Craft Project?

When we had our family room cabinets made, Mr. Thisorthat planned to have black mesh inset into the cabinet doors so that his elaborate stereo system (that's inside them) could breath.  He ended up putting some different fabric on there and was somewhat pleased, until Little Miss Thisorthat wanted to play in front of them and kept pushing the fabric through the door.  Not good!  Then for awhile we lived with nothing in the inset (not good from my standpoint).  I was about to have one of my tangles printed for a wedding gift and Mr. Thisorthat thought it would be really cool if we enlarged parts of it and had that put into the cabinet doors.  Can you say "blown away"????  I show him all the pieces that I do and he always says nice things, but to have one of them in the room where we spend the most time (you know where the tv is) stareing at us all the time, I wasn't too sure.  Oh yeah and it's BIG!  When the pictures arrived I have to tell you he got right on the project and glued them to some really thick poster board, cut them, and put them in the doors.  When he got them hung I think we were both blown away.  It's pretty cool and all because Mr. Thisorthat wanted to do a craft project - he he!  Good job honey!!

What Happened to the Day??

Oh my GOSH!!!!  First let me say I'm so sorry for getting this up so late!!  I am currently in CA where the time is two hours behind my usual time, and then to add daylight-savings on top of that - I'm so late!!!  This day is going to be over before I get my breakfast eaten!!  I'm still trying to work on some new patterns and yesterday while shopping at the craft store (had to get another drawing book) I was on the lookout for tangle patterns.  You would not BELIEVE the array of patterns you will find if you just pay attention!  They were on planters, on paper, on the floor, on upholstery, cushion covers, on the ceiling, in jewelry, so when I say everywhere I really mean everywhere!!  I'm hoping to get something new to you tomorrow (of  course I had to work on them last night) but sometimes when you're away from home things don't go as planned.  I hope you enjoy your short day today (red faced it looks like mine will be shorter than most of yours).  Spring must be right around the corner now - right????

Its a Puzzle!

Last week Little Miss Thissorthat was over and wanted to draw.  Since she's only 4 and doesn't have great control over her motor skills yet, she asked me to help her make a tangle (like grandmas').  So as she gave direction, I drew.  When it was all said and done she said, "its a guy filled with puzzles grandma".  I know, she's so smart!!!!  We tried to choose different patterns but she has a fancy for certain ones.  I know we didn't start out with a plan to make a guy but we added a little here and a little there and before we knew it - there he was!  It's always fun to spend time with her and when we can do something creative she gets SO into it.  Her mom says she's inherited my crafty-ness.  I hope that's true.  I know she does crafts with a lot of people so I'm hoping this is something that stays with her. I hope you have time for your favorite craft today.  Do it just for you!