WOYWW #391

It's so nice to have you visit. It has been a hard week for me, but it is part of life. We lose the good ones sometimes way too soon All I know is that God got an Angel when He called Luke home. 

Julia at the STAMPING GROUND has all the info for visiting others on WOYWW.

My desk last week, start of making a couple of sympathy cards  I've done nothing there since.

First idea was the  beige and dots...but remembering his military involvement, I used that theme

                                                              For his Sister & Husband

I had to make an envelope for the odd size

 Luke served his country in the U.S. Army as a 13B10 Cannon Crew Member in Afghanistan. He received the National Defense Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with 2 Campaign Stars, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO Medal and the Combat Action Badge, involved with Navy Seals Mission 7,  Following his honorable discharge in December of 2011, he returned to Britt where he worked on the family farm and did construction. On July 20, 2013, he married Brittany Zadow at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Britt. Luke’s greatest passion was spending time with his family, especially with his son, Colby. He had a love of the outdoors throughout his life. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, stargazing, riding motorcycles and playing his guitar.
He was a member of the United Methodist Church and the Britt American Legion.

 For his parents, on top is the envelope.  The card front     and sentiment inside I forgot to photo. 

The wake was unbelievable, So many flowers, military garden statues, wonderful videos and so many photo boards.  No one left tearless.  The church was over flowing into other rooms and again no dry eyes.  He had went to New Jersey for a rehabilitation for PTSD  and drug use, Veterans day Nov.11 he entered the hospital from an overdose. He died Nov.22nd.  Totally unexpected.  He was an organ donor, and a guy everyone liked and enjoyed. He knew how to make people happy and comfortable, he gave his all to any situation and he had an unending smile.  


I started today with getting out my Christmas totes, and playing Christmas music. I so love my Christmas CD's....it is something my 2 sons remember well.  I've had several phone calls from them to help me get through this ordeal.  Of course this photo of Grand daughter Sky( 6yrs old) winning 4 ribbons in her swimming meet. 8 year olds and under made my day a lot brighter.

If you are interested my ATC's for the Vintage White Christmas can be seen here  LittleTreasures and enlarging the photos make them much better.   Thanks so much for stopping by.

A VINTAGE WHITE CHRISTMAS...ATC Swap

Welcome to my post on the ATC swap I joined in on. Kimberly at ArtJoyStuff was our terrific hostess.  Her swaps are always the greatest. Click the photo to enlarge.

Front

                                                                            Back

And I just noticed I did not put my sentiments on the front. "Christmas Blessings"  Totally spaced it off.  I had to leave on Thursday and took them with me to mail from a bigger town on Friday.

I will be so excited to receive my 6 in the mail  early December.  Thanks for stopping by.
May you have a wonderful week.

WOYWW #390

Welcome fellow deskers !  Julia at the STAMPING GROUND our  hostess for this Wednesday event, and you can join in by posting or visiting others. She has all the info on her blog.

What a week last week was...was gone everyday but this week I've no intentions of leaving. Our weather changed last Friday with 50 mph winds and a 20 degree drop in temp.  We lost a few BIG  branches and our TV antenna. Monday/Tuesday here it has been windy and bitter cold, but I am thankful as no ice or snow, it is all staying north of us.

I have had some time to be creative, even have the start of something on my desk this week. Click to enlarge it if you want the "Big Picture" !!  Some have asked where I got the wooden holders for my inks.  Resale shops..I don't spend much on new things, most were cassette tape holders and are now hard to find. My hope is to paint them antique white, but anything with all those shelves is work. So I know it won't be this winter.

Angels, lace, sparkle, antique tin tarts, and more embellishments to make a few ornaments.

I've mailed my ATC's for the swap "A Vintage White Christmas"  I'll have a post by Thursday on these.

And I made a card for a friends 50th Birthday

Has been a fun week being creative.  Plus I've boxed up all my autumn decor and no doubt tomorrow I'll be putting up Christmas.  I do most every room so it takes me a week or so.  Here in the states Thursday is THANKSGIVING.  We will spend time with my Mother, have dinner with her at her Assisted Living.  I enjoyed 2 days last week with my son and his family in Cedar Rapids and they wanted to finish up the new family room and bath in their new home. The kids don't have activities and with  4 days  they can catch up on rest also !  Weather is iffy, ice/snow and I don't like them travelling 3 hrs, with kids and the dog.

My next projects are 2 Sympathy cards for our neighbor gal and her parents. Her brother died at the age of 27, I worked with him a few years back and I am in awe of his death. They are not back in the area as yet so I don't know many details.

Thanks for all who commented/visited last week.  May you have a fun WOYWW today and to all who celebrate  HAPPY THANKSGIVING and enjoy BLACK FRIDAY if you are a shopper.  I will be comfy and safe  in my warm home and shop online!!!  I don't like the mad crowds, long lines and erratic drivers.

WOYWW #389

Welcome,  I am very late joining our group deskers today.  Julia at the STAMPING GROUND lets us visit deskers from all over the world each Wednesday and if you have time and want ideas just hop on over and read the details.

My desk show the results of a thrift store find...the 2 big fish bowls, anxious to store my laces, a few scraps from my ATC's (which I'll share next week) an assortment of glues (dealing with wood and fabric applications) embossing folders for ideas pending in my head.

Speaking of my head, it is spinning. I spent the day yesterday driving 60 miles to the computer shop to have them take off of Group policy error, created when they updated my IP address for their update? My logging on was 40 min  to an hour.  They got that fixed but today I am dealing with frustrations of things being in different places,  Security changes that prevent me from using sites I downloads photos from and the list goes on and on.  I consider myself pretty good at finding electronic problems but lately it is such a frustration.  And most of it has come from me declining Windows 10 and reverting back to my best friend Windows 8.1.
I did have fun visiting some really unique shops in Pocahontas.  Then I had the drive home, stops at the Casino for a quick sandwich and a little game time, stopping to pick up my Mother, a beautiful day to get her out and we came back to our little town and spent time showing her, her old town, and bringing her to our farm for sometime with us.  Took her back in time for her supper hour and we stopped by the Appreciation Night for our Law Enforcement, EMTs and Firemen. Was a busy tiring day.

Have a Happy WOYWW kinda day.  And thanks to all who visited and left comments last week.

WOYWW #388

Welcome deskers, I'm a little late in posting but it is only 8:45 AM here in the states.  We were up watching the elections until  2:30 AM... Our country wanted change, away from BIG business, so we have a new President. Mr. Trump.  I will miss President Obama, and his good family.  But with this change we can only pray things will be as they were many, many years ago. Somewhere before Obama came to office our country became a big mess.  Will just hope for the best.

Over at the STAMPING GROUND our lovely hostess, Julia has lots more places to visit and ways for you to partake. So hop on over.

I have some Christmas things astray on my desk and just to my left is the little table for painting, distressing, etc.  I am still in the process of cleaning in the background and hopefully can finish that this week.

So thankful for some beautiful "Fall" weather yet. Forecast is for 2 more weeks of decent temps.
Wishing you all a great week. Thanks for the visits last week and Happy WOYWW.

Friday's Smiles

Good Morning fellow smilers.  Annie at  A Stitch in Time hosts a Friday Smile event.  Today I have some time and just a new photo in of my little granddaughter Savannah.

Waiting with her teddy for her sisters to board the school bus.

Cool crisp fall day her but will be 68 later today, not to shabby for November in Iowa.
Enjoy your smiling visits, have a wonderful weekend   Thanks Annie.

WOYWW #387

Welcome fellow deskers, so glad to have you stop by.  I didn't realize it was Wednesday until a few minutes ago.  Too busy with the World Series of Baseball  and the TV updates of a shooting of 2 police officers in our Capital city of Des Moines.  I truthfully don't know what our world is coming too.  Disgusting ads on the political process.  Voting is just around the corner.  I've no clue who is the decent person to take the reins of leading our country.

My desk is clean, too clean, but I have been working on my sewing table as the light is so much better. We have had fog, rain, wind, and doom and gloomy weather the past few days.
Making ATC's for an exchange so they are covered up.  I did get into my stash for Christmas craft making. So nice to have it all together in one area.

Our hostess Julia at the STAMPING GROUND  has all the info if you want to join in or visit other deskers who are addicted to this.

Fall has been beautiful, still in the 60/70's with 40's some evenings.  But it is hard to believe it is November.   Thanks for visiting, have a wonderful week.