Everyday Crafty Goodness

I walked past an old door that a neighbor put in the trash this morning and I just had to get out my screw driver and take out the beautiful glass doorknobs.   I love the weight and the coolness of the glass.  This is my second set of glass doorknobs from the trash.  People on my street are probably used to seeing me rip out hardware from their trash by now.   I have no shame.

And here’s another good find from the curb last night.   I was totally thinking about getting a lamp for my craft room because I hate overhead lighting and there it was, a perfectly fine lamp right outside my house.  This one has a swing arm so I can move it around.  I don’t understand why someone would throw away a working lamp like this.  They could’ve donated it to the Goodwill, gotten a tax deduction, and let someone else have the lamp.  I’m glad I rescued it from the landfill and now I have better lighting in my craft room!

I get really disgusted sometimes on trash days seeing all the stuff that really shouldn’t be thrown away sitting on the curb.  Yes, it may be a little more trouble to donate stuff or give it away on freecycle but it’s win win win situation.   I can only rescue so many things on my own.  Urgh, stupid disposable mentality … what a waste!

It was fun playing with the new look of my blog.  I really like how the feel of a picture changes when you crop it.   With Chester and Sophie on the banner, this blog feels craftier already.

I might be changing the look of my blog so don’t be surprised if this looks completely different tomorrow.

Quilting a life sized quilt turns out to be quite different than quilting a little doll quilt.  I wasn’t patient enough to baste the quilt or pin it so I just started quilting.  It doesn’t help that I used a mix of cottons, poly cottons, and a flannel backing.  It seems like everything is stretching differently but so far so good.  Here’s what I’ve done with the quilt so far.

I’m using the blue painter’s tape as a guide.

I’ve been growing vegetables at a community garden for a few years.  I really like playing in the dirt and getting a farmer’s tan.

Since I went to MD last weekend, this is what was waiting for me after skipping a weekend of weeding…  This is my lettuce patch.  You can kind of see some lettuce leaves poking out. 

And here’s Molly trying to help me aerate the soil by digging a hole to China.  She stopped after awhile and lied in the hole she dug while I weeded on my hands and knees.