The Village-House

This is my last structure of the village and it is the cutest, well they are all pretty cute. I'm having one of those moments where I look at my work and think....where did I come up with all those ideas?

Flowers, lace and free flow curtains add to the sparkling roof.

The chimney is a sweet idea, cute, huh? (Forgive the sun in the photo).

Can't you see a fairy living here? C&G Design

Words and photos by Dawn,C&G Design.

What's left of my Garden

Even though I'm in the midst of a health issue, I am still going to keep posting on my blog. I may not even mention my health on some days while others, you might get more than enough information than you really need, TMI!
Anyway, I love flowers, these we finally pinched off my begonia and discarded but I JUST had to photograph them first. Well, my garden is still hanging on, we have all but given up on it, allowing things to grow amuck. The zucchini is coming along.

And....and... I thought this was squash but upon closer inspection.....me thinks it's cantaloupe or watermelon, check out the leaf. I have not one.....

but two......

and three.....

finally four! They are all the size of a apple or bigger.

What did my husband plant?!?

And why this year when I gave up on the long season fruit?!?

All of my tomatoes have grown and creased over, it's our fault though, we fertilized too late. They are still bearing fruit although nothing like the normal.

I've never made it to a growth season with peppers either....

but, by goodness! They have done superb this year.

I have already eaten several and the only complaint I had was the first pepper had a thin wall and very little flavor. The rest are yummmy!

I have been having baby onions as they are still growing along with the carrots, which I never did thin. Should have some interesting shapes this year.

So far, one lone pumpkin. I suspect more are hiding.

The potato's are not doing well except the ones in the tipsy buckets. Time will tell on those.
The beans have all been eaten.

Should I even mention my 2 foot high corn?

Ha! We might get some ears for stir fry, you know...the baby corn.

Bring it on my rouge raccoon with taste buds for kernels! C&G Design

Words and photos by Dawn,C&G Design.

Birthday Wishes

Although I'm a day early (I don't post on Saturday) I'd like to wish my mother and niece happy birthday! On a post script, my colonoscopy has resulted with a tumor, we don't know the pathology of it yet so we are waiting on biopsy. Either way that part of the colon will need to be removed. I will keep my readers posted.
Thank you in advance for all your kind words. C&G Design

Words and photos by Dawn,C&G Design.

An inside job

O-kay...so I'm beyond the age of 40, the era when your warranty seems to expire. Since than it has been one thing or another, if it is not the achy knees it's the blurred vision.
My husbands warranty is pro-rated though, I believe that some of his health is still guaranteed, he acts better than all of us!
Anyway, I had my annual check-up and everything is fine except for being anemic, again. A repeat thing from last year. Well in the seven months since my last blood test, my red blood cells dropped to the stage of needing a transfusion, can ya figure out why I've had a hard time with stairs! So!....In that small amount of time the doctors have decided there is bleeding going on inside my stomach or colon. Ahhh, I can't really pinpoint any changes other than what is normal for me. (Geez, what do I know, I should of passed out on the roller coaster at six flags!)
Anyway, that's what I'm doing today, having two out patient procedures at the local hospital and I should know something by the end of the day.

Excuse me if my posts are short until I get back in the swing of things. C&G Design


Words and photos by Dawn,C&G Design.

Little Ann

Aren't these adorable!? I forgot where I got the photo from, I think maybe Etsy, you can see that Ann is crocheted....and tiny! I'd like to have one of these for a garment brooch, or maybe a pair of earrings!

Imagine how tiny the crochet hook must be. C&G Design

Words and photos by Dawn,C&G Design.

The Last Presents

For those of you who guess orange and purple you were right. I think my sister came closest. The bummer about it all is that I have orange and purple sequins but they are the large size so I opted for the gold on both presents. I have black and white small sequins but I did not think the black would look good on purple and I thought it would look too much like Halloween on the orange. Amazing, I don't have silver (making notes about that).

I kept thinking while doing these two presents.....the colors are yummy, they remind me of the freeze pops you can buy, especially the orange.

My next ornament set requires reading and following instructions. I've never made them before.

I've always wanted too. C&G Design

Words and photos by Dawn,C&G Design.

Princess Grace Dolls

Well, my printer/scanner has been acting up lately. At one point recently, we added a wireless connection for all the other computers in the house and that's when things went awry. My husband is trying to put it back to just the "big" dinosaur computer but it will take 2 hours to reload all the missing components. Argh.
Anyway "Maddie Mod" was in storage with my blogger account, so here she goes. Maddie mod is a doll made by the Princess Grace, inc. She is Named after Madeline Abrams, first lady of Tennessee I believe.

Not much information is available about Princess Grace dolls or about Madeline Abrams and I can say.....this particular doll (11 inches like Barbie) is known for the doll with the bad haircut.

I have a Maddie, she was found when I purchased one of my vintage Barbie doll cases, she was inside keeping Ken company. I'm thinking....hum...I might want to go through those old clothes that were in the case also and see if I can find a appropriate outfit for my Maddie Mod.

I almost discarded her due the her bad hair. C&G Design

Words and photos by Dawn,C&G Design.