Newest Swap~

Well I joined another swap~ This one is called "I love Paris in the Spring"

Here is a little tid-bit about the swap I've joined....

Description: You will send your partner a swap package including one handmade item, one thrifted item, one sweet treat and one craft supply. Feel free to send more but not less! Anything goes as long as it sticks to the following rules:Colors: Pale blue/teal/aqua, white and black

Theme: Must include at least one item that is French-inspired. Examples, something must say France or Paris, or include an Eiffel tower or the fleur de lis. Be creative!

Sounds like fun~

Well I've been busy working on a large pirate ship in my backyard :-) It is slow going... I really like to be able to complete things in a day lol. I've also been working on flags, table cloths and the like....all for my grandson's first birthday. We have decided that the BIG party will be held in June. This way Grandma (me) doesn't lose her marbles trying to get everything done in time... a couple of more months should work out nicely if I get my butt off the computer and back to work lol

Mixed Media Monday~

This weeks theme: using the word "Believe" I've been working on this piece all week off and on. As soon as I read what the theme was going to be I immediately pictured this in my mind... the typewriter, the bird in the nest made from pages from a book-- and of course the word "Believe"~ I completely covered the typewriter with pages from a book called "Prudy Keeping House" The book was printed in 1873. The typewriter is still fully functional... and I will continue to use it whenever I am needing "type-text" :-) Here is a close up of the nest- which can be lifted up to create a useable typewriter~I have used the word believe in several art pieces I've made in the past... here is another piece I made a few months ago. The little baby with wings is sitting in a bed of green moss~ I used vintage silver wire jewelry pieces for the accents of flowers & leaves.

4 x 4 Friday

This Fridays theme was: King or QueenI used one of my old photos that I had sent to Walmart to have made into a "newer" photo...which I then cut out and glued to the background. This one is titled "Time to Dream" :-P
You can find more 4x4's at this site: 4x4 Fridays~

Daisy Loom~

Thanks to the Feedjit live traffic feed I've installed, I see a lot of people visit my blog looking for information about the "daisy loom" Well, for those of you looking for information on how to use the loom, or for patterns...here is a really great website I found that you should check out. http://www.knitting-and.com/small-looms/index.html

(if you googled "daisy loom blanket and thats how you found me.... if you want any of my instructions on how to use the daisy loom, just e-mail and ask me. I'd be happy to share my vintage pattern book instructions with anyone who wants them)

Spring has sprung...

and has held me hostage outside! Here are some flowers that have sprung up from last years flower seeds....

Here is one of my peach trees blooming~

One of the neighborhood squirrels eating a moldy old orange. I guess they taste better than the ripe ones because he went to an awful lot of trouble to pick this one up and haul it up to the top of the fence lol. My grandson with a flower for his Mommy~ (he fell asleep in the car~)

Another one of my grandson playing with one of his cars on my sectional couch...lol. I am hopeful that I've gotten enough fresh air & sunshine because I've joined a new swap :-) and also, I'm wanting to work on an assembledged piece for next Monday's Mixed media Monday with the theme of "using the word "believe" one of my FaVoRiTe words~ Ohhhhhhh and I bought a new product that creates the look of sepia tones on papers etc. So I'm really jazzed about playing around with that as well. I guess I'll go poke around in my studio now :-)

4 x 4 Friday

This weeks theme is: Fairies~ I've used one of my favorite photos...one of my hubbies great-grandmother. I adore her pouty little face. She sits in a nest of flowers-- which she can be "plucked" from since she is not attached in any way. It didn't scan all that well... I might take a photo and post that later~ Her wings are transparent and she wears a silver halo (a flatened metal ring)and I hand tinted her dress pink.

Elizabeth~

I received this beautifully made (lizard) doll named Elizabeth from Lucy. Which is absolutely perfect seeing how my 11 month old grandson loves the lizard commericals on the television...(he laughs his head off when he sees the little lizard)
The workmanship put into this little love-bug is over the top. If your looking to purchase something of quality... you should check out her handmade items that she has for sale on her blog: My Byrd House I tell ya ladies... you won't be disappointed!