Bad Blogger,Bad Blogger!!!!!

I have been a very bad blogger.I have not posted in a month! I don't know where me time has went.I started a new job, then I did some training for the 2010 Census.(Please be nice to the Census worker knocking on your door, it might be me.)So the last few weeks has me going from one job to the next job, then home to do the paper work.When I am done with all that I am just brain dead.I get on line and go to Facebook and that is as for as I get.I just realized how much time I am wasting playing the dumb little games on Facebook. Am I the only one or are some of you doing the same thing. I have always sit down at the end of the day and hooked on a rug or needle felted or made something.But I have not done anything lately but zombie out on Facebook.

I am making a pledge right to stop the madness!!! and get back to blogging and most of all my ART. I miss you guys.Please say Hi when you are here.



Live Deeply and stop the madness,
Vicki

Last of the Rugs from Eureka Springs Rug Camp.....

Bonnie here got a lot of hooking done at camp.
This is not a good pic of Anita but somehow it is the only one I have.
I sorry to be late getting the rest of the pictures of camp up.I have started a new job that I will tell you about soon.
Here is Pam and her rug.
Laura went home before I got a picture of her rug on the last day, but here she is working hard.
Here is Ella working hard on her rug.
Wilma did all this in a #3 cut.
Betty is a speedy hooker.
I loved the background color of Lyn's rug.
I was so happy to meet Sammy at War Eagle this last fall and now here she is at camp.
Here is Joan and her rug.

I hope I will get to see all these rugs when they are done.We had a great bunch of ladies for the spring camp.


Live Deeply,
Vicki

More of Eureka Springs Rug hooking Camp......

I wanted to show you some of the ladies and their rugs.Here is Terry and her rug.
Kathryn really got a lot done on her rug.Each and every one of the rugs have the start of beauty.I would love to have all of them in my home.
Don't you just love this one Martha is working on.
Sarah is working on a pack rat and he is so cute.
You just got to love this rug Itinia is doing.


Live Deeply and there is more to come.
Vicki

Eureka Springs Camp with Bea Brock...

This last weekend was the Eureka Springs Rug Hooking Camp.Bea Brock was the teacher for this spring session.We had a great group of ladies and I think everyone had a fun time and worked real hard.Above is some of Bea's rugs.
Here is Bea showing some hooking stitches.
Here she is talking about and showing some of her rugs.She talked about how to do the edges.

Bea makes a color plan for each rug she hooks and you can see some of them here.That rug laying over the chair is the same rug I worked on in class.

I will post pictures of the ladies in class later.


Live Deeply,
Vicki

New Blog...Pics....

I just posted pics of some fun needle felted pins on my new selling blog.Hop on over and is what keeps me out of trouble.Just click the box that says Hardcastle Folk Art.------------>


Live Deeply,
Vicki

Tile All Done....Oh What a Day....

Well, all the tile in the kitchen and entry hall id done.I am so happy with how it turned out.We do what they call a cobblestone pattern and I really like it.Adam did a great job.
This was my part of the job.This is our entry hall in the back of the house.We use this door all the time.We live on Beaver Lake so I thought it would be fun to put a beaver in the tile.I can say one thing about mosaic work,it takes a lot of time.I was on my knees for about 4 hours.But, I really love how he turned out.

Here is a view of Beaver Lake this morning.We are having a beautiful day today and I hope you are too.
Live Deeply and go soak up some sun.
Vicki

You are so Trashy Swap......Thank You

I just have to show you what I just got in the mail.I was part of the "You are so Trashy Swap" over at The Picked Pepper Patch .What a fun swap it was too.You had to get stuff from a thrift shop and then you redo or use parts of it to make something primitive.Everyone that was part of this swap love primitives.
Me swap buddy was Cindy Surbur from" Touch of Sunshine"and all I can say is OMG! Thank you ,Thank you,Thank you!!! What fun prim things she sent me.First is this very cute grubby heart with a little pocket made from a quilt and a little grubby candle in it.
Then there was this little green box with a rusty tin on top of it and a sweet prim bird on top of the tin.
Next was this cute jar with a flip top lid and a little label that said "Washing Soda".It has two bars of soap for removing stains.
And lastly was this very sweet doll dress on a wood stand.It has a pocket hanging from it with some greens in it.I have already found places in my home for my new primitives .

Thank you Char for planning this swap,it really was fun.


Live Deeply and go join a swap.
Vicki