Tuesday, December 2, 2008

A GUEST FOR TEA ~ ~ ~

Yesterday was spent entertaining ~ entertaining Miss Luci (remember my dancing chicken?)!! Her mom asked if I could pick her up from kindergarten and spend the day with her ~ why, of course!! We were busy all day ~ she loves to go to my hooking room because there is a cupboard filled with kid things and she loves to color with all the markers, crayons and colored pencils a girl can use! She shredded papers in my office, had cocktail meatballs for lunch, exercised in the workout room and most importantly ~ we had afternoon tea!! She likes to wear that cute Amish boy's hat for tea ~ it goes well with her bejeweled shirt!! We use a real china tea set and set the little antique table and chairs that I found in the basement of an antique mall ~ someone had tried to remove white paint from the oak set and it turned out perfect ~ at least for my tastes!! So ~ we had banana muffins that I made that were just horrible (Luci loved them ~ even took some home!) and applesauce and Little Debbie cakes and chamomile tea w/ cream ~ and I read to her from a book on friendship that was given to me years ago ~ Miss Luci loved every minute of it ~ we had a great day! My life is often so busy and crazy that I don't make time for such things ~ I need to do it more often.

This new book "Rags to Rugs" by Patricia Herr is really full of good old Pennsylvania rugs and some more contemporary rugs, too. I have two for sale ~ if you're interested, email me and I'll send one off to you. I use books like this for reference as to color and design and inspiration for my own hooking.
The American Fish rug is progressing ~ on Sunday, I hooked all evening and feel like I made some headway! I love the various lime green tree segments but I have a little concern ~ I'm wondering if there will be enough background wool ~ I split what I have and am going to hook on both sides of the rug so that if I have to blend in, it will be evenly dispersed throughout the rug. There actually is a good substitute in my hand-dyed wool so not a problem ~ I hope!!

Sunday afternoon, I spent organizing the basement storage area of the house! This summer, I hauled all manner of good stuff out of there and had a garage sale ~ but I didn't go back and put things away, etc. I could hardly walk thru and since it's time to get out the Christmas stuff, I decided first things first!! For me, that's very progressive thinking!! It looks great down there now ~ even the old guy was shocked!

Today was a nice day in my studio ~ several gals came and bought patterns, wool, etc. I need to work harder at getting my name out there ~ I love it when hookers come to call!!! Ta ta for now!
Alice

6 comments:

jane augenstein said...

What a sweet little girl! Alice, looks like you two had a wonderful tea time, what FUN!
Your rug is really looking nice, can't wait to see it all finished.
Jane

Jacque. said...

Hey Alice...who is Miss Luci? What a memory you are creating for/with her. Your rug will be wonderful...can tell with all those colors you're using.

Kim said...

What a fun day!!! And I can just tell I'm going to really love your American Fish rug! If I lived closer, I'd come calling for some of your yummy wools!

Alice ~ Folk Art Primitives said...

Hi all ~ Miss Luci is my granddaughter ~ she will be 6 this month and is going on 16 ~ quite a little character!! We did have a fun day for sure!
I'll add progress pix on the rug as I go along ~ thanks a bunch for the compliments ~ it's going to be kind of dramatic looking!!! And I'd love to have you come by, Kim ~ I would fix you a tea party!!!!
Alice

JoJo said...

Luci is so beautiful! She's got such delicate features and that golden hair is to die for! It's wonderful that you get to spend time with her like this.
And congrats to you for getting your basement cleaned and organized. Makes you feel good, doesn't it?

Alice ~ Folk Art Primitives said...

Yes, JoJo ~ it feels great to have that out of the way and off my list! My office is next ~ it's a scary sea of papers ~ real scary!!