Scarlet Cord Designs
Welcome to Scarlet Cord
Hello! My name is Kris Keese and thank you for visiting my little blog where I share my needle felted and now watercolor journey as well as a few of those life experiences along the way. Please let me know you were here-I would love to hear from you!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Exeter Fine Crafts
It was a scary thing to do! I took some of my work to Exeter Fine Crafts at the beginning of September to be juried. I was so excited to be approved to sell my felted creations there. I have always enjoyed looking around at all the amazing workmanship in this store and now I get to be a part of it too. AND in two weeks two of my birds sold!
Saying goodbye to Early Bird and Snow White Owl.
I love the connection to the town of Exeter, too. It is such a pretty place.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Flea Market Find
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Summer Highlights-A little bit of remembering...
My favorite spot in the summer-the front porch |
A short walk to a beautiful place to relax |
Beautiful Grandkids visiting (The Beach Plum Lobster) |
Our trip to Virginia and Appomattox Courthouse |
My son and grandson on the drums at church |
Son and hubby playing chess at our yard sale-glad that's behind me:) |
Taking Kate to camp and |
Hannah visiting during school break |
Theodore going to Summit Ministries |
It was a wonderful summer.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Wet Felted Coasters
This was not real easy for me but I love the results so much I'm already planning more.
I love the feel and look of handmade felt. I love seeing the layers of color and I love the way wool works as a coaster. I want to see if I can get better at it so more wet felting this weekend:)
I also like matching colors to my seashell collection.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Wet Felting
Friday, September 9, 2011
Nana Time
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Pumpkins and Crows
Even though I am enjoying this summer so much, my thoughts and my crafting is jumping ahead to Fall.
I have started making needle felted pumpkins and of course there has to be a crow or two.
I just dyed a batch of orange wool in anticipation of more fallish fun stuff. |
I love the smell of wet wool and vinegar. |
Not enough time in the day for all that I would like to make. ACORNS-I love acorns too!
Saturday, August 20, 2011
When We Grow Old...
We have been friends for thirty years, we met when our husbands were Air Force pilots stationed at George AFB, they let us stay in their house while we looked for a house to buy, their two daughters were the same age as ours, we started to go to the same Bible study together, we pledged our #4 children to marry each other when they grew up (the kids didn't cooperate:), we had play dates together and struggled to finish a sentence let alone a subject, we had deep discussions, we each chose to homeschool and then after three years when our husbands moved on to other assignments, we said "When we grow old someday we will sit together on the porch in rocking chairs and talk." Well, all through the years we have stayed in touch with long talks on the phone, visits, weddings, and then this summer we got to sit together on Nancy's porch in her rocking chairs and talk. We thought we were old enough now and we agreed ... we need a new goal.
Friday, August 12, 2011
What I did for summer vacation.
Okay, I can no longer say I am taking a short break. Truthfully, I think I have writer's block or maybe I am just trying to find myself :) I am slowly letting go of a job I have loved and been totally immersed in for the last seven years. So where normally my summer would have been consumed with preparations for our church's VBS and then gearing up for AWANA in the fall, I am instead crocheting and felting. I trust God's leading me to step down from Children's Ministry and onto a completely different path. I have had more time to do some things this summer that I would not have felt free to do while working-so that is a GOOD thing. Which means my title for this little blog should be instead-
'WHY I HAVE HAD A SUMMER VACATION'Tuesday, July 5, 2011
At the lake TOGETHER
Our summer began with us all together for a week at the lake. We enjoyed a wonderful house, great weather and lots of swimming and boating.
It was wonderful of course! Having just looked through over 1000 pictures that we took, I will just share with you the most important ones, the ones of us all together.
All our Children
It was wonderful of course! Having just looked through over 1000 pictures that we took, I will just share with you the most important ones, the ones of us all together.
All our Children
The whole gang-17 and counting
Friday, May 20, 2011
Family
Tomorrow night my daughter Rachel, her husband Brandon and their three very precious kids are arriving for a visit. What makes this so extra special is that they are here in the States on furlough and are heading back to their home in July to Papua New Guinea. They have been missionaries in PNG for the last five years. Even though we have been together several times this last year this will be their first visit to NH since they went over seas. So the next few weeks are going to be FAMILY TIME because after a week together we are joining ALL the kids for a big reunion at a lake house that we have rented. RELAXING (and maybe a little noisy)!!!
It is hard for me to describe all the feelings that go with having a part of my family so far away. It is FULL of bittersweet emotions. So sad to miss out on so much time with them, BUT so proud of what they are doing to share the Good News with others, so sad at how hard it is to have a relationship with my grandkids, BUT so thankful for email and the ability to visit them occasionally. In the end I have to trust God with my up and down emotions and thank Him for His abundant goodness in giving me such a wonderful family.
It is hard for me to describe all the feelings that go with having a part of my family so far away. It is FULL of bittersweet emotions. So sad to miss out on so much time with them, BUT so proud of what they are doing to share the Good News with others, so sad at how hard it is to have a relationship with my grandkids, BUT so thankful for email and the ability to visit them occasionally. In the end I have to trust God with my up and down emotions and thank Him for His abundant goodness in giving me such a wonderful family.
Online Shopping
Well this is embarrassing! I forgot to mention that I never thought I would ever buy anything online (see my first post). Oh well, I will just have to confess that I now love to shop online because I wanted to share this beautiful box of wool yarn I got in the mail. Yes I ordered it online and it is not at all my first purchase however it is my first yarn purchase. I have always loved to crochet but it has been limited to scarves and afghans.
But when I saw some wonderfully felted wool bowls online-I had to make some too. I love how I can combine my two favorites, crocheting and felting wool into one project.
But when I saw some wonderfully felted wool bowls online-I had to make some too. I love how I can combine my two favorites, crocheting and felting wool into one project.
So I have been on a crochet spree making little bowls. They are so soft and wooly after they are felted.
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