January rain

It's been pouring rain since last 

evening.  I haven't heard any

thunder, but I'm hopeful.  I'm

always hopeful!  

I was feeling kind of low yesterday

so I decided some retail therapy

was in order.  I spent a whopping

$6.00! But I got 4 patterns

out of it.  I've been addicted

to the stitching  for months

now.  It's so relaxing for me.

After I made this I decided maybe

the flowers would look better

in yellows so the one I'm working

on now will be in shades of yellow.

Yellow is not really my favourite 

colour, but it's a popular flower

colour.  I think.  I'm not really into

flowers, but I love the swirls!

 I woke up at 4 am and couldn't

go back to sleep.  NOW at almost

7 am I'm getting sleepy.  Of course.

I have two appointments today,

so that's not going to fit into

my schedule until late afternoon.

By then I won't be sleepy anymore.

Naturally.

Happy Tuesday!

Hummingbirds are back!

Well, not in real life, but in a card.

I was pleased with how this turned

out.  I would have liked to have had

an extra mat on it but if I'd made the

pattern any smaller it would have

been difficult to prick the holes. 

I like how it turned out.  

The centers of the flowers are

gold seed beads.

I would like to say I did great on 

the song yesterday.  The truth is I

don't remember!  Apparently I practiced

the first part of it backwards.  So I

saw Coleen do it backwards from me

and I got all turned around.  I have

no idea if I messed it up or not.  I just

pray God took my hands and signed

the song for me!    Coleen was going

through the song list for the next two

months and asking Judy and me which

ones we wanted to do.....there are a

couple I'm fairly sure about.  I need to

learn more of them, I guess.  But little

by little is good.  I have an issue with

having to be able to do it as perfectly

as possible or I'm not even going to

try it.  Up front, that is.  I know,

I know.  Other people (other than the

signers) have no clue if you mess up

or not.  But I know.  I need to get

over that.  I need to just trust that

God has this and let Him do the rest.

Something I need to work on in

2017.  "I trust you, Jesus".  That

was something from a devotion in

the book "Jesus calling".  My brother and

sister in law gave that to me a few years

ago and you can read it every year and

still get something new out of it.  By

the time you get to December you've

forgotten what was in January anyway!

I see on weatherbug that we have a

chance at thunderstorms tomorrow!

I'm not believing it, of course, but a

girl can dream.

Happy Monday!

Fear not!

In Isaiah 41:10 it says:

 So do not fear, for I am with you; 

do not be dismayed, for I am your God. 

I will strengthen you and help you;

 I will uphold you with my righteous right hand

 Does that mean don't be nervous???

Because I am, LOL.  The worship team

sings this song differently than I'm 

used to.  I went to practice last night

and Judy gave me a flash with all

the songs on it, sung by the worship

leader, so that helped immensely.  But

I keep thinking "I can't do this".  Then

I realize I CAN'T do this!

But God can do it through me.  

There's still more time to practice

and I'm pretty sure I practiced

all night in my sleep!  So

be praying!  Thanks!

I am also praising God today for no

ice or other weather and as a matter

of fact, it's kind of like a Fall morning.

There's frost on the grass and it's

nippy out, but really not all that

cold for January 15th!  I'm not

complaining.

On to the card:

I may have made one similar to this

in the past.  This one is made on an

A6 sized card (larger than the standard

invitation size card) because I

couldn't get both corners on it the

way I wanted otherwise.  There's nothing

wrong with the larger cards, I just usually

don't make them.  They don't cost 

any more to send than the invitation

size cards.  You can do a lot more

with them.  Why don't I use them more?

I talk to myself quite frequently, so

no worries.  It's nice to have someone

intelligent to talk to who is totally

interested in what you are saying.

LOL

Happy Sunday!

 

No weather so far!

It looks like all the winter weather

is south of us and I couldn't

be happier.  Sorry for them, of

course.  It looks like we may get

some snow/sleet on Monday, but

the temps are supposed to go

way up later in the week!

I made this card a couple weeks

ago along with a few others that I

will probably finally get posted.

I love how it turned out even

though  flower arranging isn't my

strong suit.  I  just love that corner

die.  So pretty.

I bought two more patterns yesterday.

I just can't help myself!  I also got a

huge haul of rubber bands from

rainbow loom.  I'll have plenty to keep

me busy.  I'm pretty sure the food

pantry is this week, so I want to have

some bracelets ready to take.  The

rubber bands  are so cheap and 

usually get here in three days!  Yes, 

you heard right,  THREE days.  Have you 

ever heard of a company that got 

things out that quickly?  Me either.

I guess I'd better get around.  The 

birds are whining about getting out

of their cages.  Well, actually they

are screaming.  Lili is anyway.  The

bird room used to be our deck so

I have a nice sliding glass door I

can close when the noise gets too much!

They will have to go back in their cages

early today, so I'm getting them out

earlier than usual.  Lili has a stand

that she hangs out on and Luna

has a large cage.  She has a stand

as well but seems to prefer her cage.

Happy Saturday!

Gatefold die

Who knew there was such a

thing?  It has open dies on the

outside and then a blank space on the

inside where the back of your card

is.  I happened to see it in hobby lobby

the other day.  I was looking for ONE thing

and came out with $30. worth of stuff.

The die itself was almost $30. and without

a coupon I most certainly would not

have bought it, but with a 40%  off, how

could I resist?  I think it was worth it.

Hobby lobby is a dangerous place for

me.  John would not have been happy

that they moved right into Angola!

Card closed

 

And open .  It came with 10 dies, the

main one, flowers, hello, butterflies

and the border for the inside.  It even has

little holes on the front to add a ribbon for

the tie.  They thought of everything!

In the picture they showed the border

around the front as a different colour.

I'm trying to figure out how they did

that.

 

I'm having dinner tonight with Pam,

my daughter in law.   No guys allowed.

Cody horned his way in last time.

I love my son, but sometimes 

you just need some girl time.

I don't know where, though.  I've

asked her twice and she hasn't

answered, so I guess it's a surprise.

Since I will probably be driving, I

would assume I'll know before we

get there, LOL.

 

I had a bite on Luna last night and

she lives in Auburn which is only half

an hour from here.  Keep your fingers

crossed.  With my luck she won't

even get back with me.  It's almost

too good to be true.

 

Happy Friday the 13th!!!!!

 

 

 

 

Lattice card front

I saw this card on pinterest and

just had to try it!  I'm so happy with

how it turned out!  Doesn't it look

like the sentiment panels are just

floating above the lattice?!  I think

you would have to write any note

on the back of the card otherwise 

it would show though, but it is

such a pretty card!  Of course, her

flowers were much nicer than mine.

I don't have much of a feel for

 flower design.

The card is standing up, but it doesn't

really look like it in the picture.  It is much

nicer in person.

We had a thunderstorm this morning!

Albeit a small, short one, but

in the middle of January you don't really 

expect it.

This Sunday we are singing "We Believe"

not to be confused with "This I Believe"

which are two separate songs.  It

is slow enough and I'm relatively sure

of the signs so I told Judy I would 

like to sign it.  We aren't telling Pam

and Coleen, though, to let it be a

surprise!  I'm looking forward to

it, but still not sure of a couple of signs. 

I'm happy to report I am feeling much

better.  It must have been something

I ate.  My sister in law thinks

it was the Mexican food I ate earlier

that day.

Happy Thursday!

Hope circled in flowers

This is the other pattern I got

when  I bought the cross.  They're

only  $1.50 and bring me a lot of

enjoyment so I don't feel guilty

about buying a few here and there.

This is a square card, so instead of

paying extra postage I'm going to

include it in a little gift for, well, I can't

say.  I don't think she usually reads

my blog, but just in case!

Something I ate disagreed with me

apparently, and about 1130 pm

it let me know.  I think I'd rather

have a migraine than throw up.

I have a sore throat from it but

otherwise feel fine, so I don't

think I'm getting sick.  I just

feel lousy.  :(

We got VERY HIGH winds yesterday/

last night and it rained like crazy.  All

the snow is gone and I hope it is gone

for good.  Dare I hope for something 

like that?  It's only January.

I made some mint meringue cookies

last night-out of season I might add,

as I only make them for Christmas or

maybe Thanksgiving.  But apparently....

I forgot to give some to my brother

in law, Larry, So just for him I made

a batch.  I'm keeping a few for

myself, though!

Happy Wednesday!