susicreates... create something every day

new stuff at the shoppe!

2012-01-09T21:41:00.001-05:00

been busy rearranging and adding new things at my booth at monmouth antique shoppes in red bank nj. although the mirror and desk are a little different color, i think they look good together.

just brought in the clock and the wing back chair. please stop by and take a look!

merry christmas!

2011-12-25T10:45:00.000-05:00

hope santa brought everything you desired and more!

moved again

2011-12-05T21:37:00.001-05:00

just moved into another booth (actually right next to my old one) at monmouth antique shoppes in red bank - and here's a peek! its a bit bigger and i am able to bring in furniture. if you are in the area, please stop by!

did you ever notice

2011-11-25T08:08:00.000-05:00

when you are inspired to make something, the only things you use are whatever is sitting in front of you? i do a lot of swapping on swap-bot, and i had a swap that needed to alter a wooden spool. along the wall behind me and in my garage i have stacks of stuff - but what did i use? yes. as i sit at my desk, all the items used in my little button ballerina were at arms length. crazy huh?

more sleep masks

2011-11-21T07:33:00.001-05:00

to be listed on etsy soon...$12 each, ship free USA (contigious)...
there's more - consider this just a tease...

i've been tagged!

2011-11-08T19:30:00.000-05:00

Cheryl tagged me to come up with ten things about me, so here goes:
1. I was married in 1979 and divorced in 1982 - only marriage... so far.
2. I was a rainbow vacuum cleaner sales person but had to quit because I was allergic to the dust.
3. I have been drawing and painting since I was a toddler (so my mother says).
4. My first love is photography. Always wanted to be a professional photographer.
5. I'm addicted to yard sales.
6. I started smoking when I was 12, and quit in 1989 - I was hypnotized!
7. I was a picture framer for 5 years - this is where my love of tools began!
8. I lived in Florida - Lee County for 1 year, then moved to Palm Beach County where I lived for 20 years.
9. I took three years of ballet - but always wanted to be a tap dancer.
10. I have my MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer). Sounds impressive huh? 2 years, $7k later and I didn't do anything with it!

So there you are. So I am selecting the following so they can share!
Corrrine at dos fishes
Terri at Pringle Hill Studio
Marsha at Tumblefish Studio

Let's see what you got!

more new swaps

2011-09-14T17:59:00.000-04:00

the first two are for a paint chip post card.

the paint chips are from pottery barn.

a little doodle and there you go!

this was for a chunky page swap.

new swaps in the mail

2011-08-31T19:27:00.000-04:00

love that swap-bot!

painting with pam carriker

2011-08-20T22:13:00.000-04:00

spent the day at kecia's with a very fun group of gals with pam leading the way. it was interesting to see how everyone interpreted their drawings. believe this (or not) this started out as a self portrait - doesn't look anything like me at all.... i wasn't very happy with it until i started coloring her in. it's so hard for me to draw realistic - everything always looks very cartoonish. oh well - i need to own it. the stamps are pams - very cool huh?

more added to susicreates.etsy

2011-08-06T16:10:00.000-04:00

just 2 of the fun sleep masks that i just listed on my etsy site - susicreates.

lots more where these came from!

new at susicreates.etsy

2011-07-30T16:37:00.001-04:00

images - crowabout studio, tumblefish studio, and some mine.

interested? use discount code julyfun for 20% off and free shipping to the USA.

having a sale at susicreates.etsy

2011-07-04T20:46:00.000-04:00

having a sale - for the month of july - susicreates.etsy.com is giving 20% off! just use JULYFUN code to get the discount! everything is free shipping for the 48 contiguous states. don't forget the code!

new space and other things

2011-03-24T20:25:00.000-04:00

i moved to a larger booth. this was taken march 1 - and i've added much more stuff. if you are around red bank - please stop by the Monmouth Antique Shoppes and say hi! i'm there on sundays but you are always welcome!

on broadway in long branch they have painted a whole block of condemed buildings... this is one of the many very cool paintings.

in asbury park on the boardwalk the old carousel building is empty, waiting for something to happen. the copper has a fabulous verdigris. wonder what will become of it all?

cosmetic bags available

2011-01-29T08:46:00.000-05:00

XL Cosmetic Bags that are zippered and have an inside zipper compartment that is easy to take along. they are made of 100% polyester, the images are from original collages. they have been professionally printed and sewed and are approximately 10"x8". Free ship to USA. $18

medium cosmetic bags that are zippered and have an inside zipper compartment that is easy to take along. they are made of 100% polyester, the images are from my original collages. they have been professionally printed and sewed and are approximately 5" x 8". free ship to USA. $12

let me know if you are interested!

what a surprise and honor!

2011-01-27T17:30:00.000-05:00

i just found out i'm the featured artist over at top artists directory! thanks kim!

sure wish this was outside my door instead of the four + feet of snow!

new swaps

2010-12-03T19:53:00.000-05:00

thanksgiving extravaganza

2010-11-24T14:41:00.001-05:00

monmouth antiuqe shoppes will be having a thanksgiving extravaganza starting friday 11/26 through sunday 11/28. discounts will be up to 40% - in my shoppe it will be 25%. see anything you like?

fi fo faux

2010-11-23T07:29:00.000-05:00

i was at an estate sale on saturday and found some highly patterned paper, and i had this box, and copper paint, and an old (1890s) encyclopedia with very thin paper not usually good for most things and thought this would be a cool faux antique box. i love the way it turned out. i started out with the top. fabulous. then i distressed the hell out of the box - screwdriver, white paint, texture crackle, sandpaper (lots), distress ink in burlap and old paper. then i glued paper on the inside and added somemore burlap distress ink on the edges. i also did a faux mercury glass on some glass knobs and added them as well.

monmouth antique shoppes

2010-11-18T20:45:00.000-05:00

If you're ever in or around Red Bank NJ, please stop by a wonderful group of shoppes inside an antique building... even the floors creak! I've been collecting for the last few years and was offered an opportunity to open a shoppe of my own. I really thought I had lots of stuff, but now I'm really questioning why I bought some of the things I did! I think it will be an excellent opportunity to learn about antiques and vintage (which I love), so it is deffinately a win - win. I just opened last week and I have made some sales. Now to replenish! I will also need to work 1 day a week (Sunday will be the day) so it should be fun!

life is but a dream

2010-11-06T18:09:00.001-04:00

un-fashion post card swap at swap-bot. all from anthropologie catalog.

2010-10-30T20:30:00.000-04:00

it's been exactly one year since my boy jake died.
i miss him so very much.

handmade stamp postcard swap

2010-10-21T22:35:00.000-04:00

this is for a swap for handmade stamp(s) on a postcard. all are made from sheet foam.

owl

2010-10-17T18:15:00.000-04:00

on a roll

2010-09-30T21:24:00.002-04:00

i bought a pad of 6x6 bristol card stock,

and i've been doing little collages.

wish upon a star

2010-09-26T21:14:00.000-04:00

new postcards

2010-09-22T07:23:00.001-04:00

this is one of 8 postcards that are ready to mail.

to see the rest, click on the photo and it will take you to

my flickr. the background is the original of

one of my freebie backgrounds and you are more

than welcome to download/use them!

paper wreath ala susi

2010-09-20T08:19:00.000-04:00

seems as though everyone has been making these paper wreaths.so i figure, why not... i got a lot of books that i bought when i first started buying old books. not good for much but great for a wreath! a lot of the wreaths i saw had used a straw wreath for a base. i didn't have one of them but i have a lot of cardboard, so i used two plates (outer circle/inner circle) cut them out, started rolling my paper (used a glue dot on each one to hold the roll), then stapled each one to the ring. being this was my first, it's a little uneven on thickness. if i were to make another, i would definately space them out but put more layers. for the inside of the circle, i stapled on the back, and used another glue dot to attach it to the one it's in front of. i cut another small rectangle and stapled to the back top, folded a piece over and used my crop-a-dile to put a hanging hole. put that on the screw on the door and voila! a paper wreath. easy peasy.

What an honor and a pleasure

2010-09-16T19:36:00.001-04:00

My friend Marsha from Tumblefish Studios is celebrating her 2 year blogaversary and is having a week full of giveaways! As a matter of fact - one of her giveaways is from me! If you leave her a comment, she will be picking names on Saturday September 18 - so don't dilly - dally... run over to get your name in - she's got lots of cool things to give away!

(a freebie from her blog)

new chunky journal pages

2010-09-15T20:57:00.000-04:00

for my art group we are working on chunky journal pages

made from envelopes (cut in half) and in the open

end tags will go. We do 6 - get 6 back,

Sun Fun's back is not done yet.

It has been fun so far... the tags are next!

Something I made...

2010-09-03T09:25:00.001-04:00

I was checking out my blog read, and on

GMS Lisa mentioned this site,

Faces and Places generator at the National Gallery of Art

web site. So I played and played and this is what I came up with.

Got some time? Play!

fun - huh?

soar

2010-08-25T21:01:00.000-04:00

kim klassen freebie background and my heart.

vintage postcard

2010-08-25T17:29:00.000-04:00

this was for a swap at swap-bot.

works in progress

2010-08-16T18:31:00.000-04:00

signed up for a dina wakley class - grafitti of my life - and love it! These are the covers. This first one is called A to Z and if you would like to see more click here for my flickr

This one is called square peg in a round hole. And if you click here you can see more.

Etsy shop full of goodies!

2010-08-12T09:34:00.001-04:00

Just listed - lots of new cosmetic bags

(or whatever you want to use them for) -

professionally printed and sewed

- from my original collages and photographs

- so cool - large size 5"x8" - free ship!

busy weekend

2010-08-09T20:47:00.000-04:00

i was on a journal roll. these have been listed on my etsy.

this one has collage/handpainted papers. want to take a look? click here.

new online class

2010-08-04T20:39:00.001-04:00

I came accross this online class from

Patty Van Dorin - Tuscan Rose.

Its called Wall Calendar Journal and its fabulous!

Highly recommend it.

The first one I had bought a calendar at a garage sale but it was really thick.

I love the way it turned out, but I made sure I picked something a little more flexible for my next one.

I'm working on my third. To see all the pages, please check out my flickr.

longing

2010-07-30T19:49:00.000-04:00

digital

fishfood

2010-07-28T20:51:00.000-04:00

I saw on 2 dresses where she had gotten a milk image from a kit called "stark" from hollywood studios. It took me a while to find it but I did here. The first one is as they were. The second one is tweaked.

What do you think?

new pages

2010-07-25T17:29:00.000-04:00

Here are my latest 5'x7' pages.

fly

2010-07-21T20:05:00.000-04:00

sometimes I wish I could...

new journal

2010-07-15T07:24:00.000-04:00

these are all from a new board book I made. first I primed and painted all the pages, then worked on each spread. very happy with how it turned out. I may list on etsy once I figure out what to do with the cover. The size is 5"x11.5" and is 5/8" thick. I didn't scan the last spread or cover, but will will I am done.

What do you think?

men and a hot flash!

2010-07-03T19:30:00.001-04:00

more fun from deviant scrap - Crowabout StudioB - wild things and me!

wild girls

2010-06-28T22:06:00.000-04:00

all from deviant scrap - Crowabout StudioB - wild things

remains of the day swap pages

2010-06-26T19:50:00.000-04:00

wanna see more? click here!

been busy

2010-06-24T04:32:00.000-04:00

Pages for a Round Robin

2010-06-18T19:18:00.000-04:00

Here is for a journal for Linda - it's about touch. Its a mix of watercolor paper, golden paints, rusty screen, plastic slide frame (painted), one of my photos and stickles - lots of stickles. Hope she likes!

Card Swap at inthishouseandgarden

2010-06-06T07:40:00.001-04:00

Angela Cartwright set up a swap for sketchy playing cards. All we had to do was do the "inside" portion as a sketch and send to her. We will receive a full deck back. Then all we have to do is attach to a set of playing cards and we will have an artist deck. These are the 3 I chose.

I colored them for the envelope... they look good in color too!

zetti post card for swap

2010-06-04T07:43:00.000-04:00

going to the netherlands - hope it makes it there in one piece.

Happy Birthday Mom!

2010-06-03T17:41:00.000-04:00

Yesterday was my mom's 92 birthday. I took her to a very fancy restaurant that she's been eyeing for a long time. She enjoyed it especially when they brought this delicious dessert with a candle!

zetti skinny

2010-05-31T07:02:00.000-04:00

Marcher Rouillé (Walking Rusty)

2010-05-24T22:41:00.000-04:00

Ahhhh, Art & Soul has come to an end and I must say every day I had a class that I thoroughly enjoyed, and today was no exception! Julie Haymaker Thompson was an artist I have been aware of for more than a year (I think) and was so jealous when A&S Las Vegas had her on the class roster. Then one day I took a look at the classes and found her on the list! How could I not? SOOOOO very happy I did. Fortunately for us (not so much for Glenny) there were 4 students and we had 1 on 1 attention. How nice! Julie had the kits already made up, so when I'm going through all the ribbons and the base for the doll I'm thinking french for sure. So that is the direction I took her. The first picture is mine and the second is of the 3 of ours (1 lady had to leave early due to a family emergency) and Julie's original. The interesting part is we all started with the same materials but look how different we all did!

Crowabout StudioB unveiled today at Deviant Scrap!

2010-05-24T07:00:00.001-04:00

My friend Nancy Baumiller is unveiling her new line of digital goodiness at Deviant Scrap today! She also asked me to part of her creative team and this is from her Borders and Bits kit (except for the parrot). She has fabulous kits (and some freebies too!) so please stop by and see what she has in store for us!

As soon as I get home from Art & Soul, I'm gonna be playing!!!

Shockingly fun Sunday!!!!

2010-05-23T16:38:00.001-04:00

These are from a class with Gail Rossokov and I am smitten! We started out with magazine pages, cut and layered; edged with glue; used never dull and oil pastels; added tissue paper on 2 and sprayed with clear gloss. This are sooooooo much better in person - the intensity and the dimension are amazing. Everyone in class made fabulous art!!!!

woooo hooooo saturday!

2010-05-22T17:43:00.003-04:00

Today was play with Carla Sonheim day. It was a fabulous class - she showed us how to look at things like scribbles, blots and clouds...

These are the paintings - 2 are drawn and 2 are found. Can you tell which one is which? 1st and 3rd are found - design was in the background and I just had to emphasize them. They are my favorites.

This time I took the photos in class instead of fighting in the room with the light (or lack there of).

Excellent day - Friday

2010-05-22T06:28:00.000-04:00

Loved this class - Stephanie Rubiano's Butterfly Boxes. Old photo and plywood... who knew? We started with a "baby" to get our cutting down before we went with our main image.

If you know me, I can't leave well enough alone - hand colored her and cut her a new pair of wings.

Then we cut our image for the box. Wish I had taken some photos. I'm thinking - I loved my angel from Thursday night's journal, so I figure what the hay... let me cut one out. So here she is!

Here is my finished box (just have to clean the glass and seal it up). Those are real butterfly wings she is sporting there! It was difficult to photograph. The caption on the bottom was from a very vintage riddle book and it says: what female name would an egg object to be called? Addle-laid (Adelaide). LOL - can't you tell its very old? They had a funny sense of humour back then. Fun huh?

Busy Day - Thursday

2010-05-21T17:14:00.001-04:00

I took 2 classes yesterday - the first with Michael Demeng (cave of pages) and then Soul Sisters (Tracy Bunkers and Juliana Coles) at Art & Soul - Hampton VA.

Th first class was so much fun! Honestly, I never thought about taking a class with Michael - but I am so glad I did. Its hard to see, but there are many layers inside the window. The bunny and the base were from free trophies someone brought, and it was a last minute stroll in the store that I found them. I painted the bunny a vertigris color, and left the base plain. Before I left the class room, someone offered to buy it!

The next class was later in the evening and I think I had about 45 mins to get to the room, grab what I needed and get to class. The book is one I had put together a few weeks ago using an old book but when I gut the insides, I cut the spine, so I had to come up with another option. There are 2 signatures of water color paper in there.

The first spread is the first one I started. Wasn't sure where I was going with it, so started the next one. Then came back and finished it. Liked the angel so much wait till you see what I made today!

This spread was fun - just laid images down and handcolored with my copics, then added stamps and watercolor crayons.

Journey

2010-05-17T23:24:00.000-04:00

it's so funny... I love to make journals but I don't keep one... yet.

This is a book that I got for free... not so good unless you cover it.

had an old map and I thought that would be cool.

thanks to t!m for the lovely corners and label holder.

inside are 16 pages - 2 signatures of 8 - of mixed media paper -

a good weight for paints, inks and so on.

I love the graphic look of it.

ROD Swap received and bound

2010-05-11T07:05:00.000-04:00

Remember the swap I was in for Remains of the Day pages? Well I got the package from Susie yesterday and WOWZA! They are amazing! 10 Fabulous pages and some extras from Susie to boot! I had this idea to bind them immediately! So I went out to my stash of old books to find the right size and here it is. I removed the papers carefully from the book without cutting the spine. I cleaned it up a bit and divided up my signatures. I cut some gasket material to fit the channel, used my piercing tool to mark the holes and sewed them in. I then took the signatures and used red line tape to put into the channel.

After putting the pages in, I added a decorative tape to

clean the edges on both sides.

Works like a charm!

Thanks to all that participated in the swap! LOVE THEM!!!!

more digital fun

2010-05-08T21:34:00.002-04:00

short men

2010-05-07T22:18:00.000-04:00

garden

2010-05-06T08:24:00.000-04:00

another digital collage

2010-05-05T21:50:00.000-04:00

thanks to Deviant Scrap - I've been playing with PSE.

only name I can think of for this one is 2 girls and a bird. what do you think ?

Deviant Scrap - Tumble Fish challenge

2010-05-05T06:13:00.000-04:00

Marsha from Tumble Fish is part of Deviant Scrap, and in the forum there are challenges and all kinds of fun! This is for a "fish" challenge - called "she loved balloons". Most of it is digital (first time in a long time for that) and then hand embellished (couldn't figure out how to add the strings). Borders and background are from Marsha's digital kits she has available in the shop.

Memories of Mom

2010-05-01T09:12:00.000-04:00

This is for a round robin journal for inthishouseandgarden.

I was in a swap for supplies and most of the items were from there... thank you Vicki!

So, no, this is not about my mom.

remains of the day swap pages

2010-04-25T18:49:00.001-04:00

i finished making my first rod pages - and they're for a swap. here's one - to see the rest click on the link!

a swap and something for me

2010-04-20T21:02:00.000-04:00

time flies is one of my atc books and is made for a swap. the paper is hand painted and the items i think are from crowabout collage sheets.

i've been very busy playing with paint and i put together about 15 journals (mostly 5.5 x 8.5) and was playing around and came up with this one. i cut out a a figure from a magazine and used it to mask on tissue paper. glued it to a piece of stock paper and then outlined and detailed. like the way it turned out.

M

2010-04-17T08:29:00.001-04:00

Actually this is the bottom part of the previous post -

now sent as a skinny.

The recipient's name started with an M so how ironic!

nice connections made at Art Opera

2010-04-13T19:25:00.001-04:00

I have such nice memories of Art Opera last week, and fortunately I have lots of stuff to show for it. These two items are for swaps, but I thought I would give you some of the back story. For "spring" I met a couple of ladies (mother and daughter) in Traci Bautista's class. They had these wonderful papers that had these fabulous (you know me) bird drawings on them. Come to find out they are from an old book (and site) that she printed on old book paper and hand colored. I had to have them! So thank you Leah!

This is a postcard.

The faux birthday card is for a skinny swap for #8. These are some more items I got during Art Opera. Ah, such nice memories. For those of you reading this, please check out ArtOperanj.com. It is run by Lisa Kettell and she did a fabulous job for her 1st time around and I can only imagine the next one will be ultra fabulous! It is worth the trip - and Lisa says she will be doing lots of activities between now and next year.

Go ahead, check it out, you know you want to!

one more swap

2010-04-09T22:45:00.000-04:00

Three heads are better than one.

Things I should've learned from Norm/give-a-way

2010-04-07T06:50:00.000-04:00

For like ever I faithfully watched This Old House. Yes I have a thing for Bob Villa... sexy devil. One of the things that Norm repeated over and over is "measure twice, cut once". I try to remember that when I cut fabric or wood, but I need to start when I do art. So the moral of this story is - read directions. I went to send my inchies to my partner and re-read the directions and found I didn't follow the directions at all. Now I have 26 inchies with no home to go to... unless you would like me to send to you? Leave a comment and I will select and mail to someone. I will pick on Sunday April 11.

More swaps!

2010-04-07T06:25:00.000-04:00

Inchies

2010-04-04T20:07:00.001-04:00

I haven't done inchies in such a long long time, but signed up for a swap. I used watercolor paper which I wet and drizzled Golden fluid acylics, and smooshed the paper together. It makes such a cool background. The flowers are little decals I received in a swap and added dots, edges and other stuff.

Mysterious

2010-04-03T08:15:00.003-04:00

This is for a Green Skinny swap.

STANO and a give-away!

2010-03-28T08:14:00.000-04:00

New swap for an altered bingo card on swap-bot.

Yesterday I was at an estate sale and found these fabulous cards! So, its a little stretch on the BINGO... but I think they are fabulous just the same. They measure approximately 5.5" x 9".

I think I will have a little giveaway for a blank one (may not be the one pictured here). Just leave me a comment and a way to contact you and I will select someone April 1.

7

2010-03-21T10:26:00.000-04:00

More swaps/stuff on my laptop

2010-03-15T08:30:00.000-04:00

Don't you know, my computer would stop working. Damn those viruses. So I've been trying to get everything hooked up to my laptop. Finally got scanner to work, so here are the latest swaps and other goodies...

Ms Lucy Goosey (skinny) for L swap

Happiness is key (skinny) for K swap

going postal... again (bookmark) for bookmark swap

FLY (Journal cover) for me!

love those skinnies!

2010-02-23T21:43:00.000-05:00

Two more swaps going out - the first "I" for Identity

and the other "5" just for the fun of it.

More swaps out

2010-02-20T23:00:00.000-05:00

These are for a homemade postcard swap on swap-bot.

Jim Dine ala susi

2010-02-18T08:17:00.001-05:00

Another for the inthishouseandgarden round robin. This one is for Janet - and its for inspiring artists. I have always loved Jim Dine - since his hearts came out about the time I was in high school. Hearts are so cool too - these are made of wood and have been painted, stamped, crackled (white), inked and then covered with rock candy crackle paint. Can't wait for the next journal to cross my doorstep!

Lastest swaps gone postal

2010-02-17T08:09:00.000-05:00

skinny -4

atc

bookmark

And the OWOH winner is... drumroll please....

2010-02-15T10:03:00.000-05:00

Krissy is the winner!

Bird Swap at ATT

2010-02-07T15:37:00.000-05:00

This is made for a swap at the Yahoo Group - All Things T!m. As you have seen before, I love altering these boxes. I hope Allie likes it too!

Found it!

2010-02-05T20:08:00.000-05:00

Formerly missing journal cover has been found!

Remains of the Day Journals

2010-02-04T22:11:00.000-05:00

Okay. So it seems as though every blog I go to, they are making some really fabulous journals all due to Mary Ann Moss. So when I couldn't take it anymore, I signed up. Within eight hours of getting the link from Mary Ann, I have made these 3, the previous post, and 2 others. 1 of which is my favorite and I can't find-as soon as I find I will post, unless of coarse I make oodles more (there is a blizzard coming). Yes I am having a love affair (again) with my sewing machine. I did do the scaps insert (just 1 so far) but not sure I am too happy with how it turned out - so I'm not sharing... yet. This is very addictive - not just making the journals, but blog hopping to the zillion people who are making and sharing. So if you like making things with fabric, paper and a sewing machine - you need to sign up - FAST - you'll be sorry you have to go to bed, go to work, because you won't want to stop!!!!!!

New Journal

2010-02-02T22:53:00.001-05:00

Here is a journal I sewed and then added the flowers. Copics are my new absolute favorite markers - and I have a lot of markers. What a nice effect! What do you think?

Main Street swap

2010-01-25T20:45:00.002-05:00

I signed up for a swap at Inthishouseandgarden to do 5 "buildings" from Main Street. Although it was a "block" building swap, I had asked Susie (hostess) if I could use these boxes instead. I tried to make each one a little different-

Buzz Inn: This has a couple of elements that I've had around for a while. Its a lattice box that I've attached bees to, added white vines, and included a little angel for the inside. The rose that's on top was made by Wendy Vecchi for a Tim Holtz class. This is the only one with a doll.

Mobile Home: I had gotten the truck a while ago, and decided with the box on top it looked like a mobile home, so I looked for items that might be stuck on the window... Inside are mini journals.

Fish Tales: I'm not sure why, but I have a thing about these fish. Inside are mini journals.

The Watch Tower: This is my favorite one. This was the second one I did. Inside - you guessed it - more journals.

Vintage Bird: This was my first one. I had gotten a bunch of bird ornaments after Christmas, and it kind of went from there. And yes, more journals!

I hope the recipient(s) likes them!

One World One Heart Giveaway

2010-01-25T20:10:00.004-05:00

This is my first time playing along with the One World One Heart Giveaway, so please be patient while I lay out the rules and such.

To enter, all you need to do is leave only one comment to this post. Make sure you leave me a way of getting in contact with you should you be the winner! This year, the last day to leave a comment is February 14 by midnight- the winner will be chosen on February 15 via a random draw.

Okay, now for the fun stuff!

Here is a little better detail. I have such a problem getting a good shot if it doesn't fit on the scanner!

This is a 3 door cabinet tower topped off with a cute red metal roof bird house that has layers of bits and pieces of papers, both vintage and current, a vintage button, charms, and other assorted goodies. The measurements are approximate 3.5" wide, 15" tall and 3" deep. It has been finished off with several coats of gloss varnish.

I hope you will leave a comment! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Valentine Swap Postcard

2010-01-23T19:36:00.002-05:00

This was a fun swap - use 2 christmas cards to make a valentine postcard. Pretty happy the way this turned out although the scan isn't great. The dog is actually mylar and looks much better in person. Hopefully the recipient thinks so!

Love hearts swap

2010-01-14T08:24:00.001-05:00

Here is my atc for the hearts swap on swap-bot.

New card

2010-01-03T19:31:00.000-05:00

new card

2010-01-03T12:51:00.003-05:00

worry

2010-01-02T19:31:00.001-05:00

INSPIRE

2010-01-02T09:59:00.000-05:00

Thank you angel

2009-12-31T18:21:00.001-05:00

On a thank you card - the recipient loves angels.

Busy Busy

2009-12-26T22:57:00.004-05:00

Rainy Saturday. Ran errands, took a nap and completed a couple of swaps and a new design for a birthday card. The card may become a journal - not sure. I was blog hopping a couple of days ago and saw where an artist had done a christmas greeting and I loved it. This is my interpretation - it may be just a little toooooo busy. Its hard to stop!

This is actually a little bigger than an atc (measure twice cut once) and I couldn't figure out how to cut it down so I'm sending as is. I hope the recipient is okay with a little off. Both of these were for a collage challenge - swap-bot.

New Journal just listed on Etsy

2009-12-25T19:33:00.002-05:00

In between cooking my turkey and other christmastime festivities, I put together this new journal called TIME FLIES and listed it on Etsy.

New Journals

2009-12-24T08:13:00.001-05:00

I was going to add a photo of a dad and his son, but I like it just the way it is. What do you think? This journal looks soooooo much better in person...

LUCKY

2009-12-21T18:33:00.001-05:00

Something I have been playing with... not sure I like but I am finished. What do you think?

What to do when there's snow

2009-12-20T21:35:00.004-05:00

And I mean ALOT of snow... I'd guess about a foot. So I stayed in and played!

This is the journal cover I worked on.

Zetti bird swap

2009-12-17T06:28:00.003-05:00

These were made for a zetti bird swap on swap-bot. I have this thing for making ATC books. Inside are 4 pages for journalling, notes, whatever!