Hooking at the library!

Last fall I found a wonderful group of ladies to hook with who meet at the Fairview Park Library. They are so very talented and inspire me! I want to hook like them when I grow up! I have been having some issues with pictures enlarging when you click on them, so I do hope it will work so you can see the detail and gorgeous wools that have been used. The top picture shows Lisa (on left) holding the rug she needs to finish by Thursday to give a friend she will be visiting. Good luck Lisa. Hook fast. With her is Karin.

This is Carol with her unbelievably HUGE rug.

Sylvia is almost done with her oh so sweet bunny.

Deanna is hooking a super long runner in the most gorgeous of colors.

Here's Heidi with her very colorful "Yellow Submarine" rug. Note the Beatles names.

Candy is chillin' with her snowmen rug.

Polly is working on the sweetest rug for her daughter.

Marian is nearing completion on a great fall rug.

Last but not least is Mitsuko's rug, Magdalena's dog and crows. It is phenomenal!

I hope you enjoyed the show.

Happy hooking to all of you ;-)

Lauren

Wine bottle tree

I bought my wine bottle tree last fall at a craft show. I thought I need a little whimsy in my yard. It may be kind of hard to see, but I still need to drink a couple more bottles of wine to fill all the "branches". (Oh, darn!) The little garden was dug after I brought home that section of picket fence from a neighbor's trash pile. The pump is on loan from my brother and the wheel barrow was a yard sale find my mom got me 13 or 14 years ago.

I plant my son's work boots every year with hen and chicks. The last couple of years I have had a real problem with the squirrels taking them and leaving them scattered on the porch, so almost every day I have to replant one or two of them.
Thank you for stopping!
Lauren

It will grow back, right?

My four year old grandson, Jake, has the most gorgeous red hair.

Today when I picked him up to spend some fun time with him, he had a new haircut.

To say I was less than thrilled was a bit of an understatement, but I'm just the Grandma...lol! I have just always thought little boys (or big boys, for that matter), look a bit silly in a mohawk! I suppose, in a few decades, Jake will look back at this picture and think the same thing. Thankfully hair grows back and I hope his next "do" is a bit more conservative.

I know, don't sweat the petty stuff (and this is really petty stuff) and don't pet the sweaty stuff!

I hope your week is off to a great start.

Lauren

Pugs and bugs

Loocie and I spent part of the day at the Akron, Ohio adoptathon working at the Ohio Pug Rescue booth. It was a beautiful day, although a little warm for the pugs. The pugs really know how to work the crowd and hopefully some of the interested people will fill out an application and adopt one of the little darlings now in foster care. As usual, I forgot to take many pictures, but did get this one of our booth.

This is a picture of Vito. Isn't he one handsome boy? He was a rescue pug who was adopted and is now being spoiled rotten. Don't you just love a happy ending?This is a recent picture of my Loocie. She looks so serious. She is not quite four years and has gotten so gray. I guess she's taking after her momma...lol!

The midgies, those annoying little creatures I told you about in an earlier post, are still around and worse than ever. The joys of living near the lake. I did manage to get the grass cut, but working in the flower gardens is impossible. Maybe tomorrow...?

Thanks for stopping by.

Pug hugs ;-) Lauren

Garage sale goodies...

I hope everyone has had a great week and has some fun plans for the weekend.

I am not much of a garage saler, but every once in a while I will stop and find a treasure or two. Someone in the neighborhood has an annual sale, and usually I can find a few goodies. These were the best of the items that I purchased. The Munising bowl is not antique, but it does have some age. It is about 8 1/2 x 9 inches out of round. I thought it was a real bargain for $3.00. (I just LOVE old wood bowls. I have at least a dozen of them.) The half pint bottle makes a great little vase and the size one shoe last was just too cute to pass up ~ bargains at $1.00 each.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon ;-)

Lauren

My current project

This is the latest project I am working on. The cats are from a Polly Minick/Laurie Simpson book and the background I am using is one often seen on the reproduction rug so many wonderful hookers have done. The background is a combination of seven different dark tan wools plus a few shades of black here and there. This is by far the largest rug I have worked on to date. It will probably end up being about 20 x 33 inches.

I am probably the world’s slowest hooker. I have been working on this since the end of March. In my defense, though, I have completed a few small pieces.
Here is the freebie sheep pattern I needle punched, offered by Betty over at primitivesbettys. Thanks Betty!

I had a small piece of linen I needed to use up so I hooked this little 5½ x 12 inch mat. I still haven’t finished it, but will work on the technique I learned from Alice over at Folk Art Primitives. Thanks, Alice ;-)

And lastly, I did this little punch needle piece for my dear friend Belinda who just had a milestone birthday. (Belinda, if you’re reading this, STOP!)

Thank you again for stopping by and happy hooking!
Lauren

What happened to May?

Welcome back. I can’t believe it’s June already, can you?

These little buggers are one of the joys of being so close to Lake Erie (about two blocks)...lol! The closer to the lake you get, the more you have. They’re known as midgies, mayflies, sand flies, lake flies, muffleheads. Whatever you call them, they are annoying! They kind of look like mosquitoes and gather in the grass, flowers and shrubs. Walk by and thouands will swarm you, but thankfully, they don’t bite. At night you can hear the sky buzzing and sometimes see black clouds of them. They say that having so many is a sign that the lake is healthy, but getting any yard work done is impossible. When they are gone, it will be time for the Canadian soldiers, but that is another post!

Please enjoy a few pictures from my yard.

I hope your week is off to a great start.

Until next time. Lauren