Lantern Swag

Patriotic lantern swag I made.  I'm pretty happy with how this turned out and I can leave it out all summer!

Rainbow cloud

Look at this beautiful cloud we saw in the sky today!  Isn't it beautiful!!

My Halloween Mesh wreath

My Halloween Mesh wreath  These are so much fun to make and so addicting.

Autumn mesh wreath

My Autumn deco mesh wreath that I made.  Making these is addictive and so much fun!   I love the way it turned out.

Isn't he just the cutest little guy sitting in one of the petals of my ginger plant.

Trying to tweak my blog

I'm trying to tweak my blog.  It's not as easy as you would think.  I think I have it all figured out and then I post and it all changes.  Very frustrating at times.....

My latest project

My latest creation.  A little Halloween configuration box--it was fun to make!

I used a 7 gypsies configuration box, various Halloween papers in the background, stamps and other miscellaneous goodies!  Thanks for taking a look!

Latest art

This is my latest piece of art that I created tonight. It's a 3/4 view of the face

and man is that hard to do. I'm pretty happy with how she turned out. Of course I have a pile of erasing scraps all over me and the table--but after several attempts it all worked out. Sorry the paper is a little

warped since it is still a bit wet. Thanks for taking a look.

Nance :)

What I've been up to

This is what I have been up to lately.  Ashley and John bought me an art class for Christmas and so I've been working on that.  I am loving it. Thanks Ashley and John!  It's called Magical, Mythical Makings and it's given by Tam LaPorte at Willowing.ning.com.  It is a a wonderful  class and our first assignment was to work in our art journals and to draw and paint our Goddess on canvas.  We were to choose a name, color scheme, and various things  and go from there.  My Goddess's name is Aine (Awn-yuh)  and her story is quite interesting, that's why I chose her.  So here she is meet Aine.  I'm quite happy with her (which is amazing, I usually am never happy with my work) Thanks for taking a look!

Nancy :)

New wreath for Linda's house

You really should see my sister Linda's house decorated for Christmas.  She and Harry go all out and it is just gorgeous.  The other night we created a new wreath to hang over her fireplace.  I must say that it turned out just gorgeous and Linda sent me a picture of it so I decided to do a post on it.  Her home is done in Pink of course and teal and is just beautiful.  Maybe I'll go down and take pictures and post a visual tour here....... Maybe....

So here is the new wreath. 

Print your own owl calendar

You can print your own owl calendar for 2011 right here.  They are so cute!   When I saw this I had to print one in honor of my Mom.  My daughter also has a love for owls and will enjoy this page.  Here you go kiddo!

If you are an owl lover too, you can go and pick your owl for each month and save it to your computer to print!

So cute!  Have fun :)

Nancy :)

Crafting weekend

Wow!  I haven't been here in a long time.....Just wanted to show all of you what craftiness I have been up to.

I made this too cute little bat centerpiece.  You can make your own buy going to this link and following the step by step instructions by Jennifer Beason the guest designer over at Ally Scraps.  My bat is a bit different then hers, but that's why he's my kooky little bat!  I've also been making a few banners to hang on my hutch.  Hope you like them.  I've made some Halloween cards too but didn't take pics of them.  I hope all of you have a nice rest of the weekend.  I'm off to decorate my house for Halloween.  I better hurry or I'll miss the holiday completely. Please excuse my dining room table I'm transitioning from Fall decor to Halloween. Hope the rest of your weekend is a nice one.

Thanks for taking a look.

Nancy :)

Weight Watchers "Lose for Good" will benefit No Kid Hungry & Action Hunger.

Today is Lose-A-Palooza –For every time you mention "Lose for Good" on your blog, facebook, twitter or 4 sqaure, Weight Watchers will donate $1 – up to $60,000* - as part of the Lose for Good^® donation.  This donation will benefit

No Kid Hungry and Action Hunger.  Seems like a small thing to do to help feed those that are hungry.  So won't you please  mention "Lose for Good" on your social networking pages. So you have about 14 hours to post since it's only for today.

Thanks,

Nancy :)

Cards I've been making

Hi Everyone,

I've been doing some card making lately.  I'm on a roll you could say.  Just found out how to make the easel cards and love them.  So much fun to make.  I'm also thinking and working out of my comfort zone and doing some goth girls "they're cute though" and I even watched Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" and I loved it! So anyway that's what I've been up to lately.  I'm also doing a few other things that I'll post about a bit later. Thanks for taking a look.

Nancy :)

Look what I won!

Hi Everyone,

A few weeks ago I entered a blog contest on Tammy Tutterows blog 
(a great blog you should check it out)  and I won this kit from Paper Fashions Boutique   (check out Lisa's blog too....great kits)  Thank you Tammy, thank you Lisa!  I love it!!! I was so excited!   I enter these contests every day for months and months and I finally won!  I am so thrilled with my prize and couldn't wait to get started on it.  It turned out so cute!  I just love it!  You can get a kit like this for yourself at

Paper Fashions Boutique and Lisa offers many other adorable kits too.  You get so many supplies with your kits and some extra you can use for other projects.  Thanks for taking a look at my finished project!  I hope you like it as much as I do!

Vintage seam binding

Here is my first attempt at creating my own vintage seam binding.  Sorry the picture is so light.. It's actually a little darker in color.  I used tattered angels Pink (not sure of the actual name) I'm pleased with how it turned out and I made more in peach and orange and have the orange  fingers to prove it.  

I'm also going to attach some of the goodies I made for the 4th to take to Chris and Danielle's house.  They hosted a great 4th of July cookout with lots of great food and fun! Danielle had everything decorated up and it was so patriotic and festive and Chris was a master at the grill, with Ashley's always awesome salad and Linda and Harry's scrumptious potato salad and always requested and so tasty iced tea it was a great day!  Topped off with fireworks courtesy of Chris and so much fun with the kids. Thanks Chris and Danielle.

Nancy :)

What I've been up to lately

Wow, I haven't posted in a very long time so just wanted to catch up and tell you what I've been up to lately.
I made this card for Linda (my sis) for her birthday.  It turned out so pretty if I must say so myself and the flowers were fun to make so of course I made a bunch of them.  Here is a picture of her card .  The next thing I made was a a wreath for the 4th.  It turned out pretty cute too. Here's a pic

Then I decorated up my hutch a little for the 4th!  It is one of my favorite holidays!

I got a roll of seam binding and this morning I tried my hand at making some vintage looking seam binding of my own.  I dyed the seam binding with  some Tattered Angels that I got from Claire's store
(Stamp & Deliver) for those of you that don't know.  She's gotten in some new goodies so I'll need to run over and take a look.  I'll try to post a picture of the seam binding after it is all dried to give you all a peek.
That's all for now.
Have a very Happy and safe 4th of July!

Nancy :)

Great Give Away

Huge give away over at Tatertots and Jello  for a Silhouette cutting machine.  You can cut vinyl for your walls, do heat transfers, scrapbooking you name it.  And there are no cartridges, just downloads and the cost of each is very reasonable.  So go sign up to win!

Organizing my craft room

I've been organizing my craft room and I'm actually doing it the right way this time.  Most times it seems I just move things from one side to the other.  Well this time, I'm organizing, giving away stuff that others can use, and throwing away stuff just lying around.  For instance I read on line.  When you get home take things out of the packages right away and recycle your bags. Wow!!!  Was that ever an eye opening experience :)  There were tons of bags in there with stuff still in them...  I knew I had purchased things but couldn't find them........... I guess this was the reason.... who'd have thought :) Ohhhhh and receipts...I threw away more receipts.  What am I saving them for they are scrapbook supplies.....it's not like I'll return them or ever want to actually see how much I spent again. :)   I was just talking to Ashley  and she was telling me that receipts are covered in BP powder.  You know the bad plastic we are trying to get and stay away from.  Gosh, I had no idea.  If you want to read more about this you can go to the blog called Young house love and read about it.  It's a very cool blog with lots of ideas for your house and it's a journey to see what this young couple have done with their first home.  Wow!  They are clever.   Sorry for the side bar....

Back to my craft room.  Hubs and I went to Ikea the other day and boy did I score!  I got a $35 dollar table for $19 for my craft room.  I was so excited!  It was exactly what I was looking for and then I got some other little goodies to help me organize and stuff.   So I'm going to post some pictures because I was doing such a happy dance and was so thrilled with how my room is coming along.  Look at this cool little swing out drawer thingy that attaches to the leg.  Those Swedes are so very clever!  I just love Ikea!

 I will take more pictures when I am completely finished...there is still stuff in baskets and on the floor that needs to be sorted but it's all coming together.  I love it....  Okay that's all for now.  This is what I have been up to lately.  Thanks for taking a look

Blooming Air Plants

I'm so excited.  My air plants are blooming, or beginning to.  Linda and I sent for air plants a while ago and I glued mine all to a wreath and put them on the screen porch and I guess they are happy at the moment because they are blooming!  I just glued them on with Aleenes tacky glue (quick dry)  Anyway I just thought I would share a few pics of my little plants that live off of air.
Thanks for stopping by.