Rambling On....

I am getting not a lot done today. Or at least it feels like it.

I keep finding things that I can use in the potting shed. Some are from when I first started writing the blog and some are even earlier.

The pitchers on these shelves are some that I made when I first started using the computer.  The pattern was from a blog in Europe. The lady that did the blog was a lady named Marlie.  We started referring to them as Marlie's pitchers and the name stuck.  I am going to have to go see if I can find Marlie.  She did beautiful mini work. I don't even know if she is still writing a blog. Anyway, thank you Marlie, wherever you are.  I still love the pitchers.

I am still hanging things in the window with the help of those little disks with the hooks on them.  I have a lot of my grandfather and great grandfather's eyeglasses hanging there.  They are fun to have around.

I also have some antique scissors hanging there and a Japanese comb. 

It's just stuff that I like and couldn't find a place to display them.

Every time I look out the window I get to see what would otherwise be hiding in a drawer somewhere.

Now about the cleaning.  I am still sorting and putting away.  I have resorted to my favorite method of cleaning.  Walter and April both tease me about it.  I put things away if I know where they go.  The things that I don't have a designated place for get thrown in a laundry basket.

That is the last thing I do.  The stuff in the laundry basket gets put away last.  By the time I get to that, I have a lot of empty spaces to fill.  That way, I get rid of the last bit of stuff by filling the spaces.  Hey! Whatever works.  The basket system works for me.  I am going back to work now and start emptying the basket.  Maybe sometime tomorrow I will reach the bottom of the basket and be done...

Of course that could be wishful thinking.  I didn't look up to the plant shelf above the closet before I said that.

I am afraid that I am going to need Walter's help with that part. 

I am not sure if  I want to see what is up there.  I have not been up there for a good 10 or 15 years.

Maybe I should just leave well enough alone...

See you tomorrow....  If I don't get lost somewhere in the workroom.

Procrastination is a Good Thing... Sometimes... Kind of...

OK. I started to put away all of the goodies from the show yesterday. I took out a couple of the fishing tackle trays that I use to store things in. 

See! I have empty spaces in the shelves... No.  They haven't been refilled yet.

I had to move some things around in the boxes to make room for more supplies.

I have the drilled stones in one...

Admittedly, I did have to move some things around and some out of the boxes that I am using...

That's when it gets interesting. The first "thing" on the left of this photo is a blown glass perfume bottle that I have been looking for. It disappeared a couple of years ago and this is the first time I have seen it for a while. It's a little hard to see, but whoever blew the glass put a peacock feather design in the glass of the front of the bottle!

The black and white stone next to it is a mystery. I have no idea what kind of stone it is, but I liked it so I bought it.

The other three are polymer clay that I made when I was doing a lot of that kind of thing to sell. They must be at least fifteen years old.  I should do something with those too. One down. Two to go!

I did find a home for all of the seed beads that I purchased Thursday.  OK...  So I went out and bought another plastic fishing box at Walmart this morning.  I am running out of them.

Honest! I used my last one yesterday.  Today I needed just one more. That seems to be the problem. I am always short one box.  Therefore, it is a good thing that Walmart is close and they always have a few more.  Maybe I should stop and reorganize the ones that I have.  I might even find that I have a couple of spare ones if I cleaned out the ones on the shelves... Don't tell anybody I might just do that.  It would take time out of the making of things. but life would be so much easier if I just had a few of those boxes empty and ready to refill...

I am going back into the horrible place that is a workroom and see if there are any that are not needed... Wish me luck.

See you tomorrow.  Hopefully with some empty boxes!