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Friday, March 7, 2014

Vintage Crochet Shirt

Sometimes decorating ideas start from a small or unusual item. I this case mine started with a vintage hanger. When I was in Arizona last month I had a chance to visit a wonderful antique show called Sweet Salvage. I picked up this great wire hanger, once home the question was, what to do with the hanger besides hang it in the closet?????

I remembered I had a crocheted shirt that my grandmother made for my mom back in probably the late 60's. I never remember my mom wearing it and to be honest I can't imagine it fitting her it is tiny! That is the problem with trying to wear vintage clothes, they are soooo small. Anyway out of the box it came and on to the hanger.


I then hung them from a ribbon in front of the window in my office/studio/craft room.


Details of the crocheting…..



I feel this looks like a lacy collage, it blended well with the lace already hanging in the window.






The pictures came to come out very sepia looking even though I took them on a bright sunny day. I like the look it seems to go with the vintage lacy feel.








I'm trying to get things I like or love out of boxes, the basement or where ever I have them hidden and display them so I can enjoy them daily. This has made my "studio" jammed with beautiful things. In this room less is not more…..
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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Frozen Lake Michigan

 We recently went up to the cottage in Northern Michigan to see what a 100 inches of snow looked like and to see the very frozen Lake Michigan. This winter the Great Lakes are 90 percent frozen for the first time in over 50 years. It seemed so strange to see the lake that hosts so many summer activities frozen for miles and miles. People are walking out on the lake near the Charlevoix lighthouse.




In the summer a ferry boat runs 26 miles out to Beaver Island to deliver people, supplies and mail. This winter they been running snowmobiles all the way out there for mail delivery. Hard to imagine the lake is frozen that far out.




Looking out from the beach. 


This is the same view at sunset in the summer.


We drove down to a spot along Lake Michigan to see if we could get a better view of the lake. We hiked down this long road to get to the lake. It was a beautiful day, the sun was out but it was only 10 degrees, as they say up north it was a little "fresh" outside!




This was the view we were greeted with snow, ice and frozen water as far as you could see. You can see the people walking out on the lake. Once we got down there we realized those folks were friends of ours so they helped us with a few photos.



If you read our blog on a regular basis you might have noticed we rarely post pictures of ourselves. I've made an exception here, I feel like I am in my winter disguise! My hubby and I are standing in front of frozen waves.


The frozen waves.


I'm standing in front of an ice tunnel that was formed from the motion of the waves. In some sections of Lake Michigan the waves have created ice caves.


More frozen waves.




Michigan truly is the Winter Wonderland! We feel like we may have seen a once in a lifetime event created by mother nature.





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