Happy 4th of July!

Help yourself to these images! Have a great 4th! I'll be back before then.... I hope!

A Stitch in Time

You know how our type is ...... if we know we are going to have to SIT somewhere for an extended period of time, we will gather supplies so we can create while sitting. There is no way we can just be idle. Yesterday I took a friend in for a medical procedure and had a few hours to wait. So I stitched this! Not sure what I'll do with it.... I am not going to just leave it on the cloth - I have a ton of things I've stitched and put in a drawer. This is going to be a hanging or book cover. It's a design from Postmark: LA, the book done by Pam Garrison, Teresa McFayden, Rebecca Sower, Amy Hanna, Charlotte Lyons and Carolyn Peeler. I believe Pam Garrison drew it up. I love this book! I'll let ya know what I end up doing with it.

The 4th is coming!!!

It's almost July 4th!!! Are you ready? Get OFF the porch and find your patriotic t-shirt and get on with it! Don't get left behind!

See what a little encouragement can do?

Heart Mail

Friday was "excellent mail day"! My friend from Silver Bella, Sharon, sent me this as a late birthday gift! Isn't it gorgeous!!!! Be sure and check out her stuff. There is a link to her Etsy shop on her blog! Sharon even has her stuff in Sweetpeas and Snapshots! WOW!

Nathalie, my friend from Christian Paper Artists, sent me a book she found to alter and she even did a two page spread in it for me! She claims I'm very easy to shop for!!! Be sure and visit her blog, where she explains what she did and shows the tags. She has a link to her stuff on Ebay. Nathalie has been a good friend and quite the inspiration for me for several years now.

The internet has opened up the world for us, hasn't it!? I have such wonderful women in my life that I would never have met before. I treasure these women. I know you have friendships you've made online, too.

Catching My Breath!

I am so behind in everything.... even doing a good job on my blog.... I have had the Sinus Infection From Hell the last 8 days! I'm much better, but I think it's going to still take a week or two to unstuff me. Above is a photo I snapped just before I stuck those in a box to send to the hostess of the Patriotic 4 x 4 Banner Swap over on Christian Paper Artists Yahoo Group. They have glitter and crepe paper and buttons....oh my!

My friend, Anna, is celebrating her 100th Post!!! I am the one that got her to blog.... yes, I take FULL CREDIT! So go over there and leave her a comment so you can WIN a gift!

If you think you might want to meet me at Silver Bella this year (Omaha in November)... be watching Silver Bella Blog for registration announcements. Okay...that's it .... I may be back before the day is over. Go make something...stop reading blogs...now.

Flag Day

Today, June 14th, is Flag Day! Yes, I'm surprised you didn't know that. Okay... so I only remember that because it is my sister-in-law's birthday! So happy Flag Day and Happy Birthday to Lucy. (who doesn't even know I have a blog) She lives in my other life.

I have been suffering from a horrible sinus infection all week. It only got worse after I went to the doctor and got a shot and a prescription.

It's really hard to believe that Tim Russert died yesterday, too. I realllllly liked him. Being ill and watching A LOT of television I have learned so much about him in the last 24 hours. Apparently everyone that knew him adored him also..... so let this be a wake-up call - let's take care of ourselves and eat better and lose some weight and try to care about each other every day.

....and wave your flags!

Anna was here!

I adjusted the saturation, etc. in the photo as it was dark when this was taken... this is a little more FUN than the natural color. Doncha think? Anyway....my friend, Anna T., was in town and we were able to go to dinner. She lives in California now and came back for a few days to visit and attend CKU.
Here are those headstones I was talking about. I just love headstones...why is that?
Most of them are so worn that it's hard to read when you are standing in front of them, much less read in a photograph. These are in the Colonial Cemetery in Savannah, GA. which is now a park.
Paper art to return very soon!!!!