tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post4060156884015736637..comments2024-03-17T23:54:40.723-07:00Comments on My Romantic Home: So many unfinished things...Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16995116580320608776noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-49682876130351932822007-05-20T18:38:00.000-07:002007-05-20T18:38:00.000-07:00I know exactly how you feel. So many great ideas a...I know exactly how you feel. So many great ideas and wonderful projects it's hard to get it all done!<BR/><BR/>Enjoyed my visit to your blog.<BR/>God bless.<BR/>TerriTerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12321940139445511422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-18931206511526726992007-05-19T16:41:00.000-07:002007-05-19T16:41:00.000-07:00I love both the drawings & the knitting...by the w...I love both the drawings & the knitting...by the way, you are not alone...I'm the queen of half finished projects. I drive myself crazy with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-4158445399468175542007-05-19T07:45:00.000-07:002007-05-19T07:45:00.000-07:00I ditto your dad~take some lessons. I see a real ...I ditto your dad~take some lessons. I see a real talent there, Cindy.<BR/><BR/>Unfinished projects~I'm not as bad as I used to be. Mostly there are decorating things around the house I need to finish. When it involves the sewing machine I really procrastinate. I've been getting my crocheting done in the evenings while watching TV. It is mindless enough to be able to do both. Your knitting Lalleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11299403428288111249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-513765464032530462007-05-18T18:56:00.000-07:002007-05-18T18:56:00.000-07:00I love your blog. I too love Romantic Homes. Our s...I love your blog. I too love Romantic Homes. Our store has just been in Romantic Homes magazine which was always a dream of mine. I came across your blog by accident and I love it. If you get a chance visit my site www.lavenderfieldsonline.comLavender Fieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02708508664163606525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-75280559379378928892007-05-18T16:58:00.000-07:002007-05-18T16:58:00.000-07:00I'm the same way- I love starting things, but if i...I'm the same way- I love starting things, but if it takes too long to finish, it ends up in the "to do" basket. My feeling is: do what you enjoy at the time- the important part is the process of creation, not the finish product (this from the woman with 3 half done cross-stitch canvases, 2 washclothes, & one sock waiting to be completed :P)meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848041764631091097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-9121851310641993722007-05-18T14:34:00.000-07:002007-05-18T14:34:00.000-07:00As I sit here with my half-painted end table and m...As I sit here with my half-painted end table and my to-be-transformed bare bulletin boards behind me, I can sympathize with the frustration of unfinished projects! Sometimes making a list and going full steam at a few items for several days helps. Sometimes sitting down with a cup of tea and a magazine helps, too!<BR/><BR/>LOVE your topiary drawings--they are so charming!Janellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776732256533621007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-59884777874873665022007-05-18T07:57:00.000-07:002007-05-18T07:57:00.000-07:00You want to talk about unfinished projects - I had...You want to talk about unfinished projects - I had a needlepoint christmas stocking from 1993 that I was working on up until last year when I finally realized it was never going to be done and I gave it to the thrift store! I'm sure we all have unfinished projects laying around.<BR/><BR/>Those topiaries are good! You're talented in so many ways!<BR/><BR/>ManuelaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-24296017188813930512007-05-18T07:53:00.000-07:002007-05-18T07:53:00.000-07:00Well, Cindy, those topiaries are really great draw...Well, Cindy, those topiaries are really great drawings. I'd saw you do have some talent, so keep working at it. I can't draw a decent stick figure!<BR/><BR/>RhodaRhoda @ Southern Hospitalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16741881774379561710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-42784821511511852282007-05-18T07:27:00.000-07:002007-05-18T07:27:00.000-07:00Wow - you have a natural gift for drawing. I hope...Wow - you have a natural gift for drawing. I hope you know that. Your topiaries are beautiful and I, for one, would be proud to have one of those hanging on my wall. Get going - do something with that talent!! (although you already do so much with all your other talents on your home - it is really no surprise that you have revealed yourself as an artist - we all already know you have an Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04983955352922232951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-73993522055135774532007-05-18T05:24:00.000-07:002007-05-18T05:24:00.000-07:00Your knitting is lovely and your drawings are wond...Your knitting is lovely and your drawings are wonderful. I can see your drawings on cards, gift tags, or framed. Keep up the good work. xoxoBetty Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475038702140830260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-17072847647120850342007-05-18T03:51:00.000-07:002007-05-18T03:51:00.000-07:00I love your sketches Cindy, I don't think you have...I love your sketches Cindy, I don't think you have to be properly taught to achieve your artistic dreams, in my case I wasn't at all, I was in admin for ages just like you and for lots of hard work and circumstances ended up making painting my fulltime living, don't loose faith in your dreams, I know it will happen for you, just make sure you don't let your dream slip away, you will do well I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-65726377810032383222007-05-17T23:57:00.000-07:002007-05-17T23:57:00.000-07:00You go girl....these are good...and you will just ...You go girl....these are good...and you will just get better...<BR/>Don`t talk to me about unfinished projects...I`m always doing 10 things at once and lots of 'casualties" along the way....Gypsy Purplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09313129957044860401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-32497442556062139902007-05-17T18:54:00.000-07:002007-05-17T18:54:00.000-07:00Your drawings are so good! Truly, they are very w...Your drawings are so good! Truly, they are very well done, and so is the knitting - those sweaters are beautiful. I'm so impressed with people who have skills like that! <BR/><BR/>allie<BR/>www.mycozyhome.typepad.comAllisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08794419874235461398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-50128981350242432492007-05-17T17:26:00.000-07:002007-05-17T17:26:00.000-07:00Unfinished things?? Do I have them. I have so many...Unfinished things?? Do I have them. I have so many projects going that are unfinished I hope I live long enough to finish all of them. I showed my daughter a floral picture that I painted yesterday, it took me two weeks to finish and picture is only 2.5" x 3.5".pelecypodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622695872733403993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-58006440697733125872007-05-17T16:25:00.000-07:002007-05-17T16:25:00.000-07:00Cindy, you truly are talented...those are very, ve...Cindy, you truly are talented...those are very, very beautiful! You should follow your heart, and pick up and enjoy whatever brings you joy (and no guilt about not finishing! :) Your knitting is quite beautiful, too!<BR/><BR/>I laugh when I read some of your posts...I think that you're my long-lost West Coast sister. My worst trait is that I start things and don't finish them (my mother kindly Southern Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14672687626606973967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-67729937626551853582007-05-17T15:31:00.000-07:002007-05-17T15:31:00.000-07:00Those are great! I think drawing is so peaceful an...Those are great! I think drawing is so peaceful and you don't have to think or feel guilty about the unfinished project. I stopped scrapbooking because of all that guilt.ShabbyInTheCityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091272622098491527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-78239031317668726542007-05-17T15:08:00.000-07:002007-05-17T15:08:00.000-07:00When you were speaking of the unfinished projects,...When you were speaking of the unfinished projects, I thought for a moment you had been peeking in my window! <BR/><BR/>I like your drawings. Nice blog.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-84872646311329771142007-05-17T14:27:00.000-07:002007-05-17T14:27:00.000-07:00Cindy,I love your drawings. They are really good....Cindy,<BR/>I love your drawings. They are really good. Who cares about the perfect perspective.<BR/>I saw that a couple people on the blogs, have decided to make a list of things they would like to do, or start, or finish. Maybe you should try that.<BR/>Keep up with the drawing!!<BR/>I know how to knit, but I don't know how to make anything out of it. So at least you know how to make the Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00901666326985976038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-79129589898805046042007-05-17T13:06:00.000-07:002007-05-17T13:06:00.000-07:00Your knitting projects are so great.I knit and wel...Your knitting projects are so great.<BR/>I knit and well I usually have about 5 projects going at the same time. Usually I end up ripping one or two out because by the time I get back to them I don't care for them or I just don't want to make that item anymore.Suburban prephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18395691728192716148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-26864693878151628282007-05-17T13:05:00.000-07:002007-05-17T13:05:00.000-07:00Those drawings are GOOD! For the life of me, I ca...Those drawings are GOOD! For the life of me, I can't use watercolour pencils ~ is there a trick to using them? ♥Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-71144533347307438642007-05-17T12:45:00.000-07:002007-05-17T12:45:00.000-07:00Darling! I love them both, but I'd say I actaully ...Darling! I love them both, but I'd say I actaully like the first one the best. <BR/>You really should work on developing this talent!!! Maybe each night before bed doodle for 20 minutes of so?? I could see these topiary pictures being fabulous on place cards, invitations, note cards...framed on the wall with big mocha matts...Really!!! Wonderful!<BR/>(theyare done with watercolor pencils,like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-76294609519754315462007-05-17T11:30:00.000-07:002007-05-17T11:30:00.000-07:00WOWZEEEE! Those are so nice. I painted some flowe...WOWZEEEE! Those are so nice. I painted some flowers once and have never done it again. I was surprised with myself. The topiaries are colored pencil? Is that right? <BR/><BR/>Don't we at some point realize it's okay not to know things and okay not to finish things and just okay to "be". You seem to do such a wonderful job at just being you...projects, finished, unfinished and all.<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com