Hand painted apron design

My latest creative endeavor, 

hand painting a piece of Belgium fabric, 

and creating a new apron design.

I pulled out my Plaid Fabric Paints and custom mixed 

some fun colors to embellish the graphics.

It was just a remnant of fabric, so perfect placement

 wasn't an option. I did find a scrap of brown pinwale corduroy

 that was perfect for lining.

Closeup detail of painting in progress.

 It's super comfortable and an easy peasy pattern.

1st Time Give away

I had to go inland for work this morning and

Oh My Goodness

108 degrees just 1/2 a mile inland from my cottage.

So thankful to be home and in the shaded court yard.

It is just past noon and here at Summerland Cottage in Laguna Beach the temperature is 78 degrees with cool ocean breezes.

I am so grateful !

Having empathy for all the local inlanders in this crazy heat,

I have come up with an unusual blog give away,

A one night stay in the guest cottage for this Saturday October 2nd 2010.

Check in @ 11 a.m. check out Sunday October 3rd @ 5 p.m.

The cost (is $1.00 to the winner only ), see details of the cottage on site below.

To enter leave a post under comments.

The winner will be selected and notified on Friday October 1st by 8:00 p.m.

You can view more photos and details of the guest cottage here.

http://www.vacationrentals.com/vacation-rentals/69505.html

Description below and stories of Summerland Cottage by Julie Nutting can be viewed at

http://julienuttingdesigns.blogspot.com/

One day last week I went to Laguna Beach to spend the day playing with my friend Paulette.

I can't even begin to describe her home. This historical seaside cottage is just a few blocks from the charming village of Laguna. Paulette's talents as an interior designer are very apparent as you walk through this delightful home but it's her gift as an artist that just makes my jaw drop. Her cottage is like a candy shop. You don't know if you want to look at the pink candy or the green candy. You don't know if you want to taste cherry, lemon or lime. There are so many flavors you just simply don't know which way to turn. One thing is for certain, you are filled with inspiration and you want to go back for seconds and thirds.