Football and glitter!

Well first I didn't want to post this picture. There was another one I wanted to share, but the point of it was that I miss my pool! I already miss summer and the cool clear water of my pool! On another note this is what we"ve been up to. FOOTBALL! My son and his team play a football jamboree and played from 11:30 a.m. till about 9 or 9:30 in the evening! They were wore out!

They all did an awesome job and made it almost to the playoffs!

I finally got a chance to go to the antique stores around here and found some really beautiful reciepts. I just love love the handwriting on these! These were some doodles on the back of one of the reciepts. I want to learn how to write like this!

I've seen kits at Hobby Lobby and I think I'm gonna get one so I can practice!

Don't ya love em!?

I don't have a clue what to do with them. There were like 10 of them for $4. I need to get this computer in and fixed so I can scan them and share them with you!

I've also been making some Christmas ornaments for a craft fair in a couple of weeks. Some old tart tins and crinkled seam binding..love that!

It was white and I died it pink with some Glimmer Mist.

I've made some cones to. I added some vintage buttons around the edge with some glitter. I have got glitter everywhere! I sparkle!!

I sure hope everyone has a great day. I've got some art to post in the next one!!

Homecoming!

Just wanted to share some homecoming pictures of my daughter Meagan. This is her first homecoming and it has been a long week for her! But she has enjoyed every minute of it! It's weird, I have one that couldn't stand school at all, and this one is totally in love with it, and my third is eh, guess I gotta go! She'll be 16 in a couple of months, right before Christmas and my son will be 12 to days later, right before Christmas, and our anniversary is right before Christmas, I didn't plan very well did I?!

So here she is in all her yellow glory, which turned out to be a great color for the park because the leaves are changing.

What's a photo shoot without the pouty face?

This is her best friend they were all going together, Makes me wanna go get dressed up and go somewhere!

Busy, busy,busy!!

Well I have been so busy lately. Working on some of these cuffs for a craft fair next month. I just love love LOVE mop buttons. I'm always on the look out for them. I love the feel and texture of them and the way they look. They just give a little umph to whatever I'm working on. I think it's because they don't look like plastic ones. Ya know what I mean? I wanted to make some skinnier ones, wish that would work on my butt!! Ha! But anyways.. I wanted some skinnier ones so I used some webbing, the kind for handles for a bag if you were gonna make one. It's thicker and holds the shape of the cuff when wearing it. A little layering of lace and fabric and some tulle and a stamped image and of course the buttons!!! I used some sew on snaps for mine.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week! It's also homecoming here. My daughters first one so you know I'll share some pics!! Plus the hubby has been gone since last Saturday for a fishing trip to Alabama. He better win, that's all I gotta say!! I'm going on a trip next time! Maybe to California to visit some family and maybe I'll find some California mop buttons!!

Finally feeling better!

Well I'm finally feeling better! I am sooooo glad! That sittin around crap sucks!! So I did manage to finally finish this page in my journal. Even though my hubby was a HUGE help when I was down, sometimes I just feel like I wanna rip his head off!! LOL! He on the other hand didn't find this to funny! Hehe!

Back pain is no fun!!

THis is what you do when you are down in your back with a herniated and bulging discs. I have been so bored I cannot explain it!! I'm sick of t.v! I can finally get up to get on the computer today and actually went to the store in complete pain!! I'll be taking some meds tonight!! So I wanted to share my doodles with ya.

Wish I had more to share with ya, but sleeping and having my family wait on me and my husband do chores is really no fun at all. But they are loving and wonderful and I am so lucky to have them!!

Why is there always such a big space in between some of my pics?? It's so annoying! Does anyone know how to fix it?

Oh I wanted to thank everyone for the wonderful comments on my previous post. So sorry I couldn't get to thank you guys sooner!:( But thank you, thank you, you guys are so sweet and they make my day!!

Ok I'm gonna go lie down thanks for taking a look and I hope you all have a great pain free day!!

Finally a PPF!

Finally I can post on http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com after running around so much this week! I wanted to do my own spin on some subway art for this blank space in my living room. So I bought a canvas that was on sale at Hobby Lobby and painted it black first. Then I decided what quote I wanted to use and I used my Cricut machine and cut the letters using contact paper. I used a removable one so I could get them straight and move them if I needed to. Then I just had some fun! I used acrylics, but I have to say I love oils for a big canvas like this because they move around and blend so much better. I even used some walnut ink and sprayed it here and there.After it was dry I took the letters off I did use some sandpaper just a tad to knock down some of the black in the letters so they wouldn't look so solid. I then used some black soft pastel around the edges of the canvas and sprayed it with a workable fixative. I still need to add a protective sealant on it but it's so rainy and blah here today I'll wait till a better day.

Thanks for stopping and looking I hope you all have a great day!

Where have I been?

Well I have been running my kids everywhere! I thought when school started it would relax a little, but nope. I gotta run here and there and everywhere lately and I finally have a chance to catch up on my blog! This is a journal that I made. I wanted to try my hand at making one from an old book. I covered the front and back with fabric and the inside is watercolor paper. I did a collage on the front cover. I think it turned out pretty good for my first try! I believe I'll be making some more of these!

The first collage on the first page! There is just something about that first page, just to get it started, that I love and couldn't wait to do! It is layers of soft pastels blended with my finger, best tool ever! I added some acrylics with some bubble wrap.

Some charcoal around the edges of page and images and added some doodles with a white gel pen.

The heart map is a vintage map I found at a flea market last summer. I had cut out a heart for something else but saved the negative of it. I knew I would use it somewhere!

Thanks for stopping to look and visit! I do have a painting for Paint Party Friday since I've missed the last couple of Fridays(darn kids). So I will post that on Friday!! Hope you all have a great day and hope something inspires you today!