Sweet Home Quilt Co.

We’re coming down to the wire for the Greater Atlanta Quilt Shop Hop, which will take place March 18-21…less than two weeks away! Our theme is As American As…Mom and Apple Pie. My original plans for shop decor did not come together, so I had to think of a back up plan. It seems to me that Mom can’t bake apple pies without apples so we’re going to have an apple tree as part of our decor.

Mike and I started constructing the tree today, and I have to say we didn’t say one harsh word to each other. That’s not to say there wasn’t some strong language at times…my hands look like I’ve been mauled by a mountain lion…chicken wire will do that to you!

The heaviest piece of equipment I had to pick up was the heavy duty stapler, which is a good thing. Power tools and I mix like oil and water!

OUCH! Time out for splinter removal!

Tree trunk in place…now to add the limbs…

It’s starting to resemble a tree, don’t you think?

Not the best picture…sorry! The tree trunk and limbs are now wrapped with chicken wire, which is why my hands are scratched and bloody! I know, I should have used gloves and I tried, but they were just too cumbersome. All in all, it took us about 2 hours to get this far…not too bad! I’m not going to add the paper mache until next weekend because it is supposed to rain all week and I really don’t have a good place to store the tree without it getting damp.  Stay tuned for How to Build a Tree – Part Two, this time next week!

Melisa

Remember this…

It has been replaced with this!

FINALLY!  All I need is a few days to get everything back into its usual format (so I can find stuff!!) and I’ll be back in business. Notice the widescreen monitor? I ‘almost’ don’t even need my glasses!!! (Ignore all the ugly wires…this was right out of the box before I rearranged everything.)

You’re going to be sick of hearing from me after a few days…I’ve been storing up all my blog posts over the last few weeks and I’m about to unleash them all on you unsuspecting readers (that’s assuming I still have some readers after my lengthy silence!) Someone said yesterday that she thought I’d been buried in the snow since my last post in mid-February indicated I was going to play in the snow…hahaha…funny girl!

The weather is beautiful here today…sunny and mid-60’s. Mike and I will be building a 7 foot paper mache apple tree…it’s a prop for Shop Hop. And I have to make the apples to go on it…I’ll post pictures. Hopefully, we will both live through this escapade…we don’t usually play well together when it comes to stuff like this, so we’ll see. If one of us disappears, the other should be the prime suspect…just kidding!

Melisa