MORE pickling !!!! And a fun pic of my little girl...

I did not have as much time  as I would have liked today, but I still managed to fill some more pots and to finish some others

The onions got labels. Anyone with more than my two brain cells would have hit upon label making in Word loooong ago... well, I did so, finally, today.

The cherries were labelled and got little covers (brrrr fiddly)

The bottles had dried and look nice, I think. They are solid acrylic, painted with glasspaint.

And I filled some marmelade jars, chopped orange canes by Angie Scarr, colored scenic water. The color is a bit VERY orange, I am afraid :-) and at least two of the pots are going to burst- bubbles are developing! There will soon a marmelade-bomb exploding in the Kendrew house,I think :-)

and while I was at the computer yesterday a little girl was playing acrobatics next to me:

Added some more pickles to my stash

Today I had a play day again; I made labels for my "honeypots" that I painted some time ago. These are solid acrylic jars ( can be bought from Debbie , so cannot be filled, bu if you use glass paint and let them dry thoroughly, they do look nice. I also made textile covers for the pots.

( they are more amber colored than it seems in this picture, honest!)

In the same way, I also made a load of little jars of jam and curd:

( hmm, I am still think about very tiny  labels, I am afraid that is beyond me, but maybe....Textile covers are absolutely out of the question, I am afraid ! )

I also filled some pots with mushrooms

In case you think I can make these, forgeddit right now. Angie Scarr made those beautiful canes, I just filled the jars :-) I am also adding a layer of glass paint on the outside, as part of the scenic water was too pale to my taste.

Also did cherries ( seed beads ,on the left), yellow scallions ( small pearlized beads ,middle). Hm, I seem to ahve lost some of the covers for the cherries, so probably will need to make some covers for these.

And these were meant to be red onions ( purplish beads), but since I did  not color the scenic water, these came out too pale for that, so I did a re-think and am calling them plums. There.

They will all go into the very big rack in my Kendrew hose !

In the meantime kitties are very happy!

Tiffany's first Chanuka

Today is the second night of Channuka, two candles. I have got a cat-like Chanukiah (  that is the candleholder) and I love the combination of two kitties :-)

Isn't she sweeeeeeeeeeeet ??

Stitched labrador

Meet Buster

Buster crossed over the Rainbow bridge not long ago. A friend of mine ( Thelma fron Arizona) asked whether I could design a chart for her to stitch; Buster was the dog of one of her friends, a well-beloved and loving companion .
I did ,and Thelma stitched it and framed it. The pic was taken with a phone, which discolors it a bit, but the colors are OK in real life, Thelma assured me. Thelma did a GREAT job and I am very happy to have been instrumental in giving the lady a memory of her friend.

My little retriever

Tiffany loves one game that Floris  did like, as well: playing fetch !! She jumps off and tears through the house when I throw something ( anything will do, wads of paper are favourite, though, but a  small rubber ball will do quite nicely) ,she brings it back to me, drops it near my feet or in my lap and wants to repeat etc ad infinitum- well, until the gas runs out, that is.

Update on the BBB

And here it is again...The Monster....

But we ARE getting somewhere!! I can see it, I can see it....

In the meantime, Tiffany is growing fast and she is still a happy kitty, every day dreaming up something nice or naughty. She is a lovely girl and all of us are glad to have her in the house. This morning I even saw Jojo start a bit of playing with her- which means a lot, since Jojo never learnt to play with other cats while she was young ( I suspect, I adopted her as an adult stray)

And here is the first part of the harvest...

Some of them may still get gingham covers, but that is  later!IF I am adding them, that is.
The labels are from printimini's , the well-known site :-)
Euro in the back for size.

Pickled eggs ( I can do eggs in Fimo, hah !) and raisins in brandy (partially ochre painted mustard seeds)

Cucumbers sliced off an Angie Scarr cane, and green beans :

Apples ? Or peaches??? Well, yellow spilt peas :-) They do look impressive enough !

Cherries ( again painted mustard seeds) and carrots ( painted points of cocktailsticks, some lichen for parsley)

Gherkins ( painted cumin seeds )

Prunes ( pepper seeds. yes, I know these are biscuit jars, but I like them better this way, and it is MY house!!!)

More jars and bottles to follow, I think !