GeorgiaPeachez

Sunday Sewing

A fun skirt for casual days.

Perfect Weather

The weather here couldn't be more perfect.  Our usual humidity hasn't made an appearance this weekend and the skys are blue with big fluffy white clouds.

MrPeachez and I took a little road trip to Urbanna, VA.  Urbanna is a small town (pop. 750) that is big on coastal charm.  Originally a tobacco port it is now just a sleepy little place to go and relax.  Boating is the main industry and the seafood is outstanding. 

First we had a little lunch at the crab shack right down on the water.  Crabcake sandwiches and soft shell crab sandwiches are all they serve.

We checked out some boats too.  There was a sailboat for sale at this marina that caught our eye.

The views of the water were so lovely because the weather was so clear.

This would be the perfect spot to sit and watch the fireworks and the boat parade that was scheduled to happen that evening. 

Everyone was busy getting their boats decorated for the boat parade.

I took this picture just because I thought this was a cute little shack.

It was a completely enjoyable day in Urbanna but later on back at home it was a lovely afternoon here in Hampton at the beach.

OK, Enough Already

Once I started on this long overdue project, I couldn't stop myself.  I finished the cushion covers and made pillows using the leftover scraps of fabrics. 

It's a really gushy comfy sofa now. 

Come on over and have a glass of ice tea on the porch!

Fresh Sweet Corn Salad

6 ears fresh sweet corn, blanched and cut from cob

1/2 green bell pepper, chopped

1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half

1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled

1 cucumber, peeled and seeded and chopped

fresh basil, chopped

3 tblsp cider vinegar

3 tblsp olive oil

salt & pepper to taste

mix and refrigerate for 1 hour.  Serve cold or at room temp.

Before & After Simplicity

Just two cans of spray paint, a lot of WD40 and elbow grease.

Slipcover Love

Every time I make slipcovers I swear never again.  But slipcovers are kinda like childbirth.  Once it's over you forget the pain.  When you birth that beautiful baby (substitute slipcover here) in no time at all you are ready to do it all over again.

I've slipcovered a sectional sofa.  I've slipcovered a beautiful chair.  Five years ago when we moved into this house I scored an awesome set of vintage furniture for the screened porch.  A wonderful mid-century set with a sofa and two chairs.  But the cushions were trash.  Immediately I ordered new foam and quickly covered it with simple white slips, intending this to just be the undercovering. 

I was going to make nice slipcovers.  I did start that project and got as far as one and a half chairs done.  Then I stalled.  and stalled.  and stalled.

It's only been five years, but as of today I am the proud mother of brand new slipcovers for the sofa and both chairs.

It was a long, drawn out labor but so worth it.  I'm ready to go again.

Small Piece of Inspiration

I traversed the state of Virginia over the weekend, across and then back again to deposit littlepeach#2 at her grandmother's in East TN for a summer visit.

Mom and I found time for a few yard sales on Saturday morning and I found this old fabric, once a cushion cover.  I've cleaned it up and this small piece is giving off big vibes of inspiration.

I'm still daydreaming about the possibilities so we shall see.

The Stalker

Abundance

The daylilies are blooming!!

The perfect perennial.  Love full sun, tolerate some shade.  Drought tolerant.  Will grow in any soil.  Produce enough blooms to go on for weeks.  perfection.

Timing the Tumble - Week 1

Time for my first update since starting my first batch of compost in the spinning compost tumbler on June 6.  It's actually been just a bit over a week.

To review, I started with the bin full of a mix about 60/40 of green to brown.

You can see the bin is almost completely full.

I've been spinning it about 10 times once every day and I have missed only one day.

After 11 days the volume has decreased dramatically and the mixture now looks almost competely black. 

I think I have a good mix of green to brown because it seems just wet enough without being too wet or dry.  Also the mix does not smell.  A bad smell would be an indication of too much green or too wet. 

In an effort to be a good recycler, I try to save all my kitchen scraps for the compost.  I also have a worm composter and that is were most of the kitchen scraps go along with most of my shredded junk mail.

Saving kitchen scraps could be a messy business but I have a GREAT solution for that.  There are lots of catalogs out there with fancy, pricey containers for kitchen scraps, even with charcoal filters for the smell.  Overkill.

Just save the scraps into a (recycled) plastic grocery bag.  Stick um in the freezer.  You can pull the bag out and keep adding to it until it is full.  Then dump the whole frozen contents into your composter.  The freeze/thaw process helps to speed up the composting by breaking down the food and frozen scraps DONT SMELL!

Here's the bag I've got going in my freezer right now.  This bag is getting full and it's about time to feed it to the worms.

I'll tell ya all about my worms another day.