Gnome Missing!!!

Was it theft, or maybe he just decided to do some world traveling?

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Cannon Beach Ahhhhhhh

We just got back from 2 days in beautiful Cannon Beach, Oregon.
It's amazing how rejuvenating just a couple days of vacation can be.

It was sunny and warm and wonderful.

We walked on the beach

Built Sandcastles

Then stomped on them.

Ate good food, and rested.

How would you like live in a house with your own little path straight to the beach.

Beautiful!

(This is not where we stayed, it was just down the beach a bit from our beautiful hotel)

I can't tell you how badly I needed this trip. It was such a great way to shake off the winter blues.

Happy Floss Day!

Happy day after my birthday to me! I had a mellow birthday this year. I prefer it that way, just spending the day with my family and a nice dinner with some cake. So what if I ate 3 pieces it's my birthday and I'll do what I want!

Besides eating cake I stopped at the fabric store to get some more embroidery floss, it was all 50% off because the store is moving and I went a little crazy. I don't think it's all going to fit in my case, it may be time to get another.

Today I plan to finish up the hoop for this little piece so I can get it into my Etsy shop. I should probably do some more too so I can get rid of some of my floss.

Cleaning with Baking Soda

Did you know how awesome baking soda is? It has tons of uses besides baking.

Yesterday I used it to clean the coffee stains off my white mugs. I have these heavy truck stop style coffee mugs, I love the weight and feel of them but they tend to stain.

All you do is pour a little baking soda into the bottom of the mug, maybe a teaspoon or so.

Add just a tiny bit of water, just enough to make it a paste. Stick your fingers in there and scrub.

See, almost as good as new.

I love finding new ways to clean my home without all the nasty chemicals.

Do you have any natural cleaning tips?

Finished Blouse

I have so many unfinished projects lying around it's not funny. On my grand, plodding quest to finish some of my said projects I finished one....yay, ONE!

I made this tunic blouse around about 2 years ago. Sunday I finally sat down to get it completed. All that was to be done was the collar, I wanted to do some embroidery around the neck before tacking it down so I sat and looked at it, picked some embroidery floss, then changed my mind about the design and chose some different floss. That went on for some time till I finally just went with a white on white design. Truthfully, I don't really like how the shoulders fit but am too lazy to take out the french seams to re-do them so I kept the design fairly simple. I like how it came out, it will be a nice cover in the warmer months (all 2 of them).

Okie Dokie, On to the next project.