Fall This & Fall That

It's been nice having some time to create. Sort of cleaned up the area a bit and decided the rest can wait until tomorrow.
I made up a calender with all the Oct birthdays and decided cards will be made ahead of time and not the day before or day of.

 I took this one to the Assisted Living for an 80th birthday of a gal who was an idolized teenager when I was young. She lived across the road from my cousin and I thought she had it all.  When visiting Mother one day they introduced me to her and after 50 some years I remembered her. We laughed and I've been sharing a little time with her. She's had a stroke, which affects her speech and a little gimp in her walk But she sure is still a pretty lady and she is still smiling and a friendly heart.

This Happy Fall tag is for a friend who serves us good food in her restaurant on Friday nights and hosted our craft fair last fall. The adorable little pumpkins in the photo are her "Primitive Style"


Thanks for stopping by, enjoying some great fall weather here in Iowa.

Share a Smile #37

TGIF....just that can make me smile.

But Annie at A Stitch in Time has a better thing going, add a picture to her blog and get several SMILES by visiting the other Friday Share a Smile posts.

A little photo I picked from The Old White House Blogspot, which has lots of pretty Smiling things there. These little guys just need to keep playing their music, as I think they just might find lots of things to get into.
The fun of little boys.!!

Have a great weekend, thanks for stopping by, glad you popped by.

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WOYWW #225

Oh my time just whiz's by. Julia over at the STAMPING GROUND   has all the info on her side bar if you want to know what some of us around the world do on Wednesday's .

  An assortment of little bottles to be altered, a broken clothespin, some 2012 Halloween cards I want to use as samples for a few I need to make.  Have to work on a few more birthday cards as the days will be here before I know it.

 We are having some beautiful fall weather,  enjoying it by taking a walk and riding my bike each day. My goal is to lose some weight.  Staying away from sugar, breads and potatoes.  I thought it would be a bigger challenge but so far not so...enjoying cucumbers, tomatoes, and kohlrabi from the garden.  And using a smaller plate.  Missing my cola, but trying different teas and lots of water with lemon.  Oct 1st might join a fitness center with our hospital to work on my problem areas..LIKE THE WHOLE BODY.

Have a great week, enjoy the WOYWW visits and thanks for stopping by

Words Of Encouragement

So much reminded my of my granddaughter and her hearing her daddy's voice of encouragement. It was so fun to share the time with them in Germany, traveling 8 countries and enjoying the laughter of his family. His question...Mom what did you enjoy most about your vacation?....My reply....being with you and enjoying the fun of my grandgirls.

Share a Smile #36

Annie over at  A Stitch in Time has a fun Friday post.  And all can join in and Share a Smile.

My 2 little granddaughters, dancing to the Tennessee Waltz in Germany.  A fun time while listening to some of my dad's favorite music, played on an accordion at a fun German restaurant. We enjoyed the dark beer and some wonderful food.

Have a lovely weekend.

WOYWW #224

Just checked in at Julia's STAMPING GROUND  and she's up and at 'em already.  The day we share our desktops.. She's got all the info on her blog so enjoy a day of fun by stopping over.

I've had very little time at my desk, since our return home from Germany. I had started a few more Halloween tags, but my granddaughter needed a bookmark for her reading, so I made her, her favorite College team,an  IOWA HAWKEYES  one.  And her 5yr old brother would be disappointed if he didn't also get some mail so I found a cute little hamster photo and stamped it "FUR BABY" to include with the note I'm sending.   See, Cash seems to love to tease me as he knows I hate rodents....they have a fun little hamster at school and he likes to try to scare me by telling me all about what Hammy does all day.

A little larger than your normal bookmarks but grandma hasn't got familiar with the photo program to downsize photos yet.  Besides the desk mess, I've been cleaning our garage before weather turns on me and trying to filter in some items from the storage area to make more room down there for items I need to get out of my studio area. Just too much clutter.

Have fun visiting all the WOYWW ers! and thanks for stopping by today.

3 Little "Pretty" ATC's Received and Given

Received my 3 "Pretty" ATC's from Kim's swap and just love all the sweetness each on holds.

 Thanks Sherry, love your colors and the background image. Very "Pretty"

Thanks Sheng, love your " Pretty"  sparkley background papers and lovely feminine  accents
I couldn't quickly find the proper place to make this vertical in this new Windows 8 .

Thanks Michelle, Your adorable little image and fun embellishments are "Pretty" and I love the little lacy bag you presented them in.

These are the ones I sent out to be shared:

 Aqua

Purple

Pink

All have feathers, a beaded pin, velvel leaf with crepe flower on a lace background. Some lace to the side and a little wire bow with a metal heart attached. I used a canvas ATC and distress ink to match.

Have a wonderful weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.

Smiles on Friday #35

What a perfectly beautiful day. Definite Fall Weather here. Wishing my Dad a Happy 91st Birthday, I know the Angels are playing the HAPPY BIRTHDAY WALTZ just for him.  Love you Dad.

A Stitch in Time  over at Annie's is having Smiles on Friday, hop on over to share in the fun. Always some great photos.

 Son Josh, wife Julianna, and the three grandchildren, dog Harley in Iowa

Son Jeremy, wife Helen and 2 grandchildren in Germany.

THEY ALL MAKE ME SMILE!!!   Enjoy your weekend and thanks for stopping by.

WOYWW #223 and Suggestions?

Here it is #223 at Julia's  STAMPING GROUND  I've actually got some new things on my desk today.

Working on another ATC swap "Pretty Little Witches" so I had to cover them up!!! But I managed to get out the Halloween crafting things and hope to get some things done for a little shop in our neighboring town.

I'll have a post about our Europe trip as soon as I can figure out how to download pictures. The time there was wonderful and most special was the time with my son, his wife and the 2 adorable grand girls.

 I was not able to connect to my posting page of my blog to create a new post either so have issues to deal with.  But my trusty old laptop got me here today.    Also having a LOT of Spyware, Malware ads popping up so it any of you have WINDOWS 8  and can offer suggestions. I'd be most appreciative.   I'm sure the Spyware has to be adjusted in Settings, but... I also would like to be able to load 1 (ONE) picture for blog posting and not ALL of my new ones. I just must be going to the wrong App labels to do this.
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Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful week.