Update

Hello Everyone! Summer is just flying by for me with these 2 puppies. They are doing very well with their house training, but like all pups they like to chew on things. They haven't destroyed anything yet but I do have to keep an eye on them. Their favorite thing to chew are my slippers. Yuck!

I also been able to get some yard work done and a lot of sewing done. Here are my first two attempts at making quilted wall hangings out of artificial silk flowers. I have a ton of scrap material and a huge plastic container of silk flowers laying around the house so I decided to downsize them by "recycling" them in a new wallhanging. They were kind of fun to make and go together really fast.

I also made a couple tote bags this week for Christmas gifts. This photo show them before attaching straps which I will do today. I made them out of scraps of old Christmas fabrics and pieces of batting I had left over. I'm challenging myself to make things now that I don't have to go buy anything for. It's been kind of fun being creative with things like this and I certainly have enough stuff to work with.

Lastly, I've been spending a lot of time with my two new puppies. They are growing like weeds and now they actually look like dachshunds with the long nose, long ears, and long body. They couldn't be two opposite personalities. Ginger is the go getter tiger and Cookie is so laid back all the time we call her our little wet rag. Here's a couple photos of them for you to enjoy.