Utopia Rose

I haven't written in this blog for awhile.  Been busy and truthfully, Facebook has taken a lot of my time.  So I haven't done much ...

I'm feeling a little nostalgic and was remembering one of my favorite childhood books. The Animals' Merry Christmas by Richard Scar...

Sarah was invited to a costume party last weekend, so with an old sheet and a belt from our thrift store, we threw this together -- Princess...

A few couple of weekends ago I had the opportunity to go to Debbie Mumm , Inc. She was having a moving sale so practically everything was f...

Here are stick horses I made for our neighborhood Wild West Days. I used old blue jeans for the head (the bottom half of the pant legs) and...

When I was in college several years ago, I took a course in making my very own dress form. The instructor, LaVina Scott, developed this par...

During the cold winter months we use rice rolls heated up in the microwave for a little extra warmth. We put them on our laps when at the co...

This year I made Sarah's dress for her school's Christmas concert. She's right in between the girl and teen sizes, so we decided...

Tonight I made a simple dish that I call "Poor Man's Paella." It only has a few ingredients and no seafood. Recipe: 1/2 pkg of...

I haven't posted much lately here on my blog, been pretty busy this summer and haven't had any time to do any of my hobbies. But soo...

Here's a demo video of how to stitch a Gathered Flower with silk ribbon. This person also has other videos and they are very well done....

In rememberance to all those who gave their lives to protect our country..... ...we honor you.

I wanted to share some more pics of furniture that we've had in our store in the past. Vintage and retro stuff!

Saw this on someone else's blog. AWE YEEUH! CHECK IT!

My sister, the kids and I went to WinCo the other day to pick up a few things. Our WinCo is still fairly new here (it opened back in Februar...

(photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ackerman_farmer.jpg ) ~ Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. ...

Living in the Northwest mochas, lattes, frappacinoes, whatever you want to call them are very popular here. There are drive up espresso stan...

Well, it's the last day of March and guess what happened while I was at a dentist appointment with the kids? I look out their window and...

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