Hope - Romans 15:13

Laughing Hysterically . . .

Vogue Knitting Feature!

 

Sorry about the rushed photos. BIT excited. ") 

bug love

go girls!

New card in the Etsy shop

Wacom Doodles - tubby time

Thank you Santa!

I finally got a tablet and feel positively giddy!! Under the tree this year was a beautiful Wacom Bamboo. I spent the first few days scared of it. Pathetic. Then got a fun idea for a "pick me up" card for my Aunt.
I am glad that my first official project was for family. Love you Aunt Judy! Smootch!!

Painting fun with a 3 year old!

Merry Christmas!

We are busy finishing up last touches on our Christmas gifts~ It is really cold and frosty outside~

the girls are watching "Eloise @ Christmas" and playing dress up ~ It's a cozy day!

Wishing you and your families,

a magical, fun, and restful Christmas!

I'm off to go turn on Julie Andrew's Christmas record!  ")

Happy Christmas!!

2010 Weekly Calendar Finished!

 

 

Creating Custom Brushes in GIMP - What NOT to Do . . .

Note to self - When creating new brushes, don't leave the eraser tool active and then wonder why all the new brushes you have created are not taking. Uggg...ggggg....gggg. Now I know.
At least I figured it out and am having a blast creating leaves and apples for my current project. SUCH a blast!
I can't wait to tinker more. LOVE GIMP!

Progress @ Long Last . . .

I am very excited to see this never ending project FINALLY making some headway. (How many times have I said that now?) I don't know why I am doing this except to say that I haven't tackled the challenge of creating a calendar yet, so I must give it a shot. Stubbornness? Ah . .Yes.
The design has been a ever evolving, but the hardest bit has been the layout - trying to print the pages back to back in the right order.
The most recent revelation of the calendar was produced after I realized that none of my family members use monthly calendars, they use weekly. Uggg . .. I may forgive them someday. Not today . . .  It is 1:24am and I am going to bed.

Recycled Wood Cabinet Door + Paint Pens = Dance

A Redo and Quick Revisit to the 2010 Calendar - AKA Still playing . . .

 

New 2" Round Tags

 

 

 

 

 

Katy Paints Her 1st People!

Not to bad for a 3 year old! She also learned how to paint flowers today. We had so much fun, camped out on the floor with the watercolors and lots of paper. She made all her Christmas presents! YAY! We are going to scan her flower paintings and make cards for the family. Love this time of year!!

New Cards in the Etsy Shop!

 

 

 

 

 

Binky Free - A BIG Celebration!

My little gal is now officially binky free! We ran around the house collecting them, put them under the pillow, in hopes that the Binky Fairy would show up tonight with a congratulatory treasure. We will see! ")

Saturday Doodles~

 

 

 

Wood Note Card Love!

The blog ~  The Creative Jar ~ just featured one of my wood note cards. Thank you guys!

You can find it in my Etsy shop. Happy Friday!

One of my favorite illustrators . .

 

If you are looking for a highly readable bedtime book, this is currently one of our favorites. 

David Catrow is an amazing illustrator and artist. I love his style and how his work is so fresh and unique. 

The expressions on his characters are priceless! We have read it a million times . . . not sick of it yet and I am still catching bits and pieces in his illustration that I hadn't noticed before. Brilliant!

A definite must read!!

PS My 3 year old wanted me to point out that the little boy doesn't obey his mommy very well, 

and that he is going to get a time out.  ")

Today's Doodles . . .

Magic Reindeer Food

Thank You!

More new doodles - Birthday

Today's Work . . .

Custom Name Print

Courage

Auction Project Inspiration - 2009

Inspire

A Living Hope . . .

Just Finished!

I devoured this in two days, I was so excited for a new book to read.
The first bit was a tad slow, but the last 1/3 was fantastic!
I loved this highly original adventure. It is a definite must read.

FLy me to the moon . . .

Ugg . . .

I am taking a needed break form the calendar business. I thought I had it where I wanted it, printed it, and want to start over. I love the black and white version~ the color is messing me up. Ugg . . . so thought I would turn to some much needed inspiration. (I have been working on developing my own writing style.) This is not completed~ I just wanted to look at something besides the calendar for a bit. I figure a bit of hope never hurt. ")

In the home stretch!

It has been a labor of love that is finally close to being finished.
Silly me thought it would be a fun, quick project to add to my Etsy shop.
Fun yes, quick no.
The calendar pages are all ready to rock and roll. All that is left is finishing up some editing and smudge removal on the front cover and designing the back cover.
I have a whole new respect for calendar designers.

January 2010 - Calendar Preview

just add color . .

Getting Warmer . .

Sneak Peek - 2010 Calendar!

This is my first crack at creating a calendar. The doodles are pretty rough yet, but coming along nicely. I love all the calendars I have been drooling over on ETSY and wanted to conquer the challenge of creating my own. It has been a blast creating an original font and such. A LOT of work. One plan is to personalize these for Christmas presents~ we'll see. Enjoy the peek! ")

Laugh . . .

I laugh in the face of illness . . . at the same time, I am moping about how miserable I feel.
I am not oinking, so I guess it's not the Swine Flu. It started with my youngest getting a flu shot and then promptly coming down with the flu. What gives? Then she decided to share . . uggg.

New Snowman!

Purple Angel Fairy

Plant Stand

And The Winner is . . .

Audrey' s Country Crafts!

Thank you for your fantastic comments . . .
I can't wait to hit the sketchbook with all these fun ideas.
Stay tuned for another give away in October and
new designs coming soon to my Etsy shop.

Off to doodle! ")

Tender Sympathy - 5x7 Card

Pink Cupcake

Thankful 4 You - Blog Give Away!

A BIG thank you to all my customers and blog followers!

To enter, all you need to do is post a comment here, answering the following question :

What type of cards or product would you like to see
in my Etsy shop in the near future?

One winner will be randomly selected
September 14th, 2009
The winner will receive the 3 fall cards pictured above, envelopes included.

**Please be sure to leave a way for me to contact you in your comment!
I promise NO spam! ")
I just want to be sure I can contact the winner.

Happy commenting!

IF: Caution

Yes, I have a 2 year old.
Yes, I am having one of those days.
Yes, crafting and small children don't mix well.

Soap-y Birthday!

Inspired by my wonderful Etsy customer BikerB!

Red/Blue Cake

Congratulations

Wedding Cake

Winter Knitting

New Wood Works . .

Already Working on those Christmas Doodles!

Ducks!

Beavs!

Spoonflower "Fabric of the week" Winnings!

My Spoonflower fabric arrived! What a fun surprise to come home to! I didn't get to examine the fabric for long before the girls made off with it with ideas of princess "twirly" dresses and play tents bouncing around in their noggins.
It is a neat experience seeing your own design printed up like that. Wow.
Now, off to the sewing machine!

New "Diamonds" Sketch

Its been hovering around 105 degrees in Portland for most of the week. My two year old told me that we needed to spray the flowers this morning cause they looked "Sad." Good observation. My beautiful flowers are looking so pathetic. Sigh . . . At least the roses are hanging in for the most part. With all this heat, ice has been on the mind. Pretty sparkly ice!

For Joshua

One of our friends broke his arm in a skateboarding accident this weekend. His first request after surgery was for a time machine so he could go back and erase the tumble he took.
I thought this would be an appropriate card. ")

Still have not burned down the house! More Wood Burned Note Cards . . .

I still have to round corners on a few of the cards but wanted to get them posted. The Circle cards will be sold as a set of three. I am currently working on a few whimsical BIG bug cards - Ladybug, dragonfly, ant etc. May try to tackle a few airplanes next. My Godson is nuts for them.

New - Wood Note Card and Bookmark

I have been playing around with using acrylic paint pens instead of straight painting. It makes the wood notes A lot faster to produce. The colors are amazing and I am loving how some pigments turn glossy after a few coats. Now I have to run down and scrap up some more veneer to use. I love my supplier...every time I walk in it reminds me of my Dad's garage growing up, smell of wood being cut and always a cool project going on. Ahhh....BLISS!

New Doodles . .

Sofie "Wisdom" - 5x7 Final

Mexican Folk Art Painting - Amate Bark Painting

Just discovered this amazing art form while investigating images that would help inspire me in a birthday present I am creating for a friend. Above are my rough draft takes on it. At the very top are examples of the real thing. AMAZING! Wow. The colors are so bold and fantastic!

Garden, Weeding and SLUGS . . .

I have had it with these little flower eating monsters! I have been out for the last few days, hitting the garden hard, deadheading and weeding, and these little suckers are everywhere! They're trying to eat through my veggie garden. Har humph.... To add insult to injury... while cleaning and reorganizing the art room. This sketch I doodled a few summers ago appeared.
Are they trying to tell me something....are the slugs after me?? Uggg.....Hmmm...idea for a slug mafia squad...where's my pencil.....

Thank You Spoonflower!

If you haven't discovered Spoonflower.com you need to go check it out!
It is an amazing site that takes your doodles and designs and turns them into amazing fabric of all weights. I entered my Happy Flower Vines design in the "Fabric of the Week" contest and won 5 yards of fabric! I can't wait to make the girls sundresses or skirts! Now I just have to figure out how to sew . . . . A Give Away may be in the works as well, so stay tuned! You can check out the article here on the Spoonflower Blog!

Fresh Batch of Wood Notes, ATCs and Bookmarks!

Sofie

a Bookmark, a Clipboard, and an A, B, C Puzzle

We have some dear friends coming into town this week. I made the clipboard and a, b, c puzzle for the kids. I found them at Michaels and had a blast reworking them with the wood burner and acrylics. The puzzle came plain with only the letters outlined in black. I painted the letters first, then attacked them, outlining them with the burner. The glitter came next. You gotta do glitter for little girls. ") I am so excited to give these Saturday!! I need to start saving for a better wood burner. The $9.99 one from the craft store is great to start but very irregular in the temperature department and I would love some more fine point nibs. Oh Santa . . . . ")

Fresh in the Etsy Shop! - - -Wood Note Cards Arrive!

I have had a TON of fun discovering this new craft. Wood burning rocks!!! I found a beautiful piece of light cherry paper backed veneer and tossed caution to the wind.

The veneer cuts with regular scissors. I rounded the corners with a simple corner rounder - The veneer cuts like heavy card stock. The back is paper and super nice to write on. Since the veneer is so thin you have to be REALLY careful when you are wood burning, that you don't go too deep. (I am totally figuring this out as I go.) Big tiles are life savers when it comes to resting your wood burner and while doing the actual burning because the surface you are burning on gets really hot since the veneer is so thin.

Knock on wood, novice woodburning me hasn't burned myself yet or burned the house down. Excited, yes. Did I mention that I was loving this?
") ") ")
Paging all crafters out there, you have got to try this!

New ACEOs in the Etsy shop!

I am having SOOO much fun wood burning! These are the latest crop of ACEOs.
Enjoy! ")

Wood Burning Rocks! Please pass the fire extinguisher . . .

Play day! Fun new product to be launched in my Etsy shop soon! Stay tuned!!

An Ode to Morning

We finally got a 3 second break from the infamous Oregon downpours! It was heaven to be able to stroll outside this morning, coffee in hand, and appreciate all the beautiful things popping up in the garden. The Iris are finally out and the big orange poppies are close on their heels. It's like waking up to a new painting every morning.

The dog is napping. The 2 year old is nose deep in her Cheerios. The 7 year old is looking for her socks . . . it is going to be a fabulous day! ")

Twas a great doodle night ...

Happy 3rd Birthday AMeliA! ")

3 wrinkle flowers

Happy Thoughts . .

A Flower Pot for Mom . .

Gumdrop Flower Cupcakes

Every holiday, a group of kids gather in my mom's neighborhood to decorate treats. These delightful goodies are then hand delivered to the seniors living in the area. It has been such an amazing community builder! My girls love visiting all the "Grandmas and Grandpas." In the past they have created Christmas wrap, decorated cookies and had a spring "ladies" tea. One of our favorite neighbors even showed up wearing her special tea hat! Such a wonderful way to introduce kids to giving, serving others and to build relationships with the incredible seniors living in our area.

Word Magnets

My youngest and I were having a bit of a mini lesson on sounding out words this morning. It all started with the calculator and the "on" button . . .
I leave to go check my email and return to find this on the table . . . I think my oldest decided to put in her two cents . . . .

3 Spring Blues - NEw Design

Auction Project 2009 Done and Out the Door!

Our inspiration piece by Aaron Christensen.

Fantastic birds created by Mrs. DeBra's 2nd graders.

Laying out the piece.

Border done and first coat of tree blocked in.

Laying out birds and wording on the final piece.

Finished!

Small Study Finished!

Auction Progress . .

Working on the tree . . . and adding leaves. Just need to put the birds back, tack them down and paint them in. Almost ready to start on the BIG canvas. YAY! ")

Auction Time Again!

Work in Progress - ALy's 2nd grade Auction Project - Small Study (the actual will be 30"x48" This is still being worked on . . will have all the class sign it on the edges as a Teacher gift, when finished. Nice to start small to work out all the kinks. ")

My Daughter the Animal Activist

Aly was in tears when she heard about the issues concerning the sea lions being killed at Boneville Dam, to save the salmon runs. It prompted a great dinner table debate, her father being an avid fisherman. She decided since dad wouldn't fix it, she would go over his head and write to President Obama. This is her letter that she will post tomorrow. I am so proud of her standing up for what she believes! Go Aly, future animal rights lobbyist! ")

Bird Series

"Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her.

Still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings."

Hello Dragon!

So excited!

Just moved into my new studio space. AKA my daughter's old room. She and her older sister decided to share a room - we will see how long it lasts. ") So far so good!

(Any wisdom as to how to keep a feisty 2 1/2 yr old in bed would be welcome!)

Low and behold, after the move we had an extra room! My husband kindly offered it up, not to me, but to my art supplies. He is too kind. I am guessing he is getting tired of looking at my creative "hiccups" all over the house and wants to coral the hubbub.

I don't mind a bit!

In the "art room" I put a kid sized table for the girls to create at. We love doodling together.

I can also use it for spreading out cards as they are glittered and drying. The sun room carpet was getting pretty sparkly . . .

I will miss the amazing views of my garden from my old space. It is now a family room, so I guess we can now all enjoy it together.

Perfect. ")

Some Days You Just Need to Eat CAke!

Bird on Blue

Chickn' Egg and a Cat Question . . .

My Mom and Dad recently adopted a very outgoing cat. He now runs the house. This cat follows them everywhere and even plays fetch! My dad thinks this new cat is the greatest. It has gotten to the point where he takes the cat out for drives - quick errands etc.

The cat came with us when my Dad drove us home yesterday and my girls thought it was too cool. The cat LOVES the car. Is this normal? Discuss . . .

NEw from the SketchBook!

Finished Hat Girl Project

You're Tweet!

A VeRy HaPpY ValenTine'S dAy To YoU!

He's a bit annoyed with me concerning the hat . . .

Happy Birthday Uncle Richard! ")

HAt GiRl With YaRn Sketch - Trying Something Different

What Is Cooking in the Studio . . .

I guess I can't really say, "Studio" . . I drew most of these on the couch watching/listening to re-runs of The West Wing. Fantastic show. I'm working on designs to compliment a doll line and go on accompanying product. I have been having a blast creating these little guys and gals. The faces will be a bit different, but the general idea of the characters are there. Happy Thursday! ")

Baby Showers and Binki Flowers . . .

Little Gals with Lots O' Love!

In the Mood for Pie!

True Love, Fishing and Dinos

Keepsake Names

Happy Flowers on Blue - New Note Card

Irish Dancer - Playing with GIMP Brushes

After I colored this it seemed too flat. I wanted to represent the amount of wow and sparkle that these amazing dresses showcase in person. The Galaxy brush worked great to get the texture of the socks. I then used the Confetti brush to bake the dots I had put on the dress sparkle.

I am starting to have fun with this computer thing. ")

(Double click on the image to see detail.)

Cookers, Houses, Flowers & Readers

Aly's Irish Dancer

Aly was off school today so we got to play! She first drew her design in pencil and traced it with a black marker. Next we scanned it and Aly got to try her hand at using the GIMP software to color it in. She was a pro! This was designed to go on a set of cards for her Irish dancing teacher.

Vines, Tulips & Birthday Cakes

A Prayer for Animals

Princess Doodles

Tank - My Poofy Dog

Yes, he wants to eat our Mail Carrier, (So sorry USPS!) but the rest of his happy go lucky personality makes up for it. He is the worlds best foot/lap warmer and perpetually wears a smile. I know the picture is fuzzy, but this shot captures "Tank" perfectly. Love the Poofy Man!

NEw ATC - Flutter Tree

New ATC's

To Our Beloved California Family, Merry Christmas!

St. Andrews
The Plaza

The Via Navaho House


Malaga Cove Fountain

The General Store

I know this is a bit of an unothadox way to deliver a Christmas present, but hey . . . ")

I have been working on the photos and sketches since last summer. (This is why I had to steal your car so early in the AM when Mom and I came down Grandma! If you don't remember great! I did my job right.)Palos Verdes is such a special place with special people. I wanted to celebrate that. Mom will deliver the prints when she comes down in January.

Merry Christmas!!!

(You can double click on the images to see them at full size.)

Happy Christmas Eve, Eve!

Portland's Arctic Blast 2008

Saturday, Dec 20th, it snowed hard all day.

The freezing rain came Sunday. Church canceled. Sigh ....

Kevin puting his energy to good use.

Our back porch.

Dancing in the living room to keep warm.

Going a bit stir crazy after being out of school all week.

A Birthday Horse for Ella

Pink Elephants Afoot!

This is the "sister" to the stuffed kitty my daughter and I made a little while ago.

The cousins will open them tonight. I can't wait!!

I got the gift of another snow day today. We have been out all week.

Everyone is a bit stir crazy, but it is such a gift to get to slow down this time of year.

We have made a majority of our gifts in our sun room, watching the snowfall next to a cozy fire. Nice to really focus on who we are making gifts for.

I love that.

Playing Princess!

NEw Bird Illustration

Girly Dino Illustration

Snow hits PDX - And a Christmas Kitty!

It is cozy! We are in by the fire working on Christmas gifts and relaxing. We got about 4 inches of white today! Our first snow hit early this AM. My oldest was the first to see the white stuff and jubilantly announce it, to the whole household, at the top of her lungs. (It was 6AM . . . uggg!) We lazed around doing some room cleaning and mandatory hot coca drinking. Then it was out to the sled for some snow fun with Dad. I was busy trying to make a dent in the Christmas present to do list. The kitty was requested by my 6 yr old niece. Born out of a fantastic fleece remnant. SOo soft and squishy. NExt is a pink elephant. Off to battle more fleece!

Rhondo Rolls

Dough:
· 4 cups flour
· 1 lb margarine/butter
· 2 cups sour cream
Cut butter into flour until fine. Mix in sour cream. Refrigerate until well chilled.
Divide dough into 4 parts. Roll each into a thin circle on a floured board. (Like a pie crust)

Sugar Mixture:
· 1 1/2 cups sugar
· 1 1/2 cups ground walnuts (6oz pkg)
· 2 tsp cinnamon
Spread 1/4 of the sugar mixture over each circle.
Cut each circle into 12 parts. Like a pizza.
Roll parts up from wide to skinny end. Pinch dough to close.

Glaze:
· 1 cup powdered sugar
· 1 TBSP + 1 tsp milk
· 1/2 tsp vanilla
Spread glaze over rolls and let harden.

Bake on ungreased cookie sheet - 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Check after 15 minutes.
Rolls freeze well.

Great for Christmas Morning and gift giving!

Help Put a Smile on a Soldier!

This is a GREAT IDEA!

When doing your Christmas cards this year, take just one card and send it to this address. If we pass this on and everyone sends one card, think of how many cards these special people who have sacrificed so much would get. They will know how appreciated they are and hopefully get a smile or two out of the deal.

Please include the following:
A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington,D.C. 20307-5001

Please pass it on! Thank you!!

Rough Sketch - Dino Journal + Paper

Shhh . . A Christmas Present Lurks

I just finished this doll for Aly. She has a removable hair clip, choker and tutu that will also fit her American Girl doll. "Pinky" is a very squishy little moon faced girl, very hugable. She is also soon to star in her own original book that will follow her under the Christmas tree. Now I've got to go get busy and hide her before Aly gets home.

Shhhhh ......

Stationary for Kids!

On my "cleaning out" quest yesterday, I found an old sheet of trifold stationary that I made as Christmas presents years ago.

I thought . . . fun! I'd like to try that again!

So walah! ")

This will definately be under the tree for my girls.

Old Friends

I was digging through boxes of old art stuff and found this quick study I did in high school.

I love rediscovering things!

My husband bemoans the fact that I am a pack rat. (Totally guilty.)

I did manage to throw out quite a bit, while revisiting boxes of old work and sketchbooks.

A major miracle!

Meet the new gals!

Dizzy Kitty "Ugly Doll" - By Aly

Aly and I were busy making Christmas gifts today. It was rainy and cozy, which was perfect!

She wanted to make an "Ugly Doll" for her sister. She drew the sketch, picked out the fabric from the scrap box and sewed the eyes on. I was really impressed how much, as a 7 year old, she can do! Sad to say, we are at about the same level sewing-wise. ") It was great mom and daughter bonding time. Are they making the eyes of the needles smaller, or is it just me?

Magic Carpet Bird

New Christmas Watercolors

Flower Paintings - Just Listed on Etsy!

Maui Garden

A quick pen & ink with watercolor wash . . . I adore my kids, but the thrill of getting to actually sit for more than 2 minutes on my own, with no distractions was bliss! ")

Cows

Katy has been quite the character lately.
We were drawing together this AM before her gym class.
The conversation . . .
Mom: "What are you drawing?"
Katy: "An animal."
Mom: "What animal?"
Katy: "A cow."
Mom: "What is it doing?"
Katy: "Cowing....Moooo!"

Flowers and Bellies!

My favorite flowers from where we stayed on Maui. The Plumeria were incredible!

So we get home from our vacation, unpack and hang with the girls.
Our 2 year old comes and finds me in the kitchen looking very concerned.

Mom: "Hi ! What's up?"

Katy: "My belly." (Putting her finger in her bellybutton and looking very serious.)

Mom: "What's up with your belly?"

Katy: "It broken."

After a few kisses & hugs she was in top toddler form once again running all over the house yelling, "Mommy fiss it! Mommy fiss it! Mommy, you good fisser!"

")

Busy Week! Aloha and Happy Halloween . . .

Our "Little House on the Prairie" and "Irish Dancer" girls on Halloween night.

Our view this week! ")

Having a ton of fun celebrating our 10 year anniversary!

A good lookin Dad

My Dad needed a photo for his college's webpage. He is a professor. This was a family photo that I cropped, turned B&W and airbrushed out the people in the background using GIMP. Pretty slick! Love that software!

Happy Halloween!

Our "kitty cats" and "happy jack-o-lantern" pumpkins.

Have a safe and happy Halloween!

A Cozy Happy Squirrel!

My 2 year old created this masterpiece. It is her favorite animal. She watercolored a piece of paper & mom cut out the squirrel shape and glued it on scrapbook paper.

It will be scanned and turned into cards to give as her Christmas gifts.

Personalized A, B, C Gift Book!

Personalized A, B, C books are a blast to make as gifts and easy to mail! Also a quick turnaround, once you have your template established.

I used Publisher and formatted the page to fit a 4"x6" paper. ( 1 page for each letter.) Then off to Google images to find fun photos with white backgrounds.

This was a gift for my daughter's 2 year old friend. I personalized the book with her name and things she loves (bounce house, noodle soup, the friend photo etc.)

Blue Bison http://www.bluebison.net/ is where I got the x-ray picture. The site is fantastic!

These were printed on 4"x6" photo paper and will go in a basic plastic photo book (usually around $1) .

My goal is to put my own artwork in and have something similar up on Etsy. I needed a doodling break and it was a good chance to break in the GIMP program. Loved it!

New to Fairyland

These were supposed to be 2 artist trading cards. The art fairy sized out ok, but I got totally out of control with the fairy house. Too many fun details to add. So the tree will convert to a card to send the ATC in. It's the art that counts, not the size right? ")

More New Doodles . . .

IF - 1 String on a Balloon + 1 String of Flags = STRINGS!

Trick or Treat!

Sneek Peek . . .

Just a Rough Draft . . . but it is coming together!

Happy October!

First Feis - Portland Feis 2008 - Great Job Murray School!

We had an amazing weekend! My daughter got to participate in her first Irish dancing competition . . . the grin hasn't left her face and she is still on cloud 9.

The Feis was hosted locally by our dance school (Murray School of Irish Dance). It was wonderful getting to talk with other parents and cheer on other Murray dancers.

The best part was that "Gigi" (86) was here from L. A. and got to see the dancing. Grandmas, Grandpa, Little Sis and Dad were all there as well! It was a family schwingdig!

Special "Thank Yous"

1) Dad - Thank you for watching the Little Sis this weekend! We love you!!

2) To all the veteran ID Moms (who constantly helped steer us in the right direction)

3) Erin - Your help reviewing the dances with us has been so appreciated!

4) Sheryl - You just plain rock!

5) Colleen - For finding "Koally" and all our kit! ")

6) The Number Printing Guy - We know you had a lot to do. Thank you for printing out an extra for us!

We are completely sucked into the whole ID world now, and loving it!

New ATC off to the Netherlands!

Cake Designs

click on photo to see larger view . . .

I've been busy tonight . . . New Note Card Designs

New cake doodle!

Happy Birthday Cousin Clayton!

My cousin & his friends decided to have fun with a few slugs this summer and we caught him in the act. This illo. eludes to the poor slug's misfortune. I thought it would be quite appropriate to re-enact the event for his Birthday card. Poor ol' slug! I think he got his revenge in the end.

NEW . . . Wedding Note Cards!

Hope - New Note Card/Print

Peace & Seasonal Trees

In card form, this one has glitter accents on the branches and at the base of the pot

that look like snow!

Harvest Fairy

Extra . . . Extra . . More Fairy Houses Have Appeared!

Hard at work!

Our visitor!

Click on this photo for the detail and see if you can find our little visitor wander