Morning gals . . . Another rainy, cool day to finish off the Victoria Day weekend. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Brandy . . . it's beautiful, whatever it is. Looks very intricate.

Cheryl . . . Now that's a lot of cutting, now you can have some fun sewing them on.

Rosey . . . Sorry your weather is cold. Do you do beadwork, too?

Here goes my first ever attempt to put a picture on the post. Well, that almost worked . . . I clicked on the little 'attachment paperclip', succeeded in finding the file I wanted to attach, waited a long, long time, and then it told me the size of my jpg file exceeded the limits allowable. So . . . back to the drawing board.

Back later, I hope.

Just me again . . . another try at posting a picture . . . well this time I only exceeded the 50KB by 7 KB. . . maybe we'll get lucky next time.

Let's see if we made it this time . . . well . . . somehow the KB increased to 58 and change.

Let's try again . . . Hey . . . we actually got something . . . no I did not make this . . . I had to reset the camera to VGA images and the only thing handy to take a picture of was my middle cat . . . Goldi . . . looks pretty bored with it all . . . and I reduced the image quality by so much she is also kind of fuzzy . . . but whoopee . . . I posted a picture.

Now I guess I have to retake all the others to get them to the allowable 50 KB or below.

Brandy...Beautiful piece. I'm going to try and do some beading on the Summer Salsa wallhanging. That should really make it POP.

Rosey...Yes, that a very good thing when your pattern is too big for you. I hate to rip out, but look on the good side, small you for your effort.

Linda...I had the same problem with picture size. Good for you figuring it out on your own. I had to have hubby help me. Goldi is very cute and looks like she want some worship time. LOL

I had a great lunch with my gal pals and I did good. Had a bowl of Chicken tortilla soup and half of a Santa Fe Chicken salad without the sour cream and gaucamole. Be back later if I can.

Cheryl

Morning girls . . . another "iffy" day here in Nova Scotia. the weather can't seem to make up its mind.

Cheryl . . . 'Summer Salsa' would look great with some beading. Funny that you mentioned that . . . I just finished doing a crocheted purse and as I was putting the pieces together, I was thinking about making another one with beads incorporated right into the crochet,

See how contagious your beading passion is becoming, Brandy?

Have a really crafty kind of day, chickies. Keep moving and shaking and doing the right stuff. See you soon.

Linda...Another beautiful day here. We are going to be in the 80's and it is already humid out. Probably have severe thunderstorms tonight. Oh joy!! Got the first row of kids on my quilt this morning. Had it all layed and it looked good so I started pressing them down. Got to the other end, and the little hand is right on the seam. I was off 1/2 at the start. Nothing I can do about it now, but my perfectionism really starts to creep in. I hope I don't mess up the other three sides. Can't believe I have my very first case of heartburn. Really hope it goes away soon.

Brandy...Hope you are having a great day!

Cheryl

Hi gals-

I had a busy day so didn't get to post this morning. Had to go to the dr.s this morning, then class, and then a party, and then the bead store, and finally I am home. My 3rd day of running went well and my ankle seems to be holding up well. (a little swelling but no pain.) I'm getting to think that maybe I can get up to a 5K. Today was "short run" just 11 minutes. I'll go again on Friday for my long run of 17 minutes. My program has me increasing each run by 1 or 2 minutes each week.

Thanks for all the compliments on the kaleidascope. It is one of my favorite things because I incorporated all the charms I bought in Hawaii, and did it in colors that reminded me of the ocean.

Cheryl-glad you're getting some nice days. I think that is due here on Sunday. We have a forecasted high of 88 that day!!! Today was nice and sunny and low 70's just about perfect. I think beads will really make that wallhanging special. Sorry about your quilt problems. I hate it when a mismeasure occurs and you dont catch it until its to late.

Linda-I haven't tried bead crochet. I'm terrible at crocheting. My grandma has taught me many times, and it just doesnt click. I'm very tempted to try bead knitting since I have at least finished some knitting projects.

Rosey-Hope you figure out the pattern dillema. Congrats on getting a smaller size!!!

Have a wonderful evening.

Melissa

I think you'll like it here. What are you working on right now? I got into some metal sheets and a crimper and played around making some earrings last night. They turned out pretty cool.

I've got a busy one today and it looks to be beautiful outside!!!!! I can't wait to play softball tonight in nice weather. I got my walk in already, and have an spin class later. I also want to meet a friend at the batting cages for a little hitting practice.

I need to play with beads too cuz I have to get new samples ready within the next 2 weeks. Oh, if I must. Its so fun to have a job doing what I enjoy!

Well, hope everyone is having a wonderful morning.

Greetings from Atlantic Canada . . . it is cold this morning (8C/46F) and overcast with no promise of any sunshine later.

Personally, I'm feeling fairly . Got to move my ticker a whole two pounds down-east-ward this morning. The silly old scale- only decides to move often enough to keep me from going completely insane. I know it's the insulin and other meds that I take that keeps things slow and I try not to get discouraged. Just remember it was the tortoise that won the race, Linda.

to our group, Melissa. Glad to have you with us. Wow, what a coincidence . . . I just started another purse this morning. And I'm one of those that works on half a dozen things at once, too.

Yes you are very lucky, Brandy. Decided not to add beads to the new purse because I was afraid they'd get caught on stuff and rip off. When I finish this purse, I'm going to make a beaded, safety-pin bracelet, I think. Told you, your beading enthusiasm was contagious.

Wow, Cheryl, don't you just hate it when things go a little haywire. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get the kids back into balance as you work your way around. Nobody will ever notice it but you.

Anyway, I hope to find time to set up those pictures again in the next couple of days. In the meantime, have a great day, ladies. Keep moving and shaking and heading in the great downward direction. See you soon.

Hi again, Mel . . .

Sorry I've never done any pilates . . . I'm more into WATP and a little YOGA and just starting something called "bodyflex".

Really enjoyed viewing your projects. Boy, I thought I'd made a lot of ponchos, shawls, shrugs this past year or so . . . 3 knitted, 9 crocheted, 1 fabric, 2 quilted . . . and a couple of crocheted afghans . . . but you definitely have me beat and some of yours are much more intricate than mine. Great work. I'm particularly taken with Shawl0004. BTW who are the various models?

See you soon.

Linda

Melissa, always great to have another chick to the group.

Brandy...Glad you are having nice weather, we got your rain. How did your baseball game turn out?

Linda...Congrats and moving the scale downward. No quilt is ever perfect, but it still bugs me about the mistake. I showed it to my friend today and she said it looked fine.

Had my weigh-in at WW today and their scale finally moved 3.4 lbs. Still doesn't agree with mine. Mine said I was down 1.4 pounds this morning, so I'm going to move my ticker a pound. Have a good evening and I'll see you tomorrow.

Cheryl

Good Morning all you crafty ladies . . . Nova Scotia has had a little sun this morning, but radio is calling for rain later on and for the weekend. We'll see what actually develops.

Not too much going on around here today. Crocheting my little heart out and then must get back to taking pictures to replace the ones I can't get posted.

Congratulations, Cheryl. And isn't it nice to have WW finally catching up with you . . . but I do think you are right to stick with what your own scale says anyway. Good luck with your fabric dollies.

See you soon, gang. Keep moving and shaking and heading down that long and winding road to health and fitness.

Morning Ladies . . .

Cheryl . . . congratulations Keep up the great stuff and don't worry about the WW scale, pretty soon you won't be going there anyway.

Thanks for the link, Melissa . . . I printed it (all 21 pages) so you can tell just how much I liked it. I do like your white one better than any of her finished ones. But her instructions are certainly clear. Wow. Thanks also for the input on bodyflex. I haven't actually done much with it because I'm still working on the weird breathing. Seems strange to me to do any exercises while holding your breath. Yoga is always telling you to remember to breathe. I was a very heavy smoker about 20 years ago and I remember thinking back to 'those days' the first time I tried to 'breathe along with Greer'

Where is everybody else hiding out? Haven't seen some of our pals in quite a while and now Brandy has gone missing, too. Is everybody having too much 'fun in the sun' to be crafting, or what?

Anyway . . . those of you who are around . . . have a great day moving and shaking in the downward direction. See you soon.

Morning Gals...Cool, dreary and damp here...Wish the sun would come out and warm things up a bit. Busy sewing my dollies down this morning on my new sewing machine. Love my machine so much!!! Soon as I get a few post done and finish my lunch, I'm back up to sew. Would love to make my deadline of June 1st.

Donna, Melissa, Linda and Brandy, hope you gals have a great day. Be back later.

Cheryl

Hello ladies-I'm still here.

Been busy with my first week off! Our softball game was fabulous. We played well and mercied the other team. Good for us, not so good for them. I prefer to play closer games, but at least we got to exercise good sportsmanship toward the others. I've been playing with metal this week and have made some cute earrings. I've got ideas floating around finally after a dry spell so I have been trying to get them out and worked up.

Beautiful crocheting Mel. Some of the shawls are fantastic!!

Cheryl-Congrats on the loss!!! You're doing so well.

Linda-Can't wait for you photo post. I love eye candy!

Well, I'm off to shampoo a carpet. Have a great day!

Okay . . . I've been doing the picture thing again . . . or at least trying to . . . they are not what I would call "gallery calibre". Hopefully I will get better at this.

First we have the ponchos for my granddaughters. They are both the same (except for size) and I turned the little one inside out so you could see the reverse.

Next is the funny jacket/poncho thing I made for myself. Those little batwing sleeve nubs hate seat belts and purse straps. Other than that, very comfy.

Then we have the sleeveless jacket and tote-bag I made for my SIL. Luckily she knows nothing about it, because I think it will be too big. So I'm saving it. Hopefully, it will fit me by the Autumn.

Last picture is a couple of crocheted purses I just finished. The carrotty orange one is for me and the cornmeal yellow for the smallest GD. Still have to make a bit larger one for the other GD.

Anyway, that's it for my junk for the time being . . . See you all soon gang.