Winter cabin

It's very weird to show a winter cabin

card while it's raining and dark outside,

but hey-I already made the card!

We had an amazing thunderstorm last

night and one early this morning.  So

far it's just raining now, but I have heard

a few rumbles and we are expecting

more storms.  What more can I ask for?

Which means that I probably should turn

off the computer.  I can't afford to buy

a new one...

Happy Thursday!

Springtime bird house

I'm finally feeling like Spring/Summer

is going to come.  Yesterday it was 

81 degrees!    In honour of the season

finally getting underway, I made a

little bird house.

I don't know if those are actually 

Spring colours, but I thought they

 went well together. 

Yesterday was a busy day and I have

a couple of errands to run today, but

I hope for a calmer day.  Tomorrow all

I have is a coffee chat in the evening.

Friday is Pam's daughter's wedding.

I think it's supposed to rain, though.

I hope it will hold off in the evening

which is when they are getting married.

Happy Wednesday!

New obsession

This obsession is called

passbooks.  You know, kind of

like a passport book.  I've only

made one so far

It has 12 pages.  On one page you put

a little note that the person you are

trading with has written about themselves.

on the other page you put their "stamp" 

which is a piece of artwork  they've made

you for the trade.  I've seen some really

beautiful stamps.  Mine are going to 

basically be ATC's. Naturally, they

will be stitched!   I've made three so

far.  I've already shown them here, but

I'll post them again

All three were traded instantly and I have

a ton of comments on them so I suspect I

will be trading many more.  I'm going to

put some pegasus cards up today as soon

as I finish the last one.  I  have a feeling

I'm going to really  have a great time with

this new art!   I love getting involved

in new trading.  Sometimes things get a

little boring and you need something new

to get your creative juices moving again.

 

 

I'm having breakfast with Dianne this 

moring-I don't think we've ever  had breakfast

together before!  She has an appointment

later so can't make lunch.  Then this evening

I'm meeting Coleen to work on a new

song we have this week.  It will be a full

day and I love it!

 

 

Happy Tuesday!!

 

Sassi snaps

I had fun yesterday (and spent

too much money). Pam and I 

went to the home of a lady who sells

Sassi snaps.  What are those?  You

ask?  It is a piece of jewelry-a

necklace, bracelet, etc. that has a place

to put a snap that you can change 

at will.  Clear as mud?  Here's a photo.

You can see the round "button" at the bottom

of the bracelets.  That's where you snap in

one of the buttons below.  Here's a close up

of the snaps.

Aren't they cool?  She had so many snaps

that I was truly overwhelmed.  It's hard

to pick just a few from hundreds.

When we finished that we went to eat

because we were both starved.  Then went

to a place that Pam likes to walk and spent 

an hour or so walking.  It was beautiful,

warm and nice to get out and walk

together and talk.  I think we should

do that more often.

 Happy Monday!

I'm done!

I finished tiling my floors last

night and if I don't say so myself,

it all looks pretty great!  the other

tile was old, yellowed (we're talking

the peel and stick tile) and just generally

looked horrid.  If I would mop it you 

really couldn't tell.  With the new tile

you can't tell if it's dirty in the first

place!  Yay!

Breakfast was really fun yesterday

and no signing for me today.  It

will be nice to just sign from my

chair and not up front.  

Back to another Christmas card. I'll be

ready for next year!  I love the design

but I think it would have looked better

in different colours.  It didn't start out

to be a Christmas card, but I didn't know

what other image to use with the colours

I used.  Maybe I'll make another one

some time.

Happy Sunday!

Silent breakfast

At the end of the Saturday morning

classes we always go out to a silent

breakfast.  Not only does this help us 

to practice outside of a classroom,

but it gives us an idea of how deaf

people might feel when others look

their way  with curiosity or other

emotions .  We have a tendency to

look at anyone who is "different" and

it makes them uncomfortable, so it's

a good thing to experience.

I thought about putting some gemstones

in the center of each of these, but I have

a pattern similar to this and I did that

and it looked like a bunch of eyes,

so I decided not to!  😁  I love the pattern.

Later today I hope to finish the tiling

in the small entry way at the front door.

I'm pretty sure I have enough tile left.

Then all the floors will look good.  If

I had the money I would replace the 

carpet in the bedrooms, or better yet

make them hardwood like the rest of

the house, but that's not something I

can afford to do.  Nor do I have the

expertise.  I barely know how to tile!

Happy Saturday!

Stripes and splotches

I don't think I really like this card

but I suspect it will get thrown

away anyway, so I'm not going

to worry about it too much.

I can't tell if I got the 'Happy birthday'

straight or not, with the lines going 

across, but I guess it doesn't matter

because I often put things crooked

on purpose because I can't get them

straight.  The joke "I can't cut straight

with a ruler" is not really a joke.  I can

cut something crooked on the paper 

cutter, too.  True story.  It's quite

aggravating actually.

 

This is going to be a long day, I 

can tell.  It hasn't been going so

well so far and it's only 8:35.  I

hope it gets better.

 

Happy Friday!