Shelf Re-do

Earlier today I posted a pic of my shelf after I redecorated.I thought it needed something more. Lisa of The Moonlit Stitch suggested I frame some fabric and put up above the pic. I thought it was a great idea but didn't really like any fabric I had. But I did happen to find this bird nest picture on the internet and thought it would look great. It turned out to be exactly what I was looking for. I love how it looks now.

What do you think?

It's missing something.

I'm not very good a decorating and I don't have a lot of prim decor in my house but I'm adding it a little at a time. This is my before pic of a shelf in my craft/computer room.

And this is the after pic. I think it looks better but still seems like it's missing something.

It needs a little splash of color against the stark white wall(that I've been after the hub to paint for awhile now). Some kind of Stitchery, a small quilt or a prim sign? I'm sure I could create one but that's not really my thing. I'll keep looking and maybe something will jump out at me. Any suggestions?

I could kick myself.

Back in 2009 I acquired the wooden bowl shown here in this picture. At the time I received it I was not decorating my house in the prim style. So I gave it to my friend to put in her shop. It never sold so she gave it back to me when she had to close the  shop last year for health reasons. It sat for a long time in my attic cause I didn't have a place for it. Well last year at my family reunion we had a Chinese auction and I needed an item to put in the auction well guess what I put up for auction. Yep you guessed it the wooden bowl. Of course at the time I didn't think I'd need it but now I could kick myself because I could use that bowl. I've done some redecorating and have the perfect spot for this bowl. Oh Why Oh Why did I ever get rid of it?  So now I am on a mission to find another one. Guess that means I'll be visiting several Good Wills and Thrift stores.

Lesson: Don't get rid of a perfectly good wooden bowl you never know when you might need it!

I'm not used to this.

Every Monday I watch my cousins two children. I really enjoy them. There Liliana who is 3 and Kolby(not shown)who is 10 months. They are such sweet children. Today Liliana decided she was spending the night. Both my children are boys and now teenagers so I haven't had a little one at my house during the night in a long time. I don't know that I'll get much sleep.
Liliana wanted to cook something and I wanted something easy,so we decided on peanut butter fudge. See here we are in our purty aprons. As you can see by her smile she was having fun and I enjoyed it too.

She is such a sweet and funny child and says things that me make laugh so hard. But I love her and enjoy our time together.

Spring Chick 2.0

Ok I think I've got my spring chick make do to my liking. Took me a couple of tries but this one is a keeper. Again it is my own design.

Here is a close up view.

It is made from wool felt and tea dyed not coffee dyed, simply because I was out of coffee. But I've found that if you use 6 tea bags ad 2 cups of water and then let it sit overnight it works just as well as the coffee.
So what do you think?

HMM what to post?

I had a whole other post planed about how my car needed fixed due to a bad wheel bearing and it was gonna be a two day job because the hub told me it was. But he managed to have it done in a few hours with the help of our neighbor and also friend Kevin. And then I was gonna tell you about the snow we were getting because the weather man said we were. Well that didn't happen either. So then I had to figure out what to write about since things changed.

I figured I might as well show you what I've been working even though I'm sure I've bored you with enough of my creations.
I happened upon a new blog the other day and she had posted her decor. Well I saw a prim chick make do that I just loved. I set about creating one I hoped would look similar.

I failed of course because mine looks more like a bird than a chick but still it is cute and I like it. I drew up the bird myself. I'm working on one that looks more like a chick rather than a bird and I'll post it soon I hope.
 the baskets you see hanging above the bird are ones I made with cotton twine and a very complicated tool(LOL)

as you can see. I'll post a tutorial soon.
Anyway I have to head to work now so I must go. Have a safe and warm day friends.

A Spring Giveaway

In honor of the arrival of Spring, and a new blog  A Primitive Place Magazine, aka APP is having a very special blog giveaway! 

The winner will receive a wonderful tobacco basket made  by Pam from BasketsNPrims. The basket is based on the larger style once used to carry tobacco to market.

For all the details head on over to their blog.