Showing posts with label tomatoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tomatoes. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Hope you are havin a groovey summer guys!!

 
So I had this doll in my head and I just couldn't get it out!! So on my vacation I cut it out and got busy makin her!! OMG she turned out more amazing than I could imagine!! She's very detailed with a sweet lil face!!
 
Ok here's the story
She is "THE TOMATO WHISPER" Are you confused?
 Aw she is a tomato WORM doll!! She's jazzy green and looks very much like a green tomato worm!! She whispers and the tomatoes come right to her!! She has a tomato pin keep that comes with her. And also a groovey worm on the bottom of her grubby dress to let the tomatoes know who's boss. She is dirty (very grubby) from being in the garden watching and whispering!!
 
August is tomato thyme!!
She's available in my Etsy Shoppe! from the link below!! or just click on the sidebar it takes you to my shoppe!!
I'm working on special  orders right now but I am looking forward to making some FALL gigs!! Cuz I just LOVE FALL and PUMPKINS n CROWS!!!
 
XOXO
Love Fran.

Monday, September 9, 2013

WELCOME TO THE FUNKY FARM!!!!!

You know what is so cool? I have been trying to go alittle bit funky farmhouse around here lately and I remembered we had these cool seed sacks out in the barn and I also remembered that Sim had bought one that had a F on it!! After I hung this up as a curtain I realized that it said FUNK FARMS on it!! Rock on dude!! I was doing a happy happy happy dance!! Sim doesn't like it cuz it doesn't cover the whole window. But I kinda do. The crows help out alittle on the side but they are from my Fall decorations. When Sim gets done painting in this hallway I am sure it will change. But for now it makes me happy!! Doesn't take much!! LOL I had everything here that you see.

While I was resting on the couch last week from my surgery I tweaked my Etsy Shoppe. I had also been wanting to add a funky farmhouse section to it. I look at my creations and realize they are a bit funky!! It seems like when I make things they always have that same look to them. So I added that section and here is one of my funky farm girls for the Fall. I have quite a few things to add to my etsy shoppe. Just gettin around to taking pictures of them. Boy it took me a minute to start feeling better this time. My pain level was quite bad. I did do some sewing and now I just need to grubby them up!! 
I have been in the Fall mood myself just like everyone. I can see that the trees are starting to change some. Kids are back in school. That always gets me in the fall mood. My baby girl Kaitlin started at UCONN last week. Her classes are kinda hard. But she will get it. She loves her intern job at the school. 

Here are a couple of my new pin cushions for the Funky Farmhouse section of my etsy shoppe. The blue one is upcycled from an old cutter quilt piece and I made one of my lil chicks to go on the handle of the little silver dish. It has a spool of thread and a little silver thimble on the other handle. It has a tag that says "Farm chick" on it. It turned out so cute. The other one is a tomatoe pin cushion in an upcycled tomatoe canning funnel with a grubby tag that says "homemade" on it. I just love making these kinda things. I am trying to sell as much as I can cuz I am going to see Kaitlin on the 22nd of this month!! My SIL and MIL are going and asked me to go!! WOO HOO!! Connecticut here I come!!
And wouldn't ya know it our garden produced alot of tomatoes and are ready to be canned!! Oh if only I had all the energy that goes with this!! LOL I will do it alittle at a time. We have been having tomatoes anyway we can think of!! Tomorrow night we are having bacon, lettuce, and tomatoe sandwiches!! Yesterday I made a big batch of chili!! My stepson Nick and his fiance Danielle heard I made chili and invited them selves over for dinner!! It was kinda cute. I made grilled cheese sandwiches to go with it. A great Fall dinner and we even ate outside on the picnic table.
I am doing pretty good and keeping busy. I am trying to take things one day at a time so I don't get over whelmed. Been staying on my diet and I have now lost a total of 5 lbs. Laughing at myself as I am typing this cuz I just decided to eat a couple of cookies!! Which means tomorrow I will start all over and try not to beat myself for it!! I know I am not weighing myself tomorrow!! LOL
Hope everyone is doing good.
XOXO Love Fran.

Friday, August 2, 2013

Happy August!!!

 
 
Oh dear blogging friends I have messed up my computer so bad!! I miss you guys a lot!! I love my blog and I am trying really hard to fix it!! I finally got some pics to load!! It is my upcycled tomatoes from an old sweat shirt. I am working on piggs still and have a special order for one!! And I am working on a bride pigg doll!! Yes a bride pigg doll make do!! I have been designing it and having a blast!! OMG!! it is gonna rock!!
 
 
 
These little sweeties already went to market
but the piggs are my best friends right now!!
I am living on the funny farm guys!!
 
 
THIS IS HOW I FEEL!! 
 
Kaitlin is moving this Sunday to Connecticut and it has been a crazy week here!! Family parties and Mommy/Daughter Day. I have pics to share but my computer won't let me!! I am really gonna need some creating to do and blogging cuz I am gonna miss my baby girl real bad!! Kaitlin will be going to GRAD School for her Masters in Public Administration!! She's attending the University of Connecticut!! Go Huskies!!
 
Here are a few pics of her since she graduated from high school!!
 



 
Kaitlin rocks and she will shine in her new adventure! And guess what I can visit her alot and I have never seen the ocean so I will get to see it with her!!
 
And for me I am gonna be creating a lot cuz I am sure gonna miss her!!
XOXO Love Fran.
PS Thanks for listening!!



Sunday, October 14, 2012

Well shame on me!!

 
Hey Dudettes!! Whatz up?
 
 
Well this is me throwing a hatchet up in the air at a Woodbee Day I went to in Port Hope, Michigan. Can ya dig it I am actually throwing that baby up in the air!! Go me and I am also rockin out my new Cowgirl boots!! This was so much fun. They call it a Woodbee like a Sewingbee only it takes place in the woods and you do all these lumberjack things to win woodals!! You know like metals!! They are small pieces of wood cut and strung with twine to wear around your neck!! So cool! Didn't win any but Sim won one and this little boy didn't get one cuz they were short one so Sim gave his up for him. He's so sweet like that!! I also did the Jack n Jill saw cutting with Sim. Didn't place there but we kept the piece of wood we cut. They had all kinds of homemade soups and breads and desserts too. A very cool day and I am looking forward to going again next year.
 

I had my first Craft Show of the season.
 

 


This is one of the reasons I've been MIA. I was getting ready for the craft show and sewing like crazy!! The craft show was a bust becuz the Festival got rained out. Alot of festivals here in Michigan got rained out and it was not good for us crafters! Everyone was cold and wet and left!! Bummer!! But at least I am ready for the next one and have stuff for my Etsy Shoppe! Christmas is coming!! I am so excited to share with you my newest creation!!
 



I LOVE LOVE how these turned out!! I upcycled an old 80's sweatshirt for these "maters"!! Oh my goodness they turned out better than I pictured them in my head!! LOL I have three baskets full. I also put green twine wrapped around the berry basket. Kinda hard to see in the pic but it is cute too. These will be listed in my Etsy shoppe later tonight!!
So I've been missing blogging but been tyring to keep up on everything! Boy is it hard when you also are trying to get ready for things like craft shows. So glad it's over now though. Now I will be working on Christmas goodies. Gotta make more grubby piggs I only have one left!! Yay! And I also have another Fall Farm Girl almost done and ready. She's a cutie!! Wait til you see her grubby prim hair!! LOL
So what have you all been up to? I've missed ya!!
XOXO Love ya, Fran.