All Packed ~

Ready to Go...

I at least have all the Supplies

I think I may need while gone ~

now to go pack the clothes

Off to Georgia for 12 Fun, Family & Treasure

Filled Days

Yes, I am taking Vintage Fabric to

make more Roses

I have scheduled a few random posts,

just so you wouldn't forget about me...

I will be back, with Lots of Stories

&

Photos....

on the 12th of August!

Until then

xox

My Georgia Inspiration...

In between

Cleaning, Packing

&

getting very excited...

I thought I would leave you

with some

Photos of my

trip

last year

{spring 2010}

to

Georgia

I am heading down there again

driving down with My Daughter Mandy

&

Grands

She is headed to Florida for Her

Gram in Laws

80th B~Day

we're stopping in Georgia at

My Brothers, Mandy will

stay a few days, then head down

to Florida

I get to stay in Georgia & visit

I have Lots of Family

there....

{they all moved there about 15 years ago}

then Mandy will come back & pick me

up to head back to Michigan

I Love Georgia, only thing

keeping Me in Michigan

is My Kids & Grands

if they ever decide to move,

I'll have packed before them!

See Ya Soon

Joining in with
Inspiration Friday

Debra ~ Common Ground

xox

White Wednesday with Flowers

I have been making

Flower Head Bands

for

My Little Great Niece

Haddy

I've really

had fun using lots of old fabrics...

this past weekend, My Daughter Nikki

came over & we sat and made flowers

all day long

so besides the headbands,

I thought of This....

Make sure you stop by

Faded Charm

&

visit all the other

W.W. Participants

Floral Baskets

Here

Have a Wonderful Week

Being Brave, Almost

I had fun working on a

new header this past week,

not fancy like a lot of you

digital pros can do

but it still showed what I wanted to do

a collection of some of the "Stuff"

I have created over the past few years,

that I have kept.....

Mohair Teddy Bears,

Art Dolls from a online class by

JoAnnA Pierotti ~ Moss Hill,

A Doll that I sculpted of My 1st Grand Memphys,

Angel for My Daughter,

The gold Elephant sewn entirely by hand

while My Son at the time {4}

& I were sitting in a Florida Hospital

when My Dad was diagnosed with the mean "C",

to the Pink & Blue altered

Dinty Moore Can front left....

I guess I would say I like

a

Mixture of Mediums

to make a long & boring story shorter,

I (as many of you) have a

Dream, that is to be Published in

one of the Somerset Studio Magazines

{they are Truly the BEST}

anyway,

back to the story,

I was listening this week to

Lesley Rileys

SEEK

Artist Success Calls

Amanda Crabtree ~ Senior Managing Editor,

Stampington & Company

was featured one of the days,

Amanda was just what My Soul

needed to hear,

she was talking about

submitting & all the details that

go along with that....

It was all I needed

to get the Spark & Courage

to gather

some of the pieces

I have made & get them ready to

send off....

Yes, I am finally going to be Brave enough

to send in some examples of what I like to do~

You may think this is Silly, but for Me to

actually

Put Myself Out There

is

HUGE! ! !

So, this coming week,

I Am going to

Be Brave....

Now, go about your business & have a Great Weekend

xox

Something New. . .

A few new

"Vintage"

items on

Etsy

&

in the Studio....

Hope you're staying

as cool as you can

will be a Heat Index of

over 110 here today

Even Storage is Cleaned Up

Welcome to My

Cleaned Up,

Cleaned Out,

&

Re - Organized

Etsy ~ Supplies

Central

this little room is a my storage

yet it would fit a twin bed & dresser

this entrance is located in my little

living room area, so perfect for

storage & supplies

I actually hauled everything out & slowly

went thru each & every box....

set up the card table to use as

a shipping area, so easy to

package things right there

Shelves with things listed

& more stuff on the table to

List....

So Happy that is done

it feels good to know

the supplies I have for

Creating

&

the items I still

have to list on Etsy....

Hope you're All staying

Cool

it is Hot, Hot, Hot

so Stay Safe & Hydrated

Great Quote:

"Being challenged in life is inevitable,

being defeated is optional."

— Roger Crawford

are you a child of the 40's ~ 50's.....

I thought this email

I received from my cousin tonight

was worth passing on....

Not sure if it was Jay Leno who

said it, but worth remembering....

Did You grow up in

the

1930s, '40s, '50s,
'60s or '70s!!


First, we survived
being born to mothers who may have smoked and or drank
while they were
pregnant.


They took aspirin,
ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.


Then, after that
trauma, we were
put to sleep
on our tummies
in baby cribs
covered
with bright colored
lead-based paints.


We had no
childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets,
and, when we
rode our bikes,
we had baseball
caps,
not helmets, on
our heads.


As infants and
children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts,
no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes..


Riding in the
back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.


We drank water
from the garden hose and not from a bottle.

We shared one
soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes,
white bread, real butter, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And we weren't overweight.
WHY?

Because we were
always outside playing...that's why!


We would leave
home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights
came on.

No one was
able to reach us all day.
-- And, we were
OKAY.

We would spend
hours building
our go-carts out
of scraps
and then ride
them down the hill,
only to find
out we forgot the brakes.. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned
to solve the problem..

We did not
have Play Stations, Nintendos and X-boxes. There were
no video games,
no 150 channels on cable,
no video movies
or DVDs,
no surround-sound or
CDs,
no cell phones,
no personal computers,
no Internet and
no chat rooms.

WE HAD FRIENDS
and we went
outside and found them!


We fell out
of trees, got cut,
broke bones and
teeth,
and there were
no lawsuits
from those accidents.

We would get
spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand,
and no one would call child services to report abuse.


We ate worms,
and mud pies
made from dirt,
and

We were given
BB guns for our 10th birthdays, 22 rifles for our 12th, rode horses, made up games with sticks and tennis balls, and

- although we were
told it would happen - we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes
or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just
walked in and talked to them.


Little League had
Tryouts
and not everyone
made the team.
Those who didn't
had to learn
to deal with
disappointment.
Imagine that!!


The idea of a parent bailing
us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!


These generations have
produced some of the best risk-takers,
problem solvers, and
inventors ever.


The past 50
to 85 years have seen an explosion of innovation and new ideas..


We had freedom,
failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.


You might want
to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids before the lawyers
and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.


While you are
at it, forward it to your kids, so they will know how brave and lucky their parents were.


Kind of makes
you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it ?

I was told this is a
Jay Leno quote, but not sure

"With hurricanes, tornados,
fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the
country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist
attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God Out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"

{My Personal Thoughts}

Now I am glad Lead paint is gone, we Have seat Belts & Car seats,

I never let my kids play out side without Me being right there

(& My oldest will be 30 next month)

I said the Pledge & had Pray in

school....

just amazing how things have changed so much....

Better Off in some ways, So much Worse in Others

Hope you Enjoyed

Folk Art Portrait ~ Be Creative

I have this Old

Portrait listed

on

eBay

{He is no one that I know, picked up at a recent

garage sale that No One Wanted}

the frame was in a ton of pieces,

but I was able to salvage this

funky yet Dapper

Gentleman

see more photos on eBay

there are lots of conditions with the Painting

I thought it would be a wonderful

base for a

Mixed Media

Halloween

Art

Creation

No Reserves

&

I started it at

.99 cents

I can picture the eyes cut out

& replaced with Fake Eyes so they follow you,

how about some other

Collage or Assemblage Ideas

If not for a Funky Project,

it is a Great Old

Folk Art Portrait

EnJoy

Where Bloggers Create & My Messy Studio

I sure had planned on really

having some Fabulous Photos,

All Neat, Clean

&

Very Organized

Then after 3 days this week of

having My Grands over for Crafting

and helping My Daughter

make a few Birthday gifts

for Her 1 year Old

God Twins

Birthday Party tomorrow,

{She Created the Cutest

Puppy Dogs for them, I sure wish

we would have taken Photos}

It Just wasn't Happening

These Messy, Un Organized Studio

Pics

Are What You Get....

I guess we can't all be perfect or On time,

My Studio is Well Used & Rarely Clean,

but,

Full of Sun Light...

since it is just Me & My Cat, I guess it

doesn't matter if it is Messy

I didn't show a few corners, since I dumped

a bunch of "Stuff" that had been piled on

the Table...

&

you won't see too much of the carpet,

I guess I Forgot to Vacuum Too

[you can click on photos to enlarge]

inside the layers of this blue box

I have ribbons, thread & some

old scrap papers

I Love the colorful Threads,

I actually want to use the cones

for some Floral Tussie Mussie's

My Oldest Grand ~ She Loves

Creating with her Bubbie

Can you see Little Guy

kneeling on the table to the left,

he thought he was hiding

usually that cabinet is filled with

"Stuff"

it is sitting in boxes waiting to be

put back in...

{maybe a good thing to do tomorrow}

Not a bad view

My Grandmother's Old

Dresser, I keep lots of

"Stuff"

inside

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

I love the Legs on My Table

{Below}

Click Here for Crafting day with Grands Post

one of the reasons the studio is So Messy)

Where Bloggers Create

2011

Thank You to Karen Valentine

of

My Desert Cottage

for Hosting

This Fabulous Event

this is the 3rd year,

Make sure you stop by to Visit

HERE