Shamba Farms

One of my favorite vendors at the West End Farmers Market is Lucia from Shamba Farms. She is funny and sweet and I get most of my fruit from her throughout the summer... plums, peaches, apricots, nectarines, ground cherries, cherries, blueberries, grapes, canary melons.

Shamba Farms is in Culpepper, Virginia.

Car scratches removed with Magic Eraser and Bar Keeper's Friend

After a collision with a parking garage pillar:

After using a Magic Eraser, Bar Keeper's Friend and water to rub away the scratches:

'If I hadn't scratched the paint down to the steel (where it's still white), I would totally leave it this way. Alas.

Marianna & Todd's baby blanket

Took me about a month to complete this blanket. Started on August 16 and finished yesterday an hour or two before the baby shower!

I bought the yarn at Fibre Space in Alexandria. It's a mixture of Berroco Weekend and Filatura Di Crosa Zara 8.

The finished blanket is about 45" diameter. The pattern is based on Lion Brand's Artful Afghan. I chose pink, white, tan and green to go with the cherry blossom theme of the nursery. It looked nice coming off the needles but what made it really beautiful was steaming it with the iron!

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