Wednesday, February 3, 2010

A Swell January

We have had a BUSY couple of weeks! I had my first doctors appointment for the baby, and all looks good so far.

We celebrated BBB's birthday with crazy good steaks on the Big Green Egg and lots of presents. Mom and I made her a scrapbook of all the photos of her and us in crazy hats...one of our "hobbies" is going to antique stores and taking pictures of each other in silly hats. I think she liked it....


My birthday was the 23rd, and Dave, mom, Cathy and I went to see Willie Nelson in Athens!! It was SO great! I also got a Canon 50D digital SLR camera, so you may notice the quality of our photos increasing!


I hope to get more and more into photography, and hopefully will be selling prints soon. Also, if you would like to do a FREE photo session, please drop me a line and let me know!! I am offering free sessions to build my portfolio and gain experience shooting people.



We will be heading to Southern Illinois to visit family very soon, so if you are in S.I. and see something you would like to have, let me know and we will bring it up for you! You can email me at robbi@old37creative.com



We have lots of new stuff to share with you. Mom really took a liking to making the bears, so she started experimenting with other animals...we now have sheep and bunnies!
Enjoy!



Sheep with wool bag
real sheep's wool in the bag


Black bunny with carrot


Bunny on antique spindel


Witch dress with pinned on boots


the "Star Man" with a vest


Americana stockings
Available in Abe Lincoln and George Washington
filled with a copy of the constitution, grubby flag, and dried flowers


Handmade and hand painted flag
made from wooden slats from Southern Illinois


Stamping the stars onto the flag


I carved the star out of a potato for our "stamp"


And as for the dogs....

Maisy came in filthy a few days ago, and mom gave her a bath in my kitchen sink.
Grimm and J. Otis helped keep an eye on her.


Tonka is a bit of a loner...


J. Otis heard something funny.


It is still a little cold to lay outside,
so Grimm tans in the sunlight on the kitchen floor.


And I sit by my Lasko heater all day...
my nephew, Seth, taught me to love Lasko :)

Have a SWELL day!!

~the Sweet Taters

Friday, January 22, 2010

New Stuff for the New Year!!

We have been very busy lately! We all had a GREAT Christmas and New Year. Dave and I found out that we will be adding another member to the family...he or she will be arriving in September!! We will keep you posted on all of the baby updates! So far, everything is going great - no nausea or sickness at all...but the baby is hungry ALL of the time!! I'm sure that we will be making lots of baby items in the near future, so I will upload them as I can.

I've got mom in the "sweat shop" right now (my dining room) sewing doll quilts and dresses...they are so cute! I better get back in there...but first, we have a lot of new primitives to share with you all...

the 3 bears - Oliver, Otto & Otis


Oliver


Snowman doll with corn cob pipe


covered books


another commissioned marriage stitchery


daisies


fun table runner


mom LOVES owls...


shelf sitter girls


this is a punch needle picture that I made for our friend Barbara for Christmas.
Dave made the frame, so everything is 100% handmade


I made this punch needle picture for mom for Christmas.
Also 100% handmade.


A pin cushion I made mom for Christmas...
It's J. Otis and Maisy :)

Marriage stitchery we made for my aunt Sheila's birthday.


Have a swell day!!

~the Sweet Taters