HoLiDaY sCaRvEs

My oldest daughter, who is in school for nursing, asked me to make scarves. She is planning on taking them to the hospital around the holidays and distribute them in the childrens ward. She has such a big heart and I am so proud of her!

Spring

The beauty in my back yard.

CoLoR

FoTo FrIdAy

View from my studio!

Texture!

Perspective!

Beautiful Fall day...Enjoy!

FrIdAy FuNnY

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bAcK tO cRaFtInG, bAcK tO LiFe

This week I started making these "cupcakes" They are actually wooden balls covered in yarn and "sprinkled" with paper punches as the "confetti". I came up with a packaging idea which I plan on working on tomorrow. I'll post pics once I have them completed. I may also be offering them for sale on my Etsy shop. I really need to get that back up and running. I hadn't realized that I haven't posted on here in months as I was going through so much physical pain with the Fibro. I recently started a water workout designed for people with Arthritis & Fibromyalgia and now with this being my third week of the workouts I;m actually beginning to feel so much more alive! I see many more good days to come and I'm really excited to get back to doing more "art"!

BeAd SoUp PaRtY bReWiNg

I'm really looking forward to another Bead Soup Party. I really had fun the last round and made some really neat jewelry pieces that took me further in my beading and creating than I thought possible!

Naughty or Nice?

Where do you stand on Santa's list?Find out if you've been naughty or nice this year by going to this site... http://www.claus.com/naughtyornice/nn_hmpg2.php

According to Santa I've been nice....here is my review...

"Still very much on nice list, but must continue good behavior. Should eat more vegetables instead of junk food. Was very polite last Thursday! When doing chores, needs to do them as well as possible. Often exhibits good behavior."

Okey dokey then.....have fun!

OrEo EgGnOg

1 qt. (4 cups) prepared eggnog

 18 OREO Cookies, divided

1 cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

 PLACE eggnog and 10 cookies in blender container; cover. Blend until smooth.

POUR into 8 glasses; top evenly with the whipped topping.

 SERVE each topped with 1 of the remaining 8 cookies.

 Serve this up with some of those holiday cookies and you've got yourself a Christmas day treat!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM MY FAMILY TO YOURS!

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BeAd SoUp BlOg HoP

Today's the day to reveal what we with our bead soup. Here was what my partner Terri sent me:





And here is what I came up with...








The stamped clay focal was one that I had made a while ago but the colors matched with the beads perfectly. The circle of pearls and the pearls on the drop are from vintage earrings and a vintage necklace that I salvaged parts from.




I kept the earrings simple but they can go from elegant with a black dress or perfect with a sweater and jeans.



The bracelet worked out great and I plan on making more with the beads I still have left so I can layer them. I love wearing multiple bracelets!









I think the pearls, beads, lace and chain all came together awesome, even my husband loves this piece! It was definitely a challenge for me to design and execute this! Thank you Lori for this challenge and wonderful blog party! I hope to be able to play in the next one! You can visit Lori and all of the other blog party participants by visiting Pretty Things



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BuSy BuSy

I've been on a roll with making these wire wrapped ringsand here are a few of the earrings that I recently made also.






















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JoIn Me

CoLlAgE pAiNtInG

Here's a 6x6 collage painting that I finally got finished this week. It's feeling really good to get some of these projects finished.

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hAlLoWeEn ArT

I started making these skeletons in a jar along with something that represents their previous life, I'm calling them "Captured Souls". This one is The Gambler.


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WeIrD wEaThEr AnD sPiDeRs

I'm not sure that one has anything to do with the other but you never know! The weather over the past few weeks has been crazy! An earthquake (which I totally never felt), a hurricane and an upside down rainbow on a non-rainy day!



Yes, that is an upside down rainbow just above my house yesterday!



We were lucky with the hurricane damage only being minimal. The pine tree blew over in the back yard but it was going to fall some day anyway since, when they planted it, they never removed the root cage so that the tree could actually take root, duh! And two of my tomato plants blew over, no big deal...just hammer the stakes back in!


And here are the two HUGE spiders I found yesterday, the one inside didn't escape my shoe!



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WoRdLeSs WeDnEsDaY

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ThRiFtY tHuRsDaY

Here are a few more things I found this past week on the cheap!

All of these vintage wooden blocks were actually hidden in the bottom of a box of other items, including the wooden furniture pictured below, purchased all for $2.00.




These little vintage elves were .25 for all of them!

These vintage Christmas foil flowers and mini glass balls were .25 for the whole bag! They will be perfect for my mini tree this year!


This plastic cupi doll was .50. I think I made out like a bandit on all this!

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