Inspire me, Valentine.

I admit it. I love magazines. Lately, I've been making a transition from Scrapbook magazines to Home and decor magazines. Here is a shot from the last page of Country Living mag. Yummy eye candy.

It gave me an idea... I have had an adorable heart album by Maya Road for a while now. It has been waiting patiently in my basket of albums to be used in a creation of some kind. It's one of those things that you want to SAVE until you are inspired to make something incredible with. I'm bad about saving my beloved, cool, beautiful things. Anyone else have this problem? Common, I know you're out there!

So, here is a start of what I'm going to do with that precious, Maya Road album in a heart-shaped box. I'm going to put a pink, satin ribbon around the box so that it can hang on the wall. Inside the box, there will be a decorated scrapbook album too! More pics to come...

What are you making for Valentines day?

Defrosting.

So, yesterday, it was still pretty frozen around here. Thankfully, the weather changes quickly and it's nice out today. Here's a pic of a cardinal that looks frozen out there! They must love the cold weather because there were as many as 4 male cardinals at one time in my back yard yesterday.

Today, I'm working on a desk calendar for Ebay for this week. I did some hand embroidery on the cover and used fabric and canvas over chipboard. You could carry it around in your purse if you wanted, (it's kinda small) but I had desk calendar in mind while making it. :-)

Hope the sun is shining where you are today and you are keeping up with any resolutions!

Wintery mix.

Brrr! It's hard to believe that just 2 days ago it was warm and sunny! Today, we are having some wintery mix and what I thought were just water droplets on the trees are actually frozen water droplets!
I love photographing birds. It seems, in the winter the Cardinals look so much brighter. Here are a few shots I've taken. {Used Nikon D40 with 55-200 lens.}

Happy New Year!

Hi there! I have a layout to to share... I was inspired by a sketch at Pencillines.com. My layout incorporates a bit from each Christmas card I received this year: http://www.pencillines.com/2008/12/sketch-115.html
I did receive other hand made cards that I will be incorporating in other layouts so I can use most of those beautiful cards.

Also, I've been thinking about my word for this year. Have you? If you have one, please share. I decided on mine today, wisdom.
I was inspired by my daily Proverb today. "Skillful and godly Wisdom is more precious than rubies; and nothing you can wish for is to be compared to her." Prov. 3:15 Amplified Bible

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!

doggie torture & wedding album.

No, I wouldn't torture my doggie, but if she could talk, she would probably say that I do with these antlers! Don't worry, she gets treats for posing. She really doesn't see the point in wearing these antlers, but it makes mommy laugh! Merry, merry!

Look at those crazy eyes she's giving me! LOL!

I also thought I'd share some pics from a present I made for my BIL and his wife. I kept it simple and classic so hopefully in a few years I don't look back and say, "What was I thinking!?" like I do with my wedding album.

Bye for now!

less than a week!

YIKES! Okay, I'm not going to stress! I'm so close to being finished wrapping, packaging, mailing, baking, card writing, crafting, etc... I think today is the day! So exciting to see these packages off.
So, I have this old photo of me reading something at the school Christmas program about a million years ago as my photo today...

I have no idea what I was reading, but I'm pretty sure the title was "A Christmas Doll". :-) Hope your days are Merry and Bright! Talk to you soon!

presents and video

Hi! I hope all is calm and all is bright at your house! I'm trying to stay calm and get it all done.

I made some cute snow couples for gifts last night. They are almost finished. I think I'm going to add some rub-ons to the glass on the bottom.

Snow bird for my MIL. She loves birds.

Here's a little video that may cheer you...

Beware of the Doghouse

December... already!

Yikes! I can't believe how this year has flown by! No matter how much I have to do, though I'm determined to not be stressed and enjoy this season. :-) Are you with me!?
So, I made another December Daily for eBay tonight. Here's a peek...

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you have a wonderful, blessed Thanksgiving! In case you didn't get your turkey yet, here's a little something to help you:
http://www.southbank-design.co.uk/turkeyshoot/index.htm

Have a wonderful day!

Elf yourself - It's fun!

Back again this year, is the ever popular Elf Yourself... You can make one for yourself and it's much more funny! My dog can dance! Yeeehaw!!!
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/xMNAd4ddsxcwtESQ
(It takes a minute to load.)

December Daily

Hi there! Today, I'm working on a December Daily album for eBay this week. There are tons of cool Christmas supplies, it's tough to decide what to use on this little cutie! I decided to go with the new October Afternoon for the most part on the papers. Fun stuff!

$1.77

For gas! Wow! so exciting to see that yesterday while I was out running errands. Of course we hear every night on the news when gas prices are sky high, but when they drop this far, we hardly hear a peep!
So, here is what I've done so far in Jessica's class:
I love green and blue together! YUM! This class is pretty deep in the writing department and digging up past memories. I'm really enjoying it a lot though since journaling is a challenge for me on most of my scrapbook layouts. Anyone else enjoying doing this class?
Have a great fall day!

something for me.

Hi there! Well, a friend of mine told me about the Jessica Sprague class going on and I decided to do this for me. One of the best things... It's free! A lot of fun so far and a great way to tell your story.

And happy Veterans Day. Thank you to all the men and women who have and who are putting their lives on the line daily so that we can have our freedom.

a peek.

What have I been up to? This year, I'm making a lot of my Christmas gifts and have felt motivated to work on some, so I haven't been Ebaying as much. But, this week I made a little somthin' for you! I'll put it up a bit later, but here's a peek...

One side is Christmas themed and the other is fall themed. I love that you don't have to put away this decoration and get out another when the time comes to switch to Christmas goodies!

Oh! Another thing I will be doing either this week or next is putting a bunch of stuff that I have over on Etsy over to eBay instead. But, I will be started each item at .99 cents! My little present to you! :-) Have a great Thursday!

disappointed.

That pretty much says it all. I'm so sad that McCain didn't win, but will continue to pray for our new Commander-in-Chief.