empty closet

Not very often you see an empty closet after living in a home for over eight years.  New carpet and paint!  The timing is perfect because I have recently become allergic to every THING!  I'm washing all my cloths in Tide free and clear before I wear them again.  

Gel pen mandala

 Another mandala.

These are really fun.

gel pen mandala

 I found this great antique photo album at the thrift store.

It will make a perfect mandala journal.

hankie valance

Okay, I'm so sick of this project.  My OCD kicked in when we hung it.  I think I can live with this now.  No guarantees.  I'd like to burn it at this point... 

The purple bedroom

 He paints!

 Looks really purple here.

I know, the color looks gray but it is heather plume Behr paint.  I would call it a lilac gray.  Will try to get a better picture of the color tomorrow.  We lost the light.  I'm really excited to hang my art in here!

hankie valance

The camera never lies.  I didn't like the way it looked so I did a little tweaking.  I always say, "put that picture on the internet and you will immediately see what you did wrong". 

Hankie curtains

I had my shower curtain all laid out when I remembered that I needed to do a valance for the new lilac grey bedroom!  I had a temporary valance before, but it was just pinned to a piece of lace with old jewelry.  It was beautiful that way until it came time to launder, so decided to baste the hankies directly onto my shears.  It was a little tricky because all my hankies are different sizes.  

Used a straight stitch on #5 length.  

 Pulled my favorites for the valance.

Really happy with the final result.  Left some big holes in my first curtain but there are more hankies where these came from!