 Sunday morning, I don't think it's 9 a.m. yet. It's early Fish sort of weaseled my way out. I'm going to the airport with Bob and my dad dad drove down From Washington State Leaving his truck here rather than pay for long-term parking Because he's got to go on a business trip. So And he does that often just that way So Bob is taking him to the airport. I am out of breath And turning gray I am home. I'm doing the dishes and I'm currently watering the plants as Bob's little plant in his office watering the plants Doing the dishes folding laundry Normal Sunday morning stuff for me. I do have to feed the sourdough starter this morning And then once that sits for a couple hours decide if I'm gonna make some bread or not Get the little plant watered without overflowing. Hopefully And I think we're just sitting and relaxing today. We do have some stuff to do so for those that don't know my daughter and her fiance are having a sort of legal wedding ceremony next weekend a week from today actually they're postponing the big celebration Because of the worldwide situation with the pandemic and the protests and the rioting and everything So that'll be actually a year from June. So instead of a big It's wedding ceremony. They'll have another wedding, but it will be more of a Celebration of their life and their love and their anniversary one-year anniversary. So And then I think afterward and they'll have that big party here and she'll wear the big white dress and it's gonna be beautiful and Then they're gonna fly off to Lithuania, hopefully Hopefully we're not in the same situation right now, but anyway, they'll fly off to Lithuania and they're gonna have a big thing over there with Polyasus family, so Polyasus from Lithuania for those that don't know and anyway So I will be Starting today of getting ready for that. We've got Bob and I are responsible for bringing liquor next week And so we got some things that we could get at the regular grocery store But in Oregon, you have to get other kinds of liquor at the liquor store So we're gonna have to do that and I am going to be live broadcasting the wedding for Family who can't and shouldn't be here because of the pandemic and travel restrictions and all of that including the Lithuanian family So I was making a list earlier of equipment. I'm gonna need to bring with me Including tripods and the iPad mount because we'll be broadcasting with my zoom app via my iPad and yeah Yeah, so anyway Hoping to get some stiching in but we'll see right now I'm gonna finish with this and feed the starter and I'll be back and it's 9 16 a.m. FYI I Don't know. I've been up a long time. I mean my hair is still in my bed here hairdo So, you know, that's a thing. All right, I'll be back Hey guys, good afternoon. It's just before 2 o'clock on Monday. I spent the morning getting all of the weeks posts written for Facebook art groups and all of well most of them said I can schedule so I did that I Got the vlog edited I always make notes about what needs to be in the video description. So I did that Created a couple of new Etsy listings Here at the mailbox and It is full. I'm guessing one of these packages is the one that was missing over the weekend Anyway, I got the vlog edited I got it Got all the notes taken I got the two new Etsy listings created Now I need to prep a couple things for my daughter's wedding on Sunday Which is supposed to be this small little Little small legal ceremony is quickly turning into something. I think other than what she wants So I'm trying to just be encouraging and tell her whatever you want is fine Yeah, anyway I'm gonna check the mail. I'm gonna get inside. It's a little chilly and We'll see where we go from here kind of depends on what's in the box. I'll be back to share I have such great friends. So my dear friend Leslie McGrath She sent me some more floss. Thank you Leslie So that was great of her. So she sent me some more floss and threads Yay, great colors. And then my friend Laura Gregane from Canada Sent me some beautiful fabrics. Look at these. I think this one might work itself into the current solicitor journal It's definitely the right color of sort of a muted turquoise blue And then she sent me this Cardboard DIY Floss spool giant the floss spool full of fight. Look at this full of fibers silks and wools and Thank You Laura They will all go to good use ladies. I appreciate that very much. I also got some more sort of home-spun gingham check fabric What are these called? They're by jubilee fabrics that pattern Collection is called whitewash and these are like a pre-cut quilt square. I of course don't use them for that But I have been using these and Got my fabrics all the out here. I have been using some of them in the solicitor journal that I'm working on and I do like working with them. So I got some more of those those all came in today at 1255 p.m. just after lunch and Um, if you're watching this clip you saw some clips of me upstairs. I'm making some more masks today and Had a pillow that for years was in my bedroom on the bed It was made out of leftover satin fabric from my wedding dress Because I made my dress. I'll put a picture here somewhere And I took the leftover fabric and I made a pillow and I carried a linen handkerchief during the wedding that was my husband's grandmother's and She passed away before right before we got married And so I decided to take the pillow apart It hasn't been on my bed honestly in years and I took the handkerchief off and washed it It's hanging here and then this is the satin. Look how yellowed it is compared to the white of the washing machine a lot of the yellow came out of the handkerchief Yeah, not so much on the satin didn't really expect it to but that's okay We are all of its washed and it's drying and I'll be using the satin in some slow stitches And my daughter is going to be getting married And I'm going to give her this to Carrie so It's my project for today was getting that cleaned so now it can dry and then I can press it and then we're good to go Guess I better go finish the masks because they're not going to finish themselves And it's a little too early for me to take a chance and go to the mailbox because He hasn't been coming early Rarely, so I'm gonna go finish the masks and maybe by the time I finish that he'll be here. I don't know We'll see. All right. I'll be back 20 more masks done I also remembered. Thanks to watching Lollipalooza's video today about Etsy and I'll link it below She talks about the costs of at operating on Etsy, which are not cheap and their off-site ads You know way back in April I was supposed to opt my store out of ops off-site ads and then the pandemic happened and the protest happened I forgot about it So thankfully I went back and looked after watching her video and I can still opt out for those of you Who have an Etsy store and I'm gonna message Lolli later and let her know that I'm not sure if she knows or not It doesn't Help a lot, but it helps a little bit with the cost I Am wondering if I should finally move all of my Store stuff over to my website Which I can do But I'm gonna have to compare costs and see which one is more cost-effective I don't know. I've also thought about not having a website. I know, right? I own the domain name, but yeah Anyway, I don't know it is Tuesday evening. I almost said Thursday We won't get it. We won't get into why I almost said Thursday, but almost said Thursday. I Think I said it was June 8th earlier, but it's the 9th Uh-huh. I think so I'll fix it in editing. I don't know what date is. I just know it's Tuesday We're headed out for our evening walk. It's a little bit drizzly and damp. So We're both bundled up. I Have my mask, but I'm guessing because it's kind of raining that there's not gonna be any people out But we'll see I have one just in case That's it for right now I already got all my slow stitching done for the day, but I might start on the little bunny tonight We'll see. I'll be back. Good morning. It is when Wednesday morning 8 17 a.m. I think yeah June 10th. I had to count my head I've got a lot of stuff to do today Some of which requires me leaving the house again, which I'm not happy about but what are you gonna do? There's pine little baby pine cones all over my car Anyway, at least I remembered a mask this time because I've forgotten twice recently, which is bad I guess I forgot for a hot second how early it was and that times have Adjusted on when things are open because of the pandemic Mechanics isn't open yet. Michaels isn't gonna be either. So we're gonna do the grocery store first and then just put things in cold bags It's so weird that this isn't the new normal All right, let's get it done. Good morning everybody. It is just before 11 a.m. on Thursday June 11th. Yes, I almost said January There's a lot of cars behind me My dad's giant right giant white Denali Which wears baby sitting in the car because he's out of town and we took a long way here Is having his house painted and his workmen like parked their trucks In a way that make it Not so much fun to get out of my driveway They sort of blocked me in that's not actually very nice So anyway I got it So we are headed out. I need to go I have an appointment. So that's like why I'm going out I'm not just going out to go out because we don't do that right now, right? Because hello COVID-19 I'm going I have an appointment to get my hair done so We are open enough to do that and I'm going to of course be taking all precautions I have a paper mask with me because I am going to have my hair Color worked on and I don't want to get matching my color to my natural color Which is a combination of dark brown and silver It's actually still a lot more dark brown than I thought it was but She's going to be coloring it in a way that we can let it grow out And I don't have to see her as often not that I don't enjoy seeing her. It's not a money issue It's a COVID-19 issue. So Okay, guys, so we are back in the car it took About two and a half hours to do my hair and You're looking at the tissue box on my dashboard right now. I will write about here Put in a picture of what my hair Used to look like Are you ready? Hold on So here we go. This is a real me. So she recolored it so that we can let the Gray grow out and it is going to be very little if at all obvious I have to use purple shampoo on my hair going forward every now and then those with gray hair know all about purple shampoo just to keep it from getting too brassy and Yeah, here we are I love it and she cut a lot off So that's as long as my hair is and this is with it blown out So when it's just left to go curly, it'll be a little bit shorter. So but that's all good So anyway, I'm gonna go home now and eat some lunch because I am starving and it's well past my lunchtime But what do y'all think? You like it or not? I'm good with it. I Know it makes me look older, but you know what? I am I'm 57. Well, I will be 57 in August. So, you know, that's the thing Anyway, all right, that's it for now. I'll be back Good morning. It is still morning technically 11 18 a.m. Friday 12 I think yes, there you go. So we are obviously in the car We've got all of our gear with us that we need but we are in charge of evidently setting up the bar for the kids wedding and Fred's gonna be bartending so Setting up to drain some There you go, I think we have most of what we need alcohol wise But we need the mixers and a few other things that we didn't know we needed until like last night So We're headed out to go take care of that And get it done But it requires going to two stores because in the state of oregon you can only buy beer and wine at the grocery store That's a thing Yes Anyway, the shady liquor stores was the others, right? Yeah, so anyway and there What do y'all think of my hair This is unstraightened from the you know hairdresser. She straightens my hair and this is just what it does by itself I love the color Uh, and I guess once in a while, I'll have to wash it with purple shampoo to keep it from turning orange That's gonna be fun Anyway, uh, hoping to get some stitching in later, but we'll see. I don't know with the wedding being on sunday There's a lot to do between now and then so we'll see I'll be back. We're out for our evening walk Late afternoon walk It's about Yeah, it's about five o'clock. We thought we'd have a walk before dinner I got a bunch of stitching done as you saw including working on a little journal, um I was inspired by a couple ladies in the slow stitch facebook group one showed a little Um, she called it a meditation journal. It was a paper junk journal and on each page She did a little small slow stitch and then glued it into the journal So I did one of those pages today. I thought that was fun and on that page I thought To sorry about that. The neighbors drove by and said hi. Anyway, so I did on my little slow stitch Junk journal page. I did a stitch or a practice doing a stitch Uh, a version of blanket stitch that I saw Uh, another lady in the slow stitch group do So I'll put a picture of the page that I did here somewhere Um, did I do the blanket stitch the same way she did? No, it didn't quite turn out that way But I do like how it did turn out. So I'll be working on that some more I might add it to my other little slow stitch journal. I'm working on Anyway, I also made a little bag to hang off my little small handbag to hold my inhaler because I have one little small handbag I love but I need to carry an inhaler with me. I'm an asthmatic so anyway I get tired of having it in my pocket. It keeps falling out So I've made a little bag and hung it off my purse. It works All right, we're gonna go walking. It's raining. So we're gonna get some steps in before it drenches and we'll be back Good morning, everybody. It's technically still morning. I think oh no, it's not either. It's 12 o'clock 5 p.m I'm gonna do my best to vlog over the next couple of days, but it might be a tad challenging with the kid's wedding being tomorrow and all Um, speaking of which we're headed out to go Do some last-minute wedding shopping flowers flowers and I think we might need to pick up some folding chairs and stuff like that Um, we'll see. Yeah, we're meeting up with the rebecca and the maid of honor and the mother of the groom Okay, back in the car again. It is 6 like 12 p.m. Or something like that And we spent the afternoon shopping with the kids for stuff they need for tomorrow for the wedding and Hanging out with them at the end the family at their house Of course not too many people Are gonna be there because hello pandemic, but Pauli's parents are definitely there and Pauli's family. Yeah, Pauli's immediate family and their friend who's officiating. So It's all good. Anyway, we have stuff to pack. We have all the liquor for tomorrow at our house We need to gather some more chairs. We need to Get speaker equipment together for some music Um, I needed to pick up floral tape to work on floral arrangements in the morning and and and and so yeah Yeah, we're going home now to get the piles together. So in the morning we can just sort of grab stuff and go Hey guys, we're back home of everything together that we need to bring and well the maid of Matron of honor is getting rebecca ready. I need to work on flower arrangements in the morning I think we have everything together to do that. So I think we're good um, and of course, um has been a busy crazy day as it will tomorrow be but um, my Etsy stores also decided to go crazy and Thankfully, I have uh influx of decent sized orders. Yay. Thank you people. I appreciate it so much. You don't even know um, anyway No, well, I'm Mailing out your order on monday, but it's ready to go. I'm taping it right now There are some things in the shop that are sold out Right now and but they and they will be restocked at some point, but not right now I will probably list Hold on one one more tape roll. Okay. Sorry. I will list. Um I will redo the listings for the stamp sets that are currently sold out and we will be allowing for reorders But there'll be drop ship reorders from the manufacturer. So, um I'll be doing that next sometime next week dental Reorders will be happening at a future date, but not right now and um, I finally got My order in today Is there an easy way to open this? I guess not. Um from oh, yes, there is right right in front of my face. Um I ordered a slow stitch kit A long time ago um from australia um, it's What got me interested in this whole idea of slow stitching in the first place and then from there I went down the rabbit hole and found and brook and um a bunch of other people and anyway, I ordered this kit back in like March, I think It just came in now. It's been at least two months Um, anyway, I got it in today and I will be letting you guys know what I think So yay, it's finally here. Um, they sent a very nice little postcard. So It has been a crazy day. I will see if I can get any footage for you all of the weighing Um To share next week's vlog. So stay tuned for that Um, I may put a few little clips here at the end Not sure now at the time of filming this but you might want to stay tuned and um I think that's it for right now. So we're gonna I'm gonna go downstairs I need to have some more water I need some chocolate And I need to just chill for a bit and relax and Then tomorrow we'll be back at it. The kids will be married and it'll all be good All right, that's it for now. I hope you've all had a great week and That you don't forget to like share and subscribe if you're enjoying the content here on my channel My makeup is just all over the place. Sorry squirrel. Um Um Don't forget to Support the free content here on youtube And over in the facebook art groups if you can not only on my channel, but if you have a favorite creative or a favorite um content creator Here on youtube or um in one of the facebook groups They probably have a way to support them. Whether they have an Etsy shop or A paypal tip jar or a patreon or something else Check it out. 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