Tatting in the dark

Remember when I added tatting to several lamps shades?

I posted about them several times, here, here and here.

 I had gone to a bit of work to come up with a way to show it off , finally decorating cans.  I like how they turned out, but they didn't give out a lot of light, more of a glow. 

I ended up using one of the lamp shades this weekend but displayed it a little differently.

This is a Dollar Store goblet with the puck light inside.  It's a smaller puck light than the ones I had tried last time, but it turns on the same, by pressing the center.  The goblet puts an interesting pattern on the shade, doesn't it?  It also allows it to be quite a bit brighter.  What a way to show tatting in the dark.

Why didn't I think of this sooner?

Okay, I saw the idea on Pinterest, but it was saying to use tea lights.  I'm sure this is a bit brighter than using a tea light. 

And I wanted brighter.

Because we didn't have any power.

A thunderstorm went through the area early, early Friday morning (April 3) and did a lot of damage to some of the area.  We were fortunate that we only had a bit of rain and not all the strong winds that hit not very far from here.  But we did loose power for 22 hours.  Which isn't bad, as the electric company was projecting over three days before power would be restored. 

This put a kink in our weekend, to say the least.  My husband got out the generator and we rotated what got plugged in - well house, refrigerator, freezer, etc. We grilled our lunch and went out for supper Friday.  We were prepared for no electric for several days but were very happy it came on sooner. 

But everything I was going to do Friday pretty much didn't happen.  And then Saturday we celebrated Easter over at one of our daughter's house, which was for most of the day.  There was no time Sunday to do everything we had planned for the long weekend, so lots of things didn't get done.

But that's okay. We are okay, didn't have any damage, had a wonderful time visiting family and had a blessed Easter.

That's a lot of light to go with the dark.

"I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars."

Og Mandino

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International Tatting Day 2015

Plans for today:

Tat for enjoyment

Wear tatting

Eat chocolate!

Check out this cute little poem by muskaan.  This describes me, how about you?

‘Coz We Are Tatters

The room is all a-clutter

The family a-grumble, a-mutter,

But my heart is still a-flutter,

Stashing more thread is all that matters

‘Coz I am a tatter.

“That money’s for food!”

Oh, honey, I’m sure we’re good.

Need a new shuttle in wood

Diversifying my collection is all that matters

‘Coz I am a tatter.

There’s a new book online

Well I mayn’t tat a design

But that book has to be mine

Stocking my library is all that matters

‘Coz, peeps, I am very much a tatter!

                                (muskaan, March 2015) 

Make lace, not war :-D

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Tatting Tea Tuesday flea market find

 Tatted Tea Cup Doily © Wanda Salmans 2014

Another find from our flea market stop last week was this pretty demitasse tea cup and saucer.  I'm a fan of roses on tea cups though this is quite different from the ones I purchased for the auction.  I didn't really need it but it was such a pretty set. 

The doily is the one I made when I was inspired by another tea cup with roses. I just noticed it is also the same horn shuttle that I used in the other picture.  I've made a start at the pattern for this doily, but there is still a long way to go before it is ready to share. 

I'm having to slow down on my tatting a bit. I got carried away and didn't take breaks like I should have which made my arm sore.  Nothing serious, just have to do some arm and hand stretches a little more frequently and take it slower so it will get better.  I'm using some of that time to work on writing out patterns. Typing uses the hand and arm a bit differently than tatting so I'm taking a tatting break and still working on tatting :-)

I also am anxious to work on a few of those stick pins I found at the flea market.  I have several ideas percolating in my head, I just need to decide on the colors.

  

"Tea is quiet and our thirst for tea is never far from our craving for beauty."

James Norwood Pratt

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Flea market finds

My husband and I stopped at a local flea market/antique shop the other day.  We didn't find what we stopped in looking for, but I found a few things that I ended up bringing home.

Check out these buttons!  Someone took the time to cut them off of the clothes they were on and saved them.  There are some interesting buttons in here.  I'm already thinking of where and how to use them.

I can see either a family picture or tatting in this pretty little heart-shaped frame. It looks to have never been used - the picture is the one that came with it when it was new.

I found two packages of hat/lapel pins.  I snatched them up as I have been looking for this item for quite a while.  I have several relatives that like hats and wearing these in lapels as well.  And if they turn out well maybe I'll try selling a few of these at a craft show.

I do have to keep a tight reign on my purse at flea markets so I don't take home everything that strikes my fancy!

"Is it strange that I enjoy going to flea markets more than going to the mall?"

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Don't forget to wear a bit o'green!

"Do you suppose it's true, that St. Patrick was a parselmouth, and his muggle friends never knew?"

Dave Beard

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