Latest creations

Here are some fun things I have been working on.....Christmas tree for outside my cube at work, Card class and Rosettes ---I used one of the rosettes for the tree , they are fun to make with different papers!

For my friend who is crazy about Adam Lambert! They were drying when I took the pics, I used glossy accents and diamond dust. I love how it came out so glittery. Looks so much better in person cause you can see the sparkles from the glass!

Where has the time gone......

Been busy at home and at work lately with no the energy to post on here - does anyone really read these posts?? Life has changed once again - family and friends have gone through changes in their lives which effects me too. So I have made a few changes of my own and I really don't care if I am alone at this point. I am tired of the drama and the backstabing. I am going to start acting like some of them - I will not do anything for you unless it benefits me, tired of helping and getting nothing in return, not even a thank you! You can pick up the phone and call me, not when you just need something from me! Who's going to help me when I need it??This is my life and if you don't like it too bad, move on! This is my time to create and be happy! Creating is what I have been doing lately, I am hooked on making bottle cap jewelry - I have other projects on the table as well, just need to get to them! I need to get some pics out of the stuff I have done so you can see --Done ranting, not going to waste my time on people that are fake, including family! This blog is about my creations and my journey to creativeness, so my next post will be about things I have created or working on!

Just figured I would post to let you know I am alive!

Happy birthday to me!

Today is my birthday along with my good friend Jeremy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!!

These are the beautiful cards I recieved from my EVW Group! They are all so beautiful and I am so blessed to have such creative people in my life!

I am working on a pennant swap for my T!m group - I have to make nine of them, this is just an idea of what I am doing! I have three done so far!

This is a necklace I made for myself!

That's it for now! Going to watch some movies with my Hubby!

Have a blessed week!

Been MIA......

Wow can't believe it's been so long since I last posted!! Shame on me!!

Well let's see what has been going on.. had a circus swap to complete, a baby shower to go to, a birthday party to go to, a necklace made for a friend, monthly mailer to do and a bunch of other things! .....ah so much to do so little time!! It has been fun though!!

The circus swap was interesting, I was not sure what I was going to do with it. I had collected some ideas and empherma for it, however, once I got it all together I did not like it! So I had to really think about what I was going to do! Then it hit me like a ton of bricks, ouch! I was up to my eyeballs in clowns, glue & stickles! I changed out the popcorn for "cotton" candy, as shown in the last photo - these are the backs of the 17 pages!!The second to last photo is the finished front! Yay all done and mailed!

The next two are for a baby shower and my nephews birthday: I got the peapod idea from some magazine and tweaked to make it my own - Her wedding colors were the brown, green and pink so I thought it was appropriate for her baby shower!! This is s sympathy card for a friend at work who's father recently passed away. A birthday card for a guy at work!

I made this necklace for a friend who is crazy about Alice in Wonderland!

Sorry it's so blurry - was trying to get a close up, guess I did not take a better one before I gave it to her!

I managed to get in a small shopping spree in all this chaos of creating too!! Like that was hard to do!!

Cleaned up my table so I could work on another project, my March monthly mailer! I wanted to do something a bit different than a card or a wall hanging so I got a cigar box from Croppinsville and went at it! We have to use a technique from TIm Holtz, this one was the 2008 March technique - very cool! The top is the second photo and the front bottom is the third - it was fun to make, now to mail it--hmmm gotta think of an interesting way to mail it! I also worked on my black & white tags for a swap too! They were fun to do but hard not to put any color on them! Had to smack my hand a few times for reaching for colors! The last item is a necklace I created using Allies line of raw metals - such fun that was! I used alcohol inks, rock candy stickles and rock candy distress crackle paint! Stuck a brad in the middle to hold it all together, put a bail on it and la la a necklace!

Well I think that is it for now, whew! I hope everyone has a blessed week filled with lots of creative things!

Peace, love and hugs!

Boring week....but my dogs are cute!

YOU did nothing this week? (Bandit and Boomer!!)

Well it was a bit boring here this week. I did something to my back this week and was out of commission for two and a half days! Ugh, getting old sucks! Dr. gave me a steroid shot in one hip and a muscle relaxer in the other plus a script for more steroids, yum!! Hate those headaches with steroids, have to drink lots of water and of course they make me hungry all the time! Thankfully I bought some healthy snacks - almonds, walnuts, craisins, etc... I suppose its back to the Wii Fit again to keep myself active!

So what did I do this week? Well not much of anything really - I jotted some ideas down for my 6X6 circus swap, got some things printed out and just sat there looking at it today - ugh it doesn't feel right - then I had the bright idea to put popcorn on it, so I popped a bag, ate some, took it outside and sprayed it with a clear coat. Now I am going to wait a few days and see what happens to it, wondering if its going to be too delicate for my pages! I have all my circus stuff gathered, where are those creative craft fairies when you need them???

Here are some pics: Necklace made with a twist off cap, postcard from a friend, Glimmer mists - my favorite spray right now and tonights dinner - taco pie! having friends over and they like mexican food!

Maybe this weekend I will feel more like playing! Thanks Sara for the card - I love it! Neat idea too!

Have a blessed week!

What am I doing?

2x2 canvas - fun but so small to work with!

I had a busy, busy week at work, wish it had been a busy week creating!

Jotted down some ideas for my 6x6 Circus pages swap- so today I will be making my template on the actual 6X6 piece to make sure it all fits before doing 16 pages! It's raining and gray out today which will make a great day to create and get all my swaps together!

Lets see what do I have to get done?

March monthly mailer

Black/white tags

Birthday cards

I think that is it for my swaps right now unless someone comes out with another one that catches my eye! I love doing swaps they keep me focused and creative!

My room needs to be cleaned up too! I create in such a mess, it looks horrible!

Played around with some jewelry pieces -Oooh got my artists choice ATC's from my ATT group! They are awesome, great ideas on these pieces!

ATC's by the fabulously talented: Kathy, Laura, Cathy, Pam, Kate, and Sue!!

Have a happy creative week!

Movies, boys and art!

This is what I woke up to this morning! Ugh!










What a great week and weekend!

During the week I was busy with ART:

Received my Valentines Tags from a swap, finished up my Spring ATC's, worked on my Monthly Mailer and got my order in from my favorite Etsy shop!

My Spring ATC's - I just added words that say "Spring time joy" figured they didn't need much else on them - I think they look fab!

Valentine tag swap - AWESOME! so much talent in the ATT group! See for yourself!

Finishing up my monthly mailer today since it has to go into the mail by 2/15! The monthly mailers are fun - Allie gives us a technique to use and we create something for our swap partner, really gets you thinking! Pics coming soon!

My new favorite Etsy shop is Karens craft supplies! She has the most awesome stuff and she ships fast!

I bought some large heart bails, large leaf bails, black leather necklaces, round glass pieces, dog tags and magnets!

The round glass pieces are thick! I saw in a shop I went to yesterday, these glass pieces decorated and on leather necklaces! They were awesome! So I have taken a stab at them myself! Why pay for something I can create myself!! I need to get some of the aluminum tape to go around the edge to make it look finished!

Birthday card for my EWV group.

Well today I have three of my favorite boys here! My cousin went to Dallas for the weekend and the boys were staying with Grandma & Grandpa - Allen and I decided last week to take them Saturday to see Avatar and have them spend the night. Avatar was awesome, the boys enjoyed it as well as Allen and I! Then we went out to my SIL's for my nieces birthday and brought my nephew home with us! So I have three boys, Allen and three male dogs in my house!! What fun, the boys had a blast playing the Wii and watching movies, have no idea what time they went to bed! They are all in the living room, two on the couch and one on the floor! Awesome! I remember when Marc would have his friends stay over so much energy filled the room, this is that same feeling! I am blessed!

Have a creative week!

Woo hoo!!

It has been a bittersweet week, my son, Marc and his girlfriend Casey came for a visit on Thursday. Marc is a Marine who will leave March 10-14 to Afghanistan, ugh. Can I call the prez and tell him not to send my baby boy? You hear so much about Afghanistan and Iraq that it is scary. Marc is in the Airwing division in Aircraft crash and rescue, basically a firefighter. From what he says they should be pretty much protected from the enemy - is he just saying that so I don't have a nervous breakdown? Thankfully Marc is much stronger than me! He's a good man and I am very proud of his accomplishments in life and the Marines. I've always read about the Blue Star mothers and their efforts to send freedom boxes - now I will be sending boxes to my son! As for Casey, she of course is a beautiful young lady who is very quiet and a vegitarian - more willpower than I - too much in love with steak to do that! Anyway it was a nice visit, too short! Please keep Marc in your prayers for a safe stay and a safe return home! Semper Fi!



Ok ART! I took a class Saturday at Croppinsville ----it was a junque journal taught by Sara . All I can say is WOW - what fun the class was and I learned so much. My daughter Cassie is getting married in September and she asked me to do the guest book- gasp, me! Of course I want it to be perfect so this class came just in time for me to learn and practice!! The only pictures I took were of my stuff during the class, another woman in class, Sharon, took photos of everyones work which I will see later in the week!



The junque journal is pretty much a journal to keep notes in - Sara gutted the hard cover book for us and made the signatures - we just had to put it all together along with our art work! The class was from 9:30 to 5:00 a long day for me- it was well worth it to learn from Sara! My friend Sharon has a birthday coming up.....this would make a nice gift! Here are some pictures from my almost finished book - Enjoy!



The first one is of the inside - second is the cover and the third is the spine -










Here are some ATC's I am working on for a swap in my Wendy group -Not completed yet but not much more to do and they will be finished and ready to be mailed!!














I hope everyone has a blessed week filled with good things and creative work!