Laura's Tatting Muse

This is my first beaded, split ring cross. I did it, and in one day! The pattern is from Georgia Seitz's book "Tatting On The Edg...

This is one of my precious tattycats! Her name is Mao Mao and, as you can see, she is ever so helpful! Mao Mao is the most prissy little th...

Madonna and Child by Mark Myers copywrite 1999. This was the November project in 1999 and I thoroughly enjoyed working it in 2001! Thanks Ta...

I got back to my tatting yesterday - finally. I'm making an edging out of "The Tatter's Treasure Chest" by Mary Carolyn W...

The top bookmark is crocheted, but the other three are tatted. The pink and green one is my own design, (you can probably tell!) The dark...

I love to crochet, but mostly I tat or knit now due to some arthritis in my fingers. My grandmother started teaching me to crochet when I ...

Here are some examples of my tatting. I had to learn this on my own, with much weeping, wailing and nashing of teeth! My grandmother had pa...

This picture is of my first 3 dimensional woodcarvings. The one on the right is the very first and done completely by hand with a Case knif...

This is a picture of me that I was trying to put in my profile. I can't seem to accomplish that, so I guess I will leave it here. This...

From "Senior Living" Growing up in my neighborhood was a sometimes confusing and overwhelming process as any number of adults migh...

From "Senior Living" Remember those tiny, little coke bottles they used to have. That was before the plastic one, two or three “l...

Story written and published in 2005 I've never done anything the easy way. If 99 out of 100 procedures are successful I will be the 100t...

Story written and published in 2003 Yesterday I received a call from a childhood friend. We went all the way through school together, from ...

Story written and published in 2005 I was wishing for spring as I drove home from work this afternoon. The sun was so pretty and I could al...

Another story published in Senior Living CHRISTMASES PAST As we approach this holiday season, I find myself with mixed emotions about the qu...

Brand new Baby Isaac with Grandma and.... with Granddaddy! 

Finally trying to get caught up on my bragging! Here is a story published in Senior Living Newspaper in Birmingham, Alabama. I’M A GRANDMOTH...

My first grandchild, Isaac at 5 months! Isaac at 6 months! Isaac at 6 months! Grandma loves her baby! 

My brother and sister-in-law gave me a Treo 600 for Christmas! This is the single most unselfish thing anyone has ever done for me. My sis...

HOME AND HEARTH When we built our family home, my dad insisted on a “real” fireplace - none of that prefab stuff for him. It had to be...

BECOME AS A CHILD Recently, on a late summer afternoon while I was resting on the back deck, I had the misfortune to drive a huge splint...

One of my stories published in the "Birmingham Post Herald" FREIGHT TRAINS AND POT-BELLIED STOVES Granddaddy worked for...

One of my other passions is writing. All of my stories and poems are about the things I have experienced since I was a child. Some are devot...

My father, Robert J. Slaughter, shared his marvelous talent with me and helped me get started carving. My first carving was done after the a...

I should have done this a long time ago... My brother Kevin in Florida is teaching me over the phone. I will be adding things that I love...