Purse mini album

Good morning everyone out there that takes a minute to stop by.

First I'm going to tell you how I believe I'm losing my mind. I was

getting ready to do my blog when I went to find the pictures for this

post and I couldn't find them. I knew that I had taken pictures of the

projects that I had finished but where were they? I searched and

searched and they were no where to be found. After about an hour

of searching I finally realized that I had not downloaded the pictures.

As my family would say the dert dertter award went to me. Ok so

everyone laugh with me........LOL.........

Now that your done laughing let me show you my purse mini album.

I'm not going to post all of it in one post because there is so much to

this mini. In the header picture is the front of the mini. The next

picture is a side view.

As you can see the inside is full of pages. The next picture is the

backside. 

The next picture is a wallet that I created for the purse mini. The wallet

just sits in the middle of the purse and can be removed.

The next picture is the inside of the wallet which I tried to make

it look like an actual wallet.

There is a pocket for where a drivers License should go. I also created

pockets which hold some tags. I wanted them to look like credit cards.

I will get to the pages in my next post just because I don't want my post

to be extremely long. This mini I made to give to a friend. This is just one

of three mini purse albums that I made. Each one is a different color. Hope

you like it. Until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!!

Tattered Pinecone basket

A good morning to all. Hope to find everyone well and rested

from the beautiful weekend. I had a great weekend because my

best friend has moved back to the Rogue Valley after some time

away. I spent my Saturday with my best friend, her daughter, and

grandson. We had a great time just visiting. Oh how I have missed

her.  Now I also hear that one of my other good friends is moving

back here. Life just can't get any better. Oh the trouble that we will

get into like before......LOL........

Ok so now onto my project that is in my header picture. Below is a

couple of pictures of what this basket looked like before I got my

hands on it.

I used my Tim Holtz Tattered Pinecone die to upcycle the basket.

I also used some ribbon to give it some more color.

This was a quick project but I will be using it to fill it with cookies

for the holidays so I'm trying to get ahead of the holiday rush. Hope

you like it. Until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!!!

 

Altered oatmeal can

Hello everyone,

Hope to find everyone well. I also hope that you are all creating

 and joining in on some of the blog hops and tutorials that are

happening in celebration of World Card Making Day. I am spending

the day with my best girlfriend who just recently moved back to the

Rogue Valley. We have so much catching up to do and so much

trouble to get into....LOL...... So before I go I wanted to make sure

and post another project that I worked on. Since I won't get to see

my granddaughter Marion on Halloween I made her a treat/gift box.

In my header picture is an oatmeal can that I altered. Below are a

few more pictures.

 

Hope you like my project, until my next post Have A Splendid

Day!!!!!!

 

Fun times are over

Hello everyone.

I know it has been a while since I last posted. I have been busy

so much to do around here. Those of you who have moved at some

point in your life know what a job it can be. The furniture that worked

in your other house just doesn't work right in the new place. Then

there are the curtains that don't fit the windows and it just goes on

and on. I have taken some of my curtains and altered them so that

they fit my smaller windows. The cabinets that I had for my craft

storage didn't work here because I no longer have a craft room. I

now have a craft space in the living room. Maybe next summer we

will finish the other half of the attic so that I have a craft room again.

For now our living room is also my craft room and computer room.

That's life but I'm happy to be back in the Rogue Valley again.

Now on to my header picture. This is a basket that I upcycled. below

is a picture of what it looked like before I did anything to it.

Just a plain basket. I got about a dozen baskets given to me

all in different shapes and sizes. These baskets are of good quality

and real sturdy. These baskets usually are filled with fruit. At the

 time I didn't know what I was going to do with them all. They have

 come in handy though.

 

I made some cardstock flowers using the Tim Holtz tattered

pinecone die. I used leaves that I had in my stash from my floral

designing days and I made a cardstock butterfly using one of the

butterfly punches from Martha Stewart. Glued everything on

the basket,  I made breads and cookies and delivered them to

my neighbors as a get to know my neighbors gift.

Now that things are almost all put together in our new house

I will have more time to blog again. So until my next post

Have a Splendid Day!!!!!

Oh plums I see

 

Good morning everyone,

Hope everyone is doing well. I am dragging a little. So much to do

and the smoke is at sensitive levels again. I was able to get some

things done outside yesterday but today is going to be some work.

In my header picture is an oil painting of plums and it comes from

The Turner Gallery an Etsy shop the link is below.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheTurnerGallery?ref=seller_info

On our property there are three plum trees and today I need

to spend some time picking them. It wouldn't be so bad if I

actually liked plums. I just can't let them go to waste so I will

pick them and try and give them away.



We also have some blackberries growing here but then again

that should be no surprise because blackberries grow wild here.

The beautiful picture of the blackberries come from the Etsy

shop at the link below.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Flowersandplants?ref=seller_info

This shop is actually selling blackberry seeds but the picture

of the blackberries is gorgeous. Picking the blackberries is totally

different because I actually like blackberries. I'll tell you a little

secret. When I take the dogs outside I stand by the blackberry

bushes picking and eating a handful or two. Shhh don't tell anyone.

And I wonder why I could use to lose about twenty pounds.

.....LOL......

Oh well I love my blackberries. Hopefully tomorrow I can get

a good sunny day to take pictures of my projects and maybe

I can find the right place and lighting to take all my pictures

still working on that issue since we moved.

Please keep the firefighters that are fighting the wildfires in your

prayers.Yesterday a firefighter lost his life here in Oregon. The

bad thing is that we have thunderstorms in affect for the next

few days and with thunderstorms come lightening. Pray that

no more fires start up. It's been one crazy summer weather wise

and not just here but all over our country. We will get through this

God willing.

 

 

 

So until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!

A crazy week

Good Monday Morning.

Hope you all had a great weekend. I had kind of a busy weekend

to go along with my busy week. In my header picture is what most

of our week looked like with all the fires burning around us. Well

tis was one of the better days where visibilty was more than a quarter

mile We had a few days that the air quality was at dangerous levels. So

 as soon as we had a good air quality day I had a lot that I had to take

care of in town. I did go out in the mess on Monday to get my Oregon

drivers license now that I had my new birth certificate.

On Thursday again I went out into the bad air to pick up my sons

new plates for his vehicle. The bank finally came through after I

said no payment would be made.

Friday it finally cleared up enough to go out and do my grocery

shopping. Most of the week I had to figure out how to keep the

dogs busy inside so they wouldn't want to be outside other than

long enough to do their business otherwise they would have sneezing

fits that they were smacking their faces on the hardwood floor.

Saturday I tried to catch up on all the outside stuff that didn't get

done all week. Then Saturday night my granddaughter Marion took

a spill off of her wheel chair and broke her leg, she has an appointment

today with an orthopedic surgeon to see if they will need to operate

to fix it. Below is a picture of her at the hospital while she is waiting

to be seen.

Sunday we went out to my mother-in-laws for lunch with since my

sister-in-law and niece are here visiting. I got very little blogging 

and crafting done. Hopefully this week I will do better. So until my

next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!! 

 

 

I'm designing

Hello everyone

Hope to find all of you doing well.

Todays post is a little different than normal. For some time

now I have been working on a project. This project was a

design that I came up with to store all my tags that I had

received from my tag swaps. In my header picture is the

example that I came up with. I have exhausted all the ways

I can think of to get it off the ground so I have now taken it

to Quirky. Quirky is a place where anyone with great ideas

can add an invention. The community will be commenting and

voting on the idea. If it gets 200 votes, it will automatically

move into Expert Review, where a Quirky team discusses the

idea in great detail. To help make this happen. We are to tell

our friends and family about our idea and ask them to support

it by joining Quirky, voting and commenting. The best of the

best ideas in Expert Review move on to the live Product

 Evaluation. If you think that my design is a great idea would

you please go to Quirky sign up and vote.

The tag holder is not the only design that I have listed

on Quirky, below is a sketch of another design that I

came up with

This design is a steamer for Tamales. There are steamers

out there but not like this. If you have ever made tamales

then you know that they are steamed and not cooked. This

steamer would have a place to lean against while making

them stand. I usually use a jar but when I am trying to stand

them up I am always fighting the jar from falling over. The

tamales also sit right in the water so sometimes they don't

steam right. Because tamales are a lot of work when I make

them I usually do about ten dozen and have to steam two

pots of them. This pot would enable me to steam them all

at once.

So if you could help me out to get my designs to the next

level I would greatly appreciate it.

http://www.quirky.com/velma-meiners-1

Thank you!!!

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