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.

Smiles on Friday

Smiles on Friday as Martha would say "It's a GOOD Thing"

Annie at A Stitch in Time  has a Friday "SMILE" day...post what makes you smile and visit the friends who post their happy times too.

Sharing this little picture as all the mothers out there know, this is a hard day, when they go off to school.

It starts with Pre-School and last all thru those College days.

Have a wonderful weekend.  Hope you find things that make you SMILE.

IT'S #220 at WOYWW

Oh, it's time for What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday at Julia's STAMPING GROUND. You can pop over and she has an explanation if you are new to this, or just enjoy her fun photos. AND all her fun friends photos.

My desk has the remains of a few ATC's I created for a Swap in a few weeks. Will then share them with you.  It was a fun day of creating.  And wanted to thank all of you for last weeks comments on the wedding dress.   I really think after our vacation, it will be put to good use. Too lovely  as many said "to collect dust" and I have visions of lovely uses for the beautiful pieces that can be recycled.

It is the middle of the night here, can't sleep, too many projects pending, but I'm well on my way to having the new computer about all set up. In case you missed it mine CRASHED...power supply went out and I've not decided yet weather to replace it. I knew I needed to update to a new computer so I made the trip and so far glad I did.  I need to see if my monthly backup will generate all my missing email addresses, photos etc, and  if I can find an update to load so I can use my Webcam and call about getting a new cord for part of my monitor set up so I can post photos. The wrong one was in my packaging.  WINDOWS 8 seems relatively friendly. And the photo was really easy to use for this post.

I'm way behind on my blogging, visits etc. I've just told myself it will be after Sept 10th before I'm ever caught up with all the things in my life right now. So I hope you all bear with me. Your truly are a great group of friends. I have so much needed your support the past month.  THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

VERY BEST WISHES

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY SPECIAL MAN

Eight years ago today I married the love of my life..  I am so blessed

A video that is            SO True

Disappointing Morning...........Happy Afternoon

Early this AM I went to catch up on my computer...to my dismay...no hard drive,  no lights, no nothing.  Maybe you know the feeling of  "CRASHED"  ??   All I could think was  one big headache awaits me.

So bear with me, I'm trying to get caught up and get back to normal.

Have a great weekend  and wish me luck

WOYWW #219

Oh it's time already to post the WOYWW ....the STAMPING GROUND  has all the details on visiting and sharing photos of your Wednesday Workdesk.

I was able to clean up a bit and make a few quick cards for birthdays.

Here lies stencils, delicate old spoons, little jello dishes with wooden letter, glitter angels, bits of flowers, some much needed bifocals, and the envelope creator.

A very cheap wedding dress I purchased from a resale shop, thinking I could use the underlay of crinoline for flowers, the fabric for sachets, pillows and the beautiful trim for many projects with a glitter and glitz trim.
But can I really cut it up?  Hoping so, I seem to have hoarder tendencies....only you will know the answer in a month or so.

My first album and it's details posted here 40th Gift to my sister and husband for their anniversary. A midst the weeks of family time, I was able to finish this for their big event last week.

Have a wonderful week, thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy the WOYWW visits.

FRIDAY'S SMILES #30

I cannot believe it is FRIDAY....I just finished a post   My 1st Album  and one of my comments was about  my sister and her husbands unending SMILES.

They just celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary

And for all they've been thru in the past 4 years, you rarely see Mr. Stephen without a smile.  He has lost his voice and paralyzed on his right side, leg and arm from a massive stroke. but retrained himself to use his left hand, ordered a 3 wheel bike with controls moved to operate it left handed. Exercise is his main focus and without it he'd be in a wheelchair. He works on a computer, smiles a lot, and no

Their life changed in an instant  and all of ours too, but they keep the fires burning, being involved and enjoying family and grandchildren to the fullest. My sister is a rock....and I pray everyday  a small voice will say I CAN TALK AGAIN.  He had called her name, and said I love you and various other words here and there,

HAPPY SMILE DAY....things are busy yet but the weather is wonderful. Enjoy your weekend.

My 1st Album

It's been a while since I've shared some of my creativity.  This was a gift to my sister and her husband who celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary last week. Marla and Stephen are a true example of down to earth "GOOD LOVE"  for each other, their wonderful family, our church, our community and their friends. I truly don't know what I would have done all these years without their love and support. And those 2 smiles!! are unending.  Love you Guys.

 

I have watched a lot of  Youtube for ideas, blog posts etc, for many different kinds of journals or albums.
Just never had anything to push me to do it.  I started this mid May, enjoyed doing each part of what I thought would be a good way to display some old photos I had taken, and bits and pieces of  little love tokens.

The front and back cover were the easiest, I used Maya Road 3 Ring Square Canvas Album, there were 6 pages 5x5 and 3 rings.   Their wedding colors were a cranberry red and white.

 Back  I sewed a 2 in lace on all four sides of the front and back cover.

Front, embellished with a crocheted heart, a white enamel flower pin. Tucked inside a cross with LOVE carved out, and attached with white ribbon to the side ring.

This is an assortment of tags I used throughout the album,.all tucked away page by page,  space on back for notes, journaling, etc.

 This is the back side of the front cover with the flower doily. Each page to the right has a wine heart cut from a curtain, sewen to the canvas and a strip of lace ribbon attached at the bottom.

This is the next page, on each canvas page, I attached iridescent tulle to make a pocket for photos or tags. Some embellishments at the top, here are the praying hands. Photo is bride and groom hugging. Sorry color is not the best.

 Another left page, photo of cutting the cake, embellished with a antique gold cross, and bits of lace

 Another left page of the groom, having been stolen and returned with no shirt, lipstick on his face and his reddish blond locks a bit ruffled. Embellished with a crystal pendant and 2 love birds

Another left page varies family gatherings thru the 40 yrs. embellished with a small quilted heart.

 Tags were inserted throughout, with various yarns, ribbons and threads tied on top

The last page, embellished with a strand of pearls and a doily.  I used lots of ribbon, yarns, pearls and lace to cover the 3 rings to the left.

It was a fun project. I will know next time to recheck the pictures I have taken, I could have used a better sequence. But with the turmoil, and all the things that happened 2 weeks before this event I am just happy to have finished it.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you are enjoying some wonderful weather as we are. Just a perfect day.

WOYWW #218

I feel blessed..2 wks in a row to have some visual fun with others Workspaces.  Visit  Julia's blog STAMPING GROUND to see how it's all done.  My goal to visit as many as I can.  I couldn't find the energy, the words, or the interest after last weeks post.  But I've been missing all of you and your great comments and fun spaces.

Had to work on my Serger a bit and rethread...seems someone pulled all the threads from their proper place . After 2hrs I think I've it properly done, but have yet to try it on good fabric pieces!!!  My head is spinning. I cannot understand the tiny spaces within this machine and would never buy one that cannot rethread itself.

I've a list a mile long to catch up on. I have hope,  Little by little it will all fall into place. But I've very necessary things to plan for within the next 2 wks.  Top of the list is to shorten 5 fabric tops with the Serger for our vacation.

Saturday will be the 85th birthday party for my Mother.  So made a few plans for that, with invites, food etc.

Enjoy WOYWW visits, thanks for your support the past few weeks and for stopping by today.