into the woods......

We went to the movies for Christmas.  It is something I haven't done in years - go to the movies.
Into the Woods!  It was great!  Every seat was filled.
by the time it was over, the Chinese restaurant was closed so we ate at a local buffet restaurant (not so good but fun).

Hope your day was just right for you!
More art will be coming soon.  My Cinch is out and ready to use.  The covers are set to go and so is the inside pages.  I will post soon.

merry christmas

Merry Christmas to one and all!

gingerbread cactus!  they are delicious (and made from a betty crocker cookie mix).

I hope you have a wonderful day.

ornaments

These are straight from the latest Stampington Holidays issue.  This is a great publication.  It covers the entire year.  I have all the materials ready for more.  They don't take long at all either.  I used stickles glitter in diamond to add the sparkle.
tea dyed muslin, floss, and an disolve-able tracing pen (thinking sewing and blue) is all it takes.  I also added some lightweight fusible interfacing to the muslin after the stitching and then turned them into little pillow ornaments just like in the article by Shirley Hudson.

we had a few visitors this morning, too.  Four Wiley coyotes were strolling on the golf course.
margie

snow on the mountain

If you look close and make the pictures bigger, you may be able to see snow on mountains!  It came last night and this morning to the higher elevations.

trifold photo holder with a special picture inside.  I will show you that after Christmas.  I don't want to spoil the surprise.  Papers were from a great pack I picked up last year.  I am still trying to use what I have.
more tomorrow!

gifts

I had a lot of fun creating some special gifts for special people.

One holds a great picture of a family heirloom.  Another came straight out of Stampington's latest Holiday issue.  They are stitched ornaments found on the cover and inside.  And another is one I made last year using Graphic 45 Twelve days of Christmas.

Come back tomorrow to see pictures of them!

I leave you with this picture of some wild animals.

javelinas!

out my window

It's beginning to look a lot like .........

Christmas!!

Here are a few projects from the past.

I haven't been doing too many yet this season.

I'll be back soon....

rain

it's raining here in the desert.......
not a hard rain but definitely rain.

should stop in time for the tree lighting fun tonight.
watch for pictures.

shop small business saturday today

remember to support your local scrapbook store today!

You never know how lucky you are until it's gone........
trust me on that!

shop small business saturday

shop today at your local scrapbook store.

you may never know how lucky you are to have one near by until it's gone!

Trust me I know!

thanksgiving cards

wrinkle free distress technique using the stains, diecut leaves with MFT new leaf dies, clear emboss,
added some text to the tag and some stenciling to the card.  put it all together with some pop dots and glue.

mailed them yesterday!

autumn 2014

well, lots has happened in the past year........

here's to a new start!

watch for more to come!

margie