Nebulas in a jar!

 

My  granddaughter, Bri, spent

the weekend with me and we

decided to play with some nebulas!

I'm not sure what I think about them,

they sure didn't turn out like the pictures

I saw, but every nebula is different, right?

The point is that we had a blast.  Now

she wants to do another project.

I told her she had to find the next

one to try!

 

I found out something interesting, though.

These "mason jars" were the invention of 

James Landis Mason.  . 

Among other common names for them are  

Ball jars, after Ball Corporation, 

an early and prolific manufacturer of the jar.

Here's the most interesting thing I

found out last night from a friend of

mine.  "Ball state university"

here in Indiana was named for

the Ball corporation.

So that's your trivia for the day.

 

Sorry I haven't posted lately, I have

been very tired due to an old dog

who apparently doesn't know day

from night...He gets me up at 430

in the morning pretty much every

day no  matter how much I limit his water

and how late I take him out before bed.

He has also taken to not wanting

to go to sleep at night.  

Needless to say, I haven't been

feeling very creative.

 

 

White on white

I love making white on

white cards.   I think they

look so elegant.  This one has

just a touch of brown.

 

Again, not my design, but I did

add a little of my own twist.

I think if I made it again I would

emboss the butterfly in the

Swiss dots as well.  That would

make it look prettier, I think, and stand

out a little more.

My poor sister in NC got slammed

in winter storm Jonas.  I haven't talked

to her today, but last night they had 8" 

of snow, covering ice and it was still

coming down.  Wind, too.  They can

keep it.  I heard we are going to have

39 degrees Monday.  I hope that's true.

Then probably some snow again.  

I hate winter.

Red Hat ladies

I made a set of these for my

friend, Karen, last summer.

When I started my Etsy shop,

my friend, Kelly, said I should

include them.  

 

I'm really not into the red hat

stuff, but I'll  make whatever anyone

wants.  If you're happy, I'm happy!

My sister, Robin, in NC, is under

a state of emergency-since yesterday

before the storm hit.  She just texted and 

said they won't be going anywhere

for a couple of days.  They have ice,

four inches of snow, and

it's still snowing!  My son, Andy,

and family are also going to get

 a piece of the storm. Daughter in

law,  Heather, said

yesterday anywhere from 1-5

inches.  They usually don't

get a lot of snow, so even a few

inches will make the kids happy,

I'm sure!  Keep them in your

thoughts!

Dry embossing

I think dry embossing is one of

my favourite techniques.

You can do it one of two

ways: with a template, a light

box and dry embossing tool

(a pain in the neck and arm) or

with an embossing folder and machine. 

 My preferred method.

 

Sorry the pictures aren't more clear.

I didn't realize it until I uploaded them

to the computer and was too lazy

to do it again!  But you get the

idea.

So...here is a card I almost completely

blatantly copied from pinterest! 

 

They had a sentiment, so I left that

out and added a vellum butterfly

instead.  I'm learning to

just make card fronts without

obsessing over having to have

a sentiment on the front.  I'm getting

better at it!

It's supposed to be warming up again

but for how long?  For however

long it is, I will enjoy it.  Of course,

I'd rather have summer, but I'll

take a little higher temps than we've

been having.  

 

What a friend

I've got my Etsy shop set up.

https://www.etsy.com/your/shops/KymsKreations2/tools/listings?ref=seller_platform_hdr  

Hopefully that link will go

to the shop....   I think it
will have to be copied
and pasted though.
I'm really  hoping

that it will generate some interest.

I made this card this morning.

I love  how it turned out.  I really

like the way black and white looks

just by itself.  I considered

colouring in the "friend" and

"Jesus" but I like it just in black

and white.  I made the embossed

panel a long time ago and for

some reason it didn't work with whatever

card I was working on at the time

and I've had it ever since.  I think

it looks great on this card, though!  

That just goes to show that I need

to keep things that don't necessarily

work on a card, because it might

on another.  I have a bad habit of

throwing everything away and then

I think of something to use

it for and it's gone!  When I was

 a kid I was a packrat and as I got

older I started throwing away

all the stuff that I had

accumulated as a teen.  Lots of

notes that were passed in class, things

like that.  Ever since then I've thrown

things away almost immediately.  Things

I wish I'd kept, like letters from my

grandma, yearbooks, and other

things I should really have held onto.

But it's gone now and there's nothing

I can do about that.  Lesson learned.

I try to hold on to things that might

mean something to me some day.  

 I have used the word "things" 5

times in the last couple of sentences!

You would think with a vocabulary like

mine that I could think of something else.

I love words.  I sent my 5 year old

to school one day and he told the

teacher the classroom had a

nice ambiance.   That

was his word for the day!

Etsy shop

I'm getting ready to start

setting up an Etsy shop.  I don't

know how it works exactly,

so a friend will be by later

today to help me get it going.

Hopefully it will catch on, but

I'm not holding my breath, lol.

Here are two of the

things I have made so far.

I've also made card sets, 

scroll boxes, and I'm going

to be working on some stitched

bookmarks as well.

 

I really love how they turned out!

I have several more started

that aren't put together yet,

but I understand that it's a good

thing to add things to the shop

daily or weekly to keep

interest up.   I have

a lot to learn about it, but

hopefully Kelly can guide me

through all the ins and outs!

Have a purrrfect day!

Maybe it won't be a purrrrfect

day, but hopefully a little better than

yesterday.  I think the cold

is getting to me and

making my mood gloomy.

It won't be long until Spring.

I hope.

Meanwhile, I am going

to get out of the house and go

to lunch with my daughter in law,

Pam.  We haven't done that

in a while.  We're going to

the Chinese Buffet.  I love

that place.  

 

I think this card turned

out pretty cute.  It might

have been a little better with a 

ribbon in the middle.  I debated

that, but I think it would

detract from the score lines

down the right side of the

card.  I haven't used these

stamps in a long time.  I tend

to use the same ones over and

over again.

So, have a purrrfect day!