterday I worked on accessorizing our new bathroom.  It still needs a floor and the ceiling painted, but my husband still has the other bathroom to tile!  I have painted the bathroom a peachy-pink.  It is hard to decide what shade to choose when there are so many to pick from!  And where do they get the names for the paint?  "cozy cottage, pink mimosa, bunny's nose"  I decided on Lady Pink.

I am using black and white as my accent colors.  I found a beautiful shower curtain in white with shabby roses at Bed, Bath & Beyond.

I got a very light pink toilet seat cover and a hand towel with the same shabby flowers at Target.

I have a small wooden shelf that was previosuly in Amanda's bathroom.  I spray painted it black.  I used chalkboard paint, simply because I had it on hand and I wanted flat black.  I polka dotted the shelf with the end of a paintbrush and the Lady Pink wall paint.

I also found these cute checkered rugs in the bargain bins at Target for $2.50 each.
I am going to polka dot them, too!

I painted the inside of the heart, the pink color.  I touched up the "boo-boo's: with a black felt tipped pen.

The sides.

Now, the decision for the trim around the edge.  My first choice is the first one, but there is not enough to go around the edge.  So I am choosing the second one, a cluny type trim.

I hot glued that around the top edge.

We are undecided about the floor treatment for the bathroom.  Randy wants to just paint the concrete.  The paint that we had used to do this in Amanda's bedroom smelled HORRIBLE! for at least one week.  I am intolerant to a lot of smells and I could not sleep in there with that odor!

For now, I am using throw rugs, no problem!

I used the wall paint on these little rugs, too.

Looking lovely as bath mats.


I put together these 4 items to put on top of the linen cupboard.

It is a half size paint pail- found in paint section of Lowe's, I think it was about $3. 2 pink silk hydrangeas and a sheet of dotted tissue paper.

I am really in to hydrangeas right now.  They are one of those things that make me smile inside, just like polka dots!  They come in a variety of colors.  I have purchased most of mine at Michael's.

Finished photos in the next post!

Marietta

A do nothing day

Well, this might be gross to discuss, but had had food poisoning yesterday.  I have never had it before and do NOT want it ever again!  I intended to get up and go to work like nothing had happened, but my body said NO.  When I have the chance to be home, I feel like something must be accomplished.
DID not happen.  I wandered back & forth from the bed to the recliner all day.  I made myself some mashed potatoes, and took a nap with my kitty ( who has been by my side all day, keeping watch over me).  Feeling better, but have a lingering headache.

On the kitty cat homefront- there seems to be less hissing the past couple of days.  Today, they seem to be trying to ignore each others presence.  Which I will take!!  On Monday I went to the health food store and bought Bach Flower remedy for pet stress.  It may be put into their water or on treats.  I am thinking that is making them tolerate each other better, but it could be a coincidence! I had already purchased the pheromones before Yoshi & Abby moved in.  It is a plug in from Petsmart.

This little post has wore me out.

To feeling much better . . .

Marietta