Sassi snaps

I had fun yesterday (and spent

too much money). Pam and I 

went to the home of a lady who sells

Sassi snaps.  What are those?  You

ask?  It is a piece of jewelry-a

necklace, bracelet, etc. that has a place

to put a snap that you can change 

at will.  Clear as mud?  Here's a photo.

You can see the round "button" at the bottom

of the bracelets.  That's where you snap in

one of the buttons below.  Here's a close up

of the snaps.

Aren't they cool?  She had so many snaps

that I was truly overwhelmed.  It's hard

to pick just a few from hundreds.

When we finished that we went to eat

because we were both starved.  Then went

to a place that Pam likes to walk and spent 

an hour or so walking.  It was beautiful,

warm and nice to get out and walk

together and talk.  I think we should

do that more often.

 Happy Monday!

I'm done!

I finished tiling my floors last

night and if I don't say so myself,

it all looks pretty great!  the other

tile was old, yellowed (we're talking

the peel and stick tile) and just generally

looked horrid.  If I would mop it you 

really couldn't tell.  With the new tile

you can't tell if it's dirty in the first

place!  Yay!

Breakfast was really fun yesterday

and no signing for me today.  It

will be nice to just sign from my

chair and not up front.  

Back to another Christmas card. I'll be

ready for next year!  I love the design

but I think it would have looked better

in different colours.  It didn't start out

to be a Christmas card, but I didn't know

what other image to use with the colours

I used.  Maybe I'll make another one

some time.

Happy Sunday!

Silent breakfast

At the end of the Saturday morning

classes we always go out to a silent

breakfast.  Not only does this help us 

to practice outside of a classroom,

but it gives us an idea of how deaf

people might feel when others look

their way  with curiosity or other

emotions .  We have a tendency to

look at anyone who is "different" and

it makes them uncomfortable, so it's

a good thing to experience.

I thought about putting some gemstones

in the center of each of these, but I have

a pattern similar to this and I did that

and it looked like a bunch of eyes,

so I decided not to!  😁  I love the pattern.

Later today I hope to finish the tiling

in the small entry way at the front door.

I'm pretty sure I have enough tile left.

Then all the floors will look good.  If

I had the money I would replace the 

carpet in the bedrooms, or better yet

make them hardwood like the rest of

the house, but that's not something I

can afford to do.  Nor do I have the

expertise.  I barely know how to tile!

Happy Saturday!

Stripes and splotches

I don't think I really like this card

but I suspect it will get thrown

away anyway, so I'm not going

to worry about it too much.

I can't tell if I got the 'Happy birthday'

straight or not, with the lines going 

across, but I guess it doesn't matter

because I often put things crooked

on purpose because I can't get them

straight.  The joke "I can't cut straight

with a ruler" is not really a joke.  I can

cut something crooked on the paper 

cutter, too.  True story.  It's quite

aggravating actually.

 

This is going to be a long day, I 

can tell.  It hasn't been going so

well so far and it's only 8:35.  I

hope it gets better.

 

Happy Friday!

 

Flowers for Mother's day

Real flowers die, so I am opting

for flowers on a card (of course!)

I'm not even sure when Mother's day is

but I'm ready for it.  What I'm not ready

for is my son's birthday which is May 3.

I need to get moving on that!

 I found this on Facebook recently.  I 

think  my biggest problem on the list

(note:  I said my BIGGEST problem.  I 

have problems with all of them) is

 "I can't do it".  I really need to work on that.

Happy Wednesday!

Dandelions

Gasp.  I've already seen them!  Barely

any warm weather but these little

pains show up.  Yesterday it was in

the 70's, though, so I'm not complaining.

 I guess the rest of the week is going

to be in the 50's with rain.

I haven't used this die in a while

and saw a card similar to this one

so I pulled it out, played and

this is what I came up with.

I like it.

A new royal baby!  I was hoping

 they would have a girl, but it's

just because I never got one, I guess.

At least they have one.  I wonder

what they will name the new little guy?

I'm having lunch with Dianne today 

and then making a dish called "One

pot dinner" in the crock pot and some

bread in the bread maker for my brother

in law and sister in law .  Larry ought to

be relaxed enough after dinner that I

can easily beat him in cards.  At

least that's the plan.  ;)

 Happy Tuesday!

Let's play!

The piano, that is.

This is one of the new patterns I just 

got.  I love it!  The piano is 3-D, but it's

hard to tell.

Yesterday we managed to find 

Pam a beautiful dress for her 

daughter, Sam's wedding on the 4th. 

I don't mind shopping for clothes as

long as they aren't for me.  I hate 

clothes shopping.  I wear the same thing

over and over just so I don't have to

go clothes shopping.  I ended up 

getting some dress pants and a nice

top for the wedding.  At least

I'll wear those again.

The song, "Blessed Assurance" came

out so beautifully yesterday.  I love

the gloss we came up with.  Coleen

and I make a good team.  ;)

Tonight is our last Monday class.

I'm going to miss it.  Coleen's second

level classes start on the 21st of next

month.  It's a little farther to go, but

I want any practice I can get and it's only

one day a week so I plan to go to those.

Happy Monday!

Good friend

This card was a little bit of a pain

to make but it was really worth it.

I love the flower spray.

I stamped the sentiment right on the card

but, naturally, got it a tad crooked, so 

I'm not as happy about that, but I 

still love the card.  I got my new patterns

 yesterday, so I'll be having some fun

with those.

Right after I get two of these songs

memorized for this morning. 

"Blessed Assurance " will be fine, but

the first one has given me trouble

since day one.  Oh, well.  It's all in 

God's hands.

Happy Sunday!

Last thoughts of winter (I hope)

This is the last of the templates I

got.  I paired this with a blue jay,

thinking it might make a nice

Christmas card for next year.

I do have a couple of other patterns

that are for Christmas but I've been 

putting them off because I don't 

want to think about the cold.

Today is going to be busy.  I have class

this morning-the last one of this 10 weeks-

Wow, the time goes quickly!

 Then my son, Nathan and his wife Crystal,

are coming to take me to lunch.  I'm

really looking forward to that!  I also

plan to go to church tonight to practice

the songs.  We have a new one this week.

Well, not really new, but one I've never

signed.  "Blessed Assurance".  We didn't

even have a gloss for it so Coleen and I

worked on it a few days ago and I need 

to practice big time on all three. 

My floors are done!!!!!  I do have enough 

left to do the entry way by the front door,

so I will probably work on that next week.

Right now I am so sore I can barely move.

It's going to be fun signing.

Happy Saturday!

Bluebird

This is the second of the three dies

I got the other day.

This one you have to prick the holes

just like a regular pattern.  I thought

they self pricked when you put them

through the die machine.  I don't

know why I thought it would be a

good idea to get any of these, but

they were on clearance.

The bathroom is nearly finished and then

I will have beautiful floors!  The tile that was

there was old, yellowed, ugly.  I am thrilled.

It is not professional by any means, but

if I ever sell the house and the new owners

don't like it they can re-do it themselves!

I think it looks pretty good.

Happy  Friday!

New templates

The template I'm showing today

will prick the holes for you, which

is pretty convienient.   You just have to

run it through the die cut machine.

The other two I ordered you still have 

to prick-which I didn't know, but 

oh, well.  Here's the card:

Here's the dies:

I love the pattern!  

My sister in law has been helping me-

well, she's been doing most of it-

to put down new tile in my laundry room/

bathroom.  We have the laundry room 

done.  I'm waiting on my dad to help me

remove the door stop in the bathroom

because that thing just won't come out.

I thought maybe a man could convince it.

So here's the laundry room:

Trust me, if you'd seen the other tile

you would understand why I wanted

it re-done.  I've had the tile for 3 years,

but my brother hasn't had time/energy

to finish it for me, so I thought it was

high time I figured a way to get it done.

It looks so amazing!!!

Happy Thursday!

A ring of daisies

I like this pattern.  I found it and

was excited to stitch it.  The problem

came when I finished it I couldn't

seem to think of a way to make a

card out of it.  I finally came up

with this, but I don't like it.  At all.

That happens sometimes.  It's really

aggravating, though.

My brother in law is off on his annual

family fishing trips.  Brothers, Nephews,

etc.  No women, just the guys. So Laurel

and I are going to get together and look

for a dress for me (top on my list of

things I hate is shopping for clothes), go

to lunch and then she is going to 

(hopefully) teach me how to tile a floor.

I have had the tiles for 3 years.  My brother

did one bathroom, but has never

been able to get back to do the laundry/

bathroom and I just hate the floor with a

passion.  So I am hoping I can get that done.

I have never tiled anything before, but

Laurel has, so I really hope I can do it.

The biggest problem I see is the washer/dryer.

That's going to be fun to work around.

The room isn't very big, so I'm not sure

how that will work but she feels

confident that it will.

Happy Tuesday!

Rose easel card

Easel cards are so cool.  I 

always worry, though, that the

recipient won't know how to

stand it up.

 This one I don't have any doubt about.

I like it.  I love the beads around the

edges.  Ordinarily I'm not a huge fan of

beading in any way, but it looks good on

the few that I've done.

This is  a picture of the trees outside

of my dad's house.  The ice melted quickly

but that's not the point, Mother Nature.

Happy Monday!

Lacy edge

I really don't know if I like this card

or not.  It's not how I envisioned

it, but I'm not sure how I envisioned

it, so I can't be sure.  I just can't decide

if I like it or not.  The stitching is fine,

but the composition of the card... 

Maybe  I should have put a better

bow on the ribbon instead of a knot.

I don't know.  What I do know is

I think I'm going to go to bed

and start this day again.  When

I went outside to walk B'Elanna

I discovered that we are getting

FREEZING RAIN!!!!!

What the heck???

Happy Sunday.....I think.

Yellow for sunshine

I think it's going to be raining all

day, but this image seems sunshiny

to me.  If we could hear the

birds sing it would seem even 

more like Spring.

Hey!  That rhymes!

I'm not a huge fan of canaries, I mean, all

they do is sing and you can't play with them

or anything, but I had this image hanging

around and it goes well with the card

colour and stitching so...

I also forgot to post this yesterday.  I think

it is so cool.

 

Sometimes that's hard to remember! 

I don't know about anyone else,

but when I want something, I want

it now and find it hard to wait or

postpone something.  I think that's

pretty much human nature, though.

Happy (rainy) Saturday!

Let me call you sweetheart

I just LOVE this little girl image.

I think I have one left.  Anyway,

she looks like a little sweetheart

to me, thus the name...

Another of my issues is thinking things

ought to all be shown, so it was

with great trepidation that I hid part

of the main image underneath the

stitched panel and surprise of all

surprises, I liked how it came out!

We had a thunderstorm last night.

It wasn't a big one, but enough to let

me know that Spring is coming soon.

Maybe.  Today it is back to cold and

windy, but I think it's supposed to be

in the 70's later today.  it was almost

75 yesterday and I was thrilled.

I have come to the conclusion, though,

that our area has become a two season

state.  Winter and Summer.  We really

don't have much of anything in between.

I had better get to my Bible study.  I 

skipped yesterday because a friend texted

me early in the  morning and I was concerned

about her and couldn't focus.   I am so

grateful to live in a country where I don't

have to worry about saying those words 

or getting caught doing it.  I don't think

I mentioned that as a study tool I am 

copying the Bible.  A friend told me she

did it and it made sense to me.  It slows me

down.  I think more.  I've gotten all of

John done and I'm working on I Samuel

right now.  When I did John (and I will

most likely skip around) I did Jesus' words

in red.  It really is a powerful experience

for me.  I don't just read, I understand more.

Happy Friday!!

Private Bri

I'm all for social media.  I use

it.  But it's not the best way to

find out startling news that you

wish you'd heard in person, phone

call or text.....

My granddaughter, Bri, joined

the Army.  I was hoping it was a joke...

I cut a circle in the center of the

stitching and added a piece of stamped

vellum under it, then added the

image.  I love how it turned out!  

Happy Thursday!

I have a secret

I had forgotten all about this

page of images.  I was so excited

to find it!  I found this pattern

floating around on the internet.

Isn't she adorable?!

I found out some sad news yesterday.

A dear man that I know died.  His

name was Fred and he was deaf.  I 

didn't know him well, but the few times

I met him he was so kind and encouraging

to me.  He always had a huge smile.

He and his wife used to come into my

mom and dad's tea room  when they

had it years ago.  Now he is in the

loving arms of his Savior and reunited

with his beloved wife.  Someday they will

be reunited with those who loved 

them here on Earth.  

 Rest in Peace, Fred.  💔

It seems weird to say this after

talking about  sadness, but

Happy Wednesday!

One big step Sunday

First I'll show the card I made:

 I've had this pattern for a while but 

for some reason never made it  I

really think it turned out nicely.  I

love the colours.  It's variegated so

I used two different strands and

traded between them.  In order to get

all the colours you'd have to have a

very long strand which is

impossible to work with.

So, my big step? 

Sunday I traded places with

Coleen and I signed the service.

We didn't tell anyone; I thought

Pam might say no  and I

really wanted to try.  That was

probably not the wisest decision

upon reflection. I probably should

have told her. I think I did

pretty good.  I got a couple of signs

mixed up- and I knew it and did

it again- 😡 I didn't keep up perfectly,

but I don't think I was that far

behind.  I really enjoyed the

experience. 

Happy Tuesday!