Happy New Year!

and a little art.....ATCs (theme) Arizona

water colored background

stamped and cut out cactus

a little charcoal pencil and stamping

and finally a coat of Vintage Collage Distress Medium

and a little cooking....my first attempt at Flatbread

pretty good and very easy!

Happy New Year!

margie

Go Green!

in case you missed it earlier.....

Garth Brooks "live" at Notre Dame tonight.....CBS.

Check your local listings for time.

It's amazing!!!!!!  We'll be watching it for the 3rd time (taped the 1st show and watched it twice).

this morning....

alarm went off at 3:55, time to get ready for the departure....airport by 5am ....plane actually left 10 minutes early.....filled and headed for Chicago with next flight to Detroit.....safe travels dear daughter.
we do love having her here!!!

I did get a little crafting in

I'm going to try a daisy next time...

And this

lots of layers, inspired by some art examples I studied at the U of A art museum

and this

okay, not really mine.....Georgia O'Keeffe

and finally this

from the backyard....it reminded me of a Quail family.  We had a family of 15 in the yard. And the little babies follow the mother with the father bringing up the rear.

margie

a little home from Tucson

Just saw downtown Farmington on a chevy commercial!
a little Christmas from home here in Tucson!

Back soon with more!

December 24!

Merry Christmas!!

frankly......

got my Christmas present today and will be opening it too!

we drove to Williams Sonoma, the only store to sell it, about 16 miles away.  It took almost 3 hours!  No problems but this town has NO FREEWAYS. NO timed lights.  Pedestrian crosswalks that stop traffic at the push of a button.  Crazy turn lanes........but the sun is shining 350 days a year...... so not really complaining either......

We're home. Our tummies are full - had to stop for sonoran hotdogs and chipolones to bring home, and that only took 10 minutes (the foodtruck is parked 5 minutes from home).

And I'm enjoying a "Christmas in a Cup"  too.

hope your day is going well!

oh....and mountain lions are in the neighborhood!  not bobcats but the big guys!  Ask me how I know....

margie

ready for sketches and scraps 2019

just drew up 14 sketches for next year's card kits.
January cards are sketched, cut and ready to assemble.
Kit making will be later this week.

$10 per kit - included:
4 cards ready to assemble (you supply the adhesives)
all embellishments
easy to follow photos, sketches and hints along the way
envelopes
and even another card photo using the same sketch!
mailed to your home!!
It's like getting a class in your own home!

Let me know if you're interested....once kits are made for the month, they are gone.......

here's a peek at January's set

and here is the finished ATC from earlier.....

thanks,

margie

one cd later.....

sometimes I need a nudge to get going.  Today it was one cd....
I put it on and cleaned/put things away until it was over.
It worked!
Tomorrow I dust/vacuum/etc.
Wednesday I decorate.

wish me luck to stay on schedule!

Hope your day is a good one.

and a little gift from a Michigan friend.....so cute!

margie

scraps!

made from scraps.......
3 x 3 little box.......

I see valentines......

gotta stop .......those cookies are not getting made by themselves.......

glitter!

every table is now a glitter drying station!
just finished adding glitter to the Christmas cards.  They will in in the mail by Monday, I hope!

I received a card like this one earlier in the year. Really liked the design - thanks Jan!
so I copied it.  a great way to use up scraps!

got a new mold last week and tried it out with some old clay.  love it!!

From here to there is this month's ATC theme.  This is the start.....watch for the finished card soon.

and made this cutey!  again.....uses up scraps and is very easy to make.....I even have a few variations.

oh....saw 19 meteors last night a just a few minutes!!  They always amaze me!

back soon with more!!

hope you are able to squeeze in some crafting!

two cds later and a few from yesterday......

empty......

full.....

now the glitter!

and yesterday.....

and the Christmas Countdown with numbers......

clean up time so I can start again!
still raining, too.

winter storm alert!!!

yep, we're in a winter storm alert here.
a little different than the ones we had in Michigan......
pouring down rain, loud thunder, 50ish degrees
so I'm plugging in the tree lights, putting on Carols and crafting!

I'll show you the results when I have some.....

hope you're staying warm and dry!

sunday night

hope you all watched the Garth Concert!!
amazing.....