I awoke this morning to find that i received this award....



This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY- nearness in space, time and relationship! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prices or self-aggrandicement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prices are cut, even more friendship are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly written text into the body of their award."

I am to pass this award on to those that have crossed the boundaries of friendship without regard to economics, distance or language barriers...visit her blog here (there is a language translator to translate her blog although her photos are just beautiful!)

thus i would like to nominate:

Catiean

dawn

michelle

patti

sandee


elizabeth

today is Sunday...it is forcasted that we receive 2-4" of snow...looking out my morning window it LOOKS like snow...stepping outside the door it is registering 39 degrees....and the air is heavy with moisture...I work from 9 until 3:30 today...

This thursday (the 4th) is my baby's 20th birthday...NO LONGER A TEEN! Big news is that he has landed a J-O-B!!! He begins tomorrow morning working at UPS!!! It is only a seasonal J-O-B...but at this point it is a J-O-B!!!

CAN YOU HEAR ME HOOPING AND HOLLERING?...The same day as Robbie's birthday it is Miss Maddysen's Holiday program at school...I've been treated to snippets of the show and it looks to be magnificient as usual!

well.....it has begun snowing...so alas it looks like THE WEATHER PEOPLE MAY BE RIGHT...

AND THE KIDS ARE SQUEEEELING WITH GLEE!!! AT THE PROSPECT OF SNOWMEN!!!!



HUGZ TIL LATER!

twould be saturday...

morning all...hope Thanksgiving was a tasty delight for you all!

I had a bit of time to do a little wire twisting to create a new necklace...

here is the pendant...(for the central part of the pendant i used an orphan earring that my mom still had...she always wanted to toss it but it was PURPLE!!!) had it in my stash and it just worked here!



here are the bead components that i put together



and here is the whole necklace! I wore it to work yesterday and had lots of interest in it and complements!



worked on an ornament that i made a little snowgirl for...the snowgirl is made of two fabric beads that i made from vintage fabrics and vintage lace..then i beaded it and added teensy buttons and crushed velvet pink ribbon to...(just click on the pics for a close up...)





then i had a bit of time to make a couple of felted roses...



that's it for now...

hugz til later!

tuesday...

HMMMM....THAT SNOW IS SOOO TEMPTING...SHOULD WE GO OR SHOULDN'T WE...
(in the school playground...)



YES!!!! LET'S ROLL!!!





XANDER ...



MADDY...



good thing they got to roll the big snowballs and we got pictures because the big kids came later in the day and smashed them all...to SMITHEREENS...OH WELL...THERE WILL BE MORE SNOW OH TOO SOON!!!

guessing this Chrithmuth we are asking for a bunch of front teeth...Xander lost all four of his front teeth and maddy has the bottom two missing BUT her top two are WEALLY WEALLY LOOOTH...



hugz til next time!

OH SNOWY MONDAY...

Woke up this morning to find a 2" cover of snow!!!








and we paid our annual homage to the big guy in red...we were a bit worried how maxx would react...well we put him down and he ran right over to him and put up his hands with a big smile....



and of course miss maddy had a letter all ready for him....



created another woven bracelet for a gift...



off for a couple of days...(unless that caller id reads...michael's arts and crafts...lol then i KNOW what's coming...)

hugz til later!

ahhh to have the weekend OFF!!!

...spent a bit of time today tweaking a stocking i'm doing for a project...Still need a couple things added but it is pretty much done!!!


top....


i added some wool felt snowflakes and some handrolled organza roses...


the rose fabric is rachael ashwell...from the shabby chic line...


..and miss maddy had to model with the stocking so everyone could tell the size...



....and speaking of miss maddy....she was awarded...CITIZEN OF THE MONTH!!!



had some window art fun with maxx the other day...







(DISCLAIMER... we don't use chemicals to clean the windows...so no maxx's were harmed in this art project..lol)

My nephew has returned to iraq...(see below Nov 6 for family photo) My niece has sent off some ideas for holiday cards for his brigade....some soldiers receive nothing for the holidays...

here is part of her message...

... Ben's brigade has set up a website to send Christmas cards to everyone. This is a great inexpensive way to show your appreciation. If you buy cards in sets and you have any left over this would be a great way to use them!

If you do want to send anything to Ben here is his address. He can also hand stuff out to other soldiers if you wanted to send stuff for other people too that might not be getting anything.

SGT Benjamin Fiock
2-25 Bsb B Co Mse
Taji Iraq APO Ae 09378-1785

big hugz...and love til next time!

monday all day!

today we bid adeiu to YOYO AND HOOPS...

last friday we visited the hallmark store in the mall and the guys bought me a new HOOPS AND YOYO TSHIRT..(said to put it on their tab...and peggy would be okay with that...hee hee...so the wonderful sales associate, Brittany, was only too happy to oblige... The shirt has the guys picture on the front...so i could remember them...(and not be confused with the guys that live here..with us!)



IT WAS LIKE LOOKING IN A MIRROR!



...AND AS MADDY WOULD PUT IT...look, nonnie they are in A B B A pattern!!! (the girl LOVES MATH)


OR IN A B A B pattern!


and here piddle had to jump in for the group shot....



...after some HUGZ....they were on their way to caryl's house!
added some cheese head hats...and their tutu's and they trick or treat costumes AND TREATS (yoyo ate his...but hoops took his along for the journey)



hope you guys had a good time!!!! we sure did!!!

had a long day at work...came home to finish up this 8 x 8 spread for my color me silly group...
The theme is winter in a blue/silver theme....

left side...



right side...



then i worked on a new bracelet in pink...and swavorski crystals...




snapped this pic of maxx...as he had visions of sugarplums...(he HAD to read this toy paper) and find the CARS...AND THOMAS CHOO CHOOS AND MANNY STUFF...LOL




but then again...he did have to help papa rake all these leaves!

SEEMS TO BE SAYING..."WHERE'D ALL THESE LEAVES COME FROM!!!"



well it's off to bed for me...HUGZ til next time!

Angie asked me if i had my JINGLE ON.....!!!!????

Oh i sooo love the whole sweetness of Christmas! (although the comercial elements have been pounded away at us in every store we go to....hate that part...) It's the memories that come with the unpacking of holidays gone by that bring out the warm fuzzies of the season....

this year we do have a new tree to put up...it's white! i've wanted a white tree for as long as i remember...(reminicent of the flocked trees gone by) just not as messy...

do i have my JINGLE on? angie asked me...
...not as much as i should have already! We are going to begin to pull out the decorations to an easy access position in the garage...preparing for the cold weather that will most undoubtedly arrive...(sooner than later!) (did you SEE all that snow in south dakota?!!!!!) and it's heading our direction although we will get a mix of snow/rain...and the ground is still tooo warm for it to stick...

but it's coming!!!

the trees are turning a deep autumn gold...and if they haven't shed their coats will do so soon....

so who should i ask....

DO YOU HAVE YOUR JINGLE ON????????

CAROL

MEGAN

AND PEGGY!!!
SHE SURELY HAS HER JINGLE ON!!!!

hugz til next time!!!
jingle bells jingle bells....jingle all the way...to the next blog!!!

thursday....stuff....

I've been soooo good...(even in regards to working at Michael's with not spending hardly any money on new stuff...IT'S REALLY HARD...but i've been finding stuff in my stashes to use that i forgot i had!!!

Then i saw these beautiful vintage perfume bottles that weigh in at 11 lbs for the lot!!!! and all i could see were sweet fairy bottles etc! I got home today and found out that i WON THEM!!! for the base priced bid!!! goodness!!! best part is, is that i saved the postage and i'm going to go pick them up in the morning!!!
...aren't they pretty!!!???


...as promised here is the bracelet i made during dance class this week...


...the natural stones are of a limited edition run...so that makes it a bit more special!


...isn't this the sweetest picture?...this is my niece, jackie and her hubby, ben...who is only home for a couple of weeks before he has to return to iraq (he is on his leave for a couple of weeks) for the duration of his second tour....
and their little one, Niko!!! He and Maxx are only weeks apart....!!!


Did a bit more art this afternoon...still have to photo it all....

hugz til next time!!!!