Crafting Projects Underway

Good evening! Hope you're all well

on this chilly Sunday.

The sun was shining today, it was

beautiful, then suddenly

it started to

snow heavily as we sat at a pizza

shop, having a late

lunch early dinner, it looked

so pretty

but the temperature dropped

suddenly and the

winds picked up and all of a

sudden I changed

my mind on how lovely a day it

was! Oh well.

But I am happy to have one of

my Craft Show

projects finished. Remember

those papers

on my last post? No,

well, then here it is once

again

I LOVE scrapbook paper,

almost too much.

I buy them when they're on

sale, just

because, and I justify it

that one day

I will use them and I do,

honestly I do

as you can see in the following

pictures

(Here's that pretty lilac

one I really

like)

I've made this one twice

and its sold

quickly, so I had more of

this paper,

the last one so hopefully

it'll sell as

quickly as the other times.

I only made six,

two large and 4 mini's.

I have two more

larger ones already made

but I have no picture

of, sorry.

I like to keep them fairly

simple,

I'd like my clipboards

to be used

and I feel if they have

too much

stuff on them, then you

can't write on

them, and I don't want

people to find

them just pretty, I want

them to be

practical as well, but

that's just me,

I know those who've purchased

them have stated

they're for someone who needs

something to write

on because of their occupation

so that makes me feel

good. They'll be

put to good use.

So I feel good getting

these done,

I am making some brooches

to take along,

and they're almost done,

but they need

just a few more finishing

touches, then I'll

show you.

I'd love to be able to make

some purses

and aprons, but not sure if

I'll be

able to, I have some made

but I'd hope

to make some more, maybe I

will, we shall

see what this week brings.

Well, good-bye for

now.

Click on Link below to

view other

great projects.

Make Your Monday

Crafting Today!

This winter is the first

winter that

we've used this fireplace

everyday!

Its been so cold this year

and we've

had plenty of snow as well.

But today

we're dealing with violent

winds that I'm

expecting at any moment to

be Dorothy,

but instead of having a dog

to travel with

I'll have my three kitties

going for a ride.

Wouldn't that be exciting!

So after breakfast,

(yes I'm having a very slow start

today)

I will attempt to walk outside

to my workshop

without getting blown away and

work on my crafts

for the Show that is coming up

in a week!!

a week!

Don't panic! It'll be OK! HMMM!

Well, I'll do what I can.

Want a sneak peek?

HMMMM, what will I be using these

for?

Well, you'll have to wait and see.

(Oh, Oh, I think I just gave

it away! STINK!)

Don't you just love

the Lilac paper, OHHH, how I yearn

for the smell of

Lilac's, the smell of spring. I have

one of these bushes, just

one, I know, I need more. I am

determined to plant another one this year

every year goes by

and I say that, so this time I mean it.

Well, need to have coffee

and some food, then I can get to work.

Hope you're having a

good day today, and if you're in the NE

hope you're not getting blown

away too bad.

Relaxing Evening

I've had a busy day today, it's been nice

to be able to do

a little more. DH had to work today, his

one Saturday every

six weeks, which stinks but it has to be

done. So I thought

I'd play in my sewing room for a little.

Looks like it exploded, paper, glue,

embellishments, stamps

everywhere, oh my!

My Sewing table, fabric squares all

neatly spread out by color.

I'm using some of these to make my

brooches out of.

My ironing board out, ironing fabric before

cutting them.

And all that on top are scrapbook papers.

Going through my

stash, oh, and I just realized my dresser

drawers are wide open.

So yes, I was in there, playing and making

a mess, which I always do

when I'm getting ready for a show coming up.

Sadly though, this is the first

craft show that I'm really not looking forward

to. I know its because I can't

do as much as I'm used to. All the sewing I do

and cutting and glueing.

Can't do that this time, so I'm just going to take

what I have and make things

that will be easier

on my recuperating body. My dear friend and

craft show parntner, Valerie, tells

me not to worry.

We'll have fun like we always do. I know

she's right.

The craft show iscoming up rather  

quickly, I try not to

think about it but

it's hard not to, its the first Saturday

in March. It'll be here

before you know it. But since I am still

so limited in what I can do

I decided to keep it simple. I have some

purses left to sell,

I'm going to alter some clipboards and

notebooks, I'm also endeavoring

to make some fabric

brooches. I have leftover fabric and

didn't know what I

should do with them, then I did some

research and found books

on Brooches.

How excited I was, then I went online

and saw others were

making them as well, so many pretty

ones out there.

I made these over time. They are so much

fun to make!

So today I spent time cutting fabric. Lots

of it. I can do that sitting

down, so that is good for me.

I purchased two books on brooches and

I plan to purchase

another one for more ideas. Can't wait!

So, after that, I was craving

Scones!

It's been over three weeks since I baked

anything and I thought

I'd try it. It was nice to be able to bake,

I miss it, but now I

am tired.

Oooo!

I hear my tea kettle, time to make some tea.

Have a good night!

How are you all doing this evening?

I'm not too bad,

still trying to take it real easy, even

though that is

very hard for me to do right now. I'm

not very patient

so this whole healing thing is just

getting old for me!!

But, I know I have no choice in

this one. I learn

quickly if I'm overdoing it, so right now

I'm not even trying

to overdue it, because I pay for it, and if

you read my last post,

I don't handle pain well, and any little

tiny bit of pain I feel,

I freak out!!!!

So today I did go to work, only for an hour

thank goodness

its an easy job and my boss is so very

understanding,

I did only what I could do and no more.

It made me feel

I got something accomplished today.

But since I am home and

I am a little better it was time to get back

into a routine.

So every morning, I make my coffee, feed

my kitties inside and my

one outside cat, then when coffee is done,

its time for some

spiritual reading. My goal is to read the Bible

in one year, although I must

admit, I've not been very good at doing. So

Monday was a new day.

I know when I take the time out to do that then

my day goes well,

and I feel better. So this morning I did that,

went to work, ran an errand

and came home feeling like I ran a marathon.

Which I hear is very normal

after major surgery, UGH!! Surgery!! Still

can't believe I did that, but I

knew I had to. So, tonight DH went out and

I decided to put on some

music and do

a very light cleaning. I cleaned up

my kitchen.

That felt good, now I decided to come

on here and just say

Hi!!

I'm Baaaaaack!!!!!

Hello, everyone!!! This has been the longest

that I've gone and have not

posted anything. I have missed going online

and looking at

blogs, but honestly, looking at the screen

made me very nauseas!

So no computer for over a week and if I came

on I would last maybe 10 minutes.

But, today is a good day. I've been doing a little

cleaning.

But the past two weeks have been tough.

I knew I had to take

it easy, but I didn't realize I had to really

take it easy.

I layed in bed one night thinking to myself,

what had I done!!

Was this the right thing because at that moment

I was miserable.

Naturally of course. You see, I don't handle

pain well.

When the nurse asked me what my level of pain

was, I said,

none!!!

So he wrote down, zero!!!!

Thank goodness

for that because all the nurses and doctors

were so gentle and

concerned of my well being. The night nurse

after my surgery kept

telling me

"hon, its ok, you can push that pain button

as long as you'd like, it'll relieve

you every ten minutes"

Hooray for drugs, because I felt no pain

that first night.

But coming home Friday, well, lets just say,

I was scaring my husband.

Every bump, every time he braked, or hit the

gas I just wanted to either

cry or scream.

But he's been wonderful, he's taken such good

care of me, and my friends

have as well.

I mean, look at the gifts I received:

Edible arrangements from friends of ours,

I've always wanted one of these!!!

A coffee and tea gift set with its own

tray!! I've been snacking

on this with tea or coffee throughout the

day.

Beautiful flowers in a teacup

Tulips, one of my favorite flowers.

And this set, tea with chocolates and

something that I can

soak in later.

Plus all of the cards I received in the mail

and all the food my friends

and family made for us. Even though,

I had food in

the freezer, they still wanted to

help, so why not,

and I want to thank

all those who commented on my last

post with their

concerns and passing along hugs.

It has meant so much

to me.

To know you were all thinking of me

during this

tough time in my life. I hope that as

soon as I recover,

another 4 weeks yet, that this

will be it.

I will have a quality of life,

to be able to plan

ahead and not worry about

what I'll feel like.

We shall see what the next few

months bring.

Right now though, I still need to

be careful what I

do, don't need to be layed

up any longer than what I have to.

So Dr.'s orders I am

taking seriously. But in all this, I have

lost 10 pounds!!

Not planned though, but evidently

the anethesia has made

me quite ill, and food right now is not

a joy but a chore!

The smell of food just turns

my stomach. I can

only tolerate very simple foods.

Rice, potatoes, chicken,

soup, fruit.

That's it, nothing more, and I love

food.

Hopefully, that'll change as well. In the

meantime,

the picture below is a Before picture

of our view from behind our

house:

and below is the After view:

We are in a blizzard here in PA. They have

shut down the main

highway here, and the roads are awful,

you can't hardly see

in front of you. Its beautiful, but unfortunately.

my DH, stubborn man he is, is

traveling home in this.

So, he just called to say he is on his way.

After I hug and kiss him,

I will have to refrain from being upset with

him for even going out there

in the first place.

So, if you're snowed in, I hope you're staying

warm.