Weeds?
Just before my husband mowed the grass, I gathered some of the “weeds” that had grown…
I made a little “bouquet”
(I hope they’re not poisonous!) 🙂
and placed them in a glass.
The colors look so pretty!
They brightened up the place.
Happy Thursday!
Daisy
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More from Amy Carmichael…
Disappointed?
Art thou disappointed? Â Come to Me;
I will never be a grief to thee.
Hurt by hand thou trusted? Â Come to Me;
Leaves of healing I will lay on thee.
Art thou broken? Â Come, My child, to Me;
I, thy Comforter, will comfort thee.
Even friends can sometimes changeful be;
I will always be the same to thee.
Your lovingkindness, OÂ Lord, extends to the heavens,
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Psalm 36:5
Have a blessed Sunday!
Daisy
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I have so much fun going into antique stores…
I was able to find this large magazine ad, along with several others (I’ll be posting them soon), for sewing patterns. Â For those of you who love vintage or old sewing patterns, I thought this would be fun to see.
Happy hunting,
Daisy
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I’ve shared before how I enjoy walks through parks and rural areas.
Well, I also like to go on what I call photo drives.
I try to be careful how close I get and I always stay in the car… (I don’t want to get shot by an angry “neighbor”!)
Here’s just a few photos I took on a recent photo drive…
A very serious look. Â I wonder what they’re thinking…
Certainly not inviting me to come for a closer look.
They had a friend close by…
probably saying, “Don’t worry, bud… I got your back!”
Not far were some pretty horses…
And a pony.
These two were giving each other some TLC…
I thought it was funny how one of them kept their eye on me the entire time.
This beautiful horse was all by itself…
It was far away but the scene was so peaceful…
I didn’t want to disturb it.
It’s fun to go on a relaxing “scenic” drive. Â For me, it’s therapeutic, really.
Enjoy your part of the country… whether covered in snow, or sunny and green.
Take a photo drive (preferably someone else driving so you can take pictures) and enjoy the scenery.
Happy Weekend,
Daisy
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It’s so much fun to work with pre-cut fabric!
If you haven’t tried it yet, and you like to sew, I encourage you to try these colorful, beautiful, pre-cut bundles.
They come in endless varieties of color combinations and different sizes of cuts…
… i.e. Charm Packs (5″X5″ squares),
Layer Cakes (10″X10″),
Fat Quarters (18″X21″),
and other variations of these.
This particular one is called a jelly roll.
I know. Â They all have fun names.
Jelly rolls usually come in rolls of 24 strips measuring 2 1/2″ X 44″. Â This particular one had 20 strips.
You can see the nice bright colors.
Fun fabrics!!
When you open up the jelly roll, you usually find 2 strips of each fabric.
The great thing is that they are all coordinated for you and precut!
This saves a lot of time, trying to match fabrics and find a variety that will go together,
not to mention all that cutting!
I wanted to make a Queen-size quilt, so I added some more fabrics from my stash that I thought worked well with the jelly roll.
I’ll use these for more strips, borders, and binding.
They balance the brightness of the jelly roll fabrics.
I cut some white fabric into same size strips as the jelly roll and sewed 3 strips together…
Some with the white center and prints on the top and bottom… Â some with the print center and 2 whites.
This goes pretty fast and soon I had a stack.
It was so much fun working with these bright, colorful fabrics!
The white makes the prints look great!
I then cut those strips into 2 1/2″ strips…
This is what they look like when I put all the little stacks together.
Now, all I have to do is sew them together to make a Postage Stamp Quilt. Â I will be working on this in the days to come…
I’ll post on the finished top as soon as I finish it.  🙂
If you’re interested in these precut fabrics, you can get them in many different places now.
Here are just a few of my favorites:
Hobby Lobby
Great store! Â I always use a coupon when I go. Â If you have their phone app you don’t have to worry about cutting newspaper coupons!
Missouri Star Quilt Co.
Great online store. Â They have a wonderful Daily Deal special online!
Wal-Mart
The selection at the store is so much better than online!
Joann Fabrics
Limited selection but you can get a significant discount if you use a coupon. (They also have a phone app available) Â I recommend you buy at the store since they don’t have much available online.
There are many other sites but these are the ones I have found to be the most economical… and of course, that’s important to us, isn’t it?!
(I am not advertising for these companies, they don’t know I exist :))
Happy Quilting!
Daisy
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I’d like to introduce you to one of my favorite authors, Amy Carmichael.
She was born in 1867 in Northern Ireland and became a missionary to India.
This is one of my favorites of her poems…
Flame of GodÂ
From prayer that asks that I may be
Sheltered from winds that beat on Thee,
From fearing when I should aspire,
From faltering when I should climb higher
From silken self, O Captain, free
Thy soldier who would follow Thee.
From subtle love of softening things,
From easy choices, weakenings,
(Not thus are spirits fortified,
Not this way went the Crucified)
From all that dims Thy Calvary
O Lamb of God, deliver me.
Give me the love that leads the way,
The faith that nothing can dismay
The hope no disappointments tire,
The passion that will burn like fire;
Let me not sink to be a clod;
Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God
Â
Have a blessed Sunday!
Daisy
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For Christmas this year, I got some fun, unexpected gifts…
My daughter gave me this:
It appears to be a camera lens. Â In fact, it looks almost identical to MY camera lens.
But it’s not a lens…
It’s a mug! Â Stainless steel inside, nice twist-off cap…
Which again, looks exactly like my lens cover.
It’s very nice to use for either coffee or hot tea…
or hot chocolate,
or a latte…
you get the idea.
It comes in its own little bag (just like the real thing)!
She also gave me a subscription to Popular Photography!  So much fun to look through and learn from their articles.  But no pressure, right?  I’m still just an amateur 🙂
Well, if you know someone who enjoys photography… here’s two ideas for gifts.  I’m sure they’ll love it!  🙂
Happy Saturday!
Daisy
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I have not posted in 11 days…
I’ve missed you, friends.
First, I had to attend a training and had no internet available.
Then, 2 days ago, I had another migraine. Â I’ve never had them so close together before. Â But I am thankful that this time I did not have to go to the ER.
Now, on to more JOYful topics!  🙂
The place where this training was held was rural and a very pretty setting.
I was able to step outside with my camera for just a few minutes during one of the breaks and take a few photos…
The color. Â The delicate petals.
It was not a rose bush, but it was just as beautiful…and it was covered in blooms!
I only had a few minutes…
I could stare at this for a while. Â So beautiful. Â It doesn’t have the sweet scent of a rose, but it is so lovely.
The bush had so very many! Â There were some that had fallen and the ground was covered with them. Â Even there, they were beautiful!
Does anybody know what type of flowers these are?
I thought I could google it, but after a while, I gave up when I couldn’t find the exact match. Â It’s a big bush, tall, and covered with these flowers.
It’s good to be back… Y’all have a fantastic weekend!!
Love to you,
Daisy
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In photography today, we have so many options!
Remember the days when you had to buy either color film or Black & White??!
Then, you hoped that most of the photos on that film turned out right.
You never knew until you got those pictures developed!
Now, we have digital cameras with the screen showing us instantly what the picture we just took looks like. Â We can immediately delete it or save it for later…
developing, scrap booking, putting it on canvas, or on a dvd multi-media presentation.
When I play with my photo software, (I don’t edit too often), I have a hard time deciding whether to make certain photos black & white or keep them in color.
There’s just something about black & whites… nostalgia, I guess.
Here’s an example… Â they each highlight different things & give a different look…
Which one do you like??
My daughter & son-in-law… we’re all having dinner together at a local restaurant.
You can tell the lighting in the place has affected the look of the photo.
Here’s the same photo in black & white.
It gives it a different look.
Here’s a case where it was a no-brainer for me to decide…
I took these pictures of my daughter, the week before her wedding, several years ago.
Here’s a color photo, nice red flowers, pretty bench.
Here’s a different picture… same bench, same flowers but the waterfalls are in the background. Â All I did here was leave the flowers in their original color, and everything else in black & white. Â My daughter really likes the retro/vintage look, so this photo is one of her favorites.
So…
What do you think? Â Do you prefer color or black & white?
When do you choose (if ever) black & white over color?
Can’t wait to hear what you think!
Happy photo shoots,
Daisy
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A Daisy Garden 