IT'S MONDAY...

...and ever since 4 o'clock this afternoon i've had a really bad headache...took some tylenol and it seems to be head-ing away...(no pun intended)...no pictures today to share.one note...IT WAS A SAD DAY...FINALLY FOUND MY WATCH...MY ALL TIME FAVORITE..MARY ENGELBREIT...IN THE BOTTOM OF THE WASHER...poor graphic is all blurred...sniff sniff...i'm sooo sad....

..it was sooo mild outside 47 degrees...but too good to last...tommorrow we are forcast to have winds from 20-50 mph...and wet blowing (blizzard, white out conditions...) goodness...it will be an art day...i'm thinking...

shannon took the babies to the zoo...but she said the animals were hybernating and not much to see...

i received my zines from the zine swap...from tamara !!!! omgoodness...they are wonderful! A couple people dropped out (geepers they missed out!) she sent back two of the zines i did so anyone that posts to this posting i'll pull two names and send them each a copy of my zine...(it contains a kit for an art doll bug pin...)

going to rest and try to drive away the little pain that's left...

hugz til next time

swappin hearts!

I SOOO LOVE VALENTINES DAY!!! MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY! this year i am in several swaps for the holiday! i didn't get a chance to photo the vintage valentine swap...didn't have the camera and i wanted to get it out to lisa! so it will be a suprize for her!
here are a couple of the swaps i have done...
the first one is the valentine box swap...my partner is Genevieve...and her daugher, Isabelle!
this is the outside of Genevieves box...


and here is the inside...


miss isabelle will have to be suprized with hers...as again didn't have the camera...lol..thinking the kids need their own...so they won't have to use MINE! LOL

another swap is thru one of the yahoo groups i'm in...

we were to create a fabric cone and embellish it...SAMMY is my partner...i used all kinds of vintage goodies on the outside and then made a mothie doll and named her cupid and tucked her into a pocket in the inside...the pocket i made from some of a pocket from a vintage suitcase pocket.








then i filled the cone with all kinds of goodies...NO PICS OF THIS ON PURPOSE..LOL..

next project is a doll swap and the paper doll shrine swapping out the fabric wands that i am hosting and then collecting the button cards that are also a swap i'm hosting...and they are all glorious!!! art keeps me OUT OF TROUBLE...LOL

HUGZ TIL NEXT TIME!

got to go paint roses

tonite!!! this is the class that i was supposed to take two weeks ago...but the instructor became ill so it had to be postponed...

the teacher's name is TRINA...and she is such a wonderful person! truly enjoys her art! very accomplished person! here is my work for the two hour class...

i decided to use an antique book cover for my project and begin an altered book...the original book is a British patent book from 1878...it was falling apart and i thought i'd just art up the covers a bit! i began with drilling some holes in the edge so later i can lace them together somehow...with pink silk ribbons or something... then i primed the surfaces...and here is my two hour project!

THIS IS WHAT WILL BE THE COVER...



THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE PAGES...(I took several vintage papers and stitched them together)



AND THIS WILL BE THE BACK COVER...



so what do you all think? i had great fun beginning this project! i'm going to sew some more pages together tommorrow!!!

well robbie bowls in the super bowl tommorrow morning...(local radio station's play on words...) and we all KNOW robbie and his bowling..he had to be a certain caller to be part of a team...and he made it on! bowling begings at 5 (yep A.M.) they are serving breadfast for only $1.06...buffet style...so we will go have breakfast while he bowls...all the money going to the child abuse prevention fund...

big hugz til next time...

and the award goes to....

i was awarded a couple of wonderful acknowledgements and i need to pass them on to some of my sweet angels...

my linking capability is made possible thru the tutorial lovingly bestowed upon me by
rachael
for the award of spread the love...

caryl
christy
elizabeth
heather
judy
frieda

RIGHT CLICK ON THE BUTTON TO THE LEFT AND POST IT PROUDLY ON YOUR BLOGS!!!
CONGRATS YOU ALL SOOO DESERVE IT AS DO ALL MY OTHER BLOGGING ANGELS!

FOR THE AWARD OF

YOU MAKE MY DAY....
gee i have to only pick 6? this is sooo hard! I would love to give this to...

rachael
kelly
angie
heather
judy
dawn

thank you all for your ongoing support and love! and that includes EVERYONE!

BIG HUGZ AND LOVE!!! til next time!

and the cold continues

although today it has gotten up to a balmy 19 degrees! BIKINI WEATHER!!! well as compared to the last several days! Yesterday we were the recipients of 8" of fluffy white, what looked like glass glitter! made driving a bit tricky....today the sun is out!

Sirr Maxx's birthday party went over well! (although it ended with a not so happy packer defeat...on to next season now! once a packer fan ALWAYS a packer fan!!!)





maxx got a green covered cupcake (like you couldn't FIGURE THAT ONE OUT..lol)...(elmo's whole head was all individual cupcakes that we just pulled apart...) and to look at it you'd think....SUGAR RUSH! but no...the frosting was a low sugar alternative...still sweet but not anywhere near what you would think! it was VERY DELICIOUS...LIGHT AND FLUFFY TREAT!...so you may be thinking...if maxx had the green...where oh where did that red go?




hmmmm go figure!

hugz til next time!!!

WINTER HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!

Temp is hovering around 0...windchill is well below! BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

can't wait until spring!!!

David got new glasses the other day and while we were waiting for them to be made we played a bit and tried some displays on maxx...today i played a bit with some of my digital scrapbook elements...and came up with this...



Maxx is such a little actor...hmmmm doesn't fall far from the tree...(miss maddysen! lol)...

i listed a couple of auctions on ebay...found some more crosses and rosary components...broke them into two separate auctions for anyone wanting fewer pieces...
user id... 123*lavender*lollipop*lane

i have been honored with two awards recently..and have been sooo bad not to have acknowledged them!

links to their wonderful blogs are to the left...

WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO LINK RIGHT IN THE POSTS? lol...geepers..i feel sooo out of the loop with this! I know someone will so i will wait for further direction and THEN nominate my honorees for these two awards!

THANK YOU RACHAEL FOR YOUR HYPERLINK HELP!!!! WOOOO HOOOOO I DID IT I DID IT! (WITH HER HELP!!!)

RACHAEL honored me with a SPREAD THE LOVE award!

VIVIAN awarded me with a you make my day award!

MOST HUMBLE THANKS SWEETIES!

vivian is also putting together a doll swap of which i am honored to be part of! if dolly making brings a smile to your face...zip over and sign up! there are some awesome artists participating!

geepers...did those links work? did i just learn by myself? off to check...and maybe do a happy dance! (or maybe not)

well off to play a bit with some art stuff...gearing up for the birthday bash for maxx tommorrow and of course THE PACKER GAME! GO PACK!

HUGZ til next time!

leave it up to the young ones!

Yesterday Maxx was crawling down the hall and I do believe he has added an element to himself to speed up the whole child rearing process....






He must have sat on it and it STUCK...because i don't THINK he was born with it!

It gave us quite the smile!

and miss maddysen found an old hat that belongs to one of my bears and had to show us how it fit her "perfect!"....



She gets more and more beautiful each day! I was working on some bracelets and she decided that she would make one for her mom as a gift.. I had taught her how to say ......Konichiwa...good day in japanese...well she found some beads in my stash with asian writing and theme to them and used them in her bracelet...so her mom would have a GOOD DAY...everytime she saw it....!!! just want to squeeze that girl....and take a second to watch my little STUCK ON YOU slide show of sirr maxx...give a baby a big heart sucker and let him go to town....

big hugz til next time!

AND THE WINNER IS.........

savoring the moments...
after a long nite of birthday party....sirr maxx slept in this morning...and was a bit late in coming over to draw a name...

he dined on macaroni and cheese and the wait staff came over to sing happy birthday to him



and bring him a huge ice cream sundae!!!



that lead to this...




it was a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!



soooo on to other business at hand...

the winner is......(drumroll sounding in the background....)


big sister watching over the selection....and taking the paper from his hand so SHE could read it...

"NONNIE, IT STARTS LIKE MY NAME BUT I CAN'T SAY IT"
YOU SPELL IT....................


M-A-I-J-A
MAIJA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

congrats to maija!!!!

i'll get it out in the mail on monday to you!

these giveaways are sooo much fun! thinking we will be doing lots more! and more often!

BIG HUGZ TIL NEXT TIME!

barb, sirr maxx and the official overseer princess maddysen...

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY, MAXX!!!

CAN YOU BELIEVE! MAXX IS ONE TODAY!!!
seems like we were still playing the waiting game...kevin was in kuwait and we had been walking the malls (dr. orders) for weeks...!!!



keep reading as there is a heartfelt birthday giveaway involved!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LITTLE BUG! SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH!

Well on to art! I'm hostessing a quilted heart pin (broach) swap on one of my groups and the heart pins are rolling in! I finished mine last nite...



They are felted on vintage upholstery fabric...with a bit of antique lace...beaded with glass beads...bit of quilting...heart shaped shell button...and i added a leather back....






because i know there are lots of my sweet blogger angels out there that aren't in this group...i decided in honor of my sweet little bug's birthday that anyone that posts a comment TODAY...by midnight...I will draw a name and send one of my pins to that person!

and another giveaway! hop over to

such sweet kids clothing! they are having a giveaway too!!!


http://www.storybookwoods.typepad.com


GOOD LUCK!!!

HUGZ AND LOVE til next time!!!

MY BLOG WINNER...MIJA

i sent off the blog giftie i made for mija...and since i got an email from her today that she received it i can post it! they are all joined together...but to show the details i'm going to post each one separate...

i created a banner for her with her name on and in a tiny vintage lace pocket on the M i made a tiny fairy doll with her daughter, raven's picture on...











we went out shopping today...can you BELIEVE maxx will be ONE YEAR OLD this Friday!!!
wow the year went fast!!!

until next time!!!

HUGZ

one down one up....

took down the christmas tree and set up the valentines tree! valentines is my all time FAVORITE holiday! this year i am using my little children's vintage roll top desk for my valentine display! i ALMOST sold the desk just a bit ago! Now i'm sooo happy i didn't as it works perfect! after the holidays i'm going to paint it out in white and it will be a perfect additon!



when i bought it there was one drawer missing. i found a local wood artist and he replicated the original drawer with perfection!



this little collage i received last year in a swap from Lesley gressle!



and then this year i adopted this sweet princess teaparty annie from nicole ellison
at RAGGEDY OLD ANNIES!
it was such a sweet treat for myself! i just love love love her and she will transcend the seasons! Right now i have her perched in my umbrella stand with my vintage tin valentine box...


we went to see the movie ACROSS THE UNIVERSE this weekend...when in wide showing it only was played in ONE THEATRE that was 35 miles away...now it is playing in the budget theatre so we went to see it...it is a montage of beatles music and soooo well done! tells the story of the turmoil and happenings in the 60's...told thru the music of the beatles.


we've seen it twice and each time we saw different things...just over 3 hours long...chock full of imagery and symbolism...it became a game to see what they were refering to each time.

til next time

HUGZ!!!