Vintage Bird Swap Flies In!

Remember the Vintage Bird Swap at Danielle's blog that I joined a few months ago? Above is my offering ... before I found my carpet tacks and attached the wire hanger (and never took another photo of it). Well......yesterday I received the art from my swap partner!!!! See below....it's so wonderful.

I really got a great swap partner, don't ya think? Her name is Susi and this is her blog.

I tried to capture the color and texture by tweeking this in Photoshop.... never did really do it justice! Take my word it is exquisite....

Inspiration again!

I'm doing Teresa's current Ezine A Journal of Interest

and Pam Garrison

showed us how to do her pages.

Now she's shown me before...

on her blog and also in the publications I go to the stores and buy.

But finally....it's starting to sink in.

So here are two pages I made yesterday -

when I should've been working on a swap.....

I'm also hosting a swap on Christian Paper Artists called The Joy Jingle Banner!

We have a template size,

and the color scheme of pink/orange/yellow

and it must have a jingle bell affixed to it.

Well....Miss Lynn at Create Breathe

has a picture of her contribution to it....

I am continually blown away by the stuff she makes...

and here is just one more awesome thing!

Go check her out!

Remember my stitched sampler a few posts below?

Well, I believe I told you Amy was my inspiration for that.

Her sampler is completed and below is a peek at it.

Go to her blog Inspireco

and see the entire gorgeous, exquisite creation!!!!

You are going to L O V E it!!

Who is inspiring you these days?

The "to-be's"...

It seems I'm on the shower circuit these days. I've been partying with the "to-be's" since Thursday. Either brides, moms or grandmothers "to-be"..... So I have been a little bit less focused on paper art..... but I did get a swap mailed one day last week...my 19 pages for A Little Bird Told Me. I have my quote on the backs.

And, yes, it's my old familiar scripture text nests. I have an

old New Testament that is falling apart and what better way to

use it than by spreading the Word in art projects!

Sunday as I was driving to my last event of the weekend... I realized I hadn't

taken a photo of the little ornament I made to hang on the gift.

So at the red light I was taking pictures ...

hopefully no one was watching me

photograph the passenger seat!

So I apologize that it's not the greatest shot.

I just stitched a piece of a doily

on the back!

Here is a blurry shot of dessert at a "grandmother-to-be"

party I helped give on Thursday.

The theme was "Growing Grandbabies"!

So we had a garden tea party.

Gotta get to work on my Joy Jingle Banners

that are due the end of the month!

Oh...and the QB5 swap is going strong... pictures to

appear this week!

Rain

Someone sent me this in an email. I have googled it and searched You-Tube, but can't find it. If anyone knows where it came from, who it is, etc., please let me know and I will give them credit. I love it!

Summer Stitches

DONE!

Canton was Hot!

I'm back! Great 4th of July weekend

at Melinda's lake house!

Yes, I did go to First Monday Trade Days

in Canton.

Yes, it was over 100 degrees.

Yes, I was very hot.

Yes, it was worth it.

We bought some trim and ribbon right off and then made our way to the back

to the big air conditioned barn! And after buying the wee little doll

pictured further down, I rounded a corner to see "my kind of booth" and thought

this looks like Willow Nest! And...sure enough - it was!

Please know that the bird fan I'm holding is NOT from Linda/Willow Nest, nor did I buy it anywhere.... Linda's husband handed it to me and I said I'd just hold it for the picture...looks pretty! I did see the booth that was selling it later... should've taken a picture of them.

I visited Willow Nest's booth at Zapp Hall in Warrenton last October and her friend that was managing it didn't want me to put any pictures of it on my blog....

so that's why you haven't seen it before on here.

Anyway..... I mentioned Silver Bella to her....and guess what!

She's going to be a vendor!

How exciting is that!

Seems Carol of Raised in Cotton has told her all about it and got her to come.

Anna .... see I do use that bag you gave me!

I didn't buy much.... it reallllllly was hot!! Below is all I got, but you and

I know that the joy is in the hunt!

Melinda and I got these glasses in Canton, too.

Did you love these vintage pictures at the top?

You should visit Full Table.

Be prepared to spend some time there.

HOT

It's hot in Texas! I never did take a new photo of the recent stitching below...without the blue lines...

You can only see a little blue.

Think I need to go back and add

some stitching to separate the

house and the heart!

Or not?

And I can't decide if

I should put

berries on

the vine?

As in

french knots.

...and why are my scheduled posts not uploading?

Happy 4th of JULY! I've gone to the lake! Enjoy!