Morning Cup

by | Feb 12, 2010 | Personal Touch

There isn’t much that can compare with that first cup of coffee in the morning. Nothing in fact. Well, I can’t believe it but after many years of perfecting that winning combination of condiments, I’m about to change the recipe. Aaaaaaah! I’m going to TRY to leave my favorite, non dairy creamer, top leading brand of course, for the real stuff. Heavy whipping cream. It looks pretty when pouring into the cup but what about the taste? What about the taste! What’s next, Decaf?

The heavy china cup and saucer belonged to my grandmother. There are just two and one platter. Hey, who put that lace in my coffee?

Egads, Giveaways Galore!

by | Feb 11, 2010 | Art News

OK, now I’m getting deep into Blogland and a little overwhelmed. I’m about to click my heels together and try to get back on the other side of the rainbow, but first, check it out. It’s another, got to see giveaway! Now,there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home, there’s no place…..

…More Details?

by | Feb 11, 2010 | Collectables, Projects

Did someone ask for more details? Well, this week we are in the process of making two Valentine boxes for Syd, 9 and John, 4. In the previous post Syd can be seen working on hers and here is our progress so far.

First we needed to edit some of the cool stuff. Syd had her idea for design direction and I had mine. We went with hers……which was a classic black and cream palette and just a touch of red.

Nothing too love-y dove-y for John’s of course, even if it is to hold Valentines. We decided to go with the “bugs” faux postage collage sheets offered through TidingsOf GreatJoy.com. They will be a nice compliment to the really cool, hundred year old, Apple man post card.

Now for the finishing details, maybe some “bling!” We’ll post both Valentine projects later in the week along with some “Valentags,” that we had a lot of fun making. So, I wasn’t the first to come up with that name, right?

Snow Downside

by | Feb 10, 2010 | Personal Touch, Projects

There is nothing like going back to basics to really slow your life down. We rely on two satellite dishes for television and internet. So, with yesterday’s snow on the dish, we were forced to get creative when we lost service.

Syd At Work

The Rest of the Story

by | Feb 9, 2010 | Personal Touch, Spiritual

OK, this morning was the first time that I was faced with big trouble while blogging since I began. I lost today’s post trying to edit, lost a comment, pretty sure that I threw both in the trash and became completely frustrated. Technical difficulties will sure rob you of your joy, eh? The rest of today’s post included our snowfall of four inches and I’ll gladly take any and all the snow I can get.

God’s greatest show, snow.

Snow Skeptic

by | Feb 8, 2010 | Personal Touch

Not enough snow lately to suit us snow lovers. Expecting up to six inches here (mid west), by nightfall. It doesn’t appear that it could miss us. We’ll see!

"Camp Christmas" - fabric & book

Inspiration Tree - front yard

Sunday Post(age)

by | Feb 7, 2010 | Personal Touch, Spiritual

Last evening I continued the search for likely candidates to use on the valentine project scheduled for today.  Among the many items retrieved from my dad’s work area last summer, I discovered his stamps.  An interesting, melancholy but beautiful look back~

Earlier in the day at a local shop, my daughter Kate and I found some wonderful Austrian post cards with incredible calligraphy. It was fun creating some of the coffee soaked tags incorporating both.

A “Special” thanks to my friend Diane Knott for offering some personal instructions! Don’t forget to register for her Valentine give away~ www.dianeknottsmusings.blogspot.com

Make A Wish!

I can’t forget to wish Jason, our son (in law) a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  While the guys take in the BIG game we’ll be cutting, pasting and enjoying carrot cake?