Sharing the Joy

I haven't shared any pictures for awhile now - with everyone being sick and all there have not been alot of photo opps.
This 1st set of pix are from this morning. Monkey and I made some chocolate chip cookies together. She did really well and was a BIG help! Take a look at how BIG she is getting. . .

Yeppers, that's her adding all of the chips to the mixer!

Now it's time to put them on the cookie sheets

Hot and fresh out of the oven - this is her pan that she made

Every good cook must taste as they go to make sure it's worth serving

The smile on her face says they are good enough to serve!!!!

She put her cookies into 2 little bags, one for Mommy and one for Papa! Not only is she a good cook, she is a good sharer (is that a word?)

These are from Saturday night. Addison came over for dinner and I wanted to play a game. Teasing, I said "let's play Twister". Addison had never played Twister, so Twister it was! I was the 1st one out each time. The moves I would have to make that would but my butt or some other equally offensive body part in Addison's face were ones I just wouldn't make, even if I could! But it was great fun to watch this 6'4" guy play this kids game.

They ended up in a few awkward positions - but it was fun to watch!

Lizzy consideres herself a "Twister Pro"

But at the end of the night it was Addison that was the Pro! He won 2 out of 3 rounds.

Hopefully I will be back soon with some pictures of the projects I have been working on. Until then, I hope you are all having a great week and staying well!

Can You Blelieve it. . .

Now I am sick! I got everyone well for a few days and then Wednesday I started feeling bad. By Last night Lizzy was starting to feel sick again. Hopefully we will all being feeling great by tomorrow. I actually got a few projects done this week and want to share them with you as soon as I feel like getting pictures taken and posted.
Have a great weekend friends!

Everyone is still sick around here!

This is just crazy!!!!! Poor Lizzy is finally starting to feel human - even if she doesn't quite look it yet. Mom is putting on a brave front but has no energy at all and one of the worst coughs I have ever heard! The baby is feeling good but still very congested. I am trying my hardest to be a good nurse but still stay away from all of them! No towels in the bathrooms, just rolls of paper towels and cans of Lysol in every room! Yes - if you didn't know it I am a germ-a-phobe!
I hope all of you are staying well and having fun. Talk to you soon
M

Hangin' In There. . .

Still have sick-os in my house - poor Lizzy is really sick! I am still hanging out at B&D's house watching the baby to keep her away from all of the germs. She and I had a very lazy day today - we watched cartoons and napped all afternoon! Hopefully next week will get back to normal.
I hope you all are having a great week so far!!!!

So Much to Do!!! So Little Time!!!!

That is how I am feeling today! Seems there are 1001 things that need to be done that only I can do and there just doesn't seem to be enough time and energy to get them all done. It has been this way for a couple of weeks now. Hopefully soon everyone will stop being sick and I will get all caught up!

Meanwhile here is the much awaited sample for the Christmas Banner Class. I will se teaching this once on Sunday, Nov 15th for only 12 students. The sample will be in the store this Saturday for you to see in person, but the sign-up sheet is already in the store if you just want to call to sign up.

Click on photo to see more images. This past Friday was my Mother's Birthday and since she is a HUGE Snow White fan and has her room completely decorated in shabby chic and Snow White I decided to make this banner for her. It turned out really cute and she really likes it - score!

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Sadly, she has been very sick and so her birthday was nothing special for her. Poor Lady. Hopefully we can get everyone well and celebrate it next weekend???? She is starting to feel better and I was so happy about that. But when I woke up today I found that Lizzy is now sick!!!! Geez - I need this to all stop and for these sick-os to stay away from me! Monkey has been sick for a couple of weeks. She managed to get a parasite (highly contageous) at the water park. Poor little Monkey - she just did not understand why she felt so bad.

Well, I guess I should get back to getting busy!!! I hope you all have a great week.
Remember to wash your hands and not touch your face unless you're feeding it or washing it!!!! Let's ALL try to stay well this season!

I'M ALIVE!!!!!

Just busy busy busy! Classes, sick people, birthdays and life have all kept me away. But I will be back soon.
I hope you all are doing great and staying well.
M

Just Stuff. . . . .

Nothing much going on but I thought I'd just share some random stuff with you all tonight. . .

WHO KNEW LUNCH COULD BE SO MUCH FUN?
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My Little Monkey makes EVERYTHING FUN!!!! These are just a few of the many pictures I took of her last week while she was eating lunch. She has graduated from her high chair to a chair of her own at the coffee table for meals these days. But for some reason last Thursday she wanted up in her highchair. She was too stinkin' funny! She just laughed and carried on while she ate. Of course I could not resist getting some pictures. I really wish I enjoyed my lunch as much as she did hers this day!

This was some sort of crazy dance move she made up during lunch - I really wish this was video so you could get the full effect!

SO NOT ME!!!!

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Those of you that know me, know I do NOT celebrate halloween at all. In Fact my daughter's are 26 & 20 and have never been allowed to trick-or-treat. So the following project is very much out of character for me. I made this little house for a silent auction this coming weekend at The Creative Quest (you local gals come in and use your Caitlin Cash and bid on it - okay) I had bought a bunch of these wooden houses at Mike's last week for $1.75!!!! I had planned on using most of them as Christmas decorations. I thought it would be a fun project for my girls and me at the holidays. Anyways when the auction thing came up I decided to practice on one before Christmas - this is the result. I actually think it turned out pretty cute even though we do not celebrate halloween at all. All in all I think it is "happy" looking and not at all "scarey" It's about 13.5" tall and 12" wide. There are 3 ghosts with googley eyes, one in each of the 3 bay windows. A bone for the door knocker on the front door and a little address plaque above the door that reads "1313" (I loved the Munsters when I was growing up - remember 1313 Mockingbird Lane???)

So this was my first ever altered house and halloween project - what do you think?

You can click on the photo to see more images and the "inside" of the house.

MY CHRISTMAS BANNER

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I have gotten really excited about making banners recently. I just love the look of them and they just make me happy. So I borrowed a friend's (thank you Susan!) die cut and cut myself out some pennants and this is the result. . .

I had sooo much fun making this! But it was really time consumming. I think I have about 30 hours of actual work time in on this. There are 6 layers of paper, one layer of chipboard (to make it sturdy, I want it to last for several years), sewing, beading, stamping, tearing, jewels and of course distress ink on each pennant. There are glimmer chip alphas that I altered to spell out "Merry Christmas" along with some great vintage Santa images. This will hang in our living room over all of our stockings this Christmas. I took the pennants with me to the store to pick out ribbons and while I was there I was asked to teach this banner as a class. I told them NO! Then I took it to The Creative Quest to show the girls and was asked to teach it again. Again I said NO! On the way home I stopped at Joann's and I took it in with me (didn't want to leave it in the hot car) and I was approached by the manager who also asked me to teach it - NO! This would be such an expensive class (probably $150) and I just don't know how we could get this all done in a class setting. Not to mention that I do not own the die that cuts out the scalloped pennants. I guess some things just can't be duplicated.

Click on the picture to see the rest of the images

MY CHRISTMAS BANNER - The Saga Continues. . .
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While I was making the 1st banner I made a second set of pennants (w/out scallops and just says Noel) to put on the back so that it would be 2-sided and could hang in my arch way in the dinning room. I just didn't like how it looked 2-sided. So I ended with a whole other banner to finish off. I really do not have a place to hang this one but I hated to just pitch it, if you know what I mean? I offered it to Kathie to hang in the store during the holidays, with the understanding that I would take it back after Christmas. She said she woudl love to have it. Then the talk started. . . "How about teaching a modified version of the banner with only 4 pennants that said 'Noel'?" After a little more talk I figured out how to make this class a go. So there will be a Noel Banner class on November 14th. Be watching for the sample to show up in the store as well as the sign up sheet. This one will be limited to 10 people!

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MY PRINCE CHARMING IS ALSO THE LOCAL "SNAKE CHARMER"!!!!

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That's right! And this guy is his latest conquest! Gary has no real fear of snakes, venemous or not. And whenever a rattle snake ends up on someone's doorstep out here, or on the golf course or at the model homes they call Gary to come get it. He really likes rattlers and wont kill them. I guess they know that and don't bite him. He just scoops them up into a bucket and drives them back out to the desert where they belong. Last Friday the restraunt at the golf course called Gary at dinner time. They had a rattler out on the dinning patio in the waterfall! So Gary being the good guy that he is went up there and caught it and took him back to "his home". One of the guests took some pictures of the snake for Gary and here they are. . .

If you look in the photo here you can see the people getting up to leave. I don't blame them at all! I don't know about you, but I wouldn't go near this thing! But I am glad Gary will since we had one in our very own back yard 2 weeks ago!!!! Now I watch every step I make outside - snakes, scorpions. . .what did I get myself into moving way out here?????

Well, that is all of my ramblings for tonight. I hope you all are having a great week!

See ya soon!