WOYWW #351

Good Morning, it's another fun day of viewing the desks..Julia at the STAMPING GROUND has hosted this event a long time. She's got the info to partake and sites you can visit for a trip around the world of peoples workspaces.

You can enlarge the photo by clicking it.  I the process of more sympathy cards. A classmates sister passed 2 days ago. And a very close friend on Monday, his wife and I were classmates for 10 yrs and friends forever.  It will be a huge funeral, he was a 20 year President of our Catholic School System and boys Baseball Coach for years. It is still hard for me to comprehend. Sunshine is in the forecast so that will help us all.  Dark and Gloomy today with misty eyes and  windows.

Missed last week as I had Bunco and my husband and I went to the city shopping and lunch out. Was some very warm temps, so was a fun time to get away.

In a previous post I have posted some fun cards for several birthdays. So I have been being creative.
When things settle down I hope to be trying a few new ideas in my crafty space.

Thanks for visiting

Just One Tribute to A Wonderful MAN

With the death of a close friend of mine and to all the surrounding communities this is a hard time in our area for so many. He was a true Gem to all and this student worded it so well.

Eugene M. Meister

November 5, 1947 - February 22, 2016

Written by a student:

Very few people touch as many lives as Gene Meister did. He was a tremendous man: a husband, a father, a grandfather, a coach, a mentor, a role model, and a friend. With regard to Catholic education, he was a titan, a leader, and a visionary. On the baseball field, he was a Hall of Fame coach: a leader and a mentor of young men. He had a monumental impact on my life and on the lives of countless others. As a baseball player, he taught me more about life than anything else. I remember his talks before and after games very vividly because of the messages that they contained about life. Anyone and everyone that came into contact with Gene Meister was a better person for it. He was a generous, wise, and caring man who gave so much to so many. My thoughts and prayers go out to the Meister family, and to everyone else who loved and cherished this man.

The OBIT is here :   http://www.oakcrestfuneralservices.com/obituary/148243/Eugene-Meister/#services 

Heaven has gained another true Angel. I will truly miss you Gene Meister.....you were a pillar for so many. So thankful you were my friend.

Some Creativity

Welcome, it's been awhile since I have added any new posts.  I've made a few cards for a variety of reasons.  I appreciate your visit

 A few Valentine tags

Our neighbor boy turned 3

A cousin turning 80 and having a surprise party

 My brother turned 55, a western man through and through

The reverse of that tag.

We had a visitation tonight  of a classmates sister who passed unexpectedly  with the funeral tomorrow. And now I am working on another Sympathy card for a very dear friend. His wife and I were classmates for 10 yrs and the best of friends forever. Plans are in the process for this week.

It's as I feel, a gloomy day.  Speaking of Sunshine and Warm temps tomorrow and I am so hoping
May you be enjoying a wonderful day, with thoughts of Spring.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Welcome,  Wishing You and Yours a Lovely Valentine Sunday.

 Photo Credit to AllHomeLiving   Reminds me of my childhood, visiting my Grandmother.
I enjoy the daily inspiration from this sight on Facebook.

Also enjoying a warm cup of tea. It's -4, horrid winds, and  new snow blowing about. So it will be an enjoyable Sunday inside. I'm ready for Spring and the forecast shows the end of the week in the 40's. Yahoo!!!

Thanks for visiting, wishing you Love.

WOYWW #349

Welcome to each and eveyone of you.....so glad you have some time to visit the WOYWW day.
Julia at the STAMPING GROUND hosts our weekly adventure of visiting desks. It's always a pleasure to see the new ideas, and the variety of work others are doing and sharing.

I did get some time this week at my desk, because we had a major 2 day storm. 50/60 MPR winds and blizzard conditions. Roads were closed and things came to a standstill. I was thankful we did not loose our electricity. We did not get a lot of snow it just drifted and rearranged its drifts over and over. Working on 2 birthday tags for the end of this month. But my MoJo just isn't with paper at times. Previous post has a couple of cards I also finished up.

                                                  Click on the photos for enlargements:

I spent more time with my new sewing machine..This is a  patterned bright colored dish kossie  for those hot bowls coming out of the microwave.  I bought this one and attempted to make the light beige one, a sample run with odd pieces of ugly Christmas scrap fabric. SIMPLE...I did find an excellent video done by Amy  of   FASHION TOPPINGS  which made the whole process very easy.
And we all have leftover fabric ............so it's a great way to use that up.

USE ALL COTTON Fabric and Liner...EVEN THREAD if you put it in the micro...I don't  I just use it to hold the bowl while I eat.

 I know many of you love working with Fabric and these are a must have for microwave hot bowls. And there are bigger sizes.  Great gifts, I've bought several for just that, but now I can make them..Hope you enjoy this video if you are interested.

We in the states are having Primary elections..preparing us for our future candidates in the up coming Presidential election, so TV is either addictive or not so much. We had our SUPER BOWL Sunday, and college basketball keeping me attentive. Our IOWA Hawkeyes and Iowa State Cyclones are doing great this year so college basketball wins over.

Thanks for stopping by....have a fun WOYWW kind of day and enjoy a lovely weekend.

Sunday Funday

HAPPY SUNDAY to YOU......The sun is shining brightly, awaiting 40 mph winds and blowing snow. But enjoying the calmness right now. And sometimes the forecast turns out wrong.

I've had some time in my crafty space to play and finish up some projects. Been enjoying learning more on my new computerized sewing machine and finished up the bottom half of my curtains.
Now I'v trying a few more fabric projects, which I'll share later.

I had to make a quick Sympathy card for my husband's cousin's father-in-law. He was a very religious man and I went with the Praying Hands. And it turned out his Obit front was that theme.

This was more of a tag to be displayed  on a holder...Had a nice verse on the back which I forgot to photograph.

This is a card I made for a blogging friend who last year had a stroke and is working hard on her way to recovery.  It is made from an old calendar with art work done by Kelly Rae Roberts.  I love her work and just couldn't bear to discard this calendar,  It will arrive later than I wanted it to, we had a blizzard and for 2 days things were shut down in our rural area.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful week.  Now it's on to Iowa Hawkeye basketball and the Super Bowl.  Having our own little party at home so we can WATCH the games. He's making  hot wings,  I did some deviled eggs and a relish tray.

WOYWW #348

Welcome to my world of wind and snow.  There is about 8 to 12 inches of  snow that keeps rearranging itself in drifts throughout our area. Everything was closed yesterday and no travel was advised, I'm sure it will be the same today. I miss my mail. My windows are plastered full of snow as the wind direction keeps changing. The good thing about it is I can spend visiting the Wednesday workspaces..  Julia our hostess at the STAMPING GROUND has the info and places to visit listed on her blog.

 I rearranged my cutting table just in back of this desk, dusted and boxed up some unused items. These  sorted out game pieces etc, need to be put in my embellishment drawer system. I took down the dauber sticks and decided to use the old wooden tray for a while. The blue ice cube tray can help out if I add new colors. Don't know where I'm going with the glass desert dishes yet.  Hoping I get to paint the little clay molds for use in my next card or tag projects. They turned out great.

This is the desk to the right of my main work area....had a few glue projects. The music box Railroad just fell apart, no doubt from the dry air here in the house during winter.

I continue to pray for my friends grand daughter, they now have cut her hair and the "Hair Fairy" has come and made her smile. More on this from another post last week. Prayers for Kaelyn and thank you to all who have made such wonderful comments and are praying for her.  I just cannot imagine how they are all adjusting.

Thanks for your visit, I'm off to have some waffles with berries, put some ribs in the crockpot, whispering a few more prayers as my DH takes his tractor to town to help clean out driveways. The roads are a mess. I will be back to make my visits and get inspired.   Have a wonderful WOYWW kind of day.

On another note I've noticed 10 of my followers are gone. No doubt because of the new BLOGGER thing..If you cannot comment it is because of this change.  Will have to see how it all pans out.  It is only commenting and following that you will be prevented from doing if you arent a Google+ account holder.   

#347 WOYWW

Welcome and Happy what's on your Wednesday workspace.  Julia from the STAMPING GROUND is our host. And she has all the fun and info on her blog.

My desk shows that I am gathering Valentine supplies from pretty heart boxes I've saved over the years.   Now to get the MoJo to create some. I've lots of ideas, but seemed to get sidetracked. But the days are counting down quickly so I'd better get busy.

Short and sweet, I am meeting my niece from California (here on a 2 day visit) at my mothers. My sister will also join us for lunch.  Have a wonderful WOYWW day and thanks for stopping by.

Prayers for Kaelyn

Life some times throws a curve ball.  I've spent sometime with tears, praying, asking questions, and wondering why.  My solution:  It's all in God's Plan and reminded myself to have FAITH.

Many years ago I met a wonderful young lady, (who was given away at birth), as she grew into a lovely mother, she found her birth father.  He was a very good friend of mine and I shared my place for them to meet. She was from Utah and he was from Iowa.  A long story short,  we became good friends.  I've visited her, met her family and she comes back to Iowa for visits.

Well she is now a Young grandmother. Her beautiful twin daughters are mothers and her grand daughter Kaelyn, is 4 years old.


Taken from her Facebook page:

There is no doubt in my mind that the Lord is always there to comfort us! After many tests, the doctors have confirmed that our beautiful little girl, Kaelyn, has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. As we continue to come to terms with the prognosis, we ask for your prayers as Kaelyn begins the chemotherapy treatments. Our sweet, sassy, stubborn girl is a fighter, and we know our Heavenly Father has and will continue to help us all get through this. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers! She is in good spirits and is LOVING the special "princess" treatment!

After her port put in and 1st Chemo Treatment.   She is now home and going for treatments at the cancer center.

I cannot imagine what this family is going through. Kaelyn has 2 brothers  2 1/2 and the youngest was born in Sept so the mother and father are very busy. All I know is .. don't take things for granted.
I am praying and believing that all is in God's hands and with hope and love  everyone will be able to cope and little Kaelyn will remain strong and vibrant.

God Bless Her and Her Family.

WOYWW #346

Welcome,  it's in the wee hours of Wednesday and  before I go back to bed or start a new project, will post my desk as it is WOYWW and Ms. Julia has her blog  Stamping Ground  ready for our posting. For some reason the big cat has been waking me at 4 AM for food, a habit soon to be broken. I awaken, feed them, as his brother gets up, sits quietly waiting too. If I go back to bed it's mid morning when I get up and I hate it.  Or I stay up and need to take a nap midday.  Not my kind of plan.

It has been frigid here..-3  with wind chill of -30, so it's too cool downstairs for any length of time to work/play in my crafty area.  We missed the snow and a warm up of 30's in the forecast so maybe I can muster up MOJO and start on many card ideas I have floating around in my head.

My CD player downstairs is on the fritz and researching online shopping shows me I need to up date the way I listen to music. It's a 5 carousel and last week the drawer locked up, online YouTube showed me how to fix it.Took it apart etc and then did the lens cleaning thing.  But now it is skipping parts of the cd or changing too soon to the next one.  It's 10 years old, so wanted to update but not finding my $$$$ range and don't want a 1 disc player.  Nothing seems simple.

 I brought up a Martha Stewart clay making kit I bought for 1/2 price some time ago and thought I'd play around with it.  A little frame mold, a heart, rosette, and some doll faces/ and an air dry clay were also available. Can paint them any color when they are dry. So will see if I use them.

I another post today I'll share some sad news and a few puzzles I've been working on. But may your day be an enjoyable WOYWW kind of day . Thanks for stopping by,

WOYWW #344

Welcome, so glad you stopped by. It's time to share our desks, Julia at the STAMPING GROUND   is our host and has all the info for you to play along.

Rearranged, out with Christmas, in with Valentines. Then hope for MoJo to take over

 Above some metal trays for mixed media metal, I plan to sort in small containers. A lace piece, a miss placed angel ornament, a pretty flower I ordered from a mixed media gal.

To the left of my desk sits a table I use for paper sizing, but it's always loaded up with seasonal extras, I've a few treasured candy heart boxes full of embellishments, wool hearts I felted, and paper cut outs.

Our holidays were great, I got the puzzle together

Hopefully will have time to do another one later in the week. This was a 1000 pc and no doubt the hardest I've ever had to work with in all these years. Maybe an age thing?

Our weather turned cold 20 degrees and bitter winds, so a good day to stay in and pack up the Santa's, Christmas fabric items, put away the Angel tree and maybe will pack up the Nativities later today.
I'll keep out the Snowmen and the twinkling light trees awhile yet,  I enjoy them and not ready for anything flowery yet.  I may try to decorate a small Valentine tree in a week or so.

Thanks for stopping by, always happy to ready your kind comments.  Have a wonderful WOYWW kind of day.

WONDERFUL VIDEO

A classmate sent this via email and I truly love it.  Sissel is awesome and the video is beautiful.

I hope you enjoy it.   Happiest wishes for 2016

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Always so glad you stop by. Wishing you and yours a very blessed New Year.

WOYWW #343

Here it is Wednesday, the day so many of us share our desks.  Julia at STAMPING GROUND is our host and has info if needed.

I've no idea what my desk looks like....terrible cold weather, 8 to 10 inches of snow, drifted from Northeast winds and I'm staying where it's warmest. I just know if I go downstairs I will start bringing up rubbermaids and start packing away some Christmas things. I've food in the slow cooker for when my DH heads home. He spent 2 hrs moving our snow, a long lane, large drive area and feeding area for the cattle. Then to town to clean out residents driveways. 
So Today I am resting...my thumb is much better and why aggravate it?   I moved our dining room table by the glass doors and I am working on the hardest Puzzle ever...tiny pieces and bad eyes. And listening to Christmas music.....

Had 2 days of a Wonderful Christmas my Mom, brother, 2 sisters and their spouses were all here the 24th and my son, his wife and 3 children spent 25th and 26th with us. Was hoping to have the 3 grands back here Tues thru Thurs, but the road situation was too bad for travel so they have their other grandma watching them. Say a few prayers for some good results for my DIL..she is at Rochester's  Mayo Clinic being tested for seizures.  Has had several the past few months and Iowa City can find no cause. 

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful week and wishing you and yours a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.    I'll be watching the ROSE BOWL...the IOWA HAWKEYES are playing Stanford.  

CHRISTMAS WISHES

"Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store or under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends."      --Dr. Seuss.  

Wherever you are and what ever your plans, From our house to yours we are wishing you and yours a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS. 

Seems the weather turned on us and is giving a mixed bag of rain, sleet, snow, winds and messy roads. So stay SAFE,   and Thanks for your friendship.

WOYWW #342

Welcome  it's only 2 days until Christmas, I hope you all are ready. I am well prepared for entertaining my family the 24th with drinks, appetizers and homemade soups. Cozy and Casual, but we'll all be together.

Then the 25th my son and family will we here for a ham/turkey dinner at Noon and spend another day with us. No doubt Skype with my other son and family who live near the East coast.

I was busy making spur of the moment cards, a previous post an Angel Sympathy card for my sister in law, funeral for her mother is Saturday.
A new baby arrived just down the road. A little girl named "Mattie May" so here's the card I did for her. Excuse the photo, it's late and has been a dark and dreary day here. Warm temps but foggy.

It's the day to share the desk so

bits and pieces, haven't had a spare minute to tidy this corner up and probably won't.
Thanks Julia for hosting....her blog the STAMPING GROUND  has lots more linked up. So visit and take a world tour.



AND Thanks to all of you for all the fun you offer week to week. May You and Yours have a MERRY CHRISTMAS....a HAPPY HOLIDAY....or whatever it is you like to hear.   But I would love to see:

"Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store or under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends."
                                                                         --Dr. Seuss.      Thanks for being my friend.

TIME for an ANGEL CHALLENGE

Welcome,  I've always enjoyed challenges, and somehow with all the things happening in my life the past year, I just got away from doing them.

Lunagirl Moonbeams  is having an "Angel" challenge until Dec. 31.   My sister-in-law just lost her mother and she loves Angels. So my creation will be her "Little Treasure" of sympathy from us.

Lots of Gold Sparkle...that's how her mother lived. Loving jewelry, looking nice and enjoying life. At 94 she still lived in her own apt and had a good life. She, her husband and my dad played in an old time music band back in the day.  So many fun and treasured moments shared with this family.

Thanks for stopping by, may you find sometime to relax before the big day.

THE GERMAN POW NATIVITY

Welcome, hope you are enjoying a great day.  It seems appropriate this Sunday to share this.

  This time of year I have my heart interest is in  Nativity Sets.  I've several I have collected thru the years and display all of them during the Christmas season.

We have taken our grandchildren to visit this and will continue to do so when they visit on Christmas.  It truly is the "Reason for the Season".

There is a very nice write up about  the German POW Nativity located in the town close to us where we do most of our local shopping.   Here is a website to read the unique story.
http://mojotraveler.com/german-pow-nativity-in-algona-iowa/

It took a small group of German prisoners of war in Algona more than four months to construct a nativity scene with 65 figures at half of life size. It is on display annually in December at the Kossuth County Fairgrounds.

Earlier weeks this towns Historical Society featured many beautiful OLD Nativity's people let them display for others to visit.  I took my mother for an afternoon of fun.  But I forgot about taking photos.... Nativity's were displayed from all corners of this world.  So very unique.

This one was taken from our church, a few years back.  It is old and I will try to find out the date this started to be displayed.  I remember as a child, my grandfather took me up to the very front of church to see it up closer and gave me a quarter to put in a small little dish as an offering.  I remember it as clear as yesterday.

Here is a post I did of a Nativity I created for my mother and now have in our home:
http://littletreasures-sylvia.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-nativity.html
And maybe before the season ends this year I can photo the rest of my collection and share with you.

Hope you stop by the website and read about the  German Prisoners of War that were in Algona
Thanks for stopping by.

Christmas Tags

Welcome,  thanks for taking time to visit.  We've had lots of rain and no sunshine so I've been downstairs, listening to Christmas music and enjoying my crafty space.
Sometimes it seems the projects I make get put aside in photo shoots for my blog as our days have been so gloomy and photos don't turn out well.

Our Bunco group meets once a month and we had an ornament exchange and I made tags for each one of the girls attending.

The back has a large snowflake and stamped  "Merry Christmas"  I placed them in waxed bags with a holiday sticker.

I made my annual yearly Christmas letter and sent cards, letters out this week.  I've yet to make a few ornaments.  So things are falling into place.   Thanks for visiting, have a wonderful weekend.