Let's Backtrack

Monday, November 19, 2012

Behind

Well... I feel kinda behind! I admire folks who keep up with their blogs and share awesome info or just simple, beautiful pictures from their lives. I guess I feel like my life is chaotic. I don't want to share photos of my studio because it's like a fabric bomb went off in here. I don't have anything cool to say or projects to share. I've been kinda burning the candle at both ends all the while trying to figure out what I SHOULD be doing. That's tricky business, ahaha! Through all the upheaval of the last few weeks I have had Beulah my steady companion :o) She has actually inspired me to draw a bit. I don't draw well but the sketch I did of her was kinda cute. I was thinking of turning it into blank cards to sell in my etsy shop. Anyone done that before? I'm forever trying to find new ways to be creative and earn a little extra ca$h. Maybe you know how that is.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

This n' That

The Shampoo I'm currently using and like a lot so far

the shirt i will be buying SOON! I have 2 other shirts from these folks and they are great!

Katharine Hepburn and the ever handsome Cary Grant in Sylvia Scarlett. This movie is one of my favs

the ring i want really bad and am thinking of treating myself to... when i have the money.

That's it for this week. I hope to share some of my new designs come Monday. The sewing machine and I have been busy!

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Micah

My twin sister and her husband are so blessed to welcome their gorgeous baby boy, Micah. He was born July 9. Rachel was in labor 19 hours. It wasn't easy for her but she was so brave. I can't begin to say how proud I am of her, how sweet Spencer was, and how much I love our family's new addition. Micah holds my heart. I look forward to being a part of his beautiful life. Instead of "Aunt Hannah" Rachel decided he'd call me Nina because that is what she calls me sometimes. I like it -- a lot ♥ I was in the labor room the entire time. When Rachel asked me to be there I was worried. Blood, pain, bodily fluids -- not really my deal. I didn't feel qeezy once-- well, maybe that once but it was okay. I was glad I could be there to pray with Rachel and just be close. The entire thing was surreal for me. I don't think new life is something we can wrap our minds around because it's heavenly.

Micah 1 day old

Me and Micah

Micah and his Papa

Friday, June 29, 2012

Corgi Love

I have high hopes of finding a corgi puppy of my very own before the summer is over.

The little dog with a big smile ♥

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

WWII Slides!

My great-grandmother and grandfather had these slides taken of "home life" to send to their son (my great uncle) while he was serving in the south pacific. They're a little staged and very fun! So happy we have these.

I've been busy sewing new merch for Let's Backtrack which I hope to post this weekend :o) So stayed tuned!

Friday, June 22, 2012

When I was a Cleaning Girl

I came across this slideshow I made 4 years ago. Back then my twin sister and I were 21 and we worked as housekeepers at a big old manor house where 17 senior citizens lived. It was a very unique "old folks" home. It was a real home setting with one big dinning room table, living room and parlor. The house wound about like a maze and when Rachel and I started working there at 19 we had a time finding our way around! While most young people our age were at college we were here. We cleaned up after the residents we grew to love and consider family. I loved the big old house whose floors I scrubbed and whose hidden stairways and rooms and nooks my sister and I discovered as "the housekeepers". It wasn't a glamours job and we took it out of necessity when our Dad left in order to help Mom keep the house. I don't say this in a woe-as-me kind of way because looking back I can see how beautiful it all was. Rachel and I worked there for 3 1/2 years. Some mornings as I tied on my apron and started collecting the trash I was scared that I would never amount to anything better than a cleaning girl. But then one of the residents would say "Good morning sunshine! How's my girl?"

Those years were like a mini life time all their own. It seems like it was all a wonderful dream. I miss it. I wish I hadn't worried so much back then about what people thought or what I'd become. Things rarely turn out the way we think but they always turn out. :o)

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Doris Day

Gingham Camp shirts are back and this is a fad I just couldn't resist. I fear it will be short lived. I couldn't help but picture Doris Day. They seem like just the kind of shirts she'd sport with jean clam diggers while singing a cheery song. I just ordered not one but TWO. I know. Here's to sunshine, gingham, and song!