Entries Tagged as ‘the Mothering of Art’

June 14, 2009

Vintage Pillowcase Apron

My friends over at Clever Nesting have been making vintage pillowcase aprons following this tutorial from Glitter, Vinyl and Thread.  It looked fun and I really need another apron, just ask my husband (HA HA HA).  

I used a pillow case that I bought today at the thrift store for 50 cents.  It’s really fun. [...]

June 5, 2009

Deacon’s Seersucker Jumper

Here’s the jumper I made the other day.  It really looks adorable on my little boy, doesn’t it?  This one is size 4T.

FYI- I purchased the pattern HERE.  It’s a great pattern ranging from size 0 to 4T with lots of great instructions and pictures.

May 21, 2009

Windowboxes

Here is the latest thing that gets me extra-super-giddy.  My new windowboxes!  I found these planters underneath some big ugly bushes on the side of our house last week.  They were filled with roots and dirt and the roots were actually digging through the holes in the boxes into the ground.  They were so discolored [...]

May 15, 2009

Join me for Lilyfest

This Sunday afternoon, I’ll be playing music for the 2009 Lilyfest at Lansford Canal State Park in Catawba, SC.  Lilyfest celebrates the peak bloom of the rare Rocky Shoals Spider Lily.  Live music will be along the waterside from 12:00 until 5:00, but I will be playing from 1:15 until 2:00.  A fun event for the whole family.  
 

May 14, 2009

Announcing EllieLaVeer.com

A good friend of mine put together a simple website for me.  Check it out!
www.ellielaveer.com

April 26, 2009

a purse and beautiful flowers

Here are the photos of a purse I made a couple of weeks ago from a FREE pattern.   Switching out the winter purse for the fun spring one is always a delight.  This was my first bag that I made following a pattern.  Again, for someone who doesn’t know a ton about sewing, following [...]

April 25, 2009

not for sale

I found this oil painting at the Habitat ReStore Thrift shop this morning.  I thought it needed someone to love it as I believe it was once quite loved.

Check out the back of the painting.  

April 21, 2009

boys being boys and a very large dog

I thought I would share these photos from the past week.  On Saturday, we went to a craft fair exhibit.  The vendors were actually spread out all over a baseball field.  I couldn’t resist these handmade wooden cars for the boys.  Deacon and Owen immediately placed them on the ground to roll them around.  They’ve [...]

April 3, 2009

A giveaway in the spirit of music

Tonight I’ll be playing again at the Sylvia Theater in York.  It is such a lovely venue to play at.  It is a turn of the century movie theatre turned concert venue– but still a movie theater.  When they have concerts, they just raise up the screen and there’s the stage.  Tonight’s show will be [...]

April 2, 2009

Bedroom Progress

I’m very happy with the color that I chose for the bedroom.  It is from Glidden (ICI) paints and the color is called Fossil Gray.  It is perfect.  After painting 6 rooms in this house, this is the first color that actually turned out exactly the way I wanted it to.  

 

 
I was about to [...]