Housedresses Are Us

~ Tablecloth Dress #3 ~

 This one took forevah.  Truly.  

with 2 donated tablecloths and 1 stash bit of fabric

 There are thousands (and I mean that literally) of appliques covering holes and staining on these beauties.

sorry for the blurrrrr, not so good at back shots...

And yes that is a donkey on my back.

and that's not all...

State of Project Minima: Summer of Year 2

Starting from scratch with Year 2, I've completed a total of 14 refashions during this first quarter of summer.    

~ painting by Marieloes Reek ~

~I notice a new trend with my posts where I'm including more of my everyday life, thoughts and opinions.  Like in the posts: Memory Lane, DIY Shelving, I Don't Donate/Thrift, Graceland Sketch Club, and giving out my art website.

~I bought something, the first thing in 1 year & 3 months:  a pair of shoes!  Sandals to be exact, on sale at Marshall's - for my 60th b'day.

~Then I got pneumonia.

~I've often been a nervous wreck about health insurance and work.  The Reader has been decimated and sold to The Sun Times and my true

Not Just Another Award

Melanie of Bag and A Beret just gave me a Lobster?!  No wait, it's a Liebster Award.  Well, thank you.  Thank you very much.  ahem.  I see, apparently Liebster is a German word meaning sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing and welcome or so someone says.  I must say I am deeply honored to receive this award from a liebster, sexy, and wicked-sick style icon as is Ms. Melanie.

Melanie presenting my Liebster!

And hereafter it becomes a bit like a chain letter...so now I must behave appropriate to my newly acquired status and do the following: