IT'S #139 WOYWW..

Well Julia at The Stamping Ground has over 100 people participating in this fun little Wednesday project.
Not familiar...hop over and get the deets.

Similar to last weeks, but I've added more crocheted hearts and more felt. Need to make a list of who and where these are going. Make a few little verses for the backside and start gluing..time will be here way to soon.
Took a "ME" day and went to the closest city...what a disappointment...shelves are bare, people doing inventory of nothing ....waiting to restock shelves. The best thing about it was I had some great Mexican food and it was 50 degrees..January was truly unusual for us this year.  Unusually wonderful.
Thanks for stopping by, may you all have a wonderful week. Happy February and Happy WOYWW.
Enjoy your peeps.

It's What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday #138 WOYWW

Wednesday comes faster than any other day of the week.  I guess it's the excitement Julia has created at the
STAMPING GROUND. We post our desk or workarea to her blog and peep about others workareas to see what's going on in other areas of  our world.   Want more info be sure to visit her blog and get all the details.
Thanks to all of you who took the time to stop by last week.

I had a great day of creating, didn't bother to bundle it all up for the picture of a nice neat desk. I need to finish some of these up and get on to a few other projects. Most of these are die cuts  from felt. The tiny crocheted hearts, I tried last week to refresh my crocheting skills. I did a post previous to this one on the YouTube site for the pattern etc, so you can check it out if interested.
The doily heart and red fabric and ribbon to the left are another plan!!!

This work table is to the left of the one above and I found a couple of cute ideas in my Country Living.I thought if I brought the magazine to my work area, I might remember to refer back to these projects.
Then there's a few corks I want to make into angels, but missing "Wings" and a "Big Bead"  for the head so have to wait until I can go shopping for supplies!!
 We had ice Tuesday AM and school delays Monday as on top of our 4/6 inches of weekend snow, we got some rain and then freezing temps to create quite the glaze for driving or walking.
But forecast is for a warm up in the 40's ??? in January ???  in Iowa???  Will take it no matter what.

   A view from inside of untouched 1st measurable snowfall in our yard.. Something quite soothing about it.
  Well thanks for stopping by, enjoy your WOYWW fun.

Relearning and Old Favorite

Good Morning!! I hope you are enjoying a bright and sunny day. It is so pretty here, we had our 1st measurable Snowfall and nothing has disturbed the fluffy stuffs designs. We are forecast for More snow and wind, so that could mean a Blizzard and Winter Snow Watches.  Hoping it's just more snow!!

Spent some of my free time trying to bring back my crochet abilities. With YouTube it's been pretty easy.

No two turned out alike. I used different types of yarn and thread, to practice with. The red has a sparkle thread going through it and is quite pretty on the fabric I plan to use in this project.
So next shopping trip I'll have to find some glitzy threads.  Thought they would make good embellishments for some Valentine projects. I really need some motivation with regards to creating.  Seems I just want to rearrange and clean. (how frightful)

The website is thru YouTube   LittleBirdieSecrets and she also has a simple one for a flower, I want to try.
Kind of like to have a few projects set up to  "Take With" .

Enjoy your weekend and thanks for stopping by.

WOYWW #137

My area is a mess...but I'm organizing again. I can share this with you as I participate in Julia's day of letting us share our Work area with a lot of other creative crafters from all over the world. You have to visit the Stamping Ground to see what all the fun is about.

Some tea-dyed paper towels, dryer sheets, and ideas not put to use as yet. I spent the better part of the past  week packing away Christmas and putting up some Valentine decor. 
I think it was Friday I called my sister to say a few prayers for me as my DH decided he would help me clean the storage area.  Believe it or not, it worked out well..We rearranged, removed lots of unused items, and we can now see the furnace and have a big walk way!!!! It took us 2 days and he was done, but I had lots of rubber maid containers to sort thru and rearrange. So I moved lots of things to be UPCYCLED to the craft area *what was I thinking..there is NO room in there..*  I think I need to RECYCLE to a trash can.         Wish me luck. 

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your week and Happy WOYWW visiting. 

Wonderful Mail.

For sometime I have been a follower of  The Funkie Junkie blog.  Linda always has so much going on. She designs for several great places and recently set up an Etsy Boutique with lots of great items.  I just purchased her new Valentine Kit, and when it arrived I was so excited. The items are wonderful little bits and bobs of  shabby goodness, with which  to do some great creating.  ha, ha , I'll no doubt hoard them away ! ! !

 Her little Thank You card and creativity with the Shabby Hearts

 I love this little 6x6 box that contained all the items. She had it so beautifully decorated. She makes lovely  stick pins and handmade felt flowers and dyes the crinkled seam binding

Adorable little cards and images, some Venice Lace Hearts and Flowers,Cameo, resin heart ,filigree metal, and much more.  I truly love it all.  Thanks so much Linda, you help get those creative juices flowing!!!

Check out Linda's great fun Here  She has much better pictures and descriptions.

Some Thoughts for Today

I found this on Pinterest

Stay tuned when I have time I have to show you some "Little Treasures"  I received in the mail. I want to take some pictures and a busy weekend it has been.

Enjoy it...we missed the snow, hip hip hooray!!!!

It's WOYWW #136...

It's kinda like here in the States "Here's Johnny"  way back when.  Now it's really "Here's Julia" and her blog fun at the Stamping Ground. Not familiar...hop over to her well designed fun and hop on the band wagon. It's a world of happy peepers.

Still quite tidy..I've made a few ATC's for a Valentine Swap and will share them with you after they are passed out.. So far I haven't even spent much time shopping for NEW items for this event.. I made a New Years idea in my head!!!  use what I got please.


 I must apologize to all of you for not commenting this past week, (will try to make the rounds this time and check out last weeks also,)but my DH whisked me away on a surprise little get away, and the laptop was not able to be used in our motel. Total Disappointment, but I couldn't say anything.. He just wanted to take advantage of (no not me)but the unseasonable wonderful weather, which makes traveling in Iowa in winter sometimes impossible very far away from home. 


Upon our return..I've had lots of body aches..way too much walking and so I have been dealing with DOMS, Relief  is soaking in hot water and popping Advil and time.  My son says 3 to 5 days recovery and I should be getting a massage and continue to walk!!! I can only shuffle about so how's that going to work? This age thing is not so fun.

Thanks for stopping by. It was about 57 degrees here today with LOTS of sunshine and tonight a FULL moon..  Have a wonderful week. 

A Challenge on Saving Trees!!!

Over at Sugar Creek Hollow they have a challenge to save some trees:
  RE-PURPOSE PAPER TOWELS, TOILET PAPER OR COFFEE FILTERS. 

I just had taken a paper towel and wrapped it in some tea bags as I was trying to dry out the tea bag to reuse it for another project. The paper towel had wonderful coloring from the tea bags.   

Next I took a coffee filter, distressed the edges, and cut them with the Martha Stewart Fringe Scissors, then I folded the coffee filter in half several times.

and when tightly folded I tied some string close the the fringe to make the flower, and it made a perfect leaf at the bottom, so I distressed that area with Peeled Paint distress ink.

I tied another string and tied both quite tight and glued the leaf closer to the flower.

I embossed my card base, distressed the edges and the top of the card with the Tumbled Glass ink and used my recycled layers. 

It was a fun way to use these materials. I also have some tea bags and dryer sheets in my stash to reuse sometime. The fun thing with this was the TEA made a beautiful color on the paper towels.

We are having a wonderful sunny, warm day 50 so I plan to take a quick walk. Thanks for stopping by, always nice to read your comments. Enjoy your week.

Happy WOYWW #135 and Happy New Year 2012

Welcome to #135 WOYWW and the New Year of 2012 .  Julia over at the STAMPING GROUND
has created this fun Posting Your Work Area to her blog and then visiting all the participants to peep about their areas.  Stop over and she has it all explained for you to get involved. 

 I cleaned the area and organized all the Holiday items into a couple of nice plastic boxes for later use.
Christmas Embellishments and Papers will take a break and make their new home under my big table behind all the little drawers of storage files.  
I also cleaned up most of the area, sorted out some fabric colors for Valentines Day projects and enjoyed paging thru some new crafting magazines. 
Last week you all notices the little brown bag full of unopened goodies. Projects I intended to do and ran out of time. Here's what was inside the little bag

Some  Chipboard House Forms to make a memories journal,(Halloween)  and some little house village templates. I want to make some of the Sparkling little houses so hope I can get a few done before next season rolls around.   
Well off to visit as many as I can, enjoy my cup of Java.
Hope you are enjoying the UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER we are having. It could be over 50 mid day..it will set new temperature records. I think I might even go for a walk.
Thank You for stopping by, Wishing you and yours a wonderful, healthy and happy NEW YEAR.

Happy 2012 To All of You

Thanks for stopping by today. I want to wish all of you a wonderful, healthy and prosperous New Year.
It's been a great past year, having you all stop by, commenting and sharing your kindness with me.
We take so many things for granted day to day. And I have so much to be thankful for.

                  This is my husband with granddaughters: Sky Lynn and Summer Rose who are from Kansas

                                 And these are the grandchildren in Cedar Rapids Cael, Camryn and Cash
They truly are what getting together was all about.  The laughter and excitement they bring to each day is priceless.

Somehow my "NEW" camera has 18 fuzzy, bad pictures of Christmas at our house. So maybe my daughter in laws will post some on FB and  I can copy them.

We had about an inch of heavy wet snow last night and some ice, but today the winds are 40 to 60 mph, and we have lots of branches down. It is suppose to get warmer mid week. I guess one is never ready for winter weather. Well we are off to be with some of his family for some Mexican Food.

Ane tomorrow is the day I lounge!!!! Watch the Roses Parade, Football and Enjoy some comfort food!
Maybe even a little card creating...Hope your day is special, and your NEW YEAR PRICELESS.