Happy Valentines Day

I am off to Fla in a few hours. Once more I will hurl through the air in a tin can! It has been a hard week: my sister in the hospital, my husband sick, and me trying to get ready to leave for Fla. But tonight I will be there! I will be spoiled by my parents and hopefully much warmer than here although it is a beautiful day here too. Due to all the problems this week I was unable to make Valentines which is very disappointing but here are more of the tags I made for the swap. HOpe everyone has a great week and A Happy Valentines Day!

Valentines On the Brain

Well I love Valentines and the older the better. I love Victorian ones but I especially love the cutsie children's cards from the 30's through 60's. My mother collects them. I recently finished tags for a Valentine Swap(see link at right) and sent them off. Now I can focus on this year's valentine paperdoll class that I will teach when I go to Fla in a few weeks. I think this one will be a garland of 3 dolls to hang up. Everywhere in blog land are lots of valentines and it makes me feel very creative. There will be more to come on the subject. Here are some pics of my tags! Have a great week.

Snowy Day

So I was supposed to work today but the load of snow last night prevented us from having the show tonight and I got to stay Home! I am still recovering from my trips and haven't gotten enough rest yet so I am very happy not to have to go anywhere. The snow is thick on the ground but not wet and clinging to the trees. It is still very pretty. I looked out the window and the sun was shining on this cardinal in the tree and it was so bright it was almost glowing. IT would have made an excellent pic if I was closer but this one is ok. Love red birds in the snow! I also finished making thank yous for Christmas gifts and now can write on them and mail them. I feel like I have accomplished a lot but dreaded craft room cleaning up is calling louder than ever. Hope everyone is warm and dry!

Happy New Year

Well I guess I have been to busy to post. I didn't make much stuff this year. It has been cold and snowy for weeks all I want to do is hibernate! I did make some microscope slide jewelery as gifts this year. I have done the soldering myself in past times but this year bought the memory glass frames and I am thrilled that it is so much easier. My next project is the 20 tags for the Valentine Swap. That should be lots of fun. I love valentines. But not to get ahead of myself-- have a safe and Happy New Year! 2011 is going to be a great year!

Where Does the Time Go!

I haven't posted in awhile because time has sped up and now it is only 2 weeks till Christmas. HOw did that happen. It must be that week I lost between Thanksgiving and Dec 1. It was going to be my chill out and prepare for December week but instead I drove 1500 miles! It wasn't bad but then I got sick for a week and now where is my Christmas tree and decorations? In boxes of course!! But I did actually make 12 Christmas Cards today. I also got my 20 White Christmas tags in the mail. That was very exciting. I am posting the pics of the ones I made and sent not the ones I got. It was a fun swap but a lot of work. And Thanks to Jane the person who hosted did an incredible amount of work.
Well it's on to decorating! Hope everyone is having a great holiday season.

12 Days of Christmas Swap

Well I haven't posted because life just gets in the way. I have finally finished my 12 atc's for the the 12 Days of Christmas swap. It seemed much easier when I signed up but they are done. I was assigned 12 Lords a Leaping although I always thought it was 10 lords a leaping but there are probably lots of variations on the song. I am really looking forward to everyone's take on the themes and am glad that I did it. Now to finish my 19 White Christmas tags and start cleaning up for Thanksgiving(Sigh), I can't put it off much longer! Have a great day!

Another Beautiful Saturday in Tennessee

Well it is another beautiful day in Tennessee although very cool. It was in the 30's last night and warmed up to the 60's today. There are still some beautiful leaves out there but I think the peak has passed. My cardmaking challenge today was to make a couple of cards that were quick and easy and the non-crafter could do. The flower cards are the results. All I did was cover the front of the card with Scrapbook paper, stick on the 2 premade flower stickers, cut out an oval and glue it on and then add letter stickers for the greeting. Everything came from Walmart so anyone could do it. The moon card was easy too because it was from a kit but I did emboss the Happy Birthday. It's hard to believe October is gone. Fall speeds by like a bullet train and then it's time for Christmas. I hope everyone is warm and well. Have a great fall Day!