Tuesday, the twenty fourth of Juuuuly

Summertime is zipping along.......lots of swimming, fun classes, outings far and near, picnics with friends, sewing projects, painting, trying new recipes, evening bike rides and lots, lots more! 



Loving my colorful pot of zinnias!
 


Flamingos at the San Francisco Zoo!

Enjoying the beautiful city!

Today we woke up this morning and decided to go to Chinatown and do a little shopping on Maiden Lane.  Have you ever been to Maiden Lane? Talk about perfect weather in the city!  Sunny, breezy, not too hot, not too cold. 







 









BRITEX!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this four story fabric store!  It's a sewers dream!  Beautiful fabrics imported from all over the world, notions of every imaginable kind....ribbons, braid, buttons, you name it, they have it!  Could have stayed all day in that store.

Summer eats!

What's on your kitchen table this summer?

Home grown apricots from Dad and Mom's tree!  Home made tapioca pudding, made from Almond milk!  It is way delish, and you can hardly tell it wasn't made with cows milk!



Lunchtime!



Dinner time!  Gluten free pasta with zucchini, peas and chicken!

Party weekend

 Bring on the summertime!  Birthday parties on the patio in the evening........lots of yummy food to eat!  Pretty roses for the tables.....





This delightful and fresh summer salad.  The recipe is basically fresh corn, purple onion, red bell pepper and cilantro!



These cute little goldfish joined our family this week.

Happy Friday!

This is my magic sunflower!  It's the weirdest thing....I have had a bouquet of sunflowers for two weeks now, and the rest of the flowers all did their pretty dance for one week and then passed on....with the exception of this beauty.  It has out lasted the rest by one week, and is still going strong!



Love having a continual bowl full of cherries throughout the summer!
Happy Friday, peeps!  It's anniversary and birthday weekend around here!

Spread a little L O V E

I've been finishing up a couple of pretty new pillows!



 

Two, pretty pillows to spice up a couple corners of the house!

Pillows are such a fulfilling little project for me.  (No pun intended) Every now and again I like to take out an older pillow and throw in a new one to keep things freshened up.

Happy Monday!  It's HOT here! 

 

Made two batches of these over the weekend........

 

Shared a plate of pancakes with the family on Saturday morning....



Ate artichokes on Sunday....(and some other yummy things)  How was your weekend?

Happy June 1st!

It's that time of year..........winding down the school year!  I can hardly believe it's June!!!!!!!!!!!!  The month of May was incredibly full and busy!



My studio is a mess with fabric scraps all over the place, while I have been madly sewing end of the year teacher gifts!  This time around I was on the ball and got them all made and wrapped ahead of time!  I usually wait 'til the night before and stress myself out with last minute sewing.











This was a perfect way to use of pretty fabric scraps.  I brought home a stack of note cards from the dollar bins at Target!  They fit perfectly in the pockets!  If you want to try this project, I highly suggest using a stiff iron on interfacing.  It makes the note card holders keep their shape!  (It worked well for me)  You could also get creative and use ribbons for the ties.....I didn't have enough ribbons on hand, so I just cut strips of fabric and folded and sewed them....make sure you iron everything as you go ........  It makes it easier to sew.  The little drawstring bags have note cards and a pen in them, for the music teacher, librarian, science teachers, etc.....What are you making for the teachers in your life?  Tell me your ideas!