Another Clue

I'm going to give you another clue, you can make another guess today.  If no one guesses correctly, I'll do a drawing tomorrow, Monday about noon my time, giving 1 chance to each person who participated in my game.    The good part  of it going this long is that I keep thinking of more things to add to the prize package.

I think this clue will help but I don't want to just give it away.

We are sci-fi fans and we took our cat in, in the fall of 1994.

Good luck and

Thank you for visiting, Mary

Want A Hint

Thank you for participating in my game,  I don't want to keep you guessing too long, so I thought that I should give you a little hint.

Maybe a closer look might help and his name is not a usual cat's name but is the name of many pets.

Thank you for visiting, Mary

Happy Friday 13th

I think today is a good day to give you the chance to win a prize.

This is a picture of my cat taken a couple of weeks ago, he loves getting into my chair as soon as I get up.

Rules to win the prize are:
 1.  Be or become a follower.
 2.  Leave a comment on this posting with
      a guess of my cat's name.    1 guess per
      person per day will be allowed until
      someone guesses his name correctly
      (doesn't have to be exact but close, my
      judgement if you guessed correctly).



You can see more pictures of him   here .  I did not get a picture of him  today because he's not feeling well, has a cold.  I don't think you want to see his snotty face.

The first person to comment with his name  will win  a  surprise package of mini making  supplies.

Good Luck and
Thank you for visiting, Mary

Spring Fling 2012

Have you seen the Greenleaf  Spring Fling house? 

The main building is only $18.95, it is a small, one room building.  There are lots of add ons, a farm stand for $11.95,  a green house  for $14.95, there are 2 alternate roof kits, a sky light roof for $13.95 and a standing seam roof for $7.95.  They also have 3 different door for $4.45 each and a wooden deck for $5.45.

I really like the farm stand and the green house but Jaynie doesn't, she says that they are to short for her.  They are only 7" high and have slanted roofs, Jaynie is 6" tall, she doesn't want to be bumping her head.

What do you think?   

I really want the main building and some doors, I think the doors are a good buy.   I'm on the fence about the farm stand and the green house, I would have loved them if they were a couple of inches taller.

I need to decide quickly on this one before the price goes up,  I missed out last years.

I can't wait to see what great ideas people will have for this one.


Thank you for visiting, Mary

I'm still here

I'm sorry that it's been so long since I've posted.  Time goes by quickly when I'm trying to figure things out.

Jaynie's loft is being quite a challenge, space is tight and I'm having a hard time figuring out a floor plan.    I'm thinking that I may have to build an addition on to be able to fit a bathroom.

I bought some   shrink plastic  to try to make 'glass' steps for the spiral staircase but I'm having trouble getting them to come out flat.  I know that I must be doing something wrong, I've watched many videos and no one else seems to be having this problem.  I'm not giving up yet, I think that it will work well if I can get them to flatten out.    I think that I will try to shrink them at a bit lower temp to see if that will make a difference.

I've been reading a lot and making many plans,  I'm glad that many people have figured out how to do thing and share, so I can (try to) copy.

I think that I will copy Kathi's metal roof ,  I think that it would look good in black.

I plan to make shelves ,   chairs ,   and a bean bag chair  like Casey's.

I like Susan's  toaster  and  Kris's lamp .

I hope that you are getting more done than I am.    I'll keep trying to get something done.


Thank you for visiting, Mary

Welcome

I would like to send a warm welcome to

Casey  and Tessie of  Casey's Minis.  Casey has blogged daily for more than 4 years.  She is currently working on a very interesting project of filling 5 display boxes with curtains, which she shows how to make as she goes.  Tessie is featured in many of Casey's postings and is always entertaining.  You will find many great tutorials and lots of wonderful projects all through this blog.    Casey is also one of the finalists for the 2012 Best Miniature Blog Reader's Choice Awards,  you can still  vote here  until March 21, she won last year and is in the lead now.


I've made a decision on the exterior of Jaynie's Loft, I'm going to try to do a mix of stone and vertical siding.  I don't know which parts will be which yet and I hope that I can find some tutorials on how to do them.  If you can give me any advice or point me toward some info I would appreciate it.  I will be going by Casey's to look at how she did egg carton stone work.


I'm hoping to have some pictures of some things that I'm working on to show tomorrow.

Thank you for visiting, Mary

Fabric

We are having very unseasonable warm weather today, I have some windows open.  Ahh fresh air.  I took a break from doing some (early) spring cleaning to rest my back and blog. 

Casey  posted yesterday about men's hankies that she bought to use as fabric and it reminded me of fabric napkins that I bought a while ago.

I bought some of the plaid ones to actually use as napkins but most I bought to use as fabrics. 

These 2 are 18 x 18" and 100% cotton, a package of 2 for $1. 

 I bought lots of green and browns, does the color scheme look familiar.  I think that they will work well in Jaynie's Loft, I don't know how I forgot that I had these.

These are between 18" and 22" squares, came 4 in a package for $2.

I also found a few other colors.  I think that I bought at least one pack of each that they had in 100% cotton.
  
There were a few that were not 100% cotton, I left those in the store.


I hope that you can also find some nice fabric at a good price outside of the fabric store.





I need to get back to cleaning,  I hope that you are enjoying your day. 


Thank you for visiting, Mary