A beautiful morning and some new goodies ...

Look what we woke up to this morning!!! Yesterday afternoon we had rain (lots of it!!!) ... then ice (lots of it!!!) ... then snow (several inches) ... YIKES!!!

This is the view through my kitchen window this morning ...

In the background you can see the street ... no plows until almost noon today ...

It's been so nasty this weekend ... and we're trapped inside ... hubby doin' his thing ... me doin' mine ...

My first coaster book!!! I love how it turned out ... I've been wanting to try this technique for awhile now and today was the day ... click to enlarge the pictures ...

These Things Have I Learned ...

Life is not measured ... a friend is an angel minus the wings ...

there are angels among us ... the world outside your window ...

a friend is a gift you give yourself ... take time ...

take your wings and fly ... life is full of surprises ...

back cover ...

This coaster book measures 4" square and is held together with a snap ring in the upper left corner ... $24.95 shipping included ... email me if interested ...

Wooly eggs ... love the dusty colors ... rubbed with spices ... featherstitchin' ... eggs come with a bit of prim sweet grass and "vintage" tag ... $22.95 postage paid ... email me if interested ...

Sweet 6" square journal that I've altered the cover of ... 100 pages of lined paper ... sorry, the journal has found a new home ...

Freebie Cabinet Card ...

I just love this little guy, don't you? I found him in an antique shop recently and I knew the minute I laid eyes on him that he NEEDED to come home with me. I think he has the sweetest face ... and that hat cracks me up. Feel free to use him in your art ... click his picture to enlarge and print him out. I've scanned him at a high resolution so he should print nice for you. At least I hope he does ... I'm new to this scanning stuff. I'd love to see what you do with him ... email me pictures of your art so I can put it here for everyone to see ...

Enjoy!

Spring Banner Swap ...

Just received my last two banners for a fun, fun, FUN spring banner swap that I participated in with five of my friends from an internet group I belong to ... I can't wait to get them tied together and put up ... this has been such a fun swap! Our only instructions were to make them 6" x 9" and to think vintage ... we each took a letter and made six ... five to send and one to keep ...

Kim was "S" ... Darlene was "P" ...

Neenee was "R" ... I was "I" ...

Tracey/Jeannie was "N" ... and Joanne was "G"

I hope that we do all of the seasons!!!

Happy Spring!!!

Has it really been almost a MONTH since I posted? Hmmmmmmmmm ... I guess it has. How time flies ... healing, working, and therapy ... that's been my life these past weeks. The shoulder continues to heal ... slowly ... but surely. It's still stiff and sore at times ... but I'm getting there. Still going to physical therapy three evenings a week after work for an hour or so of torture ... I still can't tuck my shirt in, do dishes, or lift a laundry basket ... and I can't lay on my right side (which is, of course, the position I MOST want to sleep in) ... and some days are better than others ... but I'm getting there ...

Peeking through the nasturtium seedlings, hubby is showing off his new camera and his picture taking skills ...

Here's our seedling setup this year ... every year we try this and every year we pretty much fail miserably ... this year hubby built us a snazzy little setup using the whoop-de-doo lighting for underwater gardening in his large aquarium ... see all our little babies???

From tomatoes to zinnias ... with six varieties of peppers in between ...

Two varieties of tomatoes ... Early Girls and Beefsteak ...

Nasturtiums (peaches and cream - yummmmmmmmm!!!!) ...

Marigolds ... lots and lots of marigolds for all around and through the vegetable garden ... they really do help with garden pests ...

Sweet basil for the herb garden ... I love to chop up a bit and mix with freshly chopped tomatoes, a little olive oil and vinegar, fresh ground pepper, and a twist or two of sea salt ... yum, yum ...

A new offering just finished today ... click on the pictures to enlarge them ... ten pages of garden journaling in an original, one-of-a-kind handmade altered 2009 Garden Journal ... this heavily distressed journal is bound using a length of stained dowel rod with vintage carpet string and beads ... email me if interested ... $24.95 includes shipping ...

Simple Moments ... Notes ...

Herbs ... graph paper to plot that perfect garden ...

Garden Dreams ... Seedlings wooden stakes ...

Pests and Guests ... Flowers tablet ...

page for garden musings ... Bird Friends ...

back cover ...

Pieces and parts of a SPRING banner swap I'm in ... my banners are finished, packaged, and ready to go to the post office in the morning ... finishing swaps feels sooooooooooooooo good, doesn't it? I have about a million things that I want to work on next ... it's hard to choose just one ... I want to do it alllllllllllllll now that my arm and shoulder are cooperating a bit ... it feels WONDERFUL to be able to do my crafts again ... paper crafts anyway ... still way too early to do any hooking or punching ... I'm quite limited in what I can do but I'm getting there ... FINALLY!!!