Thankful

I'm so thankful for my family, my health and friends. I've been through enough stress from the last year that I'd rather have fun and live my life to the fullest from now on. My children are all grown,.. not left the coop yet but what are parent's for? Just as long as they don't mooch off me forever!!! Haha. I have been so busy this year with my projects and taking them to the local fairs. I placed many Ribbons this year and will post them later. My daughter graduated high school and has started college. She makes me so proud. This summer before college started she was in the musical Fiddler on the Roof. Her last High School musical was "The Wizard of Oz" she is so talented and makes me so proud of her. I have to go to her christmas concert for college in a couple of weeks. My uncles annual holiday party is coming up will be going to that. Hanging out with family is so fun. We get all the dish on everyone LOL. Anyways gotta get ready to go to Thanksgiving meal.

Fairy in a bottle for competition

Here is my mini bottle with a fairy done in purple for Fiona's challenge on Youtube. She is really tiny I made her from Shrinky Dinks and her friend is on the right side trying to get her friend free from the bottle LOL. The stick pin is done with wire and some purple left over beads I had laying about. Some butterfly wings with purple stickles and purple glitter behind her. Some shredded paper at the bottom of the bottle . A pretty white feather behind it all. Pearl glass beads at the bottom and flat backed pearls at the top.

Fiona's Gothic Book Cover Challenge Entry

I made this book cover for the challenge with Fiona on youtube. Go to my Youtube channel to see the book cover in video.

Fionna's Flower Challenge

To see my video for Fiona's Flower Challenge. I had alot of fun making my flowers.

Fiona's Flower Challenge

Fionna's 12 butterfly Challenge Late!!!

I tried to get my butterflies done on time but it was too short of a time frame I decided to finish them anyways and share them. I think they turned out pretty. I've put them in my office on my bulletin board. To think of spring that is to come early because the groundhog said so! LOL. ;P

1. Peanut

A worded orange and cream prima flower cut up to create this tiny cute wonderful butterfly. Simple and easy a flat back pearl for his body.

2. Kissu

Some lilac tissue paper I had laying around from a birthday present. Several Layers.

3. Autumn

A couple of prima leaves black cardstock and flat back pearl for his head.

4. Lovely

My mothers brain child I put it into actual motion. Cute for Valentines day.

5. Flutters

Two different butterfly punches one from EK success and the other is a MS butterfly punch. Done in Cream and lilac papers and inked with chalk. Yellow antena prove he's a butterfly.

6. The Saint

Flat Backed Gems accent the butterfly which is embosses heavily and inked with black soot distress ink.

7. Violet

Created with the petals of a silk flower and flat back pearls.

8. Shine

Created on black cardstock and a transparent overlay. I put diamond stickles all over the cardstock and some crystal flat backed gems and a banner across his wings.

9. Specs

Specs is created on Canvas with alchol inks and i shredded the edges and added flat back gems from recollections at Micheals for the body and a flat back crystal gem for his head. Stitches along his wings and body with a black marker. I had to paint the backside with white acrylic paint to stiffen him up.

10. Masque

Masque was painted with lipstick red acrylic paint and kissed with blacksoot distress ink, and the Mask's were found on MTC gallery. Gem like antena and White feathers round out his look.

11. Muse

On Muse I used a pink glitter glaze overtop white acrylic paint and pretty white lace all around the edge. I used the music punch from American Girl at Micheal's.

12. Cracker

Cracker is aptly named because I used a cracker box to create him. I used rangers blacksoot crackle paint and rangers metalic alchol inks for the gears. He is very steampunk. I also used black licorice embossing liquid for his body, and antique gold rub and buff on the edges of his wings along with black feathers.

Steampunk Picture

This is a "Steampunk" frame I made for my best friend for her birthday and Christmas LOL all rolled into one. She's really into Steampunk.

A closer view of the bottom portion of the frame with the dressmaker's dummy.

Melanie's SCA Recipe Book

This is the last one I have photo's of the rest were given out before I could take the pictures LOL. I made 4 more of these for Christmas presents.

Judy's Recipe Book

And Yet another

Sue's Recipe Book

Another recipe book.

Barbara's Recipe Book

This is a recipe Book that I learned how to make from Laura from "Follow the paper trail"