Princess Bubbles Creates

LeeAnna has asked how do you make potato salad? what do you put in it... I hardly ever make potato salad.  I am not even sure when the last time I made it was.  My go-to salad for the summer is a pasta salad with loads of vegetables in it.  It is a family favourite.  I use Olive Garden Italian dressing for it.  So good. This week is flying by.  My granddaughter is here every day.  She loves making things so we are busy creating and going to her swimming lessons.  She is at a lovely age.  She can do a lot of things on her own and has developed good manners.  We are having a lot of good conversations as we create.   I hope she remembers this time as fondly as I do. A friend showed me a photo that she had AI modify into a cartoon. I thought it was such a fun idea and had to try it.  I love that you can get rid of the wrinkles!  Or at least most of them.

 Do you remember making God's Eyes when you were a kid?  I do.  The rhythm of the wrapping is quite meditative.  I found a craft kit at the thrift store to make something slightly more complex.  My granddaughter and I completely enjoyed working on them.  The instructions were well written so that is always good! I hope my granddaughter has fond memories of the two of us doing arts and crafts together.  I know these times feel special to me!

 I am a little over halfway through adding embroidery stitches to this mandala.  I am enjoying working with the bright colours.  So much cheeriness!  It is so good for my soul to use these brights!   The heat has broke and I may be able to sit outside and stitch for a while this afternoon.  I love the summer and hate when it is too hot to be outside.  I admit to having a small temperature range that I find pleasant.  I could only manage 15 minutes of stitching outside a couple of days ago.   I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

LeeAnna  has asked describe a particularly memorable July 4th celebration Well, as a Canadian, I don't celebrate July 4th.  I find myself saying that rather fiercely in my head.  Here we celebrate July 1.  Yes, we have fireworks and picnics.  Yes, we are each proud of our imperfect countries.  We have a lot in common. One year, we took our kids to the big celebration at one of our local universities.  It was huge.  The fireworks were amazing.  The reason it sticks out in my memory is that the traffic was horrendous to get out of that neighbourhood.  Our car overheated.  We needed water for the radiator.  I am not sure who gave us some but their kindness was appreciated.  There are a lot of good people in this world! I love how much nature I see while walking in my neighbourhood.  We live fairly close to the downtown core and yet nature thrives here.  There was a raccoon in our tree a few weeks ago.  I saw th...

  Bright and cheery is how I see this mandala.  I truly love working with bright colours.  They feel hopeful and encouraging.  It never hurts to put more of that into this world!

  Scrolls of slow stitching are a delight to create!  This one is inching closer to being finished.  I have been stitching on some white beads.  My intention is to use up the small package of assorted white beads.  I made one pass of the whole length of the scroll using the largest beads.  Now I am making another pass to use up the smaller beads.   The white beads are a bit hard to see in this photo.  Still, I think they work well on this scroll.  I have had the package of beads for many years.  It feels good to finally have the right place for them! I will take this project outside today.  I believe I will get it finished today.  I am always excited to start another scroll.  So many ideas! I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/