Monday, Monday

First off, my heart goes out to the people of Boston. What a tragic event. Well wishes to all of the people who were injured and prayers to all of the families who lost loved ones and are dealing with this horrible act.

Welcome, trying to get back into the swing of things. Traveling to a funeral, birthday party, shopping, church and mostly eating out has wore me out. .  I'll be on a diet all week with all the junk food. I truthfully think my age is getting to me. I just really ENJOY being at home. This cold, rainy weather has gotten the best of my laughter.

Created a few tags for a couple of the birthdays, don't tell anyone (it's a secret!!) but I had to buy a few cards, just too many at one time in my disorganized and interupted life.

 A fun loving cousin celebrated her 8oth birthday. We attended her party and was so fun to once again see all the  other cousins too.

 This is the reverse side, I found this tiny little clear envelope and popped in a bouquet of flowers magnet

And this little cloth tag is for a gal who helps out with my DH father-in-law. Just layers of lace and a crocheted flower. She does beautiful crochet work and crafty cards. So I thought something homemade was in order.

I'll be away from my blog a few days, a cousin and I are traveling to MPLS to the spring "Junk Bonanza." Have found a few antique shops on the way, maybe a shuttle to the Mall of America from our hotel and again I'm sure some good food will be involved. (Salads!) Hoping the forcast for SNOW will divert to the very north instead of the path we must take.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your week, hoping for sunshine and flowers.

ATC SWAP

My dear friend Kimberly at ArtJOYstuff  has been having weekly fun with ATC's. If you'd like to participate hop on over to her blog and read the details. You'll enjoy the visit. She is a wonderful designer, so much variety and unusual Mixed Media.  I'd love to see her studio!~!~!
                                                                   
                                                                         A great idea.

I was able to get to be  the exchange of #25. I'm behind on creating as "Life" as some things I needed to do.
So will mail off Kim's ATC, no doubt Monday, the weekend is here and our P.O. is only open AM hrs.now   I'll post my ATC photo after she receives it.

But this is what she has created for me and I received it yesterday

I love it.  The image reminds me of a book I loved to read as a child, The Adventures of  Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.  I think it was the Tomboy in me, but I secretly wished I was with them on every adventure. Pretending to be independent, getting wet from fishing and dirty from the adventures of seeking out new spots.

This was some of the packaging I was so happy to open. The ATC has so much detail, a cloth Alpha seam tape with a tiny little feather attached with an old metal tab. Some little sparkly on the stamped fun circles. Mr. Sun placed in a tin frame, fun old gold decals on the top and right side. An this adorable male image of a young adventures boy, wearing some great colored clothing. And  Isn't it the cutest of caps! (I gave one to my dad and hubby a few years back)  DETAIL, DETAIL, it all makes for a "Little Treasured" ATC.

 THANKS SO MUCH KIMBERLY. I love your blog and all the fun you have provided with the Swaps.

My Husband's Winter FUN

I think my husband is reverting back to his childhood.  OH to be a KID again~~~!!!

 This corn planter was all ready to plant corn in a few days.

Frosty April wonders if he'll be having to move out of the way..but he knows he'll just melt away and the farmer here will then get to wait for a little ground dryness before he can plant his corn.

Taken from our front window the cats are permanently perched looking out, there a lots of little birds taking cover under those pine branches.  With schools delayed, and winter driving tactics once again, we are all waiting for Mr. Sunshine so we can get on with April.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day and May you have some SPRINGTIME in your life.

IT'S #201 at WOYWW

Good Morning!! It's rise and shine here, and happy to have electricity. We had rain 3/5 inches, hail,  high winds, thunder, lightening and now snow forcast up to 8 inches. OH well not complaining we need the mositure and good days to stay inside.

Julia over at  the STAMPING GROUND has this Wednesday thing to show What's On Your Workdesk and hundreds all over this great planet DO IT ! ! !  Visit her she has all the details.

My desk

Leftovers of an ATC I finished up, a new package of crystals, and assortment of feathers in the little packages, some rubber stamps backgrounds and different sized canvas squares.  I've over 10 birthdays this month of April so I got to get crackin.

I have posted pictures of the calves one post down or go here http://littletreasures-sylvia.blogspot.com/2013/04/days-on-farm.html    Wishing you a wonderful day no matter what your weather and thanks for stopping by. My husband's itching to go into town and I want to ride with so prepare for #208...I love the swaps.

Days on the Farm

Good morning one and all! It was a delightful day yesterday. Our first warm spring day with no wind and warm temps. I ventured out to take some pictures of the baby calves. They already seem quite big. And they are loving the sunshine.

                  Caught him by surprise!  I'm looking out the barn door and he's over by a tin partition outside

                    The mothers do not like strangers anywhere near them or their baby, so my DH took a pail
                    of corn to the mothers so I could take these pictures. The black ones are about 10 days old

It's fun to watch them run and play. Sometimes we have the more inquisitive ones come under the fence and venture up to the yard and house area. It's surprising to see them look in the window! And a job to get them back where they belong.

This poor mother, she had twins and only this little one survived. We had to call the Vet for help. This was       about 7 days ago. And she really didn't like me peering about. She is the only brown cow we have.

Tried for some photos of the barn cats but they aren't real friendly to strangers either. Hiding in the bales of straw was more fun for them.  Early AM they sit in the barn door watching for my DH. When he goes out, they meet him by this light pole and follow him to the barn to be fed. They definitely are not as tame as the visiting white cat we had a few weeks ago. She's doing well at her new home.

Thanks for stopping by, must get some creative projects done, have lots of birthdays this month and with the thunder, lightening and rain it will be a good day to be inside.
Enjoy your day.

It's #200 at WOYWW

Good Morning, and Welcome to WOYWW an event that has the weeks just flying by. Ms. Julia at the
STAMPING GROUND  created this 200 blogs ago and it has grown by leaps and bounds. Hop on over to her sidebar to find out about all the fun.

Not much time for creating the past few days, Life just gets in the way. But today I need to make a wedding card and work on some ATC's.  About is a grouping of papers, sorted for color and the Wise Old Owl captured my heart one day. Hope to use him for a pattern and make a few for our fall festival.  And next to him I found an old glass covered butter dish, which I should take upstairs to put to some good use.

Hope you all have a wonderful week, my DH is in and wants to make a trip for groceries and a few outside things he needs.  He is the proud owner of 2 new baby black calves. Yes the season has started only 5 more to go.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you are on a warm up for weather. To be in the 50's here today, with all of our snow now gone.

EASTER SUNDAY

                   Wishing You and Yours a Wonderful Easter and a Very Happy Spring. 

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!