Sunday, November 8, 2009

It’s November 8th already….can you believe it?? Thanksgiving Day will be here before we know it, and then the Christmas Holiday Season comes along. Geesh…sometimes I just wish I could dig my heels in, and slow down the days.

I realized that I never posted pictures of the kitchen remodel we had done. The project is finished, and for the most part, I’m very satisfied. I’m somewhat disappointed in the spackle/tape/paint job. To come in and look at it, you probably wouldn’t notice what I do. At certain times of the day though, when I look at certain areas…the sanding job after spots were patched, leaves a lot to be desired.
Just before the job was started:

Just after the contractor finished:

We still haven’t hung curtains, and put everything back in it’s place…but for the most part..it’s done. *phew*

You probably haven’t noticed, but I’ve added a few more links over there, on the right side of my homepage. I’ve been bitten by the mixed media bug…lol. I’ve found several websites that I’ve gone back to, time and again. My desire to “alter” things has probably driven this urge to do more.

One of the links is to Sarah Whitmore’s blog, a wonderfully talented woman…and although I had sort of started a “book about me”, her blog has inspired me to pick up where I left off, and actually add some pages. Granted, there isn’t anything on these pages…but at least I’ve created some…and for that, I thank her.

That’s it for now….until next time….Peace.

November 1, 2009

Boo! Oh wait, Halloween was yesterday. Our neighborhood was like a ghost town last night. If we saw 20 children, that was a lot. Now I have a 3 pound bag of chocolate candy sitting around…saying “eat me”. LOL I may just bring it into the office…it’ll get eaten up by the time I leave for the day. Here’s my one and only Halloween decoration this year:


I think I bought the little wooden coffin at Michael’s, a few years ago. All I did was paper the outside, and paint the inside with black sparkly paint, rubbed on a couple spider webs, and attached a few more embellies. The little skull guy with the suit on came from a New Orleans gift shop. Don’t ask me why I bought it…I haven’t the faintest idea…but I’m glad I did. It’s my intention to re-do the inside of the coffin…maybe with some black silk or crushed velvet material…and find an appropriately sized skeleton…hmmm…or maybe a big, fat, hairy spider! The outside needs a little something too.
I’ve got a few more things to show you…a tag and a couple ATC’s:

Here’s a picture of an altered matchbox…isn’t it cute?

We have a couple new additions to our family….the first, is my new nephew. His name is Fox Alexander (last name being omitted). He’s so cute.

His parents decided that his first name would be his mother’s maiden name…Fox…(which just happens to be my maiden name too We knew that they were having a boy, and what his name was going to be…so I kept my eye open for anything fox related. Look what I came across:



I bought three different sizes of one of the outfits…so he’ll be a “sly guy” for the first 18 months of his life…LOL.
The other new addition we have around here a my new car! There are no 2009’s left on the lots around here…thanks to the Cash for Clunkers deal. And because of that fact…we had no choice but to purchase a 2010 Jeep Compass. Hopefully we have better luck with this one, then what we had with the previous one.

That’s all for now, folks….so until next time….Peace

Yesterday was World Card Making Day

Sooooo….guess what I was doing, yesterday? Yup…making cards. I made a few greeting cards, and finished up a couple of Halloween projects while I was at it.

Here’s a Halloween postcard that I’ll be sending out; and I’ve finally finished the Halloween book I started for a friend of mine:

Until next time…..Peace