love fall

~I Love FALL~

 A beautiful day for a walk in the park.

 Now off to the pumpkin farm!

Hope you are having a BEAUTIFUL day!

Be back soon

Hello Friends!

So sorry I have been 

MIA lately but I have had

some kind of neck injury

going on and have been unable to 

use my left arm very well. 

Hopefully they will find the issue

soon and make the pain go

AWAY! 

Thanks for visiting me!

WOYWW 162

~Welcome~

Hope you are having a lovely week!

This weeks post will be 

short and sweet.

Here is what I have been up too

this week.

You may not know this about me but

I have a passion for making

tiny things.

These tiny books are 2 x 1.5

the yellow checked one is even

smaller. 

I am sorry I have no pic of my workdesk/space

this week but my camera

wont load to blogger

for some strange reason.

Oh-well....I am here anyway. 

Please visit the other WOYWWers

to see what they are up too!

Thanks for the visit!

See ya next time!

WOYWW 261

Hello! 

Summer is almost here!

I wish it would not go so fast.

I've been making ATCs

ever since the big 5th anniversary party last week!  

I will be mailing all mine out today.

Well here is some I've been working on

today (Tuesday.)

Please go and check out the other deskers

to see what they are up too at Julia's

STAMPING GROUND

Hope you are having a very creative day! 

WOYWW 260

Hello My Bloggy Friends!

So happy to be here today on this 5th Anniversary

of  Julia's  WOYWW!

I am only a couple months new here

and it has been so fun!

I am not embarrassed or shy to show my mess...oops...desk!

The bloggers here are so much fun, supportive, friendly and

I really appreciate that!  

So with that said, I am ready to swap some ATCs!

Some of my ATCs are from projects & swaps from this past year;

I always make extra (just in case), you never know

when your going to need them! Today is a perfect example.

I also made some just for today! 

Soooo if you want to swap let me know!

Happy ANNIVERSARY Julia at the STAMPING GROUND!

Go check it out and see what this is all about! 

Thanks for visiting me! 

Have a CREATIVE week!

WOYWW 259

WOYWW 259 

Whew what a week! 

When I visited some of the work desks last week 

everyone was commenting on how fast the weeks are flying by! 

My week was lightening fast!!!

So here I am week 259 almost to the 5th anniversary ATC week and

very excited by the way!  Here is a link for 

some more info if you want to participate

 in the  ATC SWAP  too!

I made some ATCs and am ready to swap!

Well, here is what is on my desk....sink.....stove...

this week! 

Yes- this is a vintage wedding dress...

  Yes-the first cut is the hardest! This is an upcycle project.

My friend (who finds the dresses for me)

thought this one was the oldest and in the worst shape

so far, this is the 3rd one. 

 Another friend had given me some fresh beets so I thought 

I would cook my beets then dye some 

dress...lace and bits of stuff! 

It worked out great! 

Here are my luscious shades of perfect pinks!

Depending on the types of fabric and how long it soaks 

will determine the shade. You never know what you are

going to get (my favorite part!). 

Now they will sit around till I decide what

beautiful creation they will become...and some 

will go into my Etsy store (when it opens)

for others to decide what 

they want to create! 

PLEASE visit Julia at the STAMPING GROUND 

to check out all the other deskers!

Hope everyone has had a wildly 

productive week!

WOYWW 258

WOYWW 258

Hello Friends!

Whew! The last 2 weeks has been crazy insane busy!

This project will be on and off my desk for the next year....or more.

It is for an international organization called Days For Girls. 

​Days for Girls empowers Days of education. 

Days of health. Days of safety. Days of dignity. We do this by direct

distribution of sustainable feminine hygiene kits by partnering with nonprofits,

groups and organizations, by raising awareness, and importantly, by helping       impoverished communities start their own programs to supply kits and training. Together with our network of thousands of exceptional volunteers and partners, we have reached tens of thousands of girls and women in over 70 nations on 6 continents. 

What if not having sanitary supplies meant DAYS without school, DAYS without income, DAYS without leaving the house? Girls use leaves, mattress stuffing, newspaper, corn husks, rocks, anything they can find...but still miss up to 2 months of school every year. Worse, girls are often exploited in exchange for hygiene (see one girl talk about it ​here). It turns out this issue is a surprising but instrumental key to social change for women all over the world. The poverty cycle can be broken when girls stay in school..

http://www.daysforgirls.org/  

Our church has what is called Serving Saturday 2 or 3 times a year, so I planned a SEW IN to make,bags,shields and liners for Days for Girls. 

We made 50 shields (on the left). The 175 liners are next to that

and the 60 drawstring bags behind that. The bright flowered 

bags contain the Ziploc bags loaded with the rest of the stuff

that goes in the kits.

We had 23 ladies show up. WoooHooo! 

Our goal is 100 kits for the year and this was our first event.

A kit contains- 2 shields

                     8 liners 

                                1 pair of undies

                            1 washcloth 

                             1 bar of soap 

                             2 freezer bags 

All of this is put into a bright colored drawstring bag

worn as a backpack (so young ladies can wear it to school)

and know one knows whats inside! Clever huh? 

We had so much fun! 

The ladies donated some great 

fabric and brought some very tasty

  food! 

Cant wait to do it again!  

Well that's what's on (off) my desk

the last 2 weeks. 

Can't wait to be a nosy rosy 

and take a peek at yours!

Please join Julia at the Stamping Ground 

to visit the other WOYWWers!

Have a Creative week!

   

Happy Mothers Day!

(no matter what kind of mama you are) 

you are........

WOYWW 256

WOYWW 256

Hello Friends!

Hope all of you have had a great week!

Here it is Wednesday again.....I think

the weeks have just been flying by!

I want summer to drag on.....PLEASE!

Here is what has been on my desk for many months.

This domino book was made for a very dear friend.

She inspired the theme for this book (Birds&Bees) because she 

had bee hives and the most beautiful 'bird'

Christmas tree I have ever seen. 

We only get to see them once a year now that we

have moved to Ohio and they still live in Texas. 

This book has been done for awhile but I am just now

getting it packed up to mail.

 Here are my pages all laid out and ready to sew and glue.

This is the front of the book all done!

 Here is a close up view of the bee hive and branch

I stitched. I used all vintage lace on this book.

 Here is the full view of the pages all done.

This is the back of the book. 

Making these tiny domino books are my favorite

thing to do! 

Yes- they do take a while.

I get a theme in my head and I just cant stop till its done,

each one seems to tell a story of its very own.

So happy I get to share them with you! 

Thanks for the visit!

Go check out Julia's desk

and all the other WOYWWers  

Hope your week is a creative one!

Quick share

Just a quick share of my Tea-Time ATCs

Here they are all finished and are about to go in the

mail to Kimberly @ Art Joy Stuff to be swapped.

So excited! I love to make anything that has 

to do with tea! 

So now I am going to go turn on the TV

and enjoy a lovely cup of Earl Grey Cream Tea

on this wonderful Sunday afternoon 

with my sweet husband!  

Have a creative week!

WOYWW 255

Happy Spring Everyone!

For some reason I signed up for a large amount 

of swaps for April & May. 

(There goes my bi-polar crafting again!) 

Oh well they've been fun swaps

and I've needed the diversion 

while waiting on mother nature to find

her Spring! 

 This is an ATC Tea in the garden themed swap.

I pulled all the stuff I thought I wanted to use.....

Here they are all done!  

I love to make anything TEA themed! 

Please join Julia and all the WOYWW'ers

to see what they are up to this week!

Have a CREATIVE day!

Happy Easter!

 

 

WOYWW 254

Today is a Confused 'Mother Nature Day'

We had 3 inches of snow the other day AND it is

supposed to be 60 tomorrow......sigh

So here is what is on my desk today.

 This is the beginning of my altered matchbox

for a swap. 

 

Here it is all finished and ready to be packed up and

shipped to its new home! 

 

Hope you have a very CREATIVE week!

Please join Julia and all the WOYWW'ers

to see what everyone is up to this week!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WOYWW 252

Hello Friends!

I have had a busy creative crafting week.

For some reason I have periods of time 

that I don't do much in in my studio room but then

I work like a wild woman and make up for it!

Maybe I am a bipolar crafter?

That actually would explain a lot!

My friend asked me to make her some cards

so today I made 25 easy cards; 15 for her to send

 when she needs them and 10 for me.

I got to use my sewing stamps, my chairs 

and chandeliers (just some of my favs!).

The cards were already printed heavy cardstock,

 (I only buy them when they are 1/2 off 48 cards with envies),

I just added the middle square outside

 and the inside sentiment.

Sometimes I just need it to be easy and CUTE!

Hope you can go visit all the WOYWW'ers

to see what they are up to this week! 

Hope you have a crafty week!

WOYWW251

Well here it is Wednesday again!

WOYWW 251

I have been working on some Birthday cards and 

finishing up some pages for Itty Bitty Book club.

This week has just flown by! 

Here is my desk......

As I look at the photo it looks like I don't even know

 WHAT I am doing!

 Hahaha maybe I don't at this point.

I did get the cards made and my IBBs. 

Progress is nice...

Oh and please go visit all the great WOYWW'ers

So many interesting projects!

 Hope you are having a CREATIVE day!

My 1st WOYWW

Well here it is a Wednesday in March, my computer is back up and running, my studio is clean and I am ready to work!

I joined a needle book swap and have been making some. 

Some to swap and some for my Etsy store (that will be up and running soon.) 

Here is my WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday) this is my first time participating but I am looking forward to making it a regular thing!

Here is the link if you want to share what you are creating too!
 http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/p/what-is-woyww.html


I have some very interesting vintage fabrics and trims that I have been holding onto for a really long time, I have decided to start using them!

Hope all of you are having a very creative day!