Coat Hooks

This project has been on my to do list for some time now and the worst part is it didn't actually take very long to make! As part of my bedroom tidying, I finally made coat hooks for my tote bags so they are no longer hanging on my door handle!

To make this lovely project, I used the leftover piece of wood from my floating shelf and took a router along the edge to make it look a little nicer. Then I stained it with what I thought was the stain I used on the aforementioned floating shelf, but it was much darker. This is the only part of it that I'm a tiny bit sad about, but it's mostly hidden behind my door so I don't really see it and I could sand it down and stain it again if I really wanted to. 

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After the stain dried, I figured out where I would need to drill a mounting hole so it would align with the stud in the wall. I marked that line then figured out where I wanted the hooks so that one would cover that mounting screw. Once that was figured out, I drilled tiny holes for the hooks' screws and larger holes for the mounting screws. Then after this photo was taken I realized I needed to recess the mounting screws so the hooks would sit flush against the wood so I made some larger holes that only went part way down then assembled it and hung up my tote bags! Hurrah for a finished project!

Heart Fix

A few months ago, when the weather started warming up and I was looking to change out my bedding for something more weather appropriate, I decided to finally fix this bedspread that I ruined with the vacuum. How does one ruin a bedspread with a vacuum you may be asking. Well, it was dangling as bedspreads do and I vacuumed up the corner and the satin fabric on this bedspread melted with the friction. I cut off the crunchy melted part, leaving a hole that I covered in a heart shaped weaving technique.

I think it needs some more decorations, but I'm at least using it now. The bedspread had been tucked away for way to long waiting to be mended. Here is the in progress photo so you can sort of see what the hole looked like. Most of the crunchy melted part is gone, but you can see a little bit on the right. 

Astoria

Last week I was on vacation and spent some time in Astoria, Oregon. Before going on this trip, I had planned on taking photos to share here, but I am still horrible at remembering to take photos and ended up taking photos of only five things. Here are the three that I liked.

Garden Update

The few seedlings I started are still inside and wrapped up in their snails. I ended up buying some seed starts and never added more soil to the snails so they've not grown very much, but they are still mostly alive. I should send them to the compost bin to make space. The garden is growing quite well though, I've not been neglecting it too much.

Most of the vegetables are growing in straw and are doing quite well! We've got some tomatoes, two types of cucumbers, and some beans.

The peas are doing less well, I am blaming the heat and am going to start a few more plants with seeds I've collected from these plants so we can have a fall harvest too.

Everything else is growing in soil. There are watermelon, dahlias, potatoes that were not harvested last year that started making new plants (not pictured), and sunflowers! I threw all the sunflower seeds I collected last year into a small raised bed so they are quite dwarfed, but they are still blooming!

Dahlia Bouquet

Hello Again! The dahlias are blooming and I made another bouquet!

This bouquet is made with dahlias and dusty miller, both from my garden. It’s a simple bouquet, I thought the silvery leaves would look nice with the showy pink flowers. I should have several more weeks of dahlias for bouquets so I’ll need to try something different next time.