TiP iN pAgEs

These are the tip-in pages that I did for Sandee at Sandee's sanity on the MixedMediaMadams Yahoo group. Sandee is doing a house shaped/themed book, that when they are all connected will look like a row of houses from each of the groups members. Hope you like them Sandee!!

PaPeR aRtS cHaLlEnGe

Here is my Design Team entry for this weeks challenge over at
Paper Arts Mingles and Challenges Hosted by Jeanette, the challenge theme is "Wings". Head over there and enter for a chance to win and be entered in the monthly prize drawing!!

BlOg PaRtY tHiS wEeK

It's a blog party over at Leafdays . A day to celebrate your memories. GO check it out and join in on the fun April 17th!!

mY eAsTeR bUnNiEs

DiGiTaL cOlLaGe

My very first digital collage!!

HaPpY eAsTeR

May you and your family have a very Happy Easter!!

DeSiGn TeAm MeMbEr

Great news today!! I am the new Design Team Member over at Paper Arts Mingles & Challenges . Go on over there and have a look around and I hope you will joins us for some great challenges!! I will be hosting my first challenge on April 30th, so see you there!!

10 oN tUeSdAy

This week on 10 On Tuesday list your 10 Least Liked Foods. Here is my list:

10. Lima beans~ yuck!

9. Anchovies~won't eat them alone but I like the taste they leave on pizza when you pick them off (strange, I know).

8. Olives~though I do like the black ones on pizza.

7. Okra

6. Cooked spinach~I do like raw spinach in salads, cooked...gag!

5. Corned beef

4. Prunes~I'd rather be constipated!!

3. Clams

2. Tuna

1. Watermelon

EaStEr ATC's AnD mY bUsY mOnTh

I spent the evening making these 4 fun Easter ATC's. The second one "Egg Hunt" will be used for the TGIF "Egg" theme ATC swap on AlteredDesigns Yahoo group. Now I need to get busy making 4 egg shaped ATC's and a pair of "Green" (as in recycled) earrings for TheLatestTrendsinMixedMediaArts Yahoo group. 6 Charms for a blog swap. 6 tip-in pages for the books we are doing on MixedMediaMadams Yahoo group. 29 "Butterfly" pages for the Itty Bitty Book swap on the RedLead Yahoo group. Get stuff listed on my Etsy shop AND...I'm sure there is something that I am forgetting but I have a VERY busy month ahead! Also, amongst all of that I have Power Point, an upcoming trip to Ohio, house remodeling, flower planting, garden preparing, more blogging, house cleaning, laundry....the list goes on and on and on and........I am exhausted just thinking about it all!!

A pEeK aT eAsTeR

Enjoy some sweet pics representing Easter that I found by doing a Flickr search!

HaNd WaRmErS

I took instructions from 3 different projects and combined them to make these fun crocheted hand warmers. So far I am on my 3rd pair. They are quick to make
and I can complete them while watching TV in about two evenings. Although the colder weather is passing, I think that I may just offer them for sale on my Etsy
shop. The violet pair above also have the ruffled edge at the wrist like the sunny yellow pair, I added it after the photo was taken.

DaDdY-dAuGhTeR pRoJeCt

Daddy and Maddie built a birdhouse together, which turned out pretty cute after painting and Dad's slate roof!!

ThRoUgH tHe EyEs Of A cHiLd

*Received this in an email from Jane and thought that I'd share it ~ ENJOY!!

The Children's Bible in a Nutshell

In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, 'The Lord thy God is one, but I think He must be a lot older than that.
Anyway, God said, 'Give me a light!' and someone did.
Then God made the world.
He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet.
Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden.
Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.
Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel.
Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something.
One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.
After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.
Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaoh's people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable.
God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti. Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments.
These include: don't lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor's stuff.
Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother.
One of Moses' best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.
After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn't sound very wise to me.
After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets.
One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore. There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don't have to worry about them.
After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of The New. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn too, because my mom is always saying to me, 'Close the door! Were you born in a barn?' It would be nice to say, 'As a matter of fact, I was.')
During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Democrats.
Jesus also had twelve opossums.
The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him.
Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount.
But the Democrats and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn't stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead.
Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again.
He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.

aTc HoLdEr

The vintage stand that I had found at a great bargain is getting filled up with great ATC's and other art from swaps I have been in. I just love this being by my desk to look at. It is a miniature art gallery!!