A favorite thing, a repair and 2 little sewing projects

One is my favorite things is our adhesive box.  Because I sew and craft and because we fix things,  we have several kinds of tapes and glues.  

A few years ago, I rounded most all of them up from various places in our home and put them in one container.  

It is so handy now when anything needs done, we just look in the “glue box” and get what we need.  

This box is on a shelf in the craft room closet- easy to find.  

Elizabeth’s sandal had a separating sole and she asked if I could fix it.  

I used Fix All adhesive from Dollar Tree and clothespins to clamp it shut while the glue dries.  

One sole was half off and the other one was just starting to come apart.  


Hopefully they will be fixed when the glue sets.  



It is humid in Oklahoma and drinks in bottles really sweat in the summer.  

I don’t really care for wet bottles so I sewed up a couple of home made Koozies.  

They are just scrap quilting fabric, with fusible batting inside and Velcro for the closure.  

Bottles vary in size so if you sew some,  just figure out the best width and height for your bottle. 

My bottle is 16 ounces and the finished Koozie is about 10 inches by 5 inches.  



Remember Scrunchies from the 90s?  

I saw this YouTube video and decided to make some 

https://youtu.be/OBBLk8sPDY4 Her instructions say the fabric should be cut 4.5 inches by 18 inches.  That works perfect.  She recommended the elastic be 8 inches but that was too long for my fine hair.  I shortened my elastic to 7 inches.

It’s been raining all day and this has been a perfect day to stay home and fix and sew.  

Birthday fun and easy meals

Hello everyone 🌞

With my craft room in order, it was easy and fun to make this birthday card.  I used a circle paper punch, embroidery floss, scrap paper, a glue stick and a rubber stamp. 

Our oldest granddaughter, Elizabeth, turned 8 ❤️

Her momma (my daughter, Nina) made her a very fun surprise center cake. 

When cut, candy and sprinkles pour out.  It was a very special cake and it tasted delicious too. 

Nina also fancied up my husband’s insulated iced tea cup.  She uses some kind of inks, epoxies and a turning contraption.  They turn out beautiful and she has a busy little side business starting with them.  



I haven’t made a pretty to do list lately but I made one yesterday.  


My husband has a little garden in our backyard.  Yesterday he picked onions, a few peppers, basil and lettuce.  


Supper last night was easy

Hash brown potatoes

Spinach from the garden with onions and a little bacon

Chopped veggies with cottage cheese- I like balsamic vinegar on mine ❤️


Another easy meal was fajita bowls. I cooked 2 diced chicken breasts in one pan, 2 onions and 2 bell peppers in another,  when done I mixed them together and seasoned with garlic salt, pepper and lime juice.  

Serve on top of rice and add salsa, sour cream and cheese as desired.  

This is so good and is good leftover too.  

Yard sale selling and buying

Hello everyone 

We were up and out in our garage and driveway early this morning.  I did some of the work but my husband and son did the majority of it.  

We pretty much just had a assortment of odds and ends to sell.  

When we were too hot and tired,  we moved the leftovers to the end of our driveway and marked it free.  Most all was picked up fairly fast.  

There was so little left that it was easy to deal with.  



I walked to few of the neighbors who were also having sales.

Everything in this photo was $5.75

Not shown are a bunch of clay pots $1 each

8 basketballs and soccerballs .50 each

A skateboard for .50 

And an air tank for $10, my husband picked it out

Any of you yardsale today? I like hearing about treasures and bargains.