A little bit of sewing and creating

Hello Everyone,

I have been busy crafting and sewing lately. The biggest problem

with me crafting and sewing I really don't have the space to keep

all my machines in a particular space of thier own. Every time I am

going to sew I need to bring out the sewing machine clear off a spot

and make my project. When i'm done then the machine gets put away.

Wish I had a craft space like the many you see video taped on Youtube.

The same goes for the sreger, and the Cricut. The picture is a Panda

quilt made to lay on the floor. It is so soft and very big. .....LOL... I'm

still trying to figure out my new photo program so forgive me for not

so favorable pictures. In the next picture is a wooden heart that I covered with a velvet

type of fabric and added some embellishments. I like how it turned

out. Here is an apron that is a size small but I need to find a couple

of kids to model them for me so that everyone can have a better

idea of the size. This one is a size medium. See the monkeys on the first apron and

the second one has ants on it. I have other things that I have done and will be blogging about

them soon. I just didn't want to give anyone a brain overload.

LOL ...... especially since I haven't blogged for a week or better.

Hope everyone is having a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been Crafting

Hello Everyone,

Yes I have been busy crafting even though I have not been blogging

lately about it. In the header picture is a scrapbooking page that I

did for a contest at one of my local scrapbooking stores. I won second

place for it. The store has a contest every month. I just finished the

page for this months contest and got it in to the store the other day.

I forgot to take a picture of it before I took it in. .....LOL........ I guess

I'll get a picture of it when I get it back in April.

The next two pictures are of a technique that I was playing with on

ribbon. The pictures don't do it justice. I will try and get some betters

pictures of the ribbon later today. Maybe I'll try it on bigger ribbon

and maybe on lighter colored ribbon. Hmmmmm we'll see what I get

done today.

In the pictures below is some different flowers done with different

techniques and mediums. I like how the cardstock ones came out.

I really like the look of the red one but that one was a little harder

to work with. I think it is because of the gold foiled covered cardstock.

It was a little stiff.

I like the look of the two large flowers but they are a little to big for

cards. Most likely they will be used on a scarpbooking page. I don't

think I will be making many of the large ones. Oh well .....LOL....... I also finished my tutorial for Toucan Scraps Blog. If you would like

to check it out follow the link below.

http://toucanscraps.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-make-cascarones-confetti-eggs.html?showComment=1300814622094#c1101123268373185274

I have been busy with my dad but manage to get in a little bit of

crafting time in. There are some other things that I have been

working on and hopefully I can get that posted in the next few days.

Hope everyone is having a splendid day so far.

Keep crafting and stay happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aging Parents

Hello Everyone,

I know it's been a while since my last post. I have been busy trying

to handle life and all that lands on my plate. I've been working on

doing our taxes which are now done. Wheew!!! The other thing that

I have been dealing with is my aging dad. The header picture kind

of tells the story. A painting called "We Need To Talk" done by

Dyanne of DyanneParkerArt. Dyanne does some beautiful work.

Visit her shop if you get a chance. http://www.etsy.com/shop/DyanneParkerArt?ref=seller_info . My dad, I believe I have told you this once before,

can not read or write. He takes seven prescription medications. I

have come up with a system so that when he is getting low on his

meds he can let me know which ones I need to get refilled. All

his medication bottles are marked with a color and I have a note

card that I have written down the medication and coordinating

color. I get my dad all set with his meds and then a couple of months

pass by and he thinks that he can take care of it himself. He then

gets all of his meds so mixed up and starts feeling bad.

I wish that dad would just understand that he really needs my hand

and that he would just let me take his hand and guide him with his meds

that can make a difference between life and death. The next picture is

of aging hands that look fo frail to me. The aging hands come from

GaProps they have an etsy shop.http://www.etsy.com/shop/GaProps I once again took over and straightened out my dad and his meds.

It wasn't fun or easy. My dad did a lot of yelling at me and the

pharmasist. I had to do a lot of yelling back it wasn't easy for me

to do that but I had to get him to understand that dad can't have

other poeple help him like my uncle or my brother cause they

don't mark the bottles and when dad calls me to get him his

refills i'm not sure if what i'm getting refilled is right. My brother

who lives here in the same town is another story all together and

no help what so ever. A couple of dads pills almost look the same

and the color is almost the same on a couple of his pills but if you

put them next to each other you can actually see a little shade

difference and even a little size difference. I also left a note card

at my dads house and markers to mark the bottles now too.

If only dad and I could just come close to the next picture. To

sit and just have a calm conversation like to old friends. The

picture below comes from YdnarImaging another etsy shop.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/YdnarImaging

Hopefully now I can get into working on something crafty now that

the spare room/ craft room is clean cause my son will be here this

weekend. I do have several projects in the works maybe now I can

get them finished and posted. I'm looking forward to seeing my middle

child. Maybe later this year I'll take a vacation and go visit my daughter.

A small break away from all this craziness.

Hope you are all having A Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No Cruise for me

Hello Everyone,

I know it's kind of late tonight but I got a little busy catching

up with some old friends. Earlier today I was thinking of some

of the bloggers that I follow and was wondering how they are

doing on the Provo Craft Cruise that they all started on today.

All of those on the cruise will be gone for like 9 days, Hope

they are having fun. Since some of us couldn't afford to go I

thought that maybe we could have a little fun here. In the

header picture is the Winter Wonderland cartridge that Michele

from Magical Creative Inspirations will be giving away on 3/3/11

you can go to http://magicalcreativeinspiration.blogspot.com/2011/02/micheles-say-no-to-snow-candy.html and find out what you have to do to enter.

The next picture is of some blog candy that Audrey from

Peace, Love, & Crafting is giving away. Go to her blog at

http://hippieaud.blogspot.com/ and read what you have to

do to get in on her giveaway.

The last picture is of another Cricut cartridge that you can

win. Scrappy at http://scrappyscavenger.blogspot.com/2011/01/get-me-to-500-and-we-will-give-away.html is hoping to get to 500 followers.

Once Scrappy Scavenger does someone will win this cartridge. Have fun everyone!!!!!!! Good luck to all.

Have a Splendid Evening!!!!!!!!!

Eye catching

Hello Everyone,

I joined an Etsy just the other day team in hopes that it will help

promote my shop and that maybe I can help promote other shops.

The team I joined is " Show Me Love " . When I joined there were

only about a dozen members but it's slowly growing and it has

doubled in numbers. The header picture comes from one of my

team members Ashryla she has just opened a shop and she has

wobbiesandwondrs as one of her favorites. I was looking at at

wobbiesandwonders items when I found the flannel stroller blanket

and fell in love with it. I think that the reason I love it is because

I want spring to hurry and get here. The colors just reminded me

of spring. It's a very cold day here today temps in the teens. Ashryla

still hasn't posted anything for sale yet but hopefully soon we will see

her wares.

The next photo comes from another one of my team members who

works with paper and digital cards. This card done by lissylee77 is

so adorable. The card which is a birth announcement with the cute

babies caught my eye. Last but not least is CatchAStarCrafts. Her French inspired vintage

tags are eye catching to me. I just thought I needed to share them.

It just amazes me all the talent that is out there. I have been working on some projects and as soon as I can I will get them

posted. Until then I hope everyone is having a warm, safe, and Splendid

Day !!!!!!!!!!!

Crazy woman

Hello Everyone,

I know it's kind of late in the evening but I finally felt

like I had all my marbles collected. This morning I

woke up feeling somewhat like the header picture.

Not wanting to open my eyes and see the world.

I had several things today that needed to get done

and I wasn't looking forward to it since it meant

that I would be spending some time in my car

and guess what???? The heater quit putting hot

air out and it was a cold day today. Just in thinking

of that it made me feel like the picture below.

I know that many of times we have all heard that

the appliance repairmans wife always has her

appliance broke down. Just like the auto repair-

mans wife always has he car broke down. My

husband is a mechanic do you see what I'm

getting at???? That's why some times I feel

like the picture below. So tomorrow I will take it upon myself to fix my car

if there is no snow on the ground. So wish me luck.

Tomorrow is a new day. Hope you all had a Splendid Day.

3-D Card

Hello Everyone, I didn't want to post some of the cards that I had made until I knew that they had been received by the recipient because I know that they visit my blog occasionally so for the next few days you will be seeing those cards. The card that you see in the header picture is one of them. I didn't get a picture of it in a side view which I regret now that it's gone but hopefully the recipient will get one to me. It's a dimentionl card kind of 3-D. I've also decided that I will enter it in the "for the Love of Chocolate" challange hosted by Creative Accents. To see some of the projects that have been entered go to http://creativeaccents.blogspot.com/2011/02/feb-challenge-for-love-of-chocolate.html The next picture is of the heart cake that I made for my husband. He really enjoyed it.

Here again is my card that I made. I am not to happy with

the program that I am now using to upload my pictures so

I was wondering what program other bloggers are using and

what the thoughts are on those picture programs. I would

really like to get some input from everyone. Materials:

Black cardstock

White cardstock

Red Roses scrapbooking paper

Diecuts

StazOn ink

Fiskars "Forever" rubber stamp Studio G rubber stamp Pearls from Queen & Co.

Ultra thick embossing enamel

Shear red ribbon

Thank you for stopping by and Have a Splendid Day !!!!!!!!!