weddings make me nervous

i don't want to go...recipe exange cards due... inchie due...wyanne due ... money problems getting intense...rowing a boat with one oar going in circles, wish i had a partner present to help me row

Every Inchie Monday POWERFUL

I am a bit late in getting this posted. January has been keeping me hopping ! Very interesting month....lots of falling in and popping out of rabbit holes if you know what I mean.

I'm enjoying doing the Every Inchie Monday challenge. The word this week was "powerful" and really got me thinking. That can mean so many things. I kept coming back to the thought of how powerful love is. Used a stamped image on a bit of glimmer misted dictionary page on top of a few song lyrics I typed randomly quite a while a go...hence the "love hurts" at the top.

Warm wishes! :) Nan

saturday peace

restful day... cd sorting .... started medifast....s asleep in our bed......penny is snoring

A Long Day In Gainesville

Doctors, Xrays, Vet but a wonderful lunch at Red Lobster and the perfect OPI polish called Dear Diary. Tried so hard to talk Steve into letting us adopt a kitten in need from the vet to no avail. I know it would be easier if the house were cleared up but this baby needs a home now.

Another Inchie!

It's time for our monthly inchie exchange at the shop. I picked hot cocoa and i would have like to have had some today. It was pouring rain and cold. I know we need the rain but brrr!

I used Sakura Glaze pens to do the mug and some TH Rock Candy sticles for the snow. The pearly background was a bottle of Jaquard pearl paint I found in the cleanup and decided to paint a sheet of paper with. All the ladies inchies were wonderful.

Inchie Monday

While I was blog hopping yesterday I found a new blog called Every Inchie Monday. This weeks theme is Eclectic which suits me fine. Here's my entry for week one.

This is also the week we swap inchies at my LLS Scrappy Papers so I will be in an inchie frame of mind for a few days. Happy Monday! :) Nan

A Rainy Restful Day...Ahhhh

It is a bit soggy here....no thunder or lightning, just a slow steady sleepy rain. I have been blog hopping today and catching up with everyone. I love how I start somewhere and suddenly here I am 290 blogs later reading just one more creative thing. Can only do this once in a while because I get overloaded with too much information and my brain just locks up. :)

I did spend a little time getting the rest of my little work corner cleaned up so I can start my Paint Free class with Wyanne next week. I can't wait. Love her work and have been looking forward to this since November. I wasn't able to start the class then because we were out of town and had no internet. But now I am so ready. Here's my clean corner! :) Nan

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! What a relaxing day I had. The weather was beautiful today. I tagged along with Steve when he went bowling early this morning. Then watched the movie Eat, Love, Pray while he made an Apricot Egg Nog cake. Had to do a little creative juggling on my food plan to have a taste of that! I also cleaned the corner of my studio where my drawing table is. It feels so good to have a clean place to work. Amazing how much dust collects in everything! I found a little painting I did quite a while ago and I realized how much I miss painting.... thinking I'll do a bit more of that this year. It was a great way to start the year. I'm really looking forward to a good year and wish the same for everyone else too! :) Nan

The Dogs Of Godiva :)

Watching TV this morning and suddenly there is this artistic eye catching commercial on. I usually skip thru them but this one made me go get my camera and try to get a still shot. It was for Godiva chocolate and every frame was of this stunning architecture but of course the one that made me get the camera was the dog shot. Love the emerald green windows too. Unusual doors and windows always stir up the creative pot for me so maybe there's a collage for Life Is A Verb coming on today yet !

I Miss You Sweet Girl......

A little post for Miss Mina...I can't believe you've been gone 1 year today. I was just waking up this morning and in that moment before being fully awake I thought I heard you making that little noise you made when you really wanted me to get up but were trying to be patient. I am surprised to find myself missing you so much every day but then you were my little shadow. I have loved all the dogs in my life but you are the one I miss the most. I do love this picture. I remember trying to work on my computer and you standing right there, looking so earnest, as if to say "ready for my closeup".
I am so so grateful to have had 12 wonderful years with such an amazing dog .

ACK! I can't have a cold for Christmas!!!!!

It doesn't say anything in the " Life Is A Verb" book about taking a break from the 37 day challenge if you have the worst head cold ever. ;0( Don't remember ever having a cold hit me so hard and fast!
I may take a brief hiatus from the studio until after Christmas or after this bug goes away, which ever comes first!
Anyway I took a break from being grumpy & snorty to make my day 11 collage. I am often inspired by packaging to not only buy things but create things. This was the package from Pepperidge Farm's Snowball cookies. Too pretty to just toss. And as pretty as the package was I didn't like them! Goes to show you that you really can't judge a book by it's cover... LOL!
Hope you all are having a good week and I wish all my blogging friends a very happy and healthy holiday. Be back soon I hope!

Sick

I hate being sick!

Nooooooo....

I'm sick and achy...what a nasty bug..hurt all over and a sore throat. I've tried being nice and telling cashiers, bank tellers and anyone near me that they may want to to disinfect their hands or be careful using the card readers at checkouts after me. This has lead to many different reactions. The main one being thanked heartily by most and several people who looked at me like I was crazy and one snotty snotty woman who glared and said "I don't have any hand sanitizer"...the cashier gave her some and I left before I could receive her sweet, I'm sure, thank you :) I wish I didn't have to go out but doctors, drugstores and groceries for Christmas just won't wait. I'm sure all the sick people who were out when I was Christmas shopping last week and caught this bug had the same dilemma but I wish THEY would've stayed home :) Oh well that's life.....

Tangled Up In Blue

Life Is a Verb day 5..... I love this song and when I saw this picture of Steve I noticed how truly blue his eyes are.... No wonder I fell head over heels :) Good thing he doesn't read my blog or he would have a swollen head !

Life is a Verb...The Generosity Of Friends.....

Today I realized how good it is to have friends...the kind who don't mind dropping you at the front of the store if your knee hurts.....the kind of friend who stops and get you tea because they couldn't get a tea and not bring you one.... the kind who inspire you with their creativity...the kind who give you that perfect discontinued piece of red and teal polka dot paper from their stash.....the kind who listen when you have an off day and don't think less of you for it....I feel so lucky to have some of these wonderful women in my life.

I'm on day 4 of my mini collages......I have struggled with the "Life Is A Verb" lesson of quantity vs. quality in my little creations. It's hard to just do a quick piece and let it go! So I'm a little behind...still learning :) I used a piece of a master sheet that I did at Gail's shop....hated to cut that but they are meant to be used. The polka dots are my pencil eraser dipped in a chalk ink. Then took a piece of light weight brown paper and spritzed it with Shimmerz Red-y or Not Vibez to make the ruffle at the bottom. the glitter stamp is from River City Rubber Works and the flower stamp is from Penny Black. Love that stamp! That's all...hope everyone had some fun this weekend! :) Nan

Glitter Everywhere...

And I mean everywhere! I spent a couple hours with a friend today, just playing with old/new supplies that are starting to become old as they sit on my shelf waiting for me to get around to using them. You know those things! What got my attention this afternoon was some gorgeous champagne glitter and a TH rosette die that I bought in the fall and just never got around to using. My friend had some beautiful vintage looking Christmas paper and gifted me with some great pieces to play with. So what I noticed today was just a simple thing. Using what what I have and love as well as using the occasional newest brightest shiny thing when I get it. So my theme today is recycle, reuse, make it or make do. Or take that 50% off coupon to Michaels and get that bright shiny new toy but use it! :) I did get a new Fiskars deluxe cutter Friday... Love my old one but need one that has the numbers printed on it instead of the debossed numbers that my eyes just don't see anymore! I used the new one today ( proud of me ) and it rocks! Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. I am going to relax and spend some time visiting my artsy friends blogs tomorrow!

Friends Are The Flowers....

Life Is A Verb 5 ....Tangled Up In Blue

Just noticing how beautiful my husband's blue eyes are :) Nuf said lest I embarrass him. LOL! That's it for number 5...just a simple little photo collage.

He Feels Sometimes...

It's been a long day! I decided to go into the "big" city and do some Christmas shopping today and just got home. Phew...I was ready to return to the forest where I live. No crazy drivers, no bright lights, just a very calm quiet place with lots of trees and animals. I almost ran over a little cottontail coming up our drive. My headlights must have confused it and it took a while for it to head into the woods. So even though I had some great photos of lights and people to inspire me, rabbits were the thing I thought about when I sat down to my drawing table tonight. Always loved this part of the book Secret Garden. Hope you all are enjoying the holidays and finding the things you enjoy about this crazy time of year. :)

Talk Talk.....

Well almost forgot to post Day 2 of my project. Trying to use scraps and also to use a tiny leftover bit from the previous days piece in the next days piece. Had this fabric scrap I confiscated :) from my friend Lucy's scrap pile and an old dictionary page sprayed with Tattered Angels in my still favorite color teal. The background paper with the tiny cute creatures is Olivia from BG. I used Tattered Angels "Santa Baby" red on the butterfly. ( my fingers are stained sooo red...)I was listening to an old song called Talk Talk from the 80's and it just seemed to fit my day in so many ways. Off to bed since I do the town thing tomorrow, red fingers and all. So glad to see you all in blogland!