New things.....Artful Blogging...

...so normally I would NEVER EVER spend $14.99 for a magazine. Rarely will I spend that for a BOOK ( thanks to the Goodwill :).....BUT.....potentially desperate times call for desperate measures...and I did break down and buy this magazine on my recent roadtrip to College Drop Off Land ! I was drawn immediately to the cover ( isn't that how it's supposed to work ?) and I just loved the whole thing. I even found some new blogs that I'm going to follow. Just goes to show you that when you step out of your 'comfort zone box' that something good can come from it :)

Check out these lovely blogs :

www.lifelovepaper.typepad.com
www.onepearlbutton.blogspot.com
www.rebeccasower.typepad.com
www.carolynpeeler.typepad.com

happy wednesday :)

Ah....the Autumnal Equinox....

....my favorite time of year. I love the crispness of the mornings- the fresh air - the changing leaves - it just reminds me that God makes everything beautiful in it's time...<><

Rod Run to the End of the World

So....every year we go to Long Beach (WA, not CA) for this awesome car show...yes, I am blessed to be only 2 hours away from the Pacific Ocean :) that has probably over 1000 entries- plus all of the sweet cars NOT entered into the show (must be pre-1973 vintage - I think ) driving around town. Personally I enjoy HEARING the vroom vroom of a built V-8 engine - tires burning and the whole kaboodle - so after the show my DH & I, and thousands of other 'gear heads' set up our lawn chairs along the main road and, well, watch the traffic go by! Ya gotta love it! Good times- good folks - amazing craftsmanship on the vehicles. This is one of my faves from this year- mainly because it closely resembles my own first car - now WHY DID I GET RID OF THAT ???? Seriously- it's time for me to stop 'playing' and get back to business- new stamps coming soon at Heart & Soul :) Blessings & varoooommmmmm <><

Ginormous thanks.....

.....to the AMAZING Mama Dini :) for rescuing me from the pit of HTML DESPAIR :) You're the bestest CSSC I could ever have :) and here's a long distance hug & a gift:

oh dear....

Well THAT wasn't what I meant to do! I thought I was just deleting my background image and it seems I deleted all of the old posts too. Anyone got the time to help me out ? I would be much obliged <><

One of those cards you wish you didn't need to make....

One of my dear friends was just diagnosed with lung cancer. He is the 'Uber Epitome' of health and this just came way out of left field. He's still undergoing tests to see how much/where/what to do next....So I wanted to make something that might give him a little encouragement along the way. Thankfully He serves a God Who is bigger than cancer or anything else the world may throw at him. And if you'd like to rattle Heaven's gates on his behalf along with the rest of us, his name is Ken :)

I used a mustard colored cardstock for the card ( you may recognize this from ALOT of earlier posts :) then layered it with some shiny black scrap, then stamped the new Stampin' Up medallion with mustard ink, then the verse ( I don't know the Co. as I got it UM, but I would venture a guess at Wordsworth..I've had it for years!) and added a ribbon & gold charm. Thanks for looking & praying <><

College Road Trip

Just got home from a family vacation/college freshman delivery/road trip :) I had never been across the states, that far, and we had a wonderful time. My daughter is settling in great at CSP, and my hubby and I are adjusting to being 'empty nesters'...So the thought that kept going through my head as we drove through Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming & Washington was this: If Creation is this beautiful, even now, after the Fall and our sin has messed it up- how much more stunningly beautiful WAS it before we messed up ? And how amazing will it be when God creates it all again in the new Heaven and Earth? My mind is fully boggled :) <><