Some Friday Fun

Welcome to my blog, thanks for stopping by.  Today I had to hurry up and make a 50th Birthday Card for a get together we were invited to this evening.  The Birthday Gal is always a fun and entertaining person and I wanted more than a card.
So I gathered some supplies, a peat pot, which I  painted taffy color and decoupaged "It's 5 O'clock Somewhere", a pipe cleaner handle, some colorful filler, a small bottle of "Kinky" Liqueur.

 I made a black flower and put a clock with all "5's" on the back of  it to finish it off , added some lace around the edges.

And made a "ENJOY" "50" tag  and added some ribbon to tie it on.  I think after I look at these pictures I might make a few green leaves and attach to the little stick.

Made some deviled eggs to take with, and with such a lovely day for our Good Friday lunch I made some Haddock with homemade potato salad.  YUMMY.

Have a wonderful Good Friday, and thanks for stopping by.

WOYWW #199

Welcome all, seems it is What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday already.  . Julia created this mania and you can have some fun by joining in if you haven't already. Find the info on her blog here at the  STAMPING GROUND

So excited as our forecast all week is for the 50's..snow will melt and things will get more spring like each day. Have lots of errands to run later and so much more fun when the weather is reasonable.

My main desk hasn't really had much attention, made a few wire stars and deciding how to use them. Somehow my MoJo left and I've had to spend my days spring cleaning. Hoping to get windows done later in the week.

 And here we have the big cat Baxter..a new perch in his life on top of the kitchen desk. They sure make themselves comfortable doing what they want.

Have a great week, hope the sun is shining upon you and yours. Have a wonderful Easter.

WOYWW #198

Welcome. It's very early here, couldn't get back to dreamville so will post my What's On Your Workdesk photos. If you want to join in Julia at the STAMPING GROUND has all the info on her side post.
Amazing what you'll see and learn.

By my standards, my desk was not so interesting...it was totally cleared off. So wanted to share this item.
In another life it was a spice rack which my sister found at a garage sale. All the spices I tried were to small to see or to large to fit.  So when something doesn't work where it belongs it gets New Life in my craft area if there is room.

 It slides open more space, so I used it for my "Glimmers & Glams!" liquid inks and on & on.

It will set to the right of the little Peter Rabbit book you see there. And hopefully I've plans for "CREATING" the rest of this week. Had a lot of interuptions this week and we are having drifting of snow AGAIN, so won't be going out.

Have a Happy WOYWW, thanks for to all who left comments last week. I'm off to visit til daylight.

#197 at WOYWW

Welcome everyone!  Hope your day is all Sunshine.  It's Ms Julia's "What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday"  and you can find out all the details on her blog  STAMPING GROUND.

 Sorry this picture is not so clear, but this was the "PERFECT" button for a card I was making and it fell apart.  I was stunned. It looks like it was made from recycled plastic pieces. Had a very hard time finding anything of the same size and color to use on my project.  I hope this isn't a norm.

My desk has bits and pieces, lots of distressing colors, the blue pan is very old has a pouring spout on one end and nice to refill the button jar.  I was cutting some floral from old lace, and hoping ideas would pop into my head for the ATC exchange coming up on WOYWW.

If anyone is interested in last weeks bookmark for my grandson you can see it at  this BOOKMARK Post

I'm truly in need of a day shopping all by myself!!!  But our weather has been rain, ice, wind and 10 inches of snow since Sunday, a day of melting on Monday and Tues more blowing snow and ice on roadways. Just
cold today with lots of drifts and a high forcast of  40's Thurs/Fri..   Whoopie!!!

Thanks to all who had time to stop by and comment last week. Enjoy your week and I'm off to peep about.

WOYWW Friends A Bookmark

A really quiet Sunday here. Weather is snow, rain, ice, dreary so travel is not good and it's nice to be warm and cozy and home safe from our travels. Unpacked, and have a pot of Chili on the stove.

Our grandson Cael turned 10 on Friday and we spent Friday and Saturday visiting in Cedar Rapids.
Friday night was the grandkids "SCHOOL CARNIVAL", very well organized and lots of people attending to help raise money for their school projects. We had lunch in the cafeteria, then helped my son throughout the night, keeping track of the 3 kids.  Mother Juli volunteered to help with the games and Cami helped at the Go Fish game for an hour to earn a Girl Scout Patch.  Each room had different games to win little prizes. And it is a BIG SCHOOL. So grandpa and I slept well!!!! (3 kids going to and from amongst the crowd)

Saturday was all 3 participating in swimming, followed by Cami's last basketball game of the season. They live very close to the new YMCA and all activities are held in that building. .

For all of my WOYWW followers, this was Cael's card, he is a big ANGRY BIRDS fan. So this is the bookmark I made using the coolwhip container lid as the support on back.

  One cellophane envelope held his bookmark and the other his "CASH"!! He's saving for something "BIG"

                                      I also gave him a small fork easel to sit the card on for his desk.
                                     He's comment: "Wow grandma, this is neet! I love Angry Birds"


Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day doing what you love.

WOWYW #196

Welcome, it's #196 at Julia's STAMPING GROUND  and if you are new to this, she has all the details on her blog.

I am winding down on organizing the crafty studio!!  Made a few birthday cards and my desk is quite clean.
It is SO nice to have things labeled. Can't wait to get started on some of my Crafting Bucket Lists.

 A few bits left from my grandson's 10th birthday card.  I will have a post following this with pictures etc in a few days, not to spoil the surprise. But it has a theme favorite and the little white thing with his name is a bookmark. I used the theme on the front with a piece of plastic from a whipped topping lid to make it stronger and before I glued them together, I stamped his name on the back.

This is what remains from organizing my SCAP papers, stickers, and paper embellishments. I need to label the folders, by color, theme (wedding/anniv,  kids, alpha letters, numbers, holidays etc). And hopefully find a handy place to set this, so I use them.

I am getting cabin fever...we have had snow for 2 days. And the wind has made a large drift around our house. This is the patio, brick area is clean but don't think I can get to the garden shed!!!.Just thankful for the sunshine.

Thanks for all the great comments last week, and thanks for the visit this week.  Oh some GOOD news on the BIG WHITE visiting Cat:   We found a home for him and  he will have some friends. So I hope he is very happy.

It's WOYWW #195

Welcome... another week, that just went flying by.  We were very fortunate to have missed the BIG snow storms here in the midwest.  But I was busy finishing up the organizing of my crafting space so really made no difference to me. . Almost done, really ? can that really happen?  I think not

A few things to stash away. YoYo garland was 90% off, so couldn't pass that up, a faded out cat which I want to copy a pattern from, a basket of confettii, and an empty sheet of labels. YES..I started labeling EVERYTHING that contains something.  Oh why didn't I do it sooner.. I have one big mess to complete, all on the floor (batteries done for so no picture), but it is all of my scraps, SCRAPS, SCRAPS.
I've most sorted by color, but a real mess, maybe by next week I can share my progress.

Ms. Julia at the STAMPING GROUND  has all the info on WOYWW. It's fun, It's addictive

We had a midnight visitor!

I think I'll call her/him Snowball. It is a beautiful tame all white cat. It crawled upon our front deck and meowed and meowed, so Bax and Bailey had to see what was happening.  I think the 3 shared time for 2 hrs.  My DH is feeding it in the barn with the barn cats, but it is no way an outside cat.  Have called a few people and trying to find the owner, or someone who will care for it.  It really needs a good home.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the adventures of the day. Have fun with WOYWW this week.
Thanks to all who stopped by last week too.

WOYWW #194

Welcome , it is once again WOYWW,  What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday.   (but for me really late Tues.pm)  I'll be gone most of  Wednesday so wanted to do a quick post. If you are new to this, Julia at the
STAMPING GROUND  has all the info.

Not much on this desk, I spent time gathering up Valentine items to be put away, had to make a few Sympathy cards, have some book pages that I made some flowers from, face down a birthday book and a little note on measurements of my wall space.  I've an idea.
I seem to be wasting a lot of time walking around the BIG table since I rearranged. Only you all would understand. My DH will have me locked up if he knew ....a new floor plan is in order soon.

Then I had helpers while storing away left over snowmen, valentines and bringing out the spring and Easter items.

 This is Baxter the 18lb big cat finding his way up the ladder to take command in a storage area above our coat closet in the family room.

This is his brother Bailey 11lbs wishing he would have gotten there first. Behind the flag picture is the spot Bax was able to get into while I was bring rubber maids to put up there. It holds about 6 and lots of small items. They love high spots and always curious as to what I am doing.

Thanks to all of you for stopping by last week and leaving such nice comments, I didn't make too many visits as I had major computer problems again and I think I got most everything working Sunday.  So hope to visit a lot of you this week. We have had terrible winds and forecast for Thursday 6 or more inches of snow, so should be home to enjoy my time.

Have a great WOYWW and may you have sunshine your way with thoughts of SPRING!

Valentine Sharing

I have always treasured things that my sisters and mother have given me, especially the things they made. And now that mother no longer has interest in creating, I'm so glad I've saved and treasured her little homemade gifts.  She was ahead of her time with her ideas. She could make something from nothing and had lots of her own ideas tucked away.

Over the years she made several holiday "Pot Holders" and guess what I never used them for that. They became a holiday accent piece on my table or in a basket etc.  Not to get dirty and stained from actual use.
There were strawberries, hearts, Christmas stockings, fabric bells, fabric witches, snowmen, quilted trees, patchwork squares and the list goes on.

She had no access to the internet, the huge array of crafting magazines or even the chance to go out and purchase a lot of unique crafting items.  She started from scratch.Buttons off of old clothing, old quilts and clothes cut up for small projects. Cleaning out their house, there have been so many things I came across that she tucked away. Old hand drawn patterns, scraps cut out and never used, little written down sentiments, tucked away in old books.  Boxes of this and Boxes of that, and I knew exactly why she was saving them.

She always shared her ideas and loved to inspire us with her crafty ideas. And with all our crafting if I ever needed a certain color, oh she was glad I asked and we could check the big old closet to see. And sure enough there'd be plenty for her to share with me. She is totally amazing, and I love her so much.

Most years I make  hearts from paper supplies, but this year I made a few fabric hearts for my sisters, from bits and leftovers I kept from a BIG teddy bear I made for me niece.

 I have some Lavender tucked inside.

All packaged up with a little gift card

I used a paper doily to wrap them up.

And for Mom, it should be a BIG THANK YOU HEART from the bottom of my heart.

A SHINEY RED VALENTINE

I truly don't know what to say.

I truly love my special husband.


THANKS FOR STOPPING BY & 
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO YOU AND YOURS.

A LITTLE BINGO

My mom and dad love BINGO. They play it every Wed and Sat at their Assisted Living. So I made them a "Little" Valentine.

 The Back Side. Dad likes Cartoons too!  And I didn't have a Fred Flintstone to use

This is the front side. Don't yet know what I'll take them, they get lots of sweets winning at their BINGO games. Sometimes just a visit and maybe if it is warm a ride in the country and around about the town.

WOYWW #193

Hi everyone,

Its #193  over at Julia's STAMPING GROUND  WHAT'S ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY.
If you are new to this, head on over she's got all the details, and you'll be hooked. It's fun, entertaining and creative.

Playing with Valentine goodies, almost finished with most of them. And that's a good thing as not very far off.
Some spools of wire, tiny metal hearts, a good cup of Mocha,  and the big metal heart box is below at a much closer look.

 This was my childhood baby crib bedsprings. It hangs to my left and these are Hearts I've received for many years from my mother, and sisters. One picture is my MOM and the other is my son Josh, just as content as you can get. We usually make our gifts etc.

And here's the close up..treasures I saved, I should have bought 2 kits from the Funky Junkie last year, as I didn't want to part with the one I purchased.  I've added a few things, wooden hearts my dad made, a chipboard picture frame, some crocheted hearts I made,  I just love little groupings, makes it so much easier then trying to remember where would that be.  I have not done my labeling yet. I didn't put it on my list to do so it isn't done!
Thanks to all of you for your lovely comments last week.  I will be having a giveaway when I reach 150 followers so if you are interested join in.

Enjoy WOYWW and have a fun crafting week.

Playing Along with 14 Heart Days

Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by.

I have so much enjoyed the "14 HEART DAYS"  over at  Suger Lump Studios Nancy has provided us with some wonderful inspiration.  Today she was doing a tag  with Pink Roses Shabby Altered Chipboard and it is already day #12.

I really didn't have any chipboard, so I used some red cardboard from a package I received. (I safe a LOT of things)  I distressed the edges a bit with my distressing tool, but if you don't have one a serated knife works well too.  I cut it with my Spellbinders die, then layered it with some lacy circle paper, newsprint, a baby picture, a flower I made from some really old Vintage fabric, a little crocheted flower, a sentiment, a little butterfly, some seam binding at the top of the tag and part of an old spring from an outdated calendar.

You will have to stop over to Nancy's blog. Her designs are special and she offers all the info. Plus there is a giveaway from Paper Whimsy by participating.  Believe me, it is pretty simple. And I also have had fun visiting all the entries. It has got my MoJo working!!!!

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the week with some crafty designs.

A WHITE VALENTINE SWAP

I always get excited when Kimberly at ArtJoyStuff  hosts a swap. This month was "I'm Dreaming of a White Valentine Day Tag Swap"  and so it was. Satin, Lace, Pearls, Sparkle, Flowers, Ribbon, Hearts, Vintage Images and of course "Cupid"  !!

      From Jane and Sherry

    From Karla and Sue

    From Kim and Liz

Aren't they all just adorable?

We each made 6 and then received 6.  I believe there were 13 of us involved so if you want to see ALL of them Kim has them posted on her blog.  Thanks so much Kim for hosting . It is always a great group that plays along.   AND THANKS to all of the above for the great tags. I always enjoy "LITTLE TREASURES" to add to my display board for  "Inspiration and Motivation".


Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your crafty time and a wonderful weekend. I hope no one is hit to hard with the wicked weather they are forecasting.

Fun to Play Along

I found a very fun spot. SUGAR LUMP STUDIOS  lots of Mixed Media by  Nancy Maxwell James.  On her blog she is doing  14 days of Hearts, and you can play along. Lots of things given away by the great Paper Whimsy. 

Having some extra time and energy I decided to play along, I'm behind on the days so playing catch up. 

                                                   This is Day #7  Silver & Script Scraplings

I used a tag with script, some silver scrap hearts (sorry hard to see because of the reflection), a silver brad and beads and feathery yarn at the top. The cute little image was stored away and I am not sure where she came from. The big silver heart at the bottom was parts from an earring.

                                                        This is day #6 Victorian Treat Cone
I made my cone from some Old Vintage Wallpaper, some lace around the top edge, my fluffy yarn for the handle, a homemade wool flower, a felted leaf with the heart on top, a gold glass ball, some red shredded paper is filler down inside and a few sprigs of gold sparkle and a red feather. The little "Love Whispers" script was computer generated.

I have truly enjoyed visiting Nancy's blog these past few days. I needed some motovation and really had fun creating these.  

Thanks for visiting, I always enjoy the comments. Have a wonderful time doing what you love. 

A New Challenge

It's been a while since I've created for challenges, but I really thought this idea of doing some Holiday cards a little at a time would have me prepared for 2013 Holidays, as 2012 was a disaster for being ahead of the game.

Over at  FESTIVE FRIDAY    Meredith is having their 1st colour challenge and some great inspiration from the great design team for getting ahead of the 2013 season.

                                                                 Oh..isn't this yummy!!

I still had most of my holiday crafting items still in my crafty area so here is what I created.

                                                                 Red, Silver and White
And I have decided that these holiday crafting items will have a spot close by  instead of packed away til October and maybe I can keep creating a few at a time.  Stop by the Festive Friday's blog and I'm sure you'll be inspired to play along.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful fun filled day.