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August 19, 2011

Up To


Again the summer disappeared into another school year. Oliver and Freya start school on Monday and I'm both happy and sad.

Happy that I'll have time to craft and clean my house but I'll miss the games, walks, impromptu trips to the movies, trips to my grandmas and afternoon book time on my bed.
Freya became a much better reader this summer and Oliver made new friends in the neighborhood.



I've been knitting, knitting, knitting.

Knitting isn't conducive to keeping up a craft blog. Nobody wants to see that I knitted three more inches of a sweater today.

I may start quilting again. I need to sew at the machine and Freya won't wear what I make her anymore. It breaks my heart. Maybe its time to learn how to sew clothing for myself.



The sweater is coming along nicely. It helps that I go to knit circle twice a week and
I can get help when I'm stumped. Knitting instructions are so hard for me to understand. They may as well be in Finnish.

(I'll tell you about the bonneted balloon girl in a bit.)

I came across an estates sale last Sunday and found all the amazing stuff below.

Holly Hobbie flat sheet.

Vintage flannels in perfect colors and patterns.

Birds and cute clowns!

Vintage cottons,

The blue floral polka dot fabric was so long I had to cut it into five 80" sections.

And 28 perfect bonnet Sue's with balloons.
It will be Freya's bed cover as soon as I pick up her bed frame from the antique store.

Last week Freya was a dog for three days. It kind of made me want a dog.

On August 7 the Daybreak Trax line began running. I was important to Oliver to ride the inaugural run. So we did.

Yes it is 2011 and Utah is finally getting an efficient mass transit system together.

We love our SUV's.

Harvest Days festivities. The band looked better in their shadows.

Cheers to a new week.

Freya's Dollhouse

July 28, 2011

Freya's Dollhouse

I'm having a very busy summer doing nothing.
My poor blog is neglected and it nags at me a lot.

Yesterday I sewed up some super easy drapes for the basement windows.
Until yesterday there had been a piece of cloth tacked across the three basement windows. (For thirteen years).
I need to do a tutorial to make these drapes. They are silly easy.



I'm enjoying knitting.
Knitting is a good summer craft.
I nearly have one leg warmer finished for my sister.

And I've started my first sweater project.

I have to keep detailed notes and instruction translations.
I think I need to make a couple copies of these notes because I've lost them thrice already.

This is the dollhouse my dad made for Freya.

Shingled roof!

Popsicles stick floors. Sanded and stained.

All the little furniture came from Target. $12.99 - $25.99

When my dad started on the dollhouses in the fall he couldn't find dollhouse furniture anywhere sans Pottery Barn. Of course thrift minded people with three dollhouses to furnish don't shop at Pottery Barn.
This spring Target came out with a cute dollhouse collection and it's wood not plastic.

I've had a bit of luck at the thrift store lately.

This vase is chipped in three places. Can you spot where I colored the nicks in?

At the thrift store last week there was a guy sniffing the seat of the recliners and sofas. It took every ounce of self control not to ask him if they smelled like ass.

I normal only collect dishware in my color palette, red, pink, white, cream, but I don't think you can have too many Pyrex bowls.

I hope your summer is happy and lazy like mine.

Freya Is 7

July 10, 2011

Freya Is 7

We woke yesterday without any plans for Freya's big day.
On a whim we decided to picnic at Copperton park, our favorite park.
It was a perfect day for a picnic not too hot, blue blue skies and just a touch of a breeze.



This park used to seem so big .

By today's safety standers this park would be a city planners nightmare.

Maybe that's why the kids love it so.

It has an element of danger.

Kennecott Copper Mine in the back ground.

Oliver leaping the tires.

I was always afraid to do this.





Modern playground equipment and Freya on the monkey bars, her favorite.

A family playing water balloon volleyball





Can anyone identify what game is played on this court?

My middle school used to be where this field is.

The school was built in 1908.
The bus ride was 45 minutes to and from school everyday.
I have fold memories of Bingham Middle School.

The only photo's I could find are here, don't read the text though, it's a huge waste of time.http://deadplaces.sicksadworld.us/bing1.html

The stairs up to the football field.

All that is left of the concrete bleachers.

The wild flowers in the field.

After our picnic Oliver and I went to buy a few presents for Freya's birthday.

I hadn't planned on doing this because she already got a new bike but Oliver wanted to buy her a gift and Chris wanted her to be able to open something on her actual special day.
And I way, way over did it.

The rest of the photo's are of Freya and her gifts.

She asked my to post every one so she can 'remember them forever'

If you are disgusted by excess stop reading now, please.