{this moment}: Proud Needle Felter

{this moment} ~ A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Inspired by soulemama.

 

 



Too Cute to Eat

Can a vegetable be too cute to eat?  The new ones popping up in our garden right now are so adorable that I just had to take their "baby" photos.

 

 

 

 

 We have several tomato varieties.

 

 

These bush beans are so cute growing out of their blossoms.

 

My first attempt at growing onions.

 

 

The gardenias smell heavenly!

 

 

Just beyond the gardenia is a baby pineapple.  We planted the top of a pineapple a couple of years ago and nothing happened until last month.  Finally!

 

My mom has provided a tremendous amount of help with the garden.  I usually don't have much luck but, with her help (remembering to water), things are taking off.

New Rain Barrel

My parents gave us a rain barrel for Christmas 2012.  Unfortunately, we didn't have gutters on our house to collect water.  A year and a half later, we have painted the rain barrel, added gutters, a downspout, and risers for it to sit on. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It feels great to not have to water our garden with city water!

Beginner Spinner

 

 

I bought this beautiful beginner spin kit from Ewephoric Fibers while at the Florida Fiber In back in September.  I gave it a try the following week and then stashed it away.  Out of sight did not mean out of mind, though, because I have spent the last few months thinking about how badly I want to spin!  I just found a pattern for a cowl on ravelry using beginner handspun yarn and decided to get my spindle out and give it a go again.

 

A crazy cowl this will be!!!

Linking up to Keep Calm Craft On (KCCO).

DIY Display Rack

After searching high and low for a clothing rack that would work for my silk wearables, totes, and streamers, I finally decided to go online to get ideas for a DIY project.  A display rack was on the top of my must-have list for this holiday fair season yet it was the last thing I wanted to make.  Well, the stress flew out the window when I found this tutorial at Sally Ann.  With my newfound woodworking skills, it looked like something I could actually do myself!

Tommy brought the wood home and I made the appropriate cuts.  He decided to add a few special touches by rounding the tops and adding angles to the base pieces.  Holes were added at the top and a lot of sanding was done to make the wood super smooth.

 

Tommy added pins to the ends of the dowel to keep everything from blowing off the ends.  I'm confident that I could have done the original project by myself, although it may have been a little wobbly and certainly would not have had the extra fancy features.  I love it!

Fun With Power Tools

Posted on Sep 8, 2013

Feeling the power in power tool today!  Working alongside Tommy was pretty darn cool.  He routed wood for a built-in wall unit he is working on while I cut branches into blocks of various sizes.  These lovely branches traveled all the way from Ohio.

Building with tree branch blocks is a great way to bring nature inside! 

Garden Prep

Posted on Aug 27, 2013

There has been a very slight, but noticeable, change in the weather this week so I got the itch to get out in our garden.  I did not tend to our garden very much this summer and let the weeds take over and relied on the rain for watering.  Needless to say, only the strong survived!

 

We have 3 raised beds that were all built by Tommy over the years.  I asked Sophia and Kevin if they would like their own garden box this planting season and they enthusiastically said yes!  We started out with weeding the unruly beds.  Even though they were full of weeds, we managed to keep a few peppers plants, chives, several herbs, a tomato plant, and a raspberry bush.

 

Next up is prepping the soil and letting the kids pick out what they would like to plant!