Fairy Door

My Fairy Door made of clay.  I wish I could take better pictures.

Handmade Trinkets

This little boy...

This little boy is the love of my life.  He is my heart, my smile, my wish, my dream, but he is eating my brain and depleting my sanity!  What is to be done when  'No's' go unheard, time-outs are only a minor annoyance, and beatings (not literally...more like smacks on the hands or bottom as a last resort) only beckon a furrowed brow before they are forgotten?  Is it simply the 2 year old mentality?  I could be all right with that so long as in actuality I am not really creating a little monster...sooner-to-be than I would like a BIG MONSTER.  I don't want to be THAT woman in the grocery store with the little demon running a muck.  I also don't want to be a Nazi Mommy either.  Can't there be a happy medium?  Can someone tell me how to find it? 

Prima Pick!

Altered Halloween/Fantasy Flying Creatures Tin

I took this Christmas tin, decoupaged it with pages from a Spiderwick book.  Then, I used orange and black distress ink on the paper and orange Adirondack ink to color the metal areas that do not have he paper on them.  I added a strand of this curled metal on the top and flowers to that.  Oh, and a yellow ribbon around the lid.

Hooray for Good Self-Esteem!

Even though I have been feeling fat all day (unfortunately there is a good reason for that, but usually I can ignore those 100 reasons) ...I feel so loved and appreciated tonight.  All my swap partners were thrilled with the items I made for them and my husband has spent all evening telling me how pretty, lovable, and talented I am.  If this is what good self-esteem feels like I need to get me some more of it.  Do they make pills for that?

Life's Cruel Ironies

Finally!  Finally after 8 long years of living away from everyone we know and love...and just away from anyone we know at all we are now in a place surrounded by loved ones.  With each year we prayed for it to be the one we could journey off to another distant (or not so distant) land to see new sites and endeavor new experiences.  And with each passing year, there we remained in a...I won't say hellish place, but a place that just wasn't our cup of tea.  Then it happened!  Set free, we fled--even if only a few hours away.  It's been like livng in a whole other world.  As if the dark clouds were dusted away by the hand of God, himself and the sun was finally allowed to shine down upon our heads.  It has been a glorious 8 months.  I have had so much fun here, learned so much about people, myself, my family and now...NOW! the powers that be have suddenly attatined some sense of urgency and seen to it that Here is no longer the place we should remain.  Sad...

Merry New Year 2010!

Well, lucky me!  The new year begins tomorrow and mine will start off with a snotty nosed, sore throat-ed little boy needing lots of extra attention.  It's just as well, I hadn't completely decided on whether or not I wanted to do anything ellaborate to mark the occassion anyway.  Since relocating to Louisiana with my husband several years ago, New Year's Eve had typically been an event we spent only with one another.  Now that we are in Mississippi we have a few new options for the occassion.  Unfortunately, most of them don't allow for us to spend it together.  Although we have made many new friends we still have zero family members to lean on.  Alas, my dilema.  As much as I'd like to venture out with new faces and delve into some "adult" fun, I do not want to do it without the partner I have spent this time with for the last 10 years.  So!  Odds are we will be spending this New Year's Eve much like our past 10...with each other, plus 1, of course.  And this is just fine with me.

Featured Creator

These were created by KC Harrold, the Head Wench of our little Scrap N Craft group.She used sample tags as the foundation and embellished her arse off.

My Swap-Bot Project

Scrapbook Challenge for Jan 2010 that is being hosted by Scrap N Craft @ meetup.com

We were to create a scrapbook page based off of a sketch posted on the site.  Not sure that mine turned out so much like the sketch, but I gave it my best shot.

2nd Anniversary of Suz Gray

2nd Anniversary of Suz Gray's Blog "...to celebrate my blogs 2nd Anniversary I promised some great prizes & thanks to the sponsors check out what the 6 winners will receive..."
 
http://craftysuz.blogspot.com/2009/12/2nd-anniversary-celebration-6-winners.html

Attempting to make a squin ornament...

This is my very first sequin ornament.  It took me about 4 hours to complete...give or take.  I wanted to give it dimension so it is filled with different sized and shaped sequin and various number of beads per pin. I am proud of it, but I am not sure anyone else likes it as much as me.

Mini Album from Recycled Materials

This is a page from the mini photo album I made by using cereal boxes.

Altered Mini Notebooks

These are a few altered mini notebooks I made.  Thought it would make a nice little Christmas stocking stuffer.

Altered Matchbox Experiment

This is my first altered matchbox.  I think it turned out kinda cute!

Swap-Bot Holiday Swaps!

For an awesome recipe swap, check out the Holiday Recipe Swap on Swap-Bot.
http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/48747

Getting back on track!

Yeah for me!  I got a scrapbook page completed.  It's been awhile.  Not sure I totally like it.  I'm never very sure of my abilitiy to choose coordinating colors and I worry that I overdo it with the embellishments.  Oh well...c'est le vie.

Domino Keychain

I made these using a domino, alcohol ink, and a keychain .  I drilled a hole through the domino.  Used alcohol ink and felt, dabbed it over the plain side of the domino until I liked the color/pattern, let dry.  Then stamped it with permanent ink, and sprayed it with high gloss varnish.  The varnish made the colors look more milky then originally.  Before the varnish was applied the texture was more detailed and more vibrant.  Next time I am going to try decoupage glue to seal it.  Hopefully, that will make a difference.  Once all was dry, I inserted a large ring and attached the keychain.  So many ways to decorate these dominoes! I will be doing more experimenting with it.

To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.
2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don’t Disguise Your Voice
3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, ask If They Want Fries with that.
4. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.
5. In the Memo Field Of All Your Cheque’s, Write ‘ For Marijuana’
6. Skip down the hall Rather Than Walk and see how many looks you get.
7. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.
8. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is ‘To Go’.
9. Sing Along At The Opera.
10. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can’t Attend Their Party Because You have a headache.
11. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream ‘I Won! I Won!’
12. When Leaving the Zoo, Start Running towards the Parking lot, Yelling ‘Run For Your Lives! They’re Loose!’
13. Tell Your Children Over Dinner, ‘Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.’
And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity
14. PICK UP A BOX OF CONDOMS AT THE PHARMACY, GO TO THE COUNTER AND ASK WHERE THE FITTING ROOM IS.