• Blog - Crafts - Creativity

    Catching up…again

    I feel like I’m always behind in posting lately. Not sure why that is but it happens all too often in my opinion.

    Last time at craft club,  I was trying to replicate this card that I had found many years ago in my dad’s room at the nursing home. It was such a sweet card with a clever design. I knew one day I wanted to try it for myself.

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    I decided to use a pack of cards from Michael’s that were color-coordinated as my base.

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    Of course this is just a start.

    I’ve also started work on a commission. I’m making a scrapbook album from a children’s board book.

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    I started by ripping the printed images off all the pages.

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    So far I’ve only gotten the outside background papers in place. I realize that I can’t force it…either I’m feeling creative or I’m not. Evidently I’m not feeling scrapbooky right now. 🙂

    Mini-me and I were out of town this past weekend for our annual mother daughter retreat. More on that tomorrow.

  • Blog - Kitchen

    Handmade cutting board

    board3Look at this fantastic cutting board Big J made in school! He gave it to me for an early Mother’s Day gift.

    It started as two planks of wood. One hickory and one oak. The mix of woods gives interest to the board.

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    It’s nice and thick…more of a butcher block. It’s beautiful.

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    I can’t wait to see what he makes next in the metals portion of this class.

    HAPPY EARTH DAY!

    Remember to be good to our planet today and everyday,

    PS…stop by my friend Elizabeth’s blog today and wish her a Happy Birthday!

  • Blog

    T Tuesday: half my life edition

    Welcome to T stands for Tuesday!

    Today also happens to be my wedding anniversary. 22 years! I’ve officially been married for half of my life. Wowsers!

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    We eloped to Las Vegas…yes, lots of people do that…no, we weren’t drunk and yes, we planned it ahead of time and no, we weren’t married by Elvis.
    He looked more like Friar Tuck….not even kidding…can’t make that stuff up.

    Not many thought it would last since our courtship was so very short. Most were polite enough to keep their mouths shut about their doubts. Some friends…not so much. By the way…those impolite folk are no longer friends.

    We came home to a small champagne celebration in our newly “furnished” apartment. (Note the moving box and folding chair)

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    Now…here we are…half a lifetime later… a few moves, 3 cats, 2 kids, numerous vehicles, crazy storms, deaths, job changes, vacations, surgeries and celebrations in between.

    Many things have happened along the way….the good, the bad and the ugly but what remains the same is the commitment we made as young twenty somethings to have and to hold, for richer and poorer, in sickness and health, til death do us part.

    So what does today hold… Well it’s Tuesday…so the usual busy schedule prevails with a couple curve balls just to mix things up. We are planning on getting Chinese takeout tonight so there will be no cooking or cleaning involved. Hooray!

    What are you doing today?