Tuesday, December 18

a day of silence in memory of

26 lives 

when will it stop

how will it stop

we must be the light.

jenny doh said it best....check it out.......help us.........

oops, there goes another week........
not much to report, I broke my die cut machine but called quickutz and they sent replacement gears.  boy did they ever!  my machine now weighs alot more but these gears won't be breaking.  they are cast steel!  the old ones were plastic.  guess they decided I needed the strong ones.  I'm not kidding.  when they arrived in the mail, I said to my husband "I think they made a mistake".
he agreed but took the challenge and these babies fit right in.
What a great company!  this is the 2nd time we needed gears.  they must have decided it would be the last time.

creatively speaking... I have been working on loverlees, houses, ornaments....
time for cards now.

time just flew by there.  it's december, just in case you didn't know.
no snow here, just gray, gray, gray, fog, gray........
I am ready to move past Holiday cards and things but it sure was fun this year.
I love my shadowbox!  not too hard to make either.

and I want to thank everyone who was in the altered book class for making it so fun for me.
It's been a while since I taught one and I wasn't sure it would be successful but, thanks to all the participants, it was!  watch for another one in february.

I turned in classes at Scrappy Chic too:  die cuts 101 for all you manual machinists (vagabonds too).  and a neat Graphics 45 card set.  watch for more of these each month.  the Co. is trying something new.

oh, and "Lucille" will be ready to deliver on tuesday.  these are some pretty interesting cards made using some absolutely fun paper by Basic grey.

new dies, new ideas, check them out Sunday at Scrappy Chic's demo....... 1-3pm and don't forget your coupons!

zipper trees!!  oh what fun.  ribbon wreaths too.  enameled snowflakes, doilies......
I worked on that tag this morning and love, love, love it now.  a little glimmer mist, some distressed edging and lace really finished it off nicely.  I will have it at my next demo.
okay, maybe a picture here too.  keep watching.

these started as halloween trees but they looked so good I decided to keep them for thanksgiving too.

easy to do:  bleach and then.........I will show you at Scrappy Chic friday night, nov 16!

do you ever have times when your head is spinning with things so much you can't start anything?
that's how i have been now for weeks.  I don't remember it ever being this bad.
I have so many things started on my table that I can't get to any of them.  i decided to finish everything before starting anything.  and what did I do?  I watched a video on something and now what do I want to do?  start something new!
well, I did work on my deer.  and I made cards for a swap -  even finished them and put them away.  I just glued some dragonflies together for another swap.  my snowman is almost done.  and I haven't cut out the elf booties yet so they don't count.
I'm going to finish the snowman.  and one day soon, I am going to pin my daughter down to learn how to get pictures on this site for you.

and i will take the rain over snow any day!
Michaels has a great sale today.  don't forget your 25% off everything coupon.  and I mean everything: sales and regular priced!

just got back from Dixboro.  it was wonderful.  everything looked so inviting and the place smelled heavenly.
not too crowded either.
checked out another little spot - more about that later.  but then missed two exits to get home.  needless to say, I was never lost, just went a little out of the way.
glad to be home!
picture didn't happen yet. tomorrow, I hope.

after taking halloween down, the front door looked a little empty.  I got to work and will show you the results as soon as its finished.  look for a picture tomorrow!

okay everyone, plan your Dixboro General store outing.  this week is the Holiday Open House.  I get lots of great ideas here.  go to their website for more info.
and don't forget to check out Found in Kerrytown plaza, ann arbor.  their season is beginning soon too.

I fell in!

well, I have a blog.