My Journey Into Art

ok, so now that I’m off work for the next month or so, I can get some blogging done. I’m off because I had a stupid accident, falling off m bike and breaking my elbow! I have 2 pins and some wire in it and just yesterday morning I got the stapes out (what an [...]

I’m a clutz, always have been and I guess I always will be a disaster waiting to happen. I’ve had accidents, speeding tickets,  more accidents, falls,  more falls and so on and so on. Things just always seem to happen to me. I realize it could be a lot worse but when you’re going through [...]

I’ve been lax lately,    and not done much of anything. I hope to remedy that situation soon so if I haven’t lost you yet, please don’t give up on me!!

for the hanging – #130 Kate
and for the tags  #34 Nicole
CONGRATULATIONS ladies, I have emailed you asking for info, please get back to me as soon as possible!
Thank you to everyone who visited and entered the giveaway, I totally enjoyed visiting back and meeting new people!
Can’t wait for the next OWOH!!!!! LOL

and Merry Christmas if I missed that! I had 8 night off and didn’t get a lot of anything but housework done. No art, no play, and no editing.
But .. I just got an email from Lisa at One World One Heart that this years event, Magic Carpet Ride, will be held starting Jan 25 [...]

well if you’re me, it gets wasted on Facebook!!! LOL There is so much on there that you can just loose yourself in and that’s what I tend to do, stress free nonsense but I get nothing done!
Now having said that I actually have got some stuff dome since I last posted but I just [...]

Betty Miller!!!!!
And due to glitches that some ladies ran into getting to the blog, and never getting here, there will be 2 little extras going out to Elaine Bellomo and Terry Nicholson-Williams!!! And depending on what I get accomplished today, I may pull a couple of more names. fingers crossed!!! lol
Thank you everyone who left [...]

I haven’t forgotten and I’m not reneging on it! The piece is done, I just have to get a pic of it and I’ll post it Mon Sept 28!

want your blog advertised? The list mom of CST, Canadian Stamp Talk Yahoo group, is trying to compile a list of Canadian blogs.
Here is what she posted on the group.
“I have put a list of Canadian Paper Crafting bloggers on my blog but I know
that it is incomplete..
..
If you fit the criteria (live in [...]

did anyone see “Tin Man” this past weekend? It’s a rerun from 2007 but I didn’t see it then. I loved it and I kept trying to compare it to the original “Wizard of OZ” with little success! Maybe my poor ired brain just couldn’t think that creatively but, man! Even when they were tlking [...]

there is so much going on, work, home, FACEBOOK (if you’re not on, don’t get on!!! lol) art for etsy, art for me, challenges (which I never get to anymore) I feel totally snowed under. so here I sit paralysed and not very productive. I’m not even visiting my favourite blogs which makes me sad.  [...]

or KCI as we fondly call it.
um, while I have almost nothing new art-wise to share I thought I’d take a page out of  Kris Tuey’s book and blog about some wonderful architecture! I don’t know if I mentioned it earlier, but I went to my high school’s 80th reunion this past May. It would [...]

recently I was in a swap on “my” Byhandartist Yahoo group, using preferably Suzanne’s Quietfire stamps, the Dream with your eyes wide open and the check corner is hers from the mini compilation I believe, and the butterfly is from an Inque Boutique set I have. I used Distress inks for the colour and, um [...]

who doesn’t? Just go to Paper Imagery Designs and follow the steps for 3 ways to win in the contest! I heard about this contest on the PID blog and Yahoo group!
Go to

Angie’s blog
Arlene’s blog
Eileen’s blog
Carla’s blog
Melissa’s blog
Linda’s blog

and follow their directions for winning their prizes.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and a good Monday, probably an oxymoron, that,  but I  do wish it!
Ok, I have an announcement of sorts, I have opened an Etsy store, but right now it’s empty! I was making a piece to go list, but it ended up being my DH’s Father’s day gift [...]

well, while I still don’t have the pics off my camera, I thought I’d share this that a dear friend sent to me in an email.
Enjoy the ride
Thank you Rob!!!!

I didn’t really realize how long it’s been since I hd done any blogging of my own let alone going to others to check out what they’ve been up to. Blame Facebook! So addicting for me.
A few things going on but I can’t really explain that as every time I say something, I get side [...]

it is so cold here right now, I just want to crawl into bed and cuddle up under the covers til it warms up! My energy level is flagging, my joints are hurting, my spirit is a little low and I am pining for warmth and sunlight. It’s not unusual to have snow in the [...]

today is the last day for accepting comments on the OWOH post below (not this one, you won’t be entered). I will accept all comments up to 7:00 a.m. EST Feb 12 as I work midnights and won’t be here to do the draw until that time. I will use the random number generator that [...]

Why do all the good ideas come to you at 2 in the morning when you should be sleeping? I sat here trying to be creative almost all day today but nothing, until I decided to go to bed! aaarrgggghhhh
Don’t forget Lisa Vollrath’s Valentine countdown started yesterday!!
And if you’re here for the OWOH, it’s down [...]