Nicholas Evans' books

I have just finished the fourth of five Nicholas Evans' books and love them.  He is
called the "master of intense and complex relationships" and I believe it.  With every
book, it's like he lassos my heart and twirls it around for a while.  I care deeply about each of
his characters and when the book is finished, I'm sad I'm through.  Enjoy!

Funky Frame Earring/Necklace Holder

  

                  Funky Earring/ Necklace Holder

                   My daughter and I made this funky earring holder for her room.  

First, buy a funky frame you like.

What else you'll need:

     *  screening material

     *  wire clippers

     *  big staple gun

     *  hangers for your frame (if not included)

     * maybe some small blocks of wood to lift the frame from the wall for easy placement of jewelry

     *  small cup holders

     * hammer and nails

First, using a little nail to start the hole, make some holes in the top part of the frame so that you can insert and screw in the cup holders.

Then, turn over the frame and lay the screening material onto the frame.  It will take two people, one to hold the screen and one to staple it into place.

You may want to add little blocks of wood on the back of the frame to hold it a little away from the wall to make it easier to add the earrings.  We didn't do this and my daughter thought it worked okay.

Hang your masterpiece and enjoy!

Pix of our family

Pix of our family:

 

 

Little Levi, our grandson, One Cool dude!

Contemplating the wonders of the universe...

Our son Patrick, daughter-in-law Amy and little Levi

Uncle John and his nephew Levi

Aunt Kiki with Levi

(Me) Gigi and Levi

A truly classic picture of my husband, "Grandpa", reading to Levi,  11 weeks old.

Grandpa and Levi

Here is a picture of my sweet husband Grandpa and our even sweeter grandson Levi.
We want to read and read to him.  I got this picture of Grandpa reading to our 11-week-old
grandson Levi.  He loves it.       

We knew he would.   <SMILE>

Pretty little boxes

Crepe Paper and Aluminum Foil Roses

Levi's personalized blanket

My first real quilt attempt.  Got the top at a local hobby shop, had our grandson's statistics embroidered at a local store, and then quilted it myself.  Not fancy, but I thought it came out pretty good for my first real quilting.