Today was a slower day, but still very busy! It rained pretty well yesterday, which gave me a few extra hours to devote to sorting and organizing my sewing area ( I stole the bedroom, well, most of it anyway!) I've been transfering all of my crazy quilting and other ribbonwork supplies into clear totes, satins in one, velvet in another, ect., I roll my fabrics like a cigar to keep them from creasing, as much as I can, and stack them like cordwood in a tote. I buy a lot of my fancy fabric scraps from taylorscutaways, such as satin and velvet. The colors and textures add so much to a crazy quilt or other design, I really love them. I was surprised and pleased to have a sample of my crazy quilting on their customer page, it was nice! The conditions for unusually brilliant photographs, inspirations for my artwork, have been amazing the last few days. About three pounds of red currants (which needed cleaning) went into the freezer for future jelly, wore me out this afternoon! They will be worth the trouble this winter when we eat lots of homemade breads and such! I have two sourdoughs, 8 years old, which live and work in my fridge. When I have slow time, I make sourdough breads and goodies, but in the busy times, I just add some starter to whatever I am making, and the taste is amazing! I have to limit my goodies in the summer, but in winter I work my rear off, so I can eat more! Darn those calories! Right now, I walk around outside when I am hungry, and raspberries, currants, sweet peas and greens are a great snack, plus you are getting such fresh vitamins and minerals. It is possible, however, to eat too many raspberries at one time! Tomorrow is our dads' birthday, Happy Birthday Dad! He's going to be an even older pld geezer, I think 72!!!! You know what though? 72 is the new 52! Goodnight from the Pacific Northwest, Lisette
Lisette Root resides with her husband in Omak, Washington, in the foothills of the mighty Cascade Mountains. Her days are filled with artwork, home making, and caring for the many formerly homeless animals that she and her husband have rescued over the years. While living in Alaska for many years, she and her family had many exciting adventures mining for gold. Most of the time she home schooled their two daughters, Bonnie and Silver, and they had plenty of time to try new arts and crafts together. They took their animal family of wolves and cats with them on their adventures , which was actually an adventure in itself! Now, her home base is Malott Washington, and there will be lots more adventures to come!
A Little About Me
Welcome to MelangeByLisette, I hope you find something interesting within... I love all forms of Art, and I have a great desire to try my hand at whatever captures my interest. I do not believe in mediocrity, or carelessness. When I create something myself, or when I am drawn to other artists works, I want to see a small piece of that persons soul in their work. I want to be able to feel and see the time of creation it took to bring forth a piece of art (any kind of art). After all, to me, this is what brings meaning to my life. The time it took to create a thing is non refundable, but extremely valuable. To love and to be loved, and to share that love with others, with art, for instance, is why I want to wake each morning. I truly love our planet Earth, and when I use her resources, it matters how I do so. I will always strive to do no harm. I am of course drawn to others who share this philosophy, and I seek them out if possible. In this last year, I needed to learn to use a computer to share my artwork. I don't drive, and I am a bit of a happy hermit, and I knew nothing whatsoever about computers and I would have been lost without the loving and extremely patient help from my sister Laura, who helped me every step of the way, thank you sister! I honestly did not believe I could do it, but here I am! My store is located on ETSY, and it is simply amazing, and I feel comfortable and happy there, and I feel privileged to be a very small part of it. I try to reuse, repurpose, and recycle whenever I can. I am always experimenting to that end. I am happy to share ideas whenever possible, and am open to creating special request items. What an amazing thing to be in touch with so many artists, tradesmen, and the whole wide world! Wow! I hope you enjoy my blog and my shop, which will have new works as often as possible. Sincerely, Lisette
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