~ Summer Gatherings ~

Warm Summer Greetings to all my 

special friends!

I enjoyed a very relaxing Saturday, 

stitching ALL day on my next 

pattern release....coming soon!

I'm very pleased with the design  of this 

piece and have come up with a couple new finishing

ideas for its big reveal :)

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Today I'd like to share some antique pearl shell sewing cases....

This sweet little antique wire basket has red glass beads woven 

into the wire.  These wire baskets were made in many 

different shapes & sizes, and were made in 

Germany.

These antique sewing cases were made out of real pearl shells,

and the very old ones usually have brass hardware with 

a little chains attached.

Some were designed to be thimble cases, and were usually

lined in red....as the open one shown above.  The bigger

ones would accommodate other sewing necessities.   

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On Sunday, I finally got out of the house to go buy 

Marigolds for my Mr. & Mrs. Rabbit Folk 

garden planters....

Here they are sitting on my back porch just waiting

for me to get them planted, which I will be

doing later today.....will share pics

on Friday.

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Look at who's taking flying lessons....

My son Sam discovered this little guy in our yard yesterday.

Great pictures Sam....thank you!

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My husband Bill was on his way home this morning, and 

come upon this.....

....a large group of 6 Turkey Vultures.  Two of them flew off right before

he got the picture....this was just down the road from our

farm.

Usually you'll see a couple at a time, but it's rare to see a 

group of six....must of been something REALLY

tasty to them :(

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Last night I had gone out to see what Bill & Sam were working on in 

their shop, so thought I'd share a shop tour of

"BLACK DESIGNS" Auto Restoration....

They currently have five different projects going on.

This is our oldest son Nathan's 1974 Red Ford Bronco, they are trying

to finish this project up...doing the final rewiring and putting

things back together after the paint job.

Our friend David decided to have some extra work done

on his 1969 Yellow Volkswagon bus...

I had shared photos last week, but forgot in include

one of the back end....love the 

~ LIFE IS GOOD ~ sticker!

This next project is a 1969 Ford Mach 1  Mustang Fastback....

I think it's safe to say 'It's going to be awhile before this one is 

road worthy'.

Next is a 1968 Shelby GT 500KR (King of the Road) Fastback....

This is currently the lucky car to be getting a lot of time & energy....they

really want to get this one finished up.

This last one is Sam's daily driver....he's always detailing it, and 

keeps it very clean & shiny....

~ 2007 Mustang GT ~

Their shop is nice, but has too many smells, too cluttered,

so I'll go back to my Studio and stay in my 

comfort zone....designing & stitching!

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Here's a laugh for all my fellow Rabbit lovers....

This picture makes me smile & laugh every time I look at it!

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While on my evening walk, I snapped this lovely photo....

Every time I walk past this house it inspires me to find some

old copper pot....so pretty!

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Here's a favorite old photo....

....and now for some weekly 

~ SOUL FOOD ~

...whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things 

are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely,

whatsoever things are of good report; 

if there be any virtue,

and if there be any praise,

THINK ON THESE THINGS.

~ Philippians 4:8  KJV~

This is one of my favorite verses!

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I've enjoyed spending time with everyone today and hope

you enjoyed today's post.

Have a lovely week, will visit again on Friday.

~ Kindly, Tammy ~