Happy Halloween!

My friend and I went through a corn maze

this afternoon!  It was so cold and

breezy that we gave our hayride

tickets to a young couple, but

we still had a lot of fun.  I've

only been through one maze

 years ago with my two

oldest grandsons and Cody.  They

were probably about 5 and 6 at the

time and had a blast.  It was much

warmer that day!!!

bookmark card

Since I'm pretty sure Pam

(my daughter in law) doesn't read

this blog, it's probably safe to

post this card.  It's going to be

a hard birthday for her.  She said

she wasn't going to celebrate.  But 

I also know that her dad wouldn't

have wanted her to do that.  As well,

she encouraged Cody to celebrate his

birthday after John died.  So while

I'm not going to make a big deal

about it, I did want to give her a little

something.  Since she loves to 

read, I thought a bookmark

card might be in order.  

Card with bookmark on front

Card with bookmark removed

Card inside

I was pretty pleased with how it came out.

Shaker card

OK, so I know I said I wasn't good at

shaker cards, but I just had to

try one I saw on pinterest.  I didn't 

have any sequins which probably

would have looked better,

but I think it looks all right

anyway.  Those are micro

beads inside.  They are about the size 

of the head of a pin.  Maybe smaller!

It came together perfectly

the very first time.  I couldn't

believe it!  Well, I guess the

quote is true.....

Another Bible page

Another Bible page.  I really should

not have undertaken this project.  I

get frustrated with myself because my

artistic ability is less than nothing.  That's 

pretty impressive if you think about

it.  I mean, I can't even draw a stick

figure.  I did one today

that I totally messed up and

not only would I never show another

soul, but I don't even want to look

at it ever again!!!  I guess God doesn't mind 

and that's what counts.  As for this one, I

blatantly copied the whole thing.  Except

for the "love" stamp and you can't

exactly call that mine either.....Well,

maybe someday I will get better.

If not, It's for God anyway, not

for anyone else!  And since He

gave me no artistic ability whatsoever,

I guess He understands.  (I hope!!)

Ghiradelli boxes

Last year I didn't celebrate Christmas, or 

any other holiday for that matter.

Now I guess I need to move back into

the land of the living.  So, I have begun

to work on some Christmas projects.

It's hard to do these boxes for

one simple reason:  I LOVE Ghiradelli!  

Especially the sea salt carmel

and naturally that's what I bought.

Since they are made of paper

rather than cardstock they're a bit

floppy, but I don't think the recipient

will mind with the delicious 

candy inside!  

 

I have some other projects in

mind as well.  Money doesn't go around

with so many grandchildren...so

they get handmade gifts instead,

with lots of candy to sugar

them up and make them

insane for their parents!

Isn't that what good grandmothers 

do?  It's called payback, kids!!!

Angels watching over us

I am so thrilled with how these cards

turned out.  I just wish the picture would

show the shininess of the

perfect pearls.  This is a dusting

rather than  painting like the

last one I posted.  You use a sticky ink

pad called an embossing pad.  Then

you dust the perfect pearl

powder over the image and set

it with a spritz of water.  As you

can tell, I am into the angel image

at the moment!

I got leaves raked last night~there will

be plenty more before it is

all said and done.  It was good

to get some exercise and be out

in the fresh air.  My neighbors 

invited me over to  have some

barbeque with them.  It was

nice to get to know them a little

better since they have been

mowing my lawn and weed whipping

all summer!  What a blessing that

has been!  I was hoping

at some point someone would move

in that I could get to know.  The

house has been empty for years.

When they moved in at the

beginning of the summer I would

never have guessed that they would

want to mow for me all summer!

God is good.  It's been hard

for me to do things like that with

the rotator cuff tendonitis.

bookatrix and gift box

A bookatrix I made last night and

a gift box for it.  Since I am mathmatically

challenged and since I couldn't find

a template or instructions for it

anywhere on the internet (believe it or not)

I had to figure out the box on my own.

It took a couple tries, but I finally got the top

to go over the bottom without being too

big, so I was pleased.  On the right,

the tag is a shaker with tiny beads

like the one in the post the other

day.  I usually don't like making

shaker cards because I'm

not good at it, but the micro

beads lend themselves well

to this type of card.  And

it looks so great on the bookatrix.

I  hope the person it is intended for likes it.