PJ Clark Designs

1.05.2016

From last year.

Wishing all of you a wonderful and

Happy New Year!

11.26.2015

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

10.18.2015

Ol' Country Barn Pumpkin Festival

I believe this bell is from an old school

Beautiful fall decorations

Wouldn't you love to have this decorating your front yard?

Have your photo taken in the door frame

My brother Tim and his wife Marian

Rows of pumpkins...

Do you know what kind of a tree this is?

What would a fall festival be without a scarecrow?

How much do you suppose this pumpkin weighs?

Butter churning, in miniature

Colonial cooking

Who doesn't enjoy a fall festival? The setting is quite idyllic, just where you'd expect a pumpkin festival to be found- back in the country amongst the trees decked out in their beautiful reds, oranges, yellows and golds. It was quite chilly this year... good weather for the hot food vendors, not so much if you were selling ice cream. Each year it's the peach dumplings that we look forward to...scrumptious! If you'd like to know more about the Pumpkin Festival at the Ol' Country Barn check out their blog.

Do you have a special Autumn event that you attend each year?

8.10.2015

earrings today...

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Czech glass
Stones
Lucite
Copper
Brass

7.19.2015

Sunday afternoon crochet-

a quick beaded crochet bracelet

Creamy cotton yarn, 6/0 beads and a little flower button...

A very pleasant and delightful afternoon!

Hope yours was also.

7.10.2015

crochet

a cowl, dish scrubby & flower

During a long wait at the airport and some yarn doodling I crocheted a little flower, brought it home and added a few embellishments: lime green cord, beads and one of my Gram Davis's orange buttons. Cute enough to crochet up a garden full.

A long, lightweight three season cowl with a simple stitch pattern- three rows of single crochet and two rows of treble. It's made from Premier Yarns Wool-Free Sock and the colorway is Grand Canyon.

A simple, functional dish scrubby... the two layers of acrylic yarn and edging are all single crochet.

Easy and fun summer time crochet.

4.24.2015

studio inspiration colors

If I were asked what my favorite colors were, I would say dark mossy greens, coral

and rich chocolate brown. There have been years that my favorite colors were navy and cranberry...

and even a country blue and beige period. I also really like many shades of green, i. e. apple and lime and some shades of purple. Although truth be told, I went through an off-white/rusty white time... and I still do like to incorporate a bit here and there. The colorful fabric in the photo was gifted to me from my daughter and I have wanted to incorporate it somewhere in my home. All of the rooms' color schemes have been chosen for one reason or another, but my studio room make-over needs color so what better place to use a very special piece of fabric? I would have to say that red is one of my least favorite colors and pink is just pink, but they are so rich in this fabric that I quite like them. As I organized my yarn stash, look what I found... bright coordinating colors. The other piece I found from my local big box and I think it works quite well. I have a few projects planned, more on that later. So, if you really wanted to know my favorite color, well I can hardly say I have just one.

How about you, one favorite or many?