OCTOBER CALENDAR

As you can see I'm not very good at using copics to color the Mums. I kept fiddling with the image and adding stuff over it to mask my incompetence and suddenly I really liked the way the image looked. It reminds me of something weathered and very old like it belonged to my Grandmother...I first colored with copic then added distress ink from Ranger to age the patina then after all that I covered it in Crystal Lacquer, it sort of reminds me of an old brooch. As you can see I have become quite taken with butterflies. I love all things with nature, flowers, birds, bees and now butterflies and dragonflies. Sometimes i just flit from one thing to another and then I focus in onto something and become quite obsessed with it. Anyway I hope you enjoy.

Weather flash. They are calling for another winter storm to come through here tonight and into tomorrow. I am seeing Robins in the yard.....come on Spring!!!!

MY LIFE IS CHANGING.......

Today I will be taking a layoff from work. This is sending me and my household into a new world. I am a firm believer that when the Lord closes one door, another one opens. There was no word of being called back so I'm guessing that won't happen. We have some ideas and will pursue them and we will have some time to regroup. We are looking at several possibilities and the right one will present itself when the time is right. For the time being, I'm planning on doing what I want for awhile...Not to shabby! Looking forward to that part. There are several projects I've wanted to do here at home and never seemed to have the time so now I will.
Now here is my next calendar for you to see. I hope you like it. Keep us in your prayers as we enter this journey....

AUGUST CALENDAR.....

Here is the August Calendar for you to check out. More Spellbinders dies and Flourishes stamps "A Year of Flowers" etc. etc. At this point you know the drill I used basically the same tools on all of my calendars and each and everyone looks totally different. I hope you enjoy this one. I like the colors of the copic markers and also the crystal lacquer to give the flower a little dimension.

It is Sunday and I plan on putting up my feet and maybe cross stitching a little today. I have been working on a valentine's day card for my sweet husband. I will have pictures later.

Have a blessed day.

JULY CALENDAR

Over the weekend, I finished the set of Calendars...Here is the one for July...Tiger Lily is a new one for me. But I'm quite happy with how it turned out. I wasn't sure about the colors to use to make it look like what they look like in nature, but I think I came pretty close. This is more of the "Year of Flowers" from Flourishes, with little embellishments and dies from Spellbinders. Copic Markers and a little butterfly with crystal lacquer to make it dimensional.

Today is hump day, middle of the week and I'm hoping it is all down hill from here!
Have a wonderful day!!!!

Well ladies, it is raining here this morning. We have totally run the gamut from rain, freezing rain snow, freezing rain more snow and now it is raining again. The temp is at 31 degrees so I am hoping it doesn't become freezing rain. I guess winter has come to East Tennessee. I love the cold temps and know that we have to go through this to get to spring. I was looking out my kitchen window over the weekend and I swear I saw a Robin on the deck. Just a glimpse out of the corner of my eye, but they do come back here in February so maybe it was an early arrival. That is a sure sign Spring is just around the corner.

Well I must get to moving, this is Tuesday and my day must begin, like it or not, Work beckons and I must go....

BRETT.......

I just thought you might like another picture of Brett...He is really a camera hound and so curious. We just love his disposition and Gypsie is totally enjoying his friendship. They get along so well. Have I said before we are so pleased to have found him!

Feb 1, 2010

Is anybody there? Sometimes I get to thinking there is nobody there at all. But when I started this blog it was on a whim and I promised I would just tell you what is on my mind and show some pictures. I have done that and I must say I really enjoy doing it. Sooooooo ..... it really doesn't matter if anyone see's it or not. This adventure is for me and my family. I'm not much for facebook or twitter, however I find that I write on this blog almost daily. I feel like it is a way for my family to see what I'm doing and know that I am ok if I write everyday. So I guess this means that I will continue to type all this stuff in and send it out into oblivion each day or so just so you know I am still here!

Where did January go? It just seemed to fly by. I must be getting old....Well we made it through the snowstorm with only a couple of inches of snow accumulation. Mother Nature gave us a mixed bag of ingredients to deal with and depending on where you live in our county determined the amount of these ingredients you received. This morning the temps are 16 degrees here and I'm hoping it will be warming up just a tad. I have to work 1/2 day today and then I can come home and put on my jammies and play if I want. Mostly I want, because I love doing valentine cards. It is that time of year. I also have a friend that has a birthday this month and I am working on a gift for her.

Well it is time for me to run through the shower and see of I can face the day. I'm hoping to have pictures for tomorrow!