Project 365 Day 220

Okay girls---Here's the story behind this picture.
I was at Scrapper's Paradise standing innocently near their Christmas display chatting with a friend. I glanced up at this tree and said, "Look at that big ball on that little bitty tree!" I looked over and Sue had a look on her face like she was the cat that just ate the canary. I say--"What? Is it a Charlie Brown tree?" Sue finally bursts and can hold it in no longer. "It's a boy tree!" she says.
That's the way the whole night was and it only got worse when it was pointed out that it was a blue ball. Girls, girls, girls----What am I going to do with you?
Seriously though---I had a blast tonight and I can't tell you how much I needed it!

Project 365 Day 219

I have Matilda for the night again tonight. I'm lovin' it!
Tonight I was working on some little gingerbread ornaments that I need to get made for an ornament exchange this weekend, so Matilda and each each took a picture of each other as we worked on them together.
She actually does really well with a camera!

Project 365 Day 218

As I told you yesterday, I had enough fabric to go on to make myself a pretty good sized garland. Tonight as I was trying to tidy up a bit I took the garland from where it was and rolled it up and set it on the floor. Peek-A-Boo decided that my pile of garland would make a nice little bad for her and so she just curled up and made herself comfortable.
Crazy little dog!

Project 365 Day 217

Recently Megan asked me if I could help her make a fabric garland for her tree like the one I always put in mine. Today was the day and boy did we tackle it. I had a lot of fabric scraps to donate to the cause and we went to Joann's where she purchased some Christmas prints to add. I happened to overhear her talking with the lady at the cutting counter, and when she asked her what she was making, Megan told her that she was making a fabric garland for her tree---That there had always been one on her tree as she was growing up, and she wanted one for her own tree. It made me feel so good to know that there was this little thing from her childhood Christmases that she liked and wanted to carry on. I always did popcorn chains when the kids were young as well, and they ALWAYS complained about having to string the popcorn! Megan says she's not putting popcorn chains on her tree until she has kids that can do the stringing for her. Ahhh---Another tradition continues. Tracy hated it so much that I don't think I'll ever see popcorn chains on her tree. I must add here though, that I DID do much of the stringing myself---I just made them help.
Anyway---I snapped this picture of Megan while we were hard at work. It took us all day, but she now has a very long garland for her tree. There were still plenty of fabric scraps left when she was finished and I DID NOT want to store them up for some possible future project, so I just kept on working until I had used them up. Now I have another quite long fabric garland completed.

Project 365 Day 216

I've been working on the tutorial I received from Jessica Sprague to go with my Christmas Garland in a Box class and have had a lot of fun with it. Here's a photo of one of the pages I have all ready to send to Costco to get printed!

Project 365 Day 215----Thanksgiving

Mine was yucky and I did not take a picture all day---So there!

Look at Me Go!

I'm terribly proud of myself this evening. I finally went to Jessica Sprague's site today to do my tutorial and get the pictures ready to go in my garland box and I did it! I'm quite impressed with myself when I accomplish anything computer related. I was so impressed as a matter of fact, that I am now playing with a couple of her free classes. I've just completed the first one which was to add a picture and journaling to an existing digital layout. I just had to show off what I did! Cool---huh? And I must admit--Kind of fun! I'm planted on the couch with my heating pad, so I'm going to do the next one.

Christmas Garland Class

I still have a few spots left in this class which is coming up on Wednesday evening, December 1st. In this class you will complete a Christmas garland on red and white baker's twine. The smaller of the circles on the garland will spell out the words "Merry Christmas," and the larger scalloped circles will house pictures punched into 2" circles. In class, you will also decorate the sweet little paper mache box to house your garland in. The class is $20 and I have a few spots still available. Contact me directly if interested.

Project 365 Day 214----Tim Holtz

Quite some time ago there was a mini album on display at TMI that Kathy made in a Tim Holtz class. It used something from his entire product line at the time. Everyone loved it and we were constantly asked if it were going to be taught as a class---which it wasn't. Finally, one of my friends wanted to do it so badly that she hunted down and purchased all of the needed supplies and had me help her do it. There were lots of supplies left over, so I told her that I would try and teach it to a few girls to help her recoup some of her money. There has been interest and the date has finally been set. The pictures here show my version of the mini album. The class is $40 and includes all supplies which account for the major part of the class fee. This will be taught to a limited number of you and there are already only two seats left available. We are holding the class on Saturday January 8th at the home of my friend Cheryl beginning at noon. The class will probably run about two hours. Please contact me directly if you are interested.

Class now full!

Project 365 Day 213

Today everything that was to take me out of the house was canceled due to the snow, so I was a shut in for the day. That's okay though, cause Matilda spent the night last night and most of today with me and I was visited for a bit by my friends Linda and Tracey. Here's a pic of Matilda enjoying a snack of string cheese and crackers. What a cutie! Linda says she should be in modeling.

I've Completely Faltered!

Well girls--I have obviously completely blown it on my Project 365. I left for the weekend for the Scrapbook Expo and forgot to take my camera! Of all the times! Anyway, I was able to snag some pictures from Tracey's camera, but never got around to updating my blog when I got back. Now I'm so behind that I can't begin to catch up so I'm just going to bring you up to date on a few things and start again----AGAIN!
Had a great time with Tracey and DJ at the Expo, hit some thrift shops and a wonderful little quilt shop and finally got to crop at The Green Tangerine on Saturday night. It wasn't much different from any other crop except for the abundance of creativity and product. Love having all that at my fingertips!
When I returned I had several doc appointments and some hard work to finish prep for my Calendar Class which I taught on Wednesday night. Then before I knew it, I was out of town again for a weekend trip to scrap at Donna Jean's in Carson City. My! I'm such a traveler!
I came back from Donna Jean's ready to teach my card class for the month and the second of my two sessions for the Journey of My Heart class. Once that was done, I buried myself in my house to work a solid two days on the final prep for my first Make-N-Take Day.
I got a nice response from all of you who attended Make-N-Take Day on Saturday, so I plan to make it an annual event. I'm so thankful to each and every one of you who came out and made it a success. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! The pics for this post were taken that day. Hopefully it will look like something the rest of you might like to attend next year!

Project 365 Day 195

Today found me off in Sacramento to attend the Scrapbook Expo. I got a few ideas and purchased a few things that will show up in classes in the future. Some product that I ordered arrived just before I left, so I thought I'd give you all a little sneak peek of a class that will be offered sometime after the first of the year. The class will have a birthday theme. We will be making 8 cards and probably two double page layouts.

Project 365 Day 194

This evening was the first of the two classes I'm teaching for the "Journey of my Heart" album. Both classes are being held in the home of my dear friend Janice. Today's picture is of my ladies hard at work and believe me, they had to work for this one! The project is very involved, but oh so cute. I think a few of the ladies started out thinking they were making it as a gift and decided they were going to keep it for themselves. I'm definitely keeping mine! I just love it. The next class is on November 17th at 6pm. At this time I still have room for three more people. Contact me ASAP if you are interested. The class is $40 and takes about 3 1/2 hours.

Project 365 Day 193

Worked on preparations for the November Calendar Class today so I thought I'd give you a little sneak peak. I think he could use a little sign that says "Eat Beef!" What do you think?

October Page Kit Winner

The winner for October is----Cindy S. You have won a free page kit with a value of $8 or less. Just contact me to let me know which one you would like. Congratulations!
Remember--All you have to do to be entered in the monthly drawing is leave a comment on my posts. You get an entry for every comment you leave with a limit of one per day.

Project 365 Day 192

Unfortunately way too much time spent today sitting on this heating pad. GRRRR!

Project 365 Day 191

Today my girlfriends came over to help me prepare for the class I'm teaching on Thursday night. It was nice to have their company and their help. I just love this project and hope those of you in class will love it too.

Project 365 Day 190

Today was a pretty crummy day. I was in enough pain to keep me from going to church and I don't normally miss church for much---so, here is a picture of my empty pill bottle. I go to the doctor soon and hopefully we will get this all straightened out.

Project 365 Day 189---Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween Everyone! I've been dealing with some issues with my regular pain medication which has left me in a serious amount of pain much of the time. Unfortunately that meant that I wasn't up to doing the walking to go trick or treating with Matilda this year. I did however get her costume altered and I went over to snap some pictures before she left. Tracy had originally decided that M was going to be a Jawa from Star Wars this year---but---Then they were in Target shopping and M saw this queen costume and REALLY wanted it. Tracy gave in when she thought up the brilliant idea to make the queen be Anne Boleyn and then she could be the executioner who beheads her. Thus the line of blood on the neck of my little queen.

Project 365 Day 188

Halloween is tomorrow and so for my picture today I thought I'd show you the cute little Halloween gift I made for Matilda. Hope she likes it!

Project 365 Day 187---Apple Hill

Today I took off for the day with Tracy, Mikey, Megan and Matilda to spend the day at Apple Hill. It's such a nice tradition to go every year. This year wasn't one of their best. The heavy rainfall made it necessary for them to close some things, but we had a great time. We stopped at one of the orchards for our lunch of homemade corn dogs with a dessert of warm apple donuts----YUM! The kids took the time to try and teach Matilda how to cross her eyes. Her efforts were hysterical and literally had Megan in tears. I've shared some pictures with you here. Another high point was her talking to the pigs. Tracy took a video of that and if I can get it from her I'll send it out to give you all a good laugh. Grandchildren are the best!