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I don't usually show personal pictures, but I just had to show you this!  The dogwoods blooming in all their glory!  I took pictures yesterday and just had to show you how beautiful it is in East Tennessee this year!  Most all of our neighbors have dogwoods and fruit trees and they are all in full bloom.  The apple trees look like big white snowballs!

If you look through this picture to the flag pole, that window is my craftroom window.  This is what I'm looking out into this past week or so.  

The next picture is just a different angle of the front yard!  See all that white picket fence?  I spent last Spring down on my knees and sitting on a small stool painting that sucka!  Talk about a slow go but it did turn out well!

I don't have a card this morning, but I do have a new Easter Egg I did that I will be sharing on Monday.

I just had to stop in this morning and let you see this.  I will be cleaning house today, so no crafting going on here.  Naturally, when I'm in the mood to craft, that is when I look around and see all the dust bunnies peeping out at me.....I know it's Easter Season, but COME ON!!

Thanks for stopping by this morning!  I hope you have a wonderful Saturday and take a moment just for you and "Breathe"!

Where did this week go?

It almost seems like one day it was Monday and I had a whole week facing me with lots of Springtime chores and then suddenly I wake up and it's Friday and seems like nothing happened this week.  I promise I've been busy, but there has not been much to show for all my working.  Sometimes you do things that will not show up just yet, like feeding plants and clearing away dead growth on other plants and it won't really make a showing until later.  I've done a lot of those things these past two weeks, and now my roses are budded and ready to bloom and I have  Iris up and looking like they might bloom soon and my peony is beginning to sprout out of the ground too.  So some of my labors are beginning to show here and there.   The weather forcast for our area for the first week of April is for a major cool down.  I do hope we don't get a frost.  That could really hurt all these plants and trees that are blooming.  Our Apple trees look like huge white bouquets and our dogwood trees are blooming!

So this morning I decided to settle down for a little while and post this card I made for Heartfelt Creations. 

I just love birch trees and this image just makes me smile.  I think it made a really pretty card and it was so simple to do.  If you have an interest in the products used and the instructions for making this card, just go to the Heartfelt Creations blog .  While you are there take a little time and look around.  I have another project listed there as well as all the creations for the rest of the design team.  You will find lots of motivation and inspiration there. 

Well I've been sitting here long enough this morning.  I have some more chores to do today and then I can come back inside and play for awhile.  I do like my play time! 

Thanks for stopping by this morning and no matter what you get into today and no matter where you find yourself, take a moment just for you and Breathe!

Heartfelt Creations Wednesday.....

Good morning everyone!  Since it is Wednesday, it is time once again to share a creation I made for Heartfelt Creations.  This is a little different for me...it's my first altered cd.   I really love these colors together, the pinks and browns are becoming favorites!  For all the products I used on this and the instructions, go over to the Heartfelt Creations blog   Everything is listed there as well as everything that the other design team members did this week.  Take a moment and look around; there is so much beauty in one place and you will be so happy you did.  As always you can visit the design teams individual blogs by clicking on their names on the side of my blog.  Go visit them and leave a comment; we all love to hear from you.

Well that about does it for me this week.  There is a lot going on here today so I need to get moving.  Have a great day and a wonderful rest of the week!

WOYWW #147

What is WOYWW you ask?  What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday.  And here it is in all it's glory!  A little messy...right?  Not too bad actually.  I'm beginning work on some cards and I'm just forming ideas and playing with some different techniques to see how different papers react as well as different inks, etc.  You get the picture.  I've been pulling digital images off the computer and printing them and I've done some stamping and I have some ink pads pulled out as well.  Also my trusty cup of coffee.  In the background ,to the right, you see my Zutter Distrezz-It-All.  I love that thing!  Then off to the left is my push back pile, waiting to be put away.  It also contains some flower petals that have been cut and are waiting to be inked and shaped to make pretty flowers.  I have several projects in the planning stages and this is how I roll!  Sometimes, my brain just gets way ahead of my fingers and I start bouncing from one thing to the next....now don't worry.....it all comes together......eventually!  If not, I've had a whale of a time playing!

Now if you would like to play along, just go over to Julia's blog and you can get all the particulars on this madness there!  Take a picture of your desk and link it up to the blog and then you can visit all the other bloggers that have also linked their desks.  I spend most of the day on Wednesday's trying to get around to everyone.  I have never quite made it to all the desks, but I just love looking at other people's desks and seeing what they have going on. 

Well that's it for me this week.  I'm off to visit and look at everyone's mess.  Come join the fun....You show me yours...I've shown you mine!

Weekly Challenge at Joan's Gardens

Good morning everyone!  This is my second bookmark for the challenge at Joan's Gardens

Each week Joan has a challenge and she keeps us on our toes.  This week we were challenged to make a bookmark, using the corner of an old envelope.  For all the details, just go on over to Joan's Gardens and check it out! 

For my bookmark I used the corner of a used envelope and covered it front and back with some pretty paper.  I added a Spellbinders die cut and I made a little rose to go on the front.  Once I had the rose made, I smooched it down some because it was really standing too tall to be a good bookmark.  I like this much better and it will work inside a book much better.

OK this challenge ends on Thursday mornings, so you still have time to get one ready.  They are very easy to do and I'm sure you will become addicted, just like me!

That's it for me this morning.  Be sure to come back tomorrow for Heartfelt Creations Wednesday and also my WOYWW post!  On Wednesday, you get two for the price of one!

Have a good day and take a moment just for you and "Breathe"!



I'm still working on my Easter eggs for my husband.  I have only done two to date, but I'm determined to do several before it is time to give it to him.  This one is a paper mache egg I found at our local craft store and I painted it that pretty shade of blue.  I started with a pretty piece of trim and glued it all around the middle of the egg and then I took lots of flowers and leaves and some curled wire and just filled it full of these little things.  It's sort of pale, almost Victorian looking and I think I like it very much!  Everything has been sprayed and sprayed some more with shimmer sprays and then glued to the top of the egg. 

Do you have any Easter traditions?  When I was growing up we always had a new outfit for church; frilly dresses and little socks with lace around the top and patent leather shoes.  Mother could never quite bring herself to put us in hats or gloves.  We always attended the Easter Egg Hunt at the church and then home to take off our best clothes and then outside to play.  We hunted those eggs several times on Easter Sunday; until my poor Dad tired of hiding them! 

Well that is about it for me this morning.  I hope you are ready to face the new week and that you find some time to create.  As always, remember to "Breathe"!

Joan's Gardens Challenge

Good morning...I'm here to share a bookmark I made for the challenge over at Joan's Gardens.  Joan's designer Selma has a wonderful tutorial over on her blog so you can visit by clicking here:  selmasstampingcorner.blogspot.com  Just scroll down the page and you will come to her bookmark.  The requirements this week were:

Create a corner bookmark using the corner cut off an envelope. You can use an envelope from "junk" mail.

You need to cover the front and back

Be creative and let us see what you can come up with.

Tutorial will be Selma's blog for cutting measurements

I think I covered all the bases on this one.  I cut the corner of an envelope and covered with blue designer paper, front and back and then I used a Spellbinders Fancy Tags Three die to cut out a piece for the bottom of the bookmark.  I cut the tag to fit my bookmark and taped it down.  Next I used Spellbinders Grand Shapabilities "Wonderful Wings" and picked a butterfly that would fit my project and cut it out.  Then the fun started.  I sprayed, painted, dried, sprayed some more and just kept on playing until I got a look I liked.  You wouldn't think I could do so many things to one little butterfly, but it has several layers of spray and paint on it.  My sprays were homemade and the paints were from Lindy's Stamp Gang. 

This is such a quick and easy idea; I think I will be making several of these to give as little gifts. 

We are thundery here this morning with one storm right after another moving through the area.  I'm sitting here quietly getting my post ready and I can actually "hear" the grass growing.....just kidding!  Have a great day and a wonderful rest of the weekend!  And remember to "Breathe"!