Decorated Egg.....

It won't be long until Easter and I decided it is time to get busy and decorate some eggs.  This one is a real chicken egg that is blown and washed and dried.  I painted it with Acrylic paint and then once dry I added all the decorations.  Some pretty braid around the center then some soft flowers and leaves here and there.  I have several of these to do and I envision them in a pretty basket sitting on a table for the upcoming holiday. 

I hope this has inspired you to do one ,or several of your own.  Just a few flowers, some leaves and a hot glue gun and away you go.  The possibilities are endless so just pull out all those flowers you have had stashed away gathering dust and get busy.

We are beginning a brand new week so embrace the possibilities and as always, remember to "Breathe"!

Trash to Treasure

Good morning blogging friends.  Today I want to share with you an altered nut tin that I did for the challenge over at Joan's Gardens.  Each week she has a challenge and has a nice gift if you are the winner.  You can go on over to Joan's blog to check all the details.  She has a great shop for lots of wonderful items and everything arrives in pristine condition! 

The challenge this week called for: 

Recycle a box (round)
Color theme is whatever you like
Use some lace
Use some pearls and flowers

I think I covered all the bases.  I used a nut tin and covered it with pretty paper and added lace to the edge of the lid and the bottom of the box.  Then I took flowers and leaves and sprayed them with shimmer spray and glued them to the top.  Next came the sprinkling of pearls all over the empty spaces on the top of the box.  Not difficult at all.  Tuck a little gift inside and give it to a friend or sit it on a table for display.  I might just keep this one!

Why don't you join in the challenge!  It is always fun and you can enter more than once in Joan's challenges.  This would be the perfect opportunity to make something beautiful out of something you would normally discard.

I'm also entering this in the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge.

Well that is it for me this morning.  I hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend.  And remember to breathe!

Happy Heartfelt Creations Wednesday.....

Good morning everyone.  Since it is once again Wednesday, I'm here to share another card I made for Heartfelt Creations.   If you have an interest in how I made this little beauty just head on over to the Heartfelt Creations blog and have a look around.  My card is there with all the supplies used and the instructions are listed as well.  Have a good look around, there is a would of talent on this team and you will be totally inspired!  If you would like to visit each team member's blog you can click on their names on my sidebar and go directly to their blogs.  Leave them a comment so they know you have been there.  We all love to hear from you!

Well that's about it for me this morning.  I hope you have a good day and that you can find time to be creative!

WOYWW 144

As we gather once again for our Wednesday snoop, I cordially invite you to play along with us!  Just head over to Julia's blog and get all the details.   Every Wednesday we take pictures of our desk and then post it to Julia's blog and then we go have a look around and see what we all are doing.  I find I get to see I'm not the only slob in the crafting world and it gives you a good sense of  belonging!  Some of us have large spaces, some extra small, but we are all part of the sisterhood! 

I have to admit that I fudged a little this week.  I took my picture a couple of days ago, as I have had to be running in and out and didn't know if I would remember to do this little chore.  I am in the middle of making a card and coloring some flowers to go on it.  You can see my packet of leaves and my little pots of color and some glue and a glue gun just sitting in wait.  All is right with the world.

Well now that I've showed you mine, show us yours!  Take your picture and then go link it to Julia's blog and then have a little look around.

That is it for me this morning.  I'm off to look around and try to get a little farther down the list this week.

Have a good day!

Coral and Blue.......

Good morning everyone!  I hope your Monday was a good one and that your week is getting off to a good start.  I found this piece of pattern paper in my paper area and I decided now was the time to use it.  My card is 6" X 6" and I framed a sentiment from Heartfelt Creations.  I pulled out some petals and a rose and colored them Coral and Blue and scrunched them a little and nestle them around some leaves and my card is ready to go.  I just love easy CAS cards and for me this is CAS.  I love flowers and pearls and ribbon and the more, the better, so this is not an easy thing for me.

I hope you have a good day planned.  We are expecting warmer temps here in the Valley and I'm praying the tornado victims also feel a warm up!   Have a great day and remember to breathe!

No Crafting Going on Here.......

I have been totally out of the loop the last few days, with all the things going on in my little corner of the world.  With the devastating storms racing through the Tennessee Valley on their way to cause so much destruction in our area as well as Kentucky and Indiana it just started me into  a tailspin as far as creativity goes.  I have lived here all my life and this was the first time I was actually uneasy with the weather.  I'm sure everyone has seen the news and read the newspaper headlines and I don't have to fill you in on what was going on all around us.  Our little community was spared the devastation and I realize we were right in it's path but for some reason the storms went on either side of us and we were spared. 

Since I lost my MoJo again I decided to work on my old computer that I received back from the repairman.  I was told the problem was absolutely too many pictures and that I should get rid of them.  So I unhooked the new computer and put up the old one and spent the day yesterday pulling off old pictures and loading them into an external drive.  Now I never said I was was a computer person but when I got to looking around, there were 3 and 4 copies of some of the photos and for the life of me I have no idea how this happened.  I must have been asleep as I offloaded from my camera or something.  So I worked diligently most of the day and this computer is working like a charm again.  I'm going to continue to run this old one and when it dies, I will have a brand new one just waiting for me to set up and go! 

So today I shall get back into playing a little.  I feel inspired again and am ready to get on with it.  As my computer sits quietly humming along, I feel like I have found an old friend.  But I will be more diligent about how many pictures I store here.  Say it three times:  I will back-up every week!  Say it three times and click your heals together!

I Remember.......

I just love this image, but I'm not sure I like what I did with it.  On one hand it seems a little plain and on the other hand it is just a busy card.  But the idea here is that my baby sister had a doll she played with that looked alot like this image.  I remember thinking, it would have been nice to have something this life like and pretty to play with when I actually played with dolls.  My dolls were usually the standard plain Jane, run of the mill dolls.  But by the time my sister came along, it was a whole other ball game.  My Mom sewed gorgeous dresses and night gowns and even underwear for these little dolls.  Which doll was your favorite?  Did you have clothes to fit her?

Well the weekend is almost here.  Do you have great plans?  We are under the gun for more sever storms in the area today and this evening.  I plan to just keep my head down and try and stay out of trouble!

Have a great weekend and remember, wherever you are and whatever you are doing....take a moment and "Breathe"!