Another little mat to whet your appetite......

These hands of mine are busy hooking rugs for the Ghoultide Gathering show on October 2, 2010. I can't believe it is only 11 days away. So much to do and oh so little time! Here is another little mat that will be offered for sale.. I have few more rugs that I'll share over the next few days. Maria

And the winner of the name contest is Ghoulish Grins!

Oh my goodness thanks to everyone who participated and helped me name the rug. It was so hard to pick a name as they were all good and so clever. I think Kris's name spoke to me as it combined the name of the Ghoultide show in the name.....Thank you, thank you!
Below is another little hooked rug that is headed to Ghoultide Gathering......
This is a tiny little mat (5 x 5).....I have three more to go with it.....I'll show you the others in the upcoming days. Have a good week. Maria

I'm gearing up for Ghoultide Gatherings

Ghoultide Gathering is quickly approaching and I've been busy creating new rug designs. Here is another little mat that I hooked up for the show.



Her name is Witchie Poo! Will any of you be attending the Ghoultide Gathering in Northville, Michigan? If so, please stop by and introduce yourself.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the naming of the rug. What great names you all came up with! I'll still trying to pick my favorite.....will let you know tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by. Maria

New Halloween Rug...I need a name for it!

Over the next few weeks, I hope to share with you several rugs that I am hooking for the Ghoultide Gathering show in Northville. I have been hooking like a mad women trying to complete rugs for the show and this is one of them. This rug needs a name......

Oh, a contest!!!!!!!!! Leave comments with suggestions naming this rug and the winner will receive a 1/2 yard of unwashed wool. Contest will end on Sunday at 5:00 pm. So put your creative thinking caps on....!!! Maria

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Before and After

Here is a before picture of the sweet little table that I found while thrift shopping last weekend.

I just loved the lines of the table. What I didn't like about it was the melamine finish on the table so....... I bought some of Krylon's Fusion plastic spray paint and went to town...
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It took two cans and I like the finished product. The table would look perfect in a cottage/lake type house.
I've also been having fun with hooking rugs for the upcoming Ghoultide Gathering show in October. The show has made me come up with new rug designs and create new ways to display the rugs. I'll post some pictures of a few of them when they are completed....here is a little sneak peak of one I'm working on.....

Can you tell purple is my new favorite color? Maria



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Metal Sculptures

Whenever we go to Manitoulin Island, we pass through this little town on Highway 17 called Massey. There is a metal artist in Massey that does the most amazing things with metal. He use scrap metal and if I remember correctly uses old propane tanks for his sculptures. His sculptures grace the open spaces in the center of town. Check out this horse. It is life size. Can you believe the mane on the horse?
His work is so wonderful. Several years ago, he had two rabbits, March Hares, they were probably 5 feet tall and would have been amazing in a garden. Here is a picture of two more horses and a life size moose.



Don't you just love these wonderful works of art?

As promised, here are a couple of rugs I've been working on for an upcoming folk art show in October.



Thanks for stopping by, Maria

I have many things to share with you since my last post. I'll start with the finished picture of my Tyler Flower Basket rug and pattern. I'm pleased with the way it turned out.

One of the gals in Tyler was working on this pattern in nice soft muted colors of red, yellow, blue, purple and white. Below is a picture of it in progress.



Hopefully, she send me a picture of it when it is done.

Next up are a few pictures of rugs from the camp in Alabama. I only have a few photos. The first one is Elaine's foot stool. Elaine is such a dear person and incrediblely talented. It is a Kim Nixon pattern and hooked to perfection. Elaine finished the hooking portion of the stool at camp and put it together at home. The colors in the rug are wonderful colors of teal, lavender, purple, peaches, blues and creams. Sorry about the size of the photo...Elaine sent me a photo and I scanned it and this is the only size I can produce. Obviously, this picture does not do this rug justice. It is so much better in person!

Next up is my triangle sheep pattern that Jamie hooked. The colors in the triangles of this rug are fabulous. And the dark sheep, is simply divine. She inverted one of the triangles in the rug and I just love that about this rug. Jamie is a sweetie and a hooking machine. She was also working on two other rugs that were awesome as well. She is also a fabulous knitter and had the most incredible long shawl at camp. I just about bought it but changed my mind at the last minute. I wish I had a picture of it to show you as it was awesome.
The next picture is of Penny's fun rug. When I met her, she told me that lime green was a nuetral for her. Ok......well when we started pulling her wool for the rug, we picked hot pink and vibrant orange and neon purple and the colors were worked well together. When the time came for the background color, a color that had to be muted to go with the brighter colors....what color do you think I chose? I chose a wool that I always use when I néed a little spark in my rugs. That color was lime green! I nearly died when I chose it as Penny's first comment to me was " Lime Green is a nuetral for me"! I love this rug! The colors are fantastic and it taught me a ton about color. Penny is one of the funniest gals I've met in a long time. She had me in tears most of the time!
That's it for now....I've been working on some new Halloween rugs, that I'll share in future posts. Maria