oh hail!

We had one of the best hailstorms I can remember yesterday! It was just deafening- so of course I had to go out in it and look :) This is the pile that fell off the roof- the gutters were just overwhelmed and this is where it ran down the valley. It was pouring off in sheets. Being the weather watcher that I am, I loved it all- but mostly because I wasn't trying to drive in it :) 

Joy

I made this for a dear friend that I wanted to thank for doing something really sweet for me :) These are the colors of her kitchen, and I'm hoping that she puts it in the windowsill and feels loved whenever she sees it :) The verse is vintage Penny Black and the flowers are SU :) ><>

Ribbon Bookmarks

Well THESE were just too much fun to make! And easy. And CHEAP! They slip in the spine of a hymnal, Bible, or wherever else you may want to mark multiple pages. I made these for my daughter who is in the *home stretch* of her Family Ministry Degree ~ she'll have lots of things to keep track of when she starts her new career.....and we're just waiting on the Lord to find out where that's going to be :) Speaking of 'waiting on the Lord' ~ there is no greater peace than knowing He has a plan for her life and will place her exactly where she needs to be to glorify Him :) Wouldn't these be a great fundraiser or Sunday School project? I simply cut a little piece of black vinyl, folded it over and rounded the top. Then I tucked the ribbons in and zig zagged the edges. A little Fray Check on the ends of the ribbons, and voila. Easy peasy :) I'm going to take a white marker and leave little messages of love on the tabs. She'll love them ~

Happy St. Patty's Day!

O'Recycling again :)

Here's the card I whipped out for my friends....I'm really only Irish for the day :) although, of course we all have ancestors from the 'Old Country', so who's to say I'm not some % Leprechaun? The background paper is some recycled worship folders from my church, the brown is recycled from another project I did awhile ago, and the verse is a one time only stamp I made when I needed more 'filler' on the sheet before I sent it to the rubber presser. Which means it won't be offered in the Heart & Soul catalog. But you could certainly reproduce it and print it out on your computer! Oh yeah, the gold thread is embroidery floss that I got in a huge bag from the Goodwill :) Top O' the morning to ya!

bonus deal :)

We're getting a late shot of snow here in the Pacific Northwest! Not everyone is as excited about it as I am, of course :) It's 'fluffier' than the wet heavy kind we normally get....not very good for building snowmen, but beautiful and sparkly just the same. The forecast is for freezing rain tonight and tomorrow.....I probably should hit the stamp room and be creative! ><>

happy whatever!

Another *splurge* .....the Martha Stewart balloon punch. I got the idea for this card from another card on Pinterest, I'm sorry I can't link you back to the original one, and my apologies to the original card owner. Mine is different, but the idea is the same. I love *fussy* line drawing- especially with that tiny little Micron pen. And I just got that fun ball of yarn with sequins in it and couldn't wait to use it. I'm proof that you should never throw away your scraps :)