Embossed card set

I'm pretty happy with how these came

out.  The top 1/3 is dry embossed,

then a ribbon and a die cut word.

It's going to be in the 60's by

the end of the week!

In December!  What more can

you ask for?  Well, Palm trees would

be nice, but I'm trying not to push

my luck!

Nothing to talk about today, sorry.

getting ready for Christmas

Last year I skipped the holidays.

It was too hard to be 

around people.  This year

I've come back into the

land of the living and having a

fun time making things

for people for Christmas.

Top on my list is journals,

and I made another one this

morning.

I love how it came out.  I found

the spray of beads and flower

at hobby lobby.  Your one-stop

shop for spending money you 

don't have....But hey, this

is for a gift, so that's justified,

isn't it?

I had this picture nicely cropped,

and apparently deleted that

one and kept the original,.

Oh, well.   you can see my pretty

rug, too.  B'Elanna loves

being dressed, so I thought

it was about time to bring

out the holiday dresses.  

Isn't she cute???

Cody to the rescue!

Something got changed on my phone.

Not sure how that happened since

I don't even know where he

found it at, but it's fixed now,

so I'm happy.

I ordered some new patterns

and I have stitched three

of them:

They're kind of blurry, I'm not sure

why, but you can tell what it looks like.

The others I ordered are an Eagle,

panda and dinosaur.  The latter two

are kiddie patterns, the Eagle

is more realistic.  I also ordered 

a sweet 16 pattern that I'm going

to make for my granddaughter

as she turns 16 in February.

phone/computer disconnect......

OHMYGOSH.  My phone and computer

have decided not to talk anymore.  So

I had to email these to myself and 

in the process the bottom cards are 

washed out.  I'm not a happy camper

as I've had problems with this phone

since day one.  Anyway, the journal

is a new stitching pattern I made.  

There's a praying little boy, too,

but I didn't get that pattern.

The cards are for my cousin, Jane,

who wanted cards with a daisy,

 bear (not pictured)

and a Christmas card and two

others.  Hope she

likes these.  

I may not post again until I get this
straightened out.  That will
be when my son, Cody, has a chance
to come over and figure out
the issue. It's good to
have a nerd in the family, but
he's pretty busy, too.

File folder card

I love miniature anything.  

So when I saw file folder cards

I had to try it.  This isn't

my first one, I just haven't made

them in quite a while.  I was going

for a vintage look; not sure

I actually accomplished that!  

But I'm still pleased with it.

And this time I remembered to 

take a picture of the

inside as well!

Happy December 1st.  I think.  

It's raining today and fairly warm

for this time of year.

  I just can't figure out how it

got to be December already!

Wasn't it just January 1st?

Soon another year.  I remember

how exciting it was when Year

2000 began.  Now it's going

so quickly. Before we know it,  it will

be 2016.  Where does

the time go?  I find myself wondering

what I did with the whole year

and if it was pleasing to God.

Every day I thank Him for another

day.  None of our days

is promised and since John (and now

my friend, Dennis) has died, 

I am more acutely aware of that.

 Kids don't think

of those things.  But as we get

older and our loved ones

go to be with the Lord, it 

reminds us that life-in this

world-is not forever.  I am

so thankful to know that this isn't

the only life there is.  That someday

I will go to be with the Lord as

well.  I'm hoping I don't have to

die to do it....  Come, Lord Jesus!

Northern lights

This is the Northern Lights technique.

I didn't get the sky dark enough,

though.  But I guess it looks OK.

I did one before this but

I messed up the trees trying

to make a "forest".  It did NOT

look like a forest when I got

done with it.  Maybe I'll play

with it again later.

It's cold and frosty but no more

snow right now, so I'm

trying not to complain.  No, that's

just not true.  I'm complaining.

And I have to get up

and out in that cold in a

 minute to get

a blood test.  I hope they

too busy.  It's

a first come first serve basis.

Mini me's

These are miniature composition books.

They came out so well I think

I might make some more.  Not

a lot of decorating (or embellishing

as it's called) on the third one.  That's

just the paper itself and then

a ribbon around the spine.

But, hey, it took me some

serious shopping at 

hobby lobby to find just the right

paper pack.  Like I needed

more paper!  I could start

a scrapbook store with

all the paper I have and when

I go to do a project I rarely

have what I want.  Sigh.

It's a good thing that John didn't 

know about them building

a hobby lobby in the next town.

I'm sure he's shuddering

right now watching me shop there.

Maybe I should call it

"banking" there.  They

take enough of my money! 

But I really love having it

down the street practically.

It's much handier than having

to go to Fort Wayne.