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Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Monday, November 30, 2009
More Paper Dolls
Happy belated Thanksgiving to all of you here in the U.S. Did you have a good one? Mine was pretty cushy, I have to admit... didn't have to drive anywhere (family came to see me), didn't have to cook anything (the Farmboy did it), didn't have to wash a single dish (thanks to the MIL). I made the comment, that maybe surgery was the way to go just before every Thanksgiving and that sweet Farmboy said "NO!" He would rather make Thanksgiving dinner, again, than for me to have to have surgery again. Love that guy!
Okay, on to the pretties!
I've shown you the paper dolls I created for the Bella Paper Doll Swap (hosted by the sweet sister duo Carol and Elizabeth of Parasols & Mary Janes) here. Now let me show you what I received!
From Amy Powers of Inspire Company.
Sweet little thing, isn't she?! I was fortunate to meet Amy in a little boutique, down the street from the hotel, and she is just as sweet and charming as her little creation!
From Robin Sanchez.
Talk about being excited when I pulled this one out of the bag! I had found and linked her in my first doll post, if you remember. I didn't realize she was going to Silver Bella, much less in the swap!
From Lonnie Jenck of My Farmgirl Life.
Such a lovely Prom Queen and great packaging too!
From Kara Ward of My Studio Pink.
(thank you Wanda :P)
This Marie is fabulously dimensional, with her shadow box dress! So much to see in this one... love it!
From one of my Texas Bella sisters, Susan Skinner.
Isn't she such a sweetie! I'm pretty sure her robes are made from a dryer sheet... how resourceful and creative it that?!
Well, there you go! I think they all are just great and ready to be hung up in the studio.
Wishing you a beautiful Monday!
Okay, on to the pretties!
I've shown you the paper dolls I created for the Bella Paper Doll Swap (hosted by the sweet sister duo Carol and Elizabeth of Parasols & Mary Janes) here. Now let me show you what I received!
From Amy Powers of Inspire Company.
Sweet little thing, isn't she?! I was fortunate to meet Amy in a little boutique, down the street from the hotel, and she is just as sweet and charming as her little creation!
From Robin Sanchez.
Talk about being excited when I pulled this one out of the bag! I had found and linked her in my first doll post, if you remember. I didn't realize she was going to Silver Bella, much less in the swap!
From Lonnie Jenck of My Farmgirl Life.
Such a lovely Prom Queen and great packaging too!
From Kara Ward of My Studio Pink.
(thank you Wanda :P)
This Marie is fabulously dimensional, with her shadow box dress! So much to see in this one... love it!
From one of my Texas Bella sisters, Susan Skinner.
Isn't she such a sweetie! I'm pretty sure her robes are made from a dryer sheet... how resourceful and creative it that?!
Well, there you go! I think they all are just great and ready to be hung up in the studio.
Wishing you a beautiful Monday!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Bluebirds and Friendship
Bluebirds and Friendship are the two things that I am most grateful for this weekend.
If you know me, you know of my obsession with Bluebirds. I own several glass Bluebird figurines... two of which are very special to me because of whom they came from.
We unfortunately don't have Bluebirds here in my neck of the woods (or I should say city), but if I drive a few hours east and into the actual woods, I can see them. I worry that someday I may give my Farmboy a heart attack from my impulsive squeal of "follow that bird" as we are driving through East Texas. I get so delightfully excited when I spot one!
Anyway, for me Bluebirds represent "happiness". And that is exactly what I felt, after the initial surprise, when I opened an unexpected package from my sweet friend Whitney.
Whitney made this lovely lariat Bluebird necklace and said that as soon as it was finished, she knew that it had to be sent to me. Thank you Whitney!!! I absolutely LOVE it!
I am truly amazed by the generosity and kindness I continually find here in blogland... which leads me into the subject of friendship.
Whitney and I met through Artsy Mama's "Vintage Party Swap". This was a first time swap for the both of us and seriously, I couldn't have been given a better swap partner! It's going on a year since that first swap and Whitney and I have continued to stay in touch through our blogs and email and our friendship has grown.
2008 really seems to be the "friendship" year for me. Much like mine and Whitney's friendship, I have had other cyber friendships blossom into something sweet and lovely.
I've met so many nice ladies and made so many new friends though different parts cyber space... Blogland, Etsy, LolliShops, Silver Bella, TwilightMoms and Meetup.com. Some I have had the pleasure of meeting in person thanks to Silver Bella and others I am just lucky to live close enough to, so we are able to get together on a fairly regular basis.
So these are two things that bring me happiness and that I am extremely grateful for this Thanksgiving week... Bluebirds and Friendship.
I've decided to go out of town with my Farmboy this coming week, so I probably won't be around here. I hope you all have a very beautiful, safe and happy Thanksgiving!
If you know me, you know of my obsession with Bluebirds. I own several glass Bluebird figurines... two of which are very special to me because of whom they came from.
We unfortunately don't have Bluebirds here in my neck of the woods (or I should say city), but if I drive a few hours east and into the actual woods, I can see them. I worry that someday I may give my Farmboy a heart attack from my impulsive squeal of "follow that bird" as we are driving through East Texas. I get so delightfully excited when I spot one!
Anyway, for me Bluebirds represent "happiness". And that is exactly what I felt, after the initial surprise, when I opened an unexpected package from my sweet friend Whitney.
Whitney made this lovely lariat Bluebird necklace and said that as soon as it was finished, she knew that it had to be sent to me. Thank you Whitney!!! I absolutely LOVE it!
I am truly amazed by the generosity and kindness I continually find here in blogland... which leads me into the subject of friendship.
Whitney and I met through Artsy Mama's "Vintage Party Swap". This was a first time swap for the both of us and seriously, I couldn't have been given a better swap partner! It's going on a year since that first swap and Whitney and I have continued to stay in touch through our blogs and email and our friendship has grown.
2008 really seems to be the "friendship" year for me. Much like mine and Whitney's friendship, I have had other cyber friendships blossom into something sweet and lovely.
I've met so many nice ladies and made so many new friends though different parts cyber space... Blogland, Etsy, LolliShops, Silver Bella, TwilightMoms and Meetup.com. Some I have had the pleasure of meeting in person thanks to Silver Bella and others I am just lucky to live close enough to, so we are able to get together on a fairly regular basis.
So these are two things that bring me happiness and that I am extremely grateful for this Thanksgiving week... Bluebirds and Friendship.
I've decided to go out of town with my Farmboy this coming week, so I probably won't be around here. I hope you all have a very beautiful, safe and happy Thanksgiving!
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Whirlwind
The last four weeks have just blown past me. As of today, November is over. So much has happened since the bug and I had "craft day".
First was an anniversary party.
All four of us kids plus significant others took mom and dad out to P.F. Changs to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. Afterward, we all headed back to our house for yummy chocolate cake and we finally broke open that last bottle of reserve wine from Italy. Wow was it GOOD!!
The next whirlwind, apron making.
I spent 3 or 4 days making the cutest hostess aprons. One for mom, one for Carrie and one for me to wear on Thanksgiving.
Then, of course, came Thanksgiving. We divided up the cooking so all the work and stress was not laid on one person's shoulders. And it worked out SO well!
Aunt Kay and Uncle Dan flew in from Chicago. It was so nice to see them. It was a really nice time all the way 'round... LOTS of yummy food, LOTS of conversation, LOTS of laying around watching the Cowboys play, LOTS of napping. Couldn't get any better than that!
The day after Thanksgiving is evidently not the best day for shopping, but the best day to rip up your bathroom floor and start laying a new one! Who knew!!
I have to admit, it sure is going to be pretty.
Everyone came over Saturday for breakfast. Bri made his wonderful Breakfast Pizzas and created a new one. Eggs, bacon, salsa, chorizo sausage and cheese. It was SO good!
Did a little shopping with mom, Carrie and Aunt K before she and Uncle Dan had to catch their plane. Then Carrie and I went back out shopping while the boys continued their work on the bathroom floor.
The past two weeks have been all about gift making and decorating for Christmas.
Ali and Rebecca both have had such wonderful ideas for decorating. My problem is making sure I have time to finish the projects I start! We'll see.
First was an anniversary party.
All four of us kids plus significant others took mom and dad out to P.F. Changs to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. Afterward, we all headed back to our house for yummy chocolate cake and we finally broke open that last bottle of reserve wine from Italy. Wow was it GOOD!!
The next whirlwind, apron making.
I spent 3 or 4 days making the cutest hostess aprons. One for mom, one for Carrie and one for me to wear on Thanksgiving.
Then, of course, came Thanksgiving. We divided up the cooking so all the work and stress was not laid on one person's shoulders. And it worked out SO well!
Aunt Kay and Uncle Dan flew in from Chicago. It was so nice to see them. It was a really nice time all the way 'round... LOTS of yummy food, LOTS of conversation, LOTS of laying around watching the Cowboys play, LOTS of napping. Couldn't get any better than that!
The day after Thanksgiving is evidently not the best day for shopping, but the best day to rip up your bathroom floor and start laying a new one! Who knew!!
I have to admit, it sure is going to be pretty.
Everyone came over Saturday for breakfast. Bri made his wonderful Breakfast Pizzas and created a new one. Eggs, bacon, salsa, chorizo sausage and cheese. It was SO good!
Did a little shopping with mom, Carrie and Aunt K before she and Uncle Dan had to catch their plane. Then Carrie and I went back out shopping while the boys continued their work on the bathroom floor.
The past two weeks have been all about gift making and decorating for Christmas.
Ali and Rebecca both have had such wonderful ideas for decorating. My problem is making sure I have time to finish the projects I start! We'll see.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Handmade Fun
This past weekend that Little Bug neice of mine came over for Craft Time with her Auntie Eesa. We made placecards for the Thanksgiving table. Lots of fun!
We started off splatter painting handmade paper with watered down paint. We used Uncle Brian's toothbrush for this. HEEHEEHEE! Little Bug thought that was pretty funny! After the paint dried Little Bug learned how to use the Sizzix die cut machine. I think this was her favorite part! Then we cut some cards from cardstock, wrote the names on them and glued on the die cut leaves!
Presto! Beautiful, handmade place cards!
We started off splatter painting handmade paper with watered down paint. We used Uncle Brian's toothbrush for this. HEEHEEHEE! Little Bug thought that was pretty funny! After the paint dried Little Bug learned how to use the Sizzix die cut machine. I think this was her favorite part! Then we cut some cards from cardstock, wrote the names on them and glued on the die cut leaves!
Presto! Beautiful, handmade place cards!