A few of the ladies at my work are aware of my amateur knitting skills. Several months ago, I made a dog sweater for one of my coworkers. Little did I know at the time, I was laying the groundwork for a fairly awesome hobby! Just a couple months ago, one of my coworkers asked if I could knit her a hat. I know... a knitted hat in July? It's over 100 degrees outside people!!! I can't walk through the parking lot without breaking a sweat and these ladies are thinking about winter hats!! But hey, she was willing to pay, so I started knitting. When I delivered that hat, she asked for another! Then another lady from work saw them and also wanted one! And on and on. I've made quite a few now and it's not even cold weather outside yet! I bet I will have more orders to come this fall. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures to share with you, because I keep forgetting to take a picture of the final product. But trust me, they are very colorful and cute!
About a year ago I made a few pairs baby booties for some of the pregnant ladies at work. Big surprise, another gal from work is about to have a baby! These are the booties I made for her! They are so tiny!
Besides knitting, I have always enjoyed dabbling in jewelry-making. I usually use beads, but this time I wanted to try to make something with buttons. I have a button collection, started for me by my Grammy when I was in junior high. So for a long time, I have had all these wonderful buttons. Here is my first attempt at a button necklace, not too bad!
As we all know, Tim has a lot of speakers! He got a new center channel speaker a little while back and it is much taller then the one we had before. The new center channel actually blocked some of the TV screen and the entire remote sensor. We were getting by with 2 reams of legal-sized paper and 8 issues of Real Simple magazine staked under the TV to raise it up a bit, but we still had trouble with the remote sensor. We would have to sit up nice and straight and raise the remote all the way over our heads to change the volume! Tim had the brilliant idea of building a box the the right height to put the TV on. Check out the handy work! It takes the TV up to the perfect height and looks really good!
When we were at the hardware store getting stuff for the TV stand, we also got some wood for a project I'd been planning. We scored some free scrap plywood and found some silver pulls. With a little paint and stenciling, we now have a personalized hook rack for our bathroom!
We have both been having lots of fun getting creative with the skills we have and are enjoying learning new things as we go along.
Coming soon to our blog....our trip to the Jack Daniels distillery in Lynchburg, TN and camping at Henry Horton State Park!
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