Starting off the New Year with a Giveaway

Hello Everyone in Blog World, It's a new year and like I said there will be many changes taking place here on

my blog. The changes will not come all at once but you will see them happen

gradually. One of the things that will be happening more often is that I will

have more giveaways. In my header picture is the Cricut Lite Love You a

Latte cartridge, this is part of this months giveaway. The reason I say part of

this months giveaway is that other things will be added so make sure that you

read the blog often. The Giveaway now has a stand alone page please click on the giveaway tab

which located on a bar at the top of my blog page it will take you to the

giveaway page and post your comments on that page only. ♥♥♥ I will try to keep this post on top until the end of giveaway! Please scroll down for newer posts! Thank U! ♥♥♥ To qualify for the giveaway you must do the following. (Each one you do is a chance) 1. Leave a comment here on this post 2.Spread the word about my giveaway. Leave a link to my giveaway on your blog or facebook page. No blog or facebook, let me know how you will spread the word! 3. Become a friend (follower) of my blog. ( if you already do, then your halfway there!) This is open worldwide and will stay open until January 31st, 2012! I will announce my winner a few days after that!! Good luck everyone!!!! May this coming year bring you all lots of happiness, great health, peace and love! Like I said you never know what else might be added as the month goes by. Sponsor Roxie from ebay sent me some fibers to add to the box.

Thank You Roxie!!!!

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Blog Candy:

1. Cricut Lite Cartridge (Love You a Latte) Sponsored by Casey 2. Five pakages of Handmade Stickers. Sponsored by Valerie (Pinterest)

3. One package of Acrylic Labels

4. Valentine and Christmas Fiber packages

5. 100 mini brads purple and blue

6. Martha Stewart bakers twine

7. K & Company button brads

8. Hampton Art clear stamps

Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello all my Fellow Bloggers,

I want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year!!!!!

I would also like to leave you all with some New Year Wishes.

 Hope that everyone has a fun filled evening and that you are all careful and safe.

                                                         CHEERS

This Year will bring many changes and hopefully a lot of good things. I want to Thank

everyone that has been following and reading my posts. I am proud to say that I have

reached 2600 hits on my blog and still counting.  Starting tomorrow I will be hosting

a giveaway. All the details will be in tomorrows blog so stay tuned. Have a very safe

Evening and A Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!

A little Jewlery

Hello Everyone out there,

Todays post is going to be quick. I have a few things that I'm trying to

get finished up.

My friend wanted to get some type of jewlery made for

her daughters so we worked on these two pieces. In the header picture

is a necklace with a lot of bling. In the next picture is a floral necklace.

We both were happy with the bling necklace. Not to thrilled with the

floral one so we might redo it. We used things that I already had but

I think the flowers need to be better defined.

We'll see what tomorrow brings and what I can get posted. Until

my next post Have a Great Evening!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Couple of more items done

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Isn't it amazing three posts in a row and to top it off in one week. In the

header picture is one of the canvases that I helped a friend get done.

The next two pictures are of a couple of other canvases that she also finished.

Besides the canvases we got three mirros etched but I forgot to get

pictures of those before she took them home. My friend also made a

couple of the gift boxes like the ones that I blogged about a while ago,

and two jewlery pieces. Hopefully tomorrow I will get those posted.

I've got cookies in the works again. I also have a couple of mini albums

that another friend and I worked on. As soon as I have a minute to get

each and every page photographed of the mini albums I'll post them too.

Now you all know why I've been MIA. I've been busy teaching others

how to create. Until my next post, Have a Great Evening!!!!!!!!!

Mmmmmm Cookies

Good Evening Blog Land,

Like I promised here is a picture of some of the baking that I have been

doing. In my header picture is Finnish Ribbon Cookies. I found this recipe

in a cookie cookbook and tried it out over ten years ago and now every

year around this time my family reminds me that I need to make these

cookies. Below is what they look like before the finishing touch is put on

them.

These cookies kind of remind me of the raspberry swirl cookies but

let me tell you the cookie part is much better tasting on these. I also did some Pumpkin Spice bread baking and some chocolate chip

cookies but those pictures all turned out blurry. Oh well thats how the

cookie crumbles. Until my next post Have a Great Evening!!!!!!!

Wall Art

Good Evening Blog Land,

I know it's been a while but I've been busy creating and not by myself.

either. I have so much that I have been working on. In my header picture

you see a canvas with a collage of words pertaining to coffee. For those

of you that own a cricut there is a cartridge called Word Collage and

you can do the same thing that I have done on canvas. The cartridge

does not have a collage of coffee words. Just so that you are well aware

before you run to buy it. I actually saw one that was similar to mine but

I think that they own a few more alpahabet cartridges than I do so some

of their words are fancier than mine. I did this using my Gypsy. In the

next photo I used the same concept. This one isn't on the Word Collage

cartridge either it was also done using my Gypsy and the alphabet cartridges

I own.

I have a friend that has been collecting items that have these very words

so I made it for her. She doesn't know it so don't let the cat out of the bag.

I took the picture before I had found a frame for the Love canvas hopefully

tomorrow I'll get a picture of it in its frame so I can post it.

I have had a couple of friends over and we worked on etching some

mirrors, mod podged some other canvases, also we worked on a couple

of scrapbook mini albums.

In the next few days I hope I can get eveything posted on my blog

including the baking that I have been doing. Maybe you'll even get to see

my new furniture if I make a decision on what I really want...LOL......

Yes you heard right I'm getting new furniture. That is another thing that

I have been busy doing. Furniture shopping is like car shopping and I hate

doing both of those things but it has to be done before we find ourselves

sitting on the floor. Hopefully that task will get done this week. Until my

next post Have a Great Evening!!!!!!!!

Tins repurposed

Hello My Fellow Bloggers,

Some time ago I showed you a couple of tins that I was working on. In

my header picture is one of four all done. In the picture below is what

it actually looked like till I dressed them all up. The next picture is one that I thought was done but when I started

taking pictures of them I realized that something about them just

didn't look right or finished for that matter. So I went back to the

drawing board and decided to add a bow to them. This what the end result was. In the pictures below you will see what all four turned out like. I tried to coordinate the bows with the cardstock that I used to cover

them with. In some cases that was not possible because I was using scraps to cover

the tins so I had to find a solid color that corordinated. Like in the one

pictured below. Here is another one. The strips around the bigger portion of the tin was

about an inch and on the lid was half an inch.

Here is the last one. I am now really happy with how the all turned out. They can be used to gift treats in and after the treats are gone they can

be used as storage. Hope you like them as much as I do. Until my next

post, Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sad Day

Hello Everyone,

In my header picture is one of our beloved dogs. We have had her for

sixteen years. In July we noticed a lump and took her into the vet. The

vet informed us it was cancer and that it was to far gone now. It was up

to us if we wanted to have her put down then or we could take her home

and keep her confortable until we saw that her health was going down

hill. The last two weeks we have noticed that she is not eating much and

we can see that she is in more pain. Yes animals do cry. We have seen

tears in her eyes. She has been a faithful companion and good protector. My husband

finally made the decision that it's time so he will be leaving work to

come and get her and take her into the vets. Ozzy P. Bull is my

husbands dog and I have been trying to make him see that it's time for

a while now. I'm glad in a way but very very sad. We will miss her and

all her antics. I know this may sound carzy to those of you who may not

have pets but to those that do you know the hurt and pain that we are

feeling. Our pets are part of our family. We have had her for a long time.

The thing about having her is that she showed many people that pitbulls

are not as bad as people assume they are. It has alot to do with the owners.

RIP my good old friend. In memory of her I would like to ask of you that

if you can please donate to your local shelter. If you are a supporter of

Pitbulls please donate to Tias pitbull rescue in California You can go to

their web site here http://itsthepitsrescue.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/pit-bulls-and-parolees/

to get the information on how to donate.

Until my next post, Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!!!

What are you Thankful For?

Hello Everyone,

Today is a day where many families come together and think about what

they are thankful for ( those that do celebrate this holiday). Today I am

thankful for my husband, two sons and a daughter. I'm thankful that the

Lord has kept me around to see my children become wonderful adults.

I am thankful for the love they show and shower me with. The header

picture is of some cardstock that my son Casey bought me because he

knew how much I liked the cardstack and he bought the stack for me out

of love. The next picture is of our smoke house that my husband had

cranked up very early this morning. He was busy smoking five birds. Not

all the Turkeys were ours. I think he could actually fit ten birds at a time in there. The next picture

is of one of the Turkeys.

Looks good doesn't it? The next picture is of some more that came from

the Immortal Love cardstack and I have just added these to my Etsy

shop.

I know I seem to be jumping all over the place today in my post. Sorry

about that. Some things way down deep inside that I'm struggling with and

more so today. It's time to let go so I'm just going to put it out there. This

might become lenghty now. Over three years ago we moved back to my

home town because of the economy. I have many relatives that live here

but I have never felt so alone than now being here. My father lives here as

well as one of my brothers. I have a couple of aunts, uncles and cousins that

live here too.

When I first got back here my brother and I saw each other often. He made

assumptions that I would watch his kids for free because he was so sure that

because we lived twelve miles away from my mother-in-law that as my kids

were young that I had a free babysitter for them back then. I would now pay

back my dues. I was very forth coming with him and let him know that I had

not had a free babysitter since my mother-in-law worked as a school bus

driver and trainer. Since I would not watch his kids for free he went around

town spreading lies about me and my family. We live a block from each

other and we don't speak to each other. My husband doesn't like to be any

where around him because my husband says he is a womenizer and an

alcoholic.

Now my dad is another story two times in my life I have asked him for help

and both times he tells me he can't help. I find out he has helped my cousins

my brothers and his friends. If only everyone else could understand how that

makes me feel. Yet my husband fixes things for him. I've helped him get

back on track with his diabetes, made him see the doctor and have gone with

him to appointments which takes time away from me and my family but

apperently that doesn't mean anything. So if I don't mean anything to him

it should not be a big thing that he was not invited to our house to share a

Thanksgiving meal.

Most of you know that my husband is a mechanic and that he works as a

mechanic. Most of my other relatives here believe that he should work on

their vehicles for free and give up his days off to take care of their things

and their friends things. We have washed our hands of them.

As I found myself with no one here I got involved in committees to try

and feel like I belonged some where. That isn't working for me any more.

I don't care how bad the economy is in Medford Oregon. I'm ready to go

back where I feel like I belong. Where we have friends who are more like

family. Not even crafting is doing it for me anymore. I know that some of

you who live here in Warden will read this blog. Like that old saying goes

you never know what goes on behind closed doors. I'm really missing my

Mother today for she was the glue that kept this family together and

grounded. So there you have it. There are so many other things that I

could tell you about my family but what good would come of it. Until my

next post have a Great Evening!!!!!!

Bad weather

Hello Everyone, This is not what I had intended to blog about today but sometimes things happen that send you for a loop. Yesterday at about noon it started to snow here. It wasn't bad just wet. At six in the evening my son who works the night shift was head to work when all of a sudden the temperature dropped and created a sheet of ice on all the roads around here. My son lost control of the car and rolled it . It was a one and three quarter roll. I thank the lord that he had his protecting hand over my son. My son Casey came out of that accident with a stiff neck and hurting back. He has no bruises or cuts which is just amazing. I spent a few hours at the hospital last night waiting on my son to see what the doctors had to say. That was emotionally draining. I tell my son that he needs to praise the lord that it wasn't real bad. So now tomorrow we will be out car shopping which is one thing that I really hate doing. The header picture is of his car. Today we had to work at getting the car towed and talking to the insurance company. You know how that is. Hopefully things will settle down here and I'll get to blog about all other crafts that I have completed. Until my next post everyone be careful and stay safe!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boxes, Boxes and More

Good Morning Everyone,

Hope I find everyone in blog world warm and safe now that the cold

weather has arrived. Lately I have been busy working on some new

items and the reason for that is that I decided to go ahead and do a

show in December. In the header picture is a couple of boxes that I

have dressed up. These boxes can be bought at any craft store. They

are called paper mache boxes. I painted the boxes gold and made some of the flowers out of shear

fabric. I added some ribbon and there you have it a cute little box

great for holding trinkets or a gift card. The next picture is of some

round boxes that can also be found at any craft store. They are also

paper mache. I wanted these boxes to be more of a home decor thing. I'm not to

pleased with how they turned out. I think that they still need a little

something that will make you go WOW......LOL..... Maybe while i'm

working on something else it will come to me just what I need to add

to them to make them pop. In the next pictures below there is a box

and a tin that I have been working on so this is kind of a teaser as to

what you might see next on my blog. I finally remembered to take

pictures of what the items looked like before I did anything to them

to dress them up. I have four of those tins and two of the boxes.

I also have a few other canvas items that I have finished and will be

blogging about them. Now I'll leave you wondering as to what I might

show you next on my blog, the tins, the boxes, or the canvas. Hmmm

Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!

Good Afternoon Everyone,

This morning I got up with my creative juices flowing and when that

happens I just have to go with the flow. I was up to my elbows in

paint (spray paint, tole paint etc.) and vinyl. Once I get pictures

done I will post it and you will understand all the craft medium that

was being used. In my header picture is a couple of more canvas

pieces that I finally felt that they were dry enough to move and

get them on my blog. Below is a closer view of each one of the

pieces.

I really like how they turned out so if they don't get sold I'll keep these

too.......LOL...... Maybe that's my problem that I make the things that

I would like to keep and others are just not interested in my type of

arts or crafts. Or maybe I put them in my shop hoping that they don't

sell and I keep them without my husband getting mad at me.....Ha ha ha

Don't tell him that you all have found out my method to my madness.

Shhhh it's a secret.....LOL... The truth being is that my husband does pay attention and if he needs

a gift for someone at at his place of work he comes to me and says " you

know that such and such piece that you made did you sell it if not it

would work for a gift that he needs to give". So I can bet that if it does

not sell it still won't be mine to keep. Oh well that's life. The cardstock

used in these canvas portriats also come from the Immortal Love stack

The picture of the post card with the music and the floral picture

kind of gives me a nostalgic sense of mind. The other canvas reminds

me of the car races. What do they look like to you?

I have also been working on a couple tutorials so they will be posted in

a few days. So until my next post Have a Splendid Evening!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another Repurposed Box

Good Afternoon Everyone,

I was busy this morning taking care of a few more things that needed

to be taken care of before we get snow. Now that it's done I have time

to show you a couple of other things that I have finished. In the header

picture is another box that I saved. I painted it with some gold paint that

was hanging around and added some embellishments. I think it turned

out great. Below is a sideview picture. Next picture is of the very first Immortal Love cardstock that I mod

podged onto canvas. I had done some of this type of art work in high

school but I guess I forgot some of the techniques so I had some minor

problems with it and because of a few little blemishes I am going to keep

this one. This canvas is actually a bigger one that measures 8 1/2'' x

11". I went back to the drawing board per say and worked with the 5" x

7" and perfected the technique. I have a few more bigger ones in the

works and hopefully they will be dry in the next couple of days. I'm still having trouble with the glare of the mod podge so some of the

pictures are kind of at wierd angles sorry about that. Until my next

post Have a Splendid Evening.