It's #177 at WOYWW

Mid Morning Greetings to All of You.

I was a late riser today!!! Party'd with my 2 sisters last night and it is so dark and dreary today. One sister had an over the hill birthday and with all 3 of us spending the weekend out of town doing our own things, we thought we were do to get together. I am so thankful being able to enjoy both of them so much.
It's a foggy, wet, warm yucky day outside and I think it reflects in my not so interested, gloomy attitude
But over at Ms Dunnit's blog the STAMPING GROUND there will be a 100 or more eager to peep crafters just waiting to spend time visiting and enjoying some creative talents.

 My desk is pretty cleaned up...not working here!!  Still have lots of cleaning/sorting to do. With the very nice weather Monday, I cleaned and pitched items in our garage and worked outside putting things away for winter coming up.

I separated my 2 tables and the other I will show you next week, it is for more crafting with fabric and lace. This one I will use for paper projects, stamping, coloring and card making.

Now it's off to stir some beef stew and bake a few biscuits. Lunch time and  my DH never misses a meal!!
Have a wonderful WOYWW day and Thanks for stopping by.

WOYWW #176

Early 4AM here in Iowa...and I totally forgot it was to be Wednesday.  The WOYWW,  thanks to my FB friend Glenda's early post, I took a flashlight to my crafty area, as not to wake my DH, snapped my picture, stubbed my toe and here I am.
It's the Julia thing..........her .STAMPING GROUND each Wednesday, take a picture of your crafty space, post it on your blog, share it on her blog and you'll have visitors from around the world. Hop over get the deets and ENJOY:

The desk was pretty clean..made a wedding card for a nephew's wedding this weekend, with colors of black, silver and a dash of orange.  The envelope, is a make over of a CD gift bag with an added flower.
A gourd, which no doubt never get a Santa face,

Thought I'd be further along with all the remake, but I DO have an almost clear path compared to last week. Weather was so nice Tues, I was able to finish up some small items with the pink paint.

My work down here, was interupted by a quick weekend trip to my sons and returning on Monday, has thrown me for a loop on what day is what.  The 3 grandkids are growing up so fast, and had sooooo much to show us with the new house .

So very proud of  my son Josh..he is a full time Electrician, and did all the electrical himself, put in the kitchen cabinets, laid all of the ceramic and wood flooring, helped Juli with all of the painting, put up window blinds and has loaded and unloaded belongings from storage and unpacked boxes for days and yet has plans of refinishing the basement this winter, with another bathroom, guest bedroom, family room, game room and storage area.     Followed by pizza, computer games and hugs before bedtime and off to school good-byes, we had a wonderful time.  A beautiful 4hr drive back home on "BACK ROADS",  a stop at the Casino, netted me an extra $100...so I was a happy camper..
Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your week and I'm off to do some visitint!!

It's #175 at WOYWW

Hello Everyone,  I am so happy to join in again. I thought I missed one week and may be confused but I think it is 175...Ms. Dunnit at the STAMPING GROUND  has the weekly "What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday" post that lets anyone share their workspace and wants us to visit each other and enjoy all the fun new creations. It's quite the deal.  I didn't participate last week as "LIFE" wouldn't allow me to repay any visits or even find my camera or work my way into my crafty area.

But I am more happy to report I spent the day with RAIN falling most of the day in our area. What a blessing. My DH has finished his crops and working his ground, without fires, injuries and better than expected crop yields, despite the dry conditions we had all summer.

I've not been able to even enter my creative space for 2 wks or so but this is what is blocking the path:

The past 2 wks I've moved several pieces from my parents home into my lower level and have been cleaning out the storage room, doing a craft fair, and rearranging crafty things. I am hoping to be finished by next Wednesday!!!!   The white chest with the drawers was mine as a child, was a soft green so I did get that painted and moved into this area.  I have another piece I want to restore and place on top, but that is going to be a BIG HUGE project.  It was in my dads garage for most of its life and has to be power washed, sanded, murphy soaped and repainted.

Last week I had a gal I worked with the past 5 years die of an unexpected stroke and my classmate in Illinois, I spent time with this August lost her husband to an unexpected heart attack. Friday I will work at a funeral of an old family friend.  It zaps you to the core but you must go on, as someone, somewhere always has it worse.

Thanks for stopping by, may your week be blessed and you can enjoy some wonderful fall weather.
I hope to have a few posts on our craft fair and my Halloween tag exchange within a few days.

More Crafty Affair Creations

Thanks to all for the great comments on the previous posts ...have a few more photos. Spent a few hours setting up last night, will go in today to take some pictues of my friends items.  You'll be amazed. The "WOODEN" designer has lots of old barn board converted  into beautiful pieces. Th;e "FABRIC" lady has a huge assortment of flags, table runners, mini quilts and lots of bright colors.

A few more oddities from my desk:

                                                      Halloween, Lace and Old Bed Springs

                                                                   Corky Angels

                                                              Peat Pots

                                                                    Red Solo Cup

                                                                    Old Friends

                                                                       Gourds

                                                                   My husbands Metal Art

Hoping to post some of the gals things later today.  Now it's off to paint a few "old" pieces for soon to be  renovated studio.  It's really the wee hours of the morning, but who can sleep with ideas running thru their head and sooooooooooo much more to do.
Thanks for stopping by, I am hoping you are enjoying some wonderful weather outside. It sure is a delight.

WOYWW #173

The Stamping Ground has been a hi-lite on Wednesday with me for sometime. Julia has created a monster in terms of people showing WHAT'S ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY.  Simple take a photo, post it to your blog, and go to Julia's blog and post it for the adventurous  world to view and comment on their visit.

 My dining room table has had the brunt of this weeks work. Somewhat packed and ready to load on Thursday to prepare for our "Crafty" affair on Saturday.  One thing it is all priced and pretty much ready.
The garage to the left has somewhat the same amount. Gourds in baskets, in natural, white, red, orange, white, gold and silver. The big box on the table is full of greeting cards for most occasions.

This is my work desk on most weeks...oh you say...somewhat a renovation between sorting and pricing. My tree shaped storage unit for glitter and glitz,  removed the stamps above now in drawers and the pin board above...came from my dads garage, it was a trellis for his flowers. In a few weeks I will have lots more to show you..I've been painting "Cloud White" on a lot of things, accents in pink and sage green.  I literally can find nothing I need. So bear with me...

Have fun visiting others, enjoy your week and Happy WOYWW.  In the post previous I've shared a few pictures of my creative items  and will have many more this week.  Thanks for stopping by
Perfect fall weather here...just perfect for biking and enjoying a fall day outside.

PRIMITIVE PLUS - CRAFT ITEMS

Hello everyone...what a most beautiful day here in IOWA!!! WOW could not be more perfect fall weather.

Want to share some of the "Crafty" items that have been consuming my time. I am excited for Friday (set up) and Saturday's event...but when it's over, I'll be really happy to continue my blogging in a more timely fashion.

                Some squatty jars, with little sewing needs inside and topped with a pincushion lid

                                          Some wooden square snowmen with curly wire arms

           Vintage white fabric makes up a strawberry shaped pin cushion topped with a ribbon rose

           Some singing gourd angels, with wire halo, feather wings, and a wire necklace, with a tin heart

                                                  Some old glass jars filled with Potpouri

                                                          Lacy little Lavender Sachets

                 Rose colored felt topped with lace, a pink flower and a little gold heart lavender sachet

                     More pin cushions...candle holder, topped with lace, felted wool and a stick pin

                                                  Pin cushion from a baby shoe, pink and lacy

                                                               Halloween peat pots

                                                            A snowman on an old spring

             Have lots more, but time for Taco's,  hope to share a few more between now and Saturday.
                                    Thanks for stopping by,  hoping you are having a wonderful day.

Need some BLOGGER help

I cannot post pictures on my blog.  If anyone has a solution for helping, I would appreciate it soooooooo much.

I get a message when trying to add a photo to my SIDEBAR.  But it seemed to work here.

Message is         We're sorry, but you have exceeded your photo upload quota. For more information, check out this Blogger help page.    

When I go to the help page I only see about 20 photos randomly picked from my blog in a Picasa album
(which I never knew I had!!!)   They want me to pay for more space...sorry not interested but
Tried this by going to my Layout, Add a Gadget, Picture.... will not allow me to add

Anyway Vicki's poster came from her blog and the event sounds fun and a huge undertaking. more info here  This Art Makes Me Happy  . Thanks for any suggestions etc.

 I'm almost ready for the Craft Fair..just a few more items to price and load it all up, 
and Hope my camera works and I can post...  Have a great week, and thanks for stopping by.

It's #172 at WOYWW..What's On Your WorkDesk ?

Oh so glad to be able to participate this week.  Julia at the STAMPING GROUND has over 150 creative people posting What's On their Workdesk Wednesdays.  Then to enjoy the fun you can visit each and meet great people and find great inspiration.

I've been able to maintain most of the orderliness on my desk, had some Tags to do for a swap and intended on creating a few other Halloween things. But got waylaid!!!  And my camera was on the fritz again.

Finishing up most of the "Craft Fair" items,  have moved it all up to our dining area in order to price and arrange by how I will display it.  Taking pictures as I go so will do a post later on ALL that I have been creating.

Enjoying some beautiful weather, strictly FALL...low in the 40's during the night. Hoping to finish up some painting some things in "SHABBY WHITES" as I am going to rearrange my studio. Have some new pieces to work into my area from my folks' home.

:Have had some good news from both of my sons. Josh and family will be moving into their newly built home this weekend. No more having things in storage, and living in a 2 bedroom apt with a dog and 3 kids.
Jeremy and family will FINALLY move to a home in Germany Oct 1st. Their things have been in storage since May also and can move out of temporary housing and get on with life as it is.  Now it's time for us to visit...I am so lonesome for all of them.

Thanks for stopping by, have fun visiting all the other WOYWW and have a blessed week.

Good Morning..

Up quite early, had lots running thru my little head.  So excited, my brother came to visit for a few days.  Visited our parents and is helping us clean out the house. It's always good to spend time with him.

So peeping about the blogs I love, I came across this little Poem that Melissa Phillips had posted.  It just hit the spot and I wanted to share it.   If you are not a follower of Melissa stop over to her sweet blog. Always some tender things to touch one's

S L O W D A N C E:

Have you ever watched kids
on a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain
slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down
Don’t dance so fast

Time is short
The music won’t last

Do you run through each day
On the fly

When you ask “How are you?”
Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done,
do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores
running through your head?

You’d better slow down
Don’t dance so fast

Time is short
The music won’t last

Ever told your child,
We’ll do it tomorrow?

And in your haste,
not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die

‘Cause you never had time
To call and say “Hi”?

You’d better slow down
Don’t dance so fast

Time is short
The music won’t last

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift….Thrown away…

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower

Hear the music
Before the song is over.

by David L. Weatherford

Enjoy and thanks for stopping by today.

IT'S #170 at WOYWW

Hi everyone...so glad to be back in the swing of things and post to the 170th WOYWW.  Oh, Julia at the
STAMPING GROUND  has created a Monster...well over 100 creative, snoopy people love to participate in her adventure of visiting others Work Spaces.  Hop on over and she has all the details for you to become involved.

I have still been cleaning, donating and organizing my WHOLE house...at one point today you could not even get to my work area.I moved the 3 maple colored chest around the corner. Things I don't use too much stored in there.

 This little table is what I have left to do in the AM...this is an area close to my sewing machine and where I work on fabric and lace projects. I will have some photos later this week of some items I've finished for my "Crafty Affair" in a few weeks....Have a few snowmen where I used the springs as the base.

Oh and my area for Paper items....my ATC swaps, seasonal cards and fun projects with paper. Mostly Halloween today, and believe me..this was stacked 3 feet high earlier today...and unavailable for  the past 2 wks.

My garage is full of items to be painted a "Shabby White", but we have had high humidity so that is on hold.
My storage area is almost cleaned out!!!! Yippee...you see I have a "Secret Desire" unknown to my DH.
I want a simple bathroom in part of this area...so I had to make space...Have talked with our plumber and he's ready  anytime I can make the space... now to wine and dine my DH  to get the OKAY..

I got on this cleaning out kick the day we started to clean out my parents home.  WOW..it wasn't just them saving and stacking!!  I too had the same mess.  SO 2 hrs there a day and 3hrs or more at home sorting!!!
Feels good.  AND they are now loving the Assisted Living!!! so Life is Good.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week.  

RETURNING FOR WOYWW #168

Good Morning fellow WOYWW followers...have been away enjoying summer visits and I've missed you. Grandchildren here one week and had computer fallouts.. and I departed the next week and had no internet connections. Six of us classmates thru grade school enjoyed 3/4 days together, visiting, laughing and sharing some fun. Spent one day at the Iowa State Fair, only to be able to have a surprise visit from  President Obama.  And me and one of the friends were right up front for pictures and hand shakes.

WOYWW is a gathering of people around the world to share your workspace and creative juices. MS Julia
at the STAMPING GROUND has provide a spot for us to do just that. You can pop over to her blog and get the skinny on how to participate.

Some of this week I have been painting, our humidity is gone and the lovely days have finally allowed me to be outside.

 This Old Shabby Carpenters Bench, no doubt will be a step stool for me and a resting place for one of the cats.  They seem to find cozy places to sleep.

 This collection has been in the garage and DH is losing patience with "Stuff" all over..The old door panels need to be sanded and will no doubt be the Shabby white if the weather holds out, The little bird cage and other step stool will hopefully be painted today.  The frame and chicken wire will be a posting board if my wrist will work...another thing on the agenda to take care of.

The top of the garage bar...a finished old sewing box with missing parts, a drawer for a piece on the floor and a few tomatoes my DH brought in for our BLT's today.

I've got a lot of my "Crafty Affair" things grouped together but not yet priced and have lots more ideas to put together. But time is an issue.

Hoping you all have a wonderful week, enjoy the WOYWW visits and thanks so much for stopping by.

What Fun

Hi everyone...So glad to be back, I was on a little blogging break...had grandchildren visiting one week, and this week shared time with 5 classmates for 3 days in Des Moines, reminiscing, sleeping late, eating light, lounging around, laughing and sharing so many great things. Thanks to Jolene for a wonderful stay in her lovely Shabby Chic home with a back yard next to a walking trail, wonderful  trees, a creek, several deer and a great variety of unusual birds.
Why would be want to leave? Shopping no way..we loved it there. But we did attend the Iowa State Fair on a cool lovely day only to be surprised by a visit from President Obama!!!! And we were right up close and center!!! Trying to get pictures I took transferred to my computer. Wishing I had more of the wonderful Greek food. And so thankful all of us have remained friends since grade school.

Tonight I have been catching up on my blogging fun.  I came across a very fun post at  Kandee Willow.  She has a giveaway of an adorable homemade tote she has created. Isn't is just Shabby fun?

Plus she is including

  one ticket for the Early Bird entrance, on September 13th to the Junk Bonanza
in Shakoppe, Mn.  Make sure you stop over, peep about her unique blog and have a chance at winning.

I have made reservations for 3 of us to attend this event as part of another few days of rest and relaxation.
Can't wait.

Thanks for stopping by, hoping to get back in the swing of things and add a few more fun adventures. Have a wonderful weekend.

ATC Exchange "AT THE BEACH"

The ATC group for the month of July, created "AT THE BEACH"  ATC cards. Thanks so much to Kimberly for being the hostess for this. She has a great blog spot  ArtJOYStuff with lots of her different creations and wonderful inspiration. Thanks Kimberly for the fun and the extra little "goodie packet"..

                                                 These are the 4 that I created and sent on.

 This one is from Amy Yengling...Thank You Amy,  great image and darling layout with the lace and seashell couldn't find an email to send off a BIG THANK YOU

 This one is from Karla Jackson...Thank You Karla,  adorable picture of the little girls enjoying the beach. fun glitz and glitter     couldn't find a blog or email to send off a BIG THANK YOU also

This one is from Amy Bauer....looks so relaxing, with the great Vintage images, fun shells and pretty pearl/lace design...email sent for a BIG THANK YOU.

Taking a break with this ATC exchange for August...at first I was oh heck..but now the month is 1/2 gone and I'm way behind...getting ready for a "Crafty Affair" end of Sept so have been super busy, with a huge variety of projects.

I also had the 3 grandchildren here this past week for some added fun and excitement

Bottom up Cael 9yrs, Camryn 7yrs, Cash 4yrs...they love spending time outside with grandpa, who really has them interested in many things. Four wheeler, feeding cow, looking for new kittens in the barn, helping in the garden, and getting rides on the farm tractors and this big combine. Going to our small town, to see how corn is unloaded at the elevator, ice cream at the local pub, candy from any other stop they make and riding in the little red truck!!! another story on that someday.  Priceless memories.
We went to Mr. Popper's Penquins, had huge cartons of popcorn, the park, McDonalds, great grandma's huge "Princess Castle" (their 3 story Victorian home).
Questions raised by Cash....why are your waffles square and not round like ours?  


Have to get some lunch    have a great weekend   I've yet to make 2 angelfood cakes for my mother's birthday party at the Assisted Living today.  So wish me luck..