I had some not so tasty cherries, so since we weren’t eating them, I made a pie. Well, I kind of winged the recipe, since I didn’t have enough for it to be just a cherry pie. So I added apples and blueberries. 
It sure looks good, but it could of used more sugar and it is majorly juicy. Oh well the house smells great from it. I was able to get some paper for my sign, and here is the start. 
I’m happy with it so far, we’ll see if I can wing the type and get it laminated as well as making another. They will be propped on an cardboard easel.
We started off the day with two great swim lessons and from there we headed to Aunt Rochelle & Uncle Roger’s. The occasion was our annual wood working project. This year we made napkin rings, based on 30’s Bakelite ones. They turned out perfect and are awaiting their first meal. We are still full from a delicious lunch and desserts. Marc is having donuts for dinner, that Michelle gave me for a belated b-day gift. 
I found a box with my t-shirts on our doorstep when we returned home and they came out super! I just hope people will want to buy them.
Here are my two samples that Judy-Sue assigned me. She and her team at the studio suggested many things, and I tried to incorporate them all. Some of things they said were: that I needed a main character, that for the trade market the work couldn’t be as decorative, and to have some breathing room. They also thought I should experiment with a wash of color in the background and to try using a colored paper for the cut part. I’m off to mail these to the studio and will have my fingers crossed that they come close to what they want.
Sophia was flush with cat-sitting money yesterday, so we headed to Westerly. We brought a picnic lunch to have in Wilcox Park and spent some time in the library. 
The highlight of course was Sophia’s favorite shop, Hammon House, where she got a new set of Japanese erasers. A good day!
We had two glorious weather days, which was such a treat after all our weeks of rain. These photos were taken yesterday. 
A little downtime after a family picnic on Saturday, in which the kids spent 5 hours pretty much straight in the pool. Last night we saw fireworks at our friends beach house. What a beautiful night!
Tomorrow Marc’s Uncle is celebrating a birthday and we are headed to the party. I saw this pattern on Scherenschnitte 
Not exactly. I made these ornaments, but they aren’t really for Christmas per say. They were super fun to do. I had ordered 24 frames and 24 pieces of glass for them, not realizing that each ornament uses two pieces of glass. Also I had to think of them as two sided. I decided to use the positive and negative paper from cutting the initial design. I’ll be curious to see if they sell, and if I can sell them for a good price.
