Tuesday, February 9, 2010
add't pics hope i don't duplicate any
garden tub in huge bathroom off the huge-ed bedroom
view of length of sewing room to balcony from where i'm standing it is 16' 6"
view out middle sized bedroom (papa bear's room)
papa and mama bear enjoying a swing down a ways on the boardwalk for the condos
more pics?
view from master bedroom/crafting studio
view of length of room of livingroom
view of hall bathroom
view from west end of balcony
view of length of balcony facing west
if blogger cooperates i'll attempt to put up more pics now
Sunday, February 7, 2010
the possible condo
view from balcony of the "ticky tacky" houses. the lowest listed one of those was $290K and that was less than half price from their start-from pricing when they were built!
view out front bedroom's widnow at entrance area and houses at back of the parking lot. this is the smallest bedroom and would be set up for guest useage eventually.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
lookie who is back to blogging? and crafting soon!
I have done it! i have made a new purchase for a new crafting hobby. who knew there is even a new craft left out there besides woodworking, blacksmithing and stained glass stuffs. but i found one.
see 2 weeks ago a got an email from knitting daily put out by interweave press. and while it personally rankles me that they use it so blatantly for advertising to us, i still clicked on one of those advertising emails links to ....
http://www.interweavestore.com/Weaving.html
of course it went to the newer magazine not yet on the stands but their "plug" , which worked as you'll see, was to de stash your yarn stash. haveing just cleaned out the garage due to the woater heater breaking and needing to be replaced i certainly was well aware of the size of my yarn stash.
significantly smaller (by about 40 large large plastic sterlite tubs) but still all the same, larger than i ever intended it to get when i first started knitting again some 5 or 6 years ago.
well the plug was to weave up those odd ball yarns and leftover yarns into scarves and what better way to do that then to subscribe to the handwoven magazine they put out.
so yes, i subscribed to it for a year and got the two free things offered. if it's free its for me as my ex-husband used to say about me. but what to do with a handwoven magazine when i don't even own a loom?
why of course, start researching them! so i did! and i built a spreadsheet like i did for my spinning wheel choices back in 05 too.
and in the end i ordered from Bob at Winderwood Farms in Naples NY who is also who i ordered my gorgeous Kromski Sonata spinning wheel from too.
and now i sit and wait, albeit NOT so patiently for it to arrive. i ordered on friday with him monday was a holiday and the distributor was closed sat, sun and mon. on tuesday i begged him via email apologising for being such a pest "did it ship?"
it has not, but i'm hoping today he sends me the tracking number indicating it did ship :)
in the meantime, more research. i have read so many blogs and visited so many sites and searched for lessons etc that i am going to turn into a loom myself if i'm not careful.
oh and i ordered the Kromski 24" harp!
seen here
http://www.newvoyager.com/rigidheddlelooms.html
i got the 24" as a compromise between the 16' more to the budget constraints/thought process and the 32" wider is BETTER thougth process LOL
i did read in several places that people that got the 32" thought it too large to handle. even Bob said he'd heard it said. so, a 24" it is!
i ordered the extra 10 dent heddle and the extra set of heddle blocks so i can play with different types of weaving and a denser fabric than just 10 epi but can get 20 epi and i think i read somewhere that if i only thread one through ehre and two through there etc i can achieve 15 epi.
and i so sound like i know waht i'm talking about and yet, i surely don't.
so please, watch here for future postings of the actual loom when it arrives and the first weaving to come.
have a grand and glorious day
denise/deBRAT in tampa bay florida
see 2 weeks ago a got an email from knitting daily put out by interweave press. and while it personally rankles me that they use it so blatantly for advertising to us, i still clicked on one of those advertising emails links to ....
http://www.interweavestore.com/Weaving.html
of course it went to the newer magazine not yet on the stands but their "plug" , which worked as you'll see, was to de stash your yarn stash. haveing just cleaned out the garage due to the woater heater breaking and needing to be replaced i certainly was well aware of the size of my yarn stash.
significantly smaller (by about 40 large large plastic sterlite tubs) but still all the same, larger than i ever intended it to get when i first started knitting again some 5 or 6 years ago.
well the plug was to weave up those odd ball yarns and leftover yarns into scarves and what better way to do that then to subscribe to the handwoven magazine they put out.
so yes, i subscribed to it for a year and got the two free things offered. if it's free its for me as my ex-husband used to say about me. but what to do with a handwoven magazine when i don't even own a loom?
why of course, start researching them! so i did! and i built a spreadsheet like i did for my spinning wheel choices back in 05 too.
and in the end i ordered from Bob at Winderwood Farms in Naples NY who is also who i ordered my gorgeous Kromski Sonata spinning wheel from too.
and now i sit and wait, albeit NOT so patiently for it to arrive. i ordered on friday with him monday was a holiday and the distributor was closed sat, sun and mon. on tuesday i begged him via email apologising for being such a pest "did it ship?"
it has not, but i'm hoping today he sends me the tracking number indicating it did ship :)
in the meantime, more research. i have read so many blogs and visited so many sites and searched for lessons etc that i am going to turn into a loom myself if i'm not careful.
oh and i ordered the Kromski 24" harp!
seen here
http://www.newvoyager.com/rigidheddlelooms.html
i got the 24" as a compromise between the 16' more to the budget constraints/thought process and the 32" wider is BETTER thougth process LOL
i did read in several places that people that got the 32" thought it too large to handle. even Bob said he'd heard it said. so, a 24" it is!
i ordered the extra 10 dent heddle and the extra set of heddle blocks so i can play with different types of weaving and a denser fabric than just 10 epi but can get 20 epi and i think i read somewhere that if i only thread one through ehre and two through there etc i can achieve 15 epi.
and i so sound like i know waht i'm talking about and yet, i surely don't.
so please, watch here for future postings of the actual loom when it arrives and the first weaving to come.
have a grand and glorious day
denise/deBRAT in tampa bay florida
Monday, June 22, 2009
I want to quilt!!!
I want to QUILT!!!
and here is the perfect easy peasy pattern i've drafted in my EQ5 a while ago i just stumbled across again this morning!
a larger quilt with black and white 4 patch blocks in it
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Jordan & Nicole's Wedding Weekend Pics
So the wedding day finally arrived and here are a few pics.
Rehersal Dinner Friday night.
Tyring to take a pic of us together on one of our walks on the beach.
Everyone has to take the obilgatory picture of a pile of tiny wet seashells on the sea shore. I decided our feet needed to be in this pic. If we were sending postcards I think this would have been the one to send!
Neal decided we should go on a boat ride some time between the wedding day breakfast and the wedding itself. so the only one about to leave the dock and the time we went looking was the "screamer" it was 20' wide by 60'+ long. we did see some dolphin but i've seen those close up in Panama City Beach with Ed on his boat so there was no need to go climbing all over people to see them. Just sit back and relax!
this is the view from our 7th floor (of 9) window to the left from our balcony of the marina
And this is the view to the right of Pier 60. It is zoomed in at this point to get the "better" picture. I decided not to post the one for the actual distance effect.
And Neal in his spiffy new suit and Denise in her "goddess" dress you have all heard so much about, including seeing pics of it. and yes, it did fit even better because I had lost at least 5 pounds more since we bought it. :)
Nicole being lifted in her chair. i've forgotten the "traditional" name the DJ said when this began. "Just like in the movies" How cool was this to see? VERY!
Jordan being held up in his chair, yes, that is Neal helping out. Why do you think I took the picture? ;)
Okay so these are 4 of our "Table One" companions at the reception. And those of us who were there need not say any more ROFLOL!
From left; Bobby, Karen, Uncle Butch, Dan
Rehersal Dinner Friday night.
Tyring to take a pic of us together on one of our walks on the beach.
Everyone has to take the obilgatory picture of a pile of tiny wet seashells on the sea shore. I decided our feet needed to be in this pic. If we were sending postcards I think this would have been the one to send!
Neal decided we should go on a boat ride some time between the wedding day breakfast and the wedding itself. so the only one about to leave the dock and the time we went looking was the "screamer" it was 20' wide by 60'+ long. we did see some dolphin but i've seen those close up in Panama City Beach with Ed on his boat so there was no need to go climbing all over people to see them. Just sit back and relax!
this is the view from our 7th floor (of 9) window to the left from our balcony of the marina
And this is the view to the right of Pier 60. It is zoomed in at this point to get the "better" picture. I decided not to post the one for the actual distance effect.
And Neal in his spiffy new suit and Denise in her "goddess" dress you have all heard so much about, including seeing pics of it. and yes, it did fit even better because I had lost at least 5 pounds more since we bought it. :)
Nicole being lifted in her chair. i've forgotten the "traditional" name the DJ said when this began. "Just like in the movies" How cool was this to see? VERY!
Jordan being held up in his chair, yes, that is Neal helping out. Why do you think I took the picture? ;)
Okay so these are 4 of our "Table One" companions at the reception. And those of us who were there need not say any more ROFLOL!
From left; Bobby, Karen, Uncle Butch, Dan
A good time was had by all.... all weekend long... and Neal and I are sure glad we took Monday off. We needed it to recoup!
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