Lighthouses

 

One of my favourite things to

do is stitch on paper; also called

paper pricking.  I've had this

pattern for quite some time, and 

thought I might make some up to

go on Etsy.  Not that that's

going anywhere....

I changed the card from yesterday

to  "Deepest Sympathy" as

a friend just lost his wife to

cancer a couple of days ago.  I

found out yesterday.  Actually, he's

not really a friend exactly, I used

to wait on them  at my sister in

law and brother in law's restaurant.

I've known them both for years.  

They are wonderful people, 

had been married for probably

60 years and I know he's

going to be lost without her.

It's so hard to lose someone,

but if we know the Lord as

our Savior, then they aren't

really lost, are they?  We know

exactly where they are.  That

doesn't take away the pain, but

it makes it just a little easier

to bear.

Just a note

This little stamp has been used

so much I have trouble keeping

it on the clear block.  It's well

loved, for sure.  I found some

awesome musical score paper

at hobby lobby the other day

and after looking around, got an

idea of how to use it.  Lately my muse

has been on vacation.  I think she

took off with my friend Dianne.  

At any rate, I'm pleased with

how the card came out.

We are supposed to get thunderstorms

today!  I'll believe it when I 

see it, but it would be really

awesome!  I love thunderstorms.

Heath's first professional pictures

at one month of age.  Daddy, Tyler,

Mommy, Caitee, and beautiful little

baby Heath!

Happy Birthday!

Three birthdays in a row.

Yesterday was our Pastor's birthday.

Since I am new, I didn't know,

so I'm sending him a belated

birthday card.  they had a video showing

him in high school playing basketball,

and as he got older, got married, had

his three girls.  It was very nice.

 

This picture is kind of washed out for some

reason.  The brown is much richer.

Today is also my mother's birthday.  She

turned 79.  Hard for me to believe,

but time marches on.  We have a 

rocky relationship, but I know

she's done the best she could 

through the years.

Tomorrow is a friend's birthday.

I'm getting some experience making

masculine cards with him and the pastor.

This is a copy of a card I made for

 my cousin's son.  I liked it, so 

I made two and besides, I was

too lazy to make something

different!!

playing with ink

I have probably said this

before, but I'm not too good at

shading and blending inks.

I made the mistake of putting this

on a textured piece of cardstock

which I wish I hadn't done.  But other

than that I think it turned out

pretty good.

Every time I go outside I 

despair that it will never be warm

again.  But they are predicting

warmer weather this weekend!

While the jury remains out on

this (I'm from the show-me state)

I am hopeful.  Meanwhile, unless

I have to go out-which I have to

do later-I remain in a hibernated state.

I know.  I complain about the

cold weather.  I should have

been born in a warm part of the country.

The older I get the harder it

gets to cope with this weather.

It could have been worse, though.

I'm very grateful I'm not in DC, NC

or any other the other places that

got dumped on last week!    :)

I guess I just don't have anything

else of interest to talk about!!

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!