Everyone is into the new year now...

Missed the "Happy New Year" countdown! We are now well into the first week of January and all is well. Just wanted to post to let you all know that I didn't forget about my blog. I am just a little busy these days and I won't be on again for a few days. later...

I now have a slide show of some of my work....

Wow... that was a little excercise in patience and perserverance! My brother came over today and thank goodness for his patience and his techy background. We got a slideshow posted, I should say, he got a slideshow posted for me but painstakenly tried to keep me in the loop as he was doing it. Anyways, this is a small compilation of my earlier work. I have yet to get my camera and take out more of my work to showcase. At this moment in time, I am happy with what I've got and there will be more to put on later.

I am looking forward to the New Year and what it will hold for me. I have some great ideas that I would like to manifest in my arts and craft work. I am in the habit of taking on a bit of an "old" world flavour to my art as I like the distressed look -the worn, shabby chic look. I love textures and fabrics and I imagine the "feel" of a card with dimension and texture upon it. I like bling - the bejewelled look~ using rich ribbon, either soft and velvety, or stiff, sharp or crisp and glittery. I like using rich paper that has a sheen and weight to it and I like to layer and mat with substantial weights of card stock. For the bases of my cards, I like to use again a substantial wieght of paper and build up from there. Each card must have a good balance of weight and "feel" regal. I continue to learn from others whom I consider masters.....
I am going to sign off for tonight and hopefully when I email y'all, you will come and visit me here and sign up as a member and leave a comment for me!!!

The company is gone... we are quiet!

Good day everyone.... our company has all gone now.. we will have a small smattering of visitors now until New Years. All is well ... I hope my technically savvy bro comes soon to add some neat features to my blog. more very soon....

Merry Christmas Everyone

Well the day is almost over for us!! We have been enjoying good food, the best company, and the joy of little people, (nieces, nephews and our grandson) whose energy is so infectious with the joy of life and all of its wonders. I love this time of year for that. We get to kindle our family relationships and make wonderful memories for a small space in time. Looking forward to our oldest son and his family to arrive... it was their turn at the other Gramma's house this year for Christmas Day! I am so good at sharing. More tomorrow...

A Great Opportunity to enter ....

Hello... take a look at this blog candy from Viviane Casale from Handmade By Vivi, www.handmadebyvivi.blogspot.com

She has an awesome blog chock full of techniques, contests, challenges and loads of links to fabulous places... Go on over and take a look and while you are at it, enter her contest in celebration of her new designer team position. Congrats Viviane on your DT position for the Magnolia Stamp Lovers Blog.

Christmas Eve...

The countdown begins... I have alot to do today. We are having turkey and trimmings today and steak and seafood tomorrow. I want to enjoy my boys, enjoy my grandson, my husband and the rest of my extended family! I look forward to having a good time with them all. I have posted a few pics of my work for now and will post the slide show when my brother arrives as well as take some more pictures after Christmas to post! I would like to post some more info and updates today, later on, after some rest and more food prep has taken place. I plan to go to mass tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it. My blog has been in more of a personal style right now while I get in the habit of posting random thoughts and ideas. My focus is to get used to going on site to post something everyday so that I am prepared to get more to the task of posting my work and talking paper crafts in future. Again, more random thoughts coming soon to a blog near you!

Okay... some technical difficulties.

Hello again... I am busy with our final preparations for Christmas. I did not get to play in my craft area at all in the last 2 weeks. Well, ever since the craft show I did on the 5th of December come to think of it. I did a great craft show in a neighboring small town and I had alot of people go by my booth and fill out ballots for my raffle draw. I gave alot of business cards out and made some great contacts. I will follow up with them all by getting them on my email contact list and then send out an email to announce my new blog and my position as the newest member of Stamping and Scrapping design team. I can't seem to get my slideshow to work with some major technical difficulties. I am going to post the pics one at the time for now and then my brother will help with the slideshow when he arrives for his Christmas visit. I am excited to set my blog up with even better widgets and options and learn more tricks to blogging. more later...