PMJ Blog on Upcycled Stained Glass Crosses

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Upcycled Stained Glass Crosses

New Earrings on Etsy

Some new earrings on my etsy site! 

Malachite Heart Dangle Earrings

15 dollars for some genuine Malachite heart charm earrings

New Additions to the Petie Mae Jewelry Etsy Shop!

Check out these four fun new additions to my etsy shop:

MaYaN RuiNS Vintage Fabric Necklace

Fantabulous Floral Vintage Cloth and Colorful Silver Pendant Necklace

ToTallY TuliPS Dangle Earrings

MalaChITe Hearts and Vintage PeaCH Beaded Earrings

Food For Thought Spring Fling Outdoor Market

Had a great day out in the sunshine this past Saturday at the market. Didn't sell a whole lot, but I met a lot of great ppl and had a lot of visitors. Thanks for all my friends and family who came out to "drop by", check out the wares, maybe even purchase a few:), give me a chance to go to the restroom (being 30 weeks preggo makes you hafta go all the time!) and grab some food- like a vegan burger (without the bun), some of Sonya's Good Ole Cookies-she had gluten-free!-, and fun samples like chocolate milk, cheese, gluten-free lemon poppyseed cake...I love samples! Too bad I can't give out jewelry samples:) Maybe I can figure that out someday...or maybe not. Here's what I sold saturday:

My friend Grace from Colorado Springs decided to get a few cloth bracelets for her loved ones:) Thanks, Grace Face!

Lillie, Hope your mama loves this necklace!

I just made this one the week before, and a great friend of mine's hubby got it for her for Mother's Day!

 

So Saturday was a lot of fun, and I consider it a success when i get to see some of my favorite people and Petie Mae Jewelry fans stop by- or maybe they are just fans of me. But I'll take that over the jewelry any day! 

Happy rainy day Wednesday!

Upholstery 101- Challenging and Fun

we received this wonderfully comfortable chaise lounge chair from my parents for our new home. But as you can see, it needed a makeover.

Enter Upholstery 101 at the Sedgwick County Extension office~

First class was spent de-stapling...definitely the easiest job. Only got harder from here on out...

Second class, mom was out of town, leaving me up a creek without a paddle, the paddle being sewing skills necessary to do ANYTHING else in that class. So i waited....

Third class, got the bottom cover on!

Largely due to mother's sewing skills.

Batting and Padding. Neither of which are done on a baseball diamond or in the middle school girls' locker room.

Pre-sided.

Naked backside. We stripped a lot of it down, but we didn't have to re-tie springs. Praise God!

This is looking like a chaise lounge...a pReTtY chaise lounge

Plusher. We finished OVER half the job in one class period.

the LAST class period, when everyone goes home and says Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas, we are saying, "can someone help us move this monstrosity?"

clothed backside.

Whew, are we done?

a million thousand (approximately) staples and headaches later....tada!

This was a really fun class and i am sure the next time will be better when i don't feel like a chicken running around with my head cut off. One thing's for certain, if mom wasn't there by my side, this thing would still be the tan-gray beauty it began as.

The ladies in this class are HILARIOUS and it's very worth taking. However, make sure you have the time (6-6hour classes) and the moola for the resources (staple gun, compressor, fabric, sewing machine, all the knick knacks....another thing i'd be unable to do without my mother). Great bonding time, though! Highly recommended!

Thanks, Phyllis and Frances and all the other helpful and entertaining ladies at UP101!

Pickin's

 We had the delight and opportunity to go apple pickin' this Autumn at a friend's orchard. It was SO FUN! They even made their own cider press, where D and I pressed a gallon and a half of pure unadulterated cider! I've never tasted cider so good. In fact, i mourned for a week when the cider was gone...which was like 3 days after we pressed it. I also saved some of the apples to make homemade Cinnamon Applesauce. Another wowser treat. Gluten-free recipes, such as in "Babycakes" Recipe Book, use Applesauce as a liquid and much healthier substance, as opposed to oils, butters, etc.

How do you like THEM apples?

We all see ourselves as bigger than we are.

Agave nectar, cinnamon, and baked apples is all you need for some yummy applesauce.

had a little fun with some cookie cutters on this one.

We had in when the in-laws were in town. Nothing but the best in show for Dave and Deb!

Ohhhhh it was divine.

One should always have a silver colander.