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Loving My Summer

2011-08-03T05:36:00.000-05:00

Before-OK but too crowded and messy to work well.

This has been a relaxing summer and I am finally starting to see my craft barn come to be a work space instead of a storage space!
I have tables set up, supplies and treasures at hand, and am able to spend time playing happily with my various paintings, musings, and projects of all sorts. It is a dream come true that has taken years to accomplish.
I think what really kicked it into action was having the "Root 16 Garden Club" join me there to glue together our little garden ornaments last month.

Here we have our meeting before beginning the projects.

Using waterproof glue and old china or glass, we made garden ornaments.

I have started setting monthly goals for myself and it has proven to work well. Last month was "finish the laundry room" and I got the linoleum ordered and the contractor put it down, I purchased and had delivered the new washer and dryer, my son painted the walls and I dealt with the bins and boxes of items that had been stored on the walls. I am still putting things away and finding new ways to arrange things, but I am also loving my new washer and dryer!
This month is make it a habit to go to the craft barn every day or evening and do one thing to progress; that should be easy and fun!

2009-11-21T16:41:00.001-05:00

Why didn't that work?

2009-11-20T16:43:00.001-05:00

I tried to put a photo in and it was too big I can't find out what size they should be anywhere. I'll try again!

Fixing Things Up

2009-03-17T15:26:00.002-05:00

I have been inspired by 'The Royal Muses' my sister-scrappers, to come in here with a broom and dustpan and get this place fixed up for company! I am short on time but big on inspiration; I will be back with a bucket of water and some cleaning rags soon!

Kimberly Stewart has been busy!

2008-12-19T07:05:00.005-05:00

I am amazed by the prolific outpouring of 'snow-people' and their friends from Kimmi's computer! I love playing with them as she releases them! There are new kits coming soon!

I made up a Christmas card using "I See Stars" and a new "Snowmen" kit which are going to be released at Scrapbook-Elements on Dec. 21, 2008.

Hmm, it's Dusty in here!

2008-11-10T07:32:00.002-05:00

I can't believe another year has passed. Must be I am a winter-blogger. I have 'moved house' and now am doing ads and making goodies for HRH Kimberly Stewart at Scrapbook Elements! At first when 3Scrapateers announced it would CLOSE and then changed that to be SOLD I was devastated, as I had been 'nose to the grindstone' there and really never thought they would not be there.
As most things, what we rail at and despair about can turn out to be a blessing in disguise. I am finding that most of the people that I relied on and counted as friends and wanted to see what was up with them by looking at their layouts--have moved with me! We are now mostly at Scrapbook Elements, and I admit it, Ms. Kimmi is the reason! She had already been there creating a home for us all to move into with her, and it is fun to be fixing up our own spaces and getting to know our way around!

My Painting Efforts paid Off!

2007-12-29T21:14:00.000-05:00

It was worth all the work to see the big smile on my

Tori's face when she realized I had made her jacket with her favorite 'critter' - penguins. Plus, I had incorporated soccer, which she loves to play and had won a trophy in. She especially loved the tiny squeaky penguin I tucked in the pocket; it was a pet play toy! In the layout she holds it together with (you guessed it) a penguin Webkinz!

Christmas Thoughts

2007-12-04T06:34:00.000-05:00

I went out to lunch last Friday to celebrate a co-worker's birthday. We went to a new restaurant that that has just opened over a gift shop and florist center. The sun was shining through the windows and illuminating the poinsettias in the window, and the glassware. Of course, I was off shopping with my camera again.

Christmas Around the World

2007-12-02T18:51:00.000-05:00

I can't wait to check out the links to download the huge kit that is being created by...everyone! The designers at 3Scrapateers have been busy too, and they have given me a sneak peek to play with! I made some awesome scraplets, and have my own link to upload them with! Now if I can figure out how to post the preview to what I made...

Ah good there it goes, and you can see the scraplets. The 2 on the bottom are .pngs and you can put your photos behind them. The 2 on top need to have you put your photos in front of them.

There will be links to these, and SO much more...on the 10th of December!

Getting Ready for Christmas

2007-11-22T11:59:00.000-05:00

I am busy painting on jeans jackets again. My grandkids have put in requests this year, and I even have two commissions! Here is a photo of my painting table, with a couple of jackets in progress.

Getting Ready for Christmas

2007-11-21T12:36:00.000-05:00

I guess it's time I updated this. Life has gotten the best of me and I have been...busy! I know I know, to blog is to live. But, one must eat too. My involvement with 3Scrapateers has kept me busy too, and I love every minute of it!
I will be involved next with the new Christmas Around the World kit which is a huge collaboration of designers, all putting together goodies in a FREE kit which 3Scrapateers will also be creating for. How am I involved? The same way I am at 3Scrapateers; by creating scraplets or other items with the design team items, and using those scraplets to both advertise and offer free samples of what is to come.
I will post some updates and links here as it progresses.

Bloggers UnTie! -er- Unite!

2007-06-22T12:38:00.000-05:00

What is it about this blogging thing? I think I blog in emails, as what I used to only tell my diary I am now explaining to ppl I have never met. Can this be good? It must be a sign of the whirled peas coming at last.