"Play Time"

More photos of our wonderful vacation!

"Play Time"

My hubby and I LOVE the islands in the Caribbean. We have island hopped on big cruise ships a few times. The weather is always gorgeous, the water is amazingly beautiful and the local bars/food joints are right up our alley. Nothing like sitting at an outdoor, beach front bar where Santa is propped up among the limes & oranges. Christmas trees in the sand are so cool, with huge conch shells underneath them. We saw some really big iguanas hanging out by the restaurant's outdoor cooker...YUM YUM! The snorkeling was definitely in the top 3.....no joke.....Grand Turk has a 7000 ft dropoff with the most colorful fish I have ever seen. We saw our first ever full rainbow coming into St. Martin. We rented a car and toured the island, stopping to hop over to Pinel Island for sun, swimming, eating & drinking. St. Thomas has breathtaking beaches. We especially liked Sapphire Beach. I am hoping one day to go on our own sailboat.

Log House

I am currently bidding on 23 window blinds for this gorgeous log house. My new son-in-law has been building it and got me the referral. How cool is that? The owners are working a ton to complete the finish work. The windows are trimmed in cedar as well as the mantle piece and the loft beams. The guy found a large cedar tree knocked down from Hurricane Irene and had it cut up.....really gorgeous. Check out the rock. We don't have rock around this neck of the woods. It is so pretty. I will get more photos when it is done. ENJOY!

Sailing Trip -- Oct. 2011

My husband and I went on a sailing trip recently. We spent 5 nights on the boat, sailing to Cedar Creek and then down the ICW to Beaufort. Our friends on Cavalle sailed along with us. We had a great time. The weather was perfect...high of 75, low of 45. No rain and lots of sunshine.

Soft Cornices

A very good friend gave me lots of upholstery scrap fabric. I used some of it to make soft cornices for my husbands office. I think they turned out really nice. Enjoy!

Tenara Thread & Boat Canvas

I decided to bite the bullet and purchase that expensive Tenara thread. Everything I read says it will last longer than the sunbrella. I decided to buy black and use it on a mainsail cover that is docked right next to us. It turned out super. I had to do a bit of fine tweaking but it is definitely the stuff to use. Check out the main sheet cover I made too....sweet.

Naugahyde Bench Cushions

I love my animal friends and when I brought the 2 kitties to my vet I noticed the exam rooms were being painted. The main lobby area is now a nice blue and the exam rooms are a beautiful light eggplant color. The benches were forrest green and awful! So.....I recommended a new color vinyl and VOILA....they have been recovered and look super. When I went to take photos I happened to see a friend there who had "Brutus" with her.