Wow, have you seen this cool ornament by Terri at Stampin -up.com? It is on you tube and I saw it last christmas season. I want to make it for my next years greeting cards but I am not sure everyone will know how to open it. I tested a few of them this year and I was surprised how many people didn't know what to do with it. It is kind of like a test puzzle. There you go"its a gift, an ornament, and a greeting card. If anyone hasa a suggestion of what to put in the envelope let me kpow. Leave a comment. Perhaps a funny saying or a witty saying...Here is the link to it. Thanks for stoppin by.
Pop-UpOrnamentStamp-inup@youtube.comPop Up Or for more information go see Tami at
http://stampwithtami.com/blog/2010/12/popup-ornament/
Hello and welcome to this blog about creativity,how to, hints and other useful information that may help others learn what took me my lifetime to learn a lot of time , the hard way. If I can help you not make the same mistakes I did,well that's good enough for me!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The Great Organizing Giveaway !! | [ real neat ] - real life. real organized. real simple.™
The Great Organizing Giveaway !! | [ real neat ] - real life. real organized. real simple.™
Hello everyone and wishing you a great Thanksgiving Day! I am thankful to have everyone in my life today. Also wishing Josh Bewley a Happy Birthday!
This post is obviously dated for 2010 but I wanted to share this website, for orginizing your downloads and keeping your computer free of overload. If your anything like me and need to download every idea you see online, you can load yourself down with tons of junk. I used to print out everything. That was silly because I would have all this paper laying around and reminding me how I need to do this or that so I could throw the paper away. Then I started saving it to my files on the computer. But that got messy too. In this blog she will help you organize your life from work, to home, to your kids. But the great thing is, she is so subtle in her delivery that it doesn't become a chore, it just becomes part of your life. That's what I like...
I looked on another website for organization skills and the site was so full of info that it overwhelmed me. Here this site was supposed to be about un cluttering your life but her site was so cluttered that I couldn't read it without getting stressed.I had to log out because I was getting a panic attack!!!
But Michelle gives you her little tips one thing at a time. Last night I read something she sent me for signing up and before I knew it I was picking up the living room before I went to bed,putting away dinner mess, washed my face and brushed my teeth, cleaned up my bedroom and didn't even realize I was doing it. I HATE doing this stuff at night. Normally! But it came natural to me after reading her article. She makes you want to do these things, for some reason.
Anyway, Check her out if you need a little inspiration I know I do!
Hello everyone and wishing you a great Thanksgiving Day! I am thankful to have everyone in my life today. Also wishing Josh Bewley a Happy Birthday!
This post is obviously dated for 2010 but I wanted to share this website, for orginizing your downloads and keeping your computer free of overload. If your anything like me and need to download every idea you see online, you can load yourself down with tons of junk. I used to print out everything. That was silly because I would have all this paper laying around and reminding me how I need to do this or that so I could throw the paper away. Then I started saving it to my files on the computer. But that got messy too. In this blog she will help you organize your life from work, to home, to your kids. But the great thing is, she is so subtle in her delivery that it doesn't become a chore, it just becomes part of your life. That's what I like...
I looked on another website for organization skills and the site was so full of info that it overwhelmed me. Here this site was supposed to be about un cluttering your life but her site was so cluttered that I couldn't read it without getting stressed.I had to log out because I was getting a panic attack!!!
But Michelle gives you her little tips one thing at a time. Last night I read something she sent me for signing up and before I knew it I was picking up the living room before I went to bed,putting away dinner mess, washed my face and brushed my teeth, cleaned up my bedroom and didn't even realize I was doing it. I HATE doing this stuff at night. Normally! But it came natural to me after reading her article. She makes you want to do these things, for some reason.
Anyway, Check her out if you need a little inspiration I know I do!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
SIX THINGS NOT TO DO to make your time more productive!
1.Pointless email. I know, I know. You think every email you get is important, but really it’s not. Try cutting back checking your email to twice a day, and never look at email first thing in the morning, before you have a chance to set your direction for the day. Why? Most email really isn’t that important, but crafting thoughtful responses takes up a lot of time, and really doesn’t get much done. This is the junk food of the productivity world, it fills you up without nourishing you. This goes for both personal and work email.
2.Reading your pointless email during a meeting. As if email isn’t bad enough, now you’re reading it during a meeting, when you should be participating?! Total waste of time, yours and theirs. Get involved or get out.
3.Useless meetings If you’re not contributing something or gaining useful insight, then speak up, or get out, or say no next time this person calls one. Chances are you aren’t the only person who thinks that way, so you’ll be seen as a real get-things-done kinda guy or gal.
4. Complaining. So yes, it feels good to blow off some steam and vent about the boss, your finances, your spouse, but in the end, it only reinforces a counterproductive mindset: that they are the problem and you are a victim. So just stop. Instead, try to see things from their perspective, and start looking for a solution, instead of griping.
5.Watching TV. There are some TV shows that actually improve your ability to get things, but for the most part, TV is an anaesthetic; it zones you out and leaves you more tired, not relaxed. So, rather than watch TV, go out and do something useful, put on some music and straighten up your desk, or write a letter or an article (or that book you’ve always dreamed of!), or practice a musical instrument. Think about it from this angle: no one, on their deathbed, wishes they had watched more TV.
6.Hanging around negative people, or people who indulge in the above behaviors. You become more and more like the people you spend time with. Think about that. If you hang around with people who gripe and complain, or who work hard and don’t get much done (or don’t work hard and don’t get much done), you will become, and remain, one of them.
So, what do you do if you are not doing these things above? That’s up to you, but you will find that when your time and energy isn’t being sucked up by trivialities you will be able to take on and accomplish the sorts of rewarding and satisfying challenges that you had previously only dreamed
2.Reading your pointless email during a meeting. As if email isn’t bad enough, now you’re reading it during a meeting, when you should be participating?! Total waste of time, yours and theirs. Get involved or get out.
3.Useless meetings If you’re not contributing something or gaining useful insight, then speak up, or get out, or say no next time this person calls one. Chances are you aren’t the only person who thinks that way, so you’ll be seen as a real get-things-done kinda guy or gal.
4. Complaining. So yes, it feels good to blow off some steam and vent about the boss, your finances, your spouse, but in the end, it only reinforces a counterproductive mindset: that they are the problem and you are a victim. So just stop. Instead, try to see things from their perspective, and start looking for a solution, instead of griping.
5.Watching TV. There are some TV shows that actually improve your ability to get things, but for the most part, TV is an anaesthetic; it zones you out and leaves you more tired, not relaxed. So, rather than watch TV, go out and do something useful, put on some music and straighten up your desk, or write a letter or an article (or that book you’ve always dreamed of!), or practice a musical instrument. Think about it from this angle: no one, on their deathbed, wishes they had watched more TV.
6.Hanging around negative people, or people who indulge in the above behaviors. You become more and more like the people you spend time with. Think about that. If you hang around with people who gripe and complain, or who work hard and don’t get much done (or don’t work hard and don’t get much done), you will become, and remain, one of them.
So, what do you do if you are not doing these things above? That’s up to you, but you will find that when your time and energy isn’t being sucked up by trivialities you will be able to take on and accomplish the sorts of rewarding and satisfying challenges that you had previously only dreamed
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Wild sister! Message for Kate
Well hello to everybody and a beautiful happy new year!
While everyone is getting on with there lives and making there new years resolutions sometimes we forget that there are others out there in need. I know it is very hard to think about it when you have finally gotten yourself "UP" and we don't want to bring ourselves on a "Downer" by thinking about the sad stuff in life. But today I wish to give Kate a"Love Bomb".
Who is Kate? Well" Today" I joined a group of artist and others called WILD SISTER! Wild sister is also a magazine, and a bunch of other artist etc. supporting one another.. Funny if you know me personaly because thats what I am considered in my family of 2 brothers and 8 sisters. Yes, I'm the wild one!
But enough about me, I was reading the newsletters on the Wild sister RSS and I found this articleand found this sad story. Love for Kate. The tale of depression. For so many of us its something we may struggle with silently. This is why I wanted to share a bit of my story with Kate. And ask my readers to do the same. Thank you.
Dear Kate, I am sorry to hear about your sorrow today. I like many to can be depressed and suffer from depression. Today, I came to this website on accident. I was searching for my class I have been so excited about. A class called" life book the celebration of you." I am taking this class because I have been so down and ready myself to take my own life. I couldn't afford to take this class.But I used up the last of my credit on my credit cards that are all overdue. But I thought I couldn't afford NOT to take the class. I am so behind in my rent,( 8,000.00) most of my credit cards are cut off, my ex ows me a lot of money and he just wont pay so I end up on the streets? Not fair. Thank god my landlord was an angel, but this month is the end of that. I got a letter from her, and one from the I.R.S. owing 25,000. Kind of a bummer huh? Well we keep trying to struggle. I have a great boyfriend who has stood by me for 7 years. We started dating in Oct.2004, and on Dec. 28th 2004 (his birthday) he took me to the hospital for a biopsy. Fun way to spend a birthday with a girl you hardly know. Yes, I was diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma. a.c.c.Rare cancer that is terminal, Burt slow grown. I had surgery, Cut from ear to ear under my neck, Removed 1/3 of my tongue (which makes me talk like a drunk) 28 lymph nodes. And they gave me 3 yrs. to live. I told my b.f. to go on with his life. He is 22 years younger than me. and a good looking , sweet, handsome guy. He stayed. Has gone to every appt. with me. Held my hair back while I got sick from radiation, I could go on How kaiser really screwed me out of my life, and 70,000.but that's another chapter.
Recintly we have been trying to catch up and Jason got laid of on his birthday! Of course I can't tell my landlord, She will be so upset! And its hard not to. She lives 6 houses down.. Now, this guys luck is really not so good to say the least! When he was 9 months old his mom died. When he was 3 his step mom left him on the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Vine. His uncle picked him up and when he was 17 his uncle shot himself in the head. And we think we have problems??? So anyway Kate, The only reason I don't take my life is because I am so worried it will be worse in the next life. And I try and remember those days that I just loved life and thanked God. Also the days that I was grateful I didnt take my life because something greater happened. Like meeting Jason, or a great art class or ? I really try not to. And nobody really knows this about me. How I really suffer inside. They just say things like" Wow you look so great! You would never know you have cancer!" or "can you believe how you have outlived what the Drs. timeline gave you?" and I think (Yea, whats up with that! when am I going to be out of here!) its to hard to live. I think that all the time. Its so hard not to Kate, I know. Hearing my problems don't make you feel any better I know. Big deal right? Well I am telling you to please wait for one more day. (listen to me,I dont want one more day because I just see myself on the streets,I know,but I go on.) and if I can do it please try to do it. I will have a contest with you, if you do it,I will. Live one more day,Kate. O.K.? This is going to be my first life class moto ! Wow Kate,see what you did for me? You gave me an idea for my painting today,(if I don't get distracted anymore)haha. And my painting is going to be called Live one more day, for Kate! Thank you Kate,Love and hugs, Sheshe(Victoria)
P.S.I failed to mention I havent been able to eat for 7 years. Since my surgery! Yet I still need to cook. It is soooo hard. Even to smell the food. Makes me so sad not to be able to eat it.
1) Leave a message on this form and they will be compiled and mailed to Kate.
While everyone is getting on with there lives and making there new years resolutions sometimes we forget that there are others out there in need. I know it is very hard to think about it when you have finally gotten yourself "UP" and we don't want to bring ourselves on a "Downer" by thinking about the sad stuff in life. But today I wish to give Kate a"Love Bomb".
Who is Kate? Well" Today" I joined a group of artist and others called WILD SISTER! Wild sister is also a magazine, and a bunch of other artist etc. supporting one another.. Funny if you know me personaly because thats what I am considered in my family of 2 brothers and 8 sisters. Yes, I'm the wild one!
But enough about me, I was reading the newsletters on the Wild sister RSS and I found this articleand found this sad story. Love for Kate. The tale of depression. For so many of us its something we may struggle with silently. This is why I wanted to share a bit of my story with Kate. And ask my readers to do the same. Thank you.
Dear Kate, I am sorry to hear about your sorrow today. I like many to can be depressed and suffer from depression. Today, I came to this website on accident. I was searching for my class I have been so excited about. A class called" life book the celebration of you." I am taking this class because I have been so down and ready myself to take my own life. I couldn't afford to take this class.But I used up the last of my credit on my credit cards that are all overdue. But I thought I couldn't afford NOT to take the class. I am so behind in my rent,( 8,000.00) most of my credit cards are cut off, my ex ows me a lot of money and he just wont pay so I end up on the streets? Not fair. Thank god my landlord was an angel, but this month is the end of that. I got a letter from her, and one from the I.R.S. owing 25,000. Kind of a bummer huh? Well we keep trying to struggle. I have a great boyfriend who has stood by me for 7 years. We started dating in Oct.2004, and on Dec. 28th 2004 (his birthday) he took me to the hospital for a biopsy. Fun way to spend a birthday with a girl you hardly know. Yes, I was diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma. a.c.c.Rare cancer that is terminal, Burt slow grown. I had surgery, Cut from ear to ear under my neck, Removed 1/3 of my tongue (which makes me talk like a drunk) 28 lymph nodes. And they gave me 3 yrs. to live. I told my b.f. to go on with his life. He is 22 years younger than me. and a good looking , sweet, handsome guy. He stayed. Has gone to every appt. with me. Held my hair back while I got sick from radiation, I could go on How kaiser really screwed me out of my life, and 70,000.but that's another chapter.
Recintly we have been trying to catch up and Jason got laid of on his birthday! Of course I can't tell my landlord, She will be so upset! And its hard not to. She lives 6 houses down.. Now, this guys luck is really not so good to say the least! When he was 9 months old his mom died. When he was 3 his step mom left him on the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Vine. His uncle picked him up and when he was 17 his uncle shot himself in the head. And we think we have problems??? So anyway Kate, The only reason I don't take my life is because I am so worried it will be worse in the next life. And I try and remember those days that I just loved life and thanked God. Also the days that I was grateful I didnt take my life because something greater happened. Like meeting Jason, or a great art class or ? I really try not to. And nobody really knows this about me. How I really suffer inside. They just say things like" Wow you look so great! You would never know you have cancer!" or "can you believe how you have outlived what the Drs. timeline gave you?" and I think (Yea, whats up with that! when am I going to be out of here!) its to hard to live. I think that all the time. Its so hard not to Kate, I know. Hearing my problems don't make you feel any better I know. Big deal right? Well I am telling you to please wait for one more day. (listen to me,I dont want one more day because I just see myself on the streets,I know,but I go on.) and if I can do it please try to do it. I will have a contest with you, if you do it,I will. Live one more day,Kate. O.K.? This is going to be my first life class moto ! Wow Kate,see what you did for me? You gave me an idea for my painting today,(if I don't get distracted anymore)haha. And my painting is going to be called Live one more day, for Kate! Thank you Kate,Love and hugs, Sheshe(Victoria)
P.S.I failed to mention I havent been able to eat for 7 years. Since my surgery! Yet I still need to cook. It is soooo hard. Even to smell the food. Makes me so sad not to be able to eat it.
What can we do:
For our regular, weekly members who like it simple:1) Leave a message on this form and they will be compiled and mailed to Kate.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Hot Tips
Hi Guys and Gals , Well here I am again with a big tip for your Christmas Day! If anyone out there has gotten a little bit in debt with the Christmas season buying, You can now go out and save a bundle on your own car repair. That's right! I found a web site called "Car Care Kiosk.com" and all you have to do is put your car make and model in and up comes the general maintenance for your car. Also they give you videos on how to do it. I think that would be fun for all you girls out there who love a challenge and if you have a bit of cabin fever, well there you go. Go out and change your air filter, or the oil in your car. Not only will you save a bundle but you will feel oh so good about it. Now there's a do it your self tip of the day!!! Havwe a safe and soulful New Year! Hugs! Sheshe
Friday, December 16, 2011
Martha Pullen Company | Sewing Made Easy
Martha Pullehttp://www.marthapullen.com/community/tips-projects/ideas.htmln Company | Sewing Made Easy
Have you ever seen Martha Pullens web-site? Or perhaps her T.V. shows. So different than your average bear. ( j.k.haha) Beautiful
sewing essentials for anyone who sews. From the french lace to the little checks on her fabrics. Reminds me of what my mother used to sew. That was in the olden days though,right? My mother God rest her soul did more than anyone (I think) in her 58 years of life than anyone I know. Martha Pullen would have been proud of her had she known her.
On that subject of our mother, she sewed all of our clothes. And that was a handful in and of itself. There were 8 of us girls, and 2 boys. We would all have matching dresses for all of the holidays. (I will look for a picture of us) and she would make my dad and brother jackets, and the baby of the family ,little bro, would be in knickers and knee socks.
As if that wasn't enough, she made our flannel nighties for christmas eve, and our dolls had matching nighties as well. She would make them all the same except for the accent color, that was how to tell them apart. Even our underwear was handmade. With little cotton eyelet ruffles on the bootie. I remember this to this day, all I wanted for my 9th birthday was a store bought dress. And I got it. I feel so bad now. And I sure wish I had those dresses now.
So this is why I really love Martha Pullens web-site. Check her out.
And if you have a story to share, PLEASE DO. Right here. I would love to read it, and perhaps share it if thats alright with you.
Enjoy your family this holiday season, Sheshe(Victoria)
Have you ever seen Martha Pullens web-site? Or perhaps her T.V. shows. So different than your average bear. ( j.k.haha) Beautiful
sewing essentials for anyone who sews. From the french lace to the little checks on her fabrics. Reminds me of what my mother used to sew. That was in the olden days though,right? My mother God rest her soul did more than anyone (I think) in her 58 years of life than anyone I know. Martha Pullen would have been proud of her had she known her.
On that subject of our mother, she sewed all of our clothes. And that was a handful in and of itself. There were 8 of us girls, and 2 boys. We would all have matching dresses for all of the holidays. (I will look for a picture of us) and she would make my dad and brother jackets, and the baby of the family ,little bro, would be in knickers and knee socks.
As if that wasn't enough, she made our flannel nighties for christmas eve, and our dolls had matching nighties as well. She would make them all the same except for the accent color, that was how to tell them apart. Even our underwear was handmade. With little cotton eyelet ruffles on the bootie. I remember this to this day, all I wanted for my 9th birthday was a store bought dress. And I got it. I feel so bad now. And I sure wish I had those dresses now.
So this is why I really love Martha Pullens web-site. Check her out.
And if you have a story to share, PLEASE DO. Right here. I would love to read it, and perhaps share it if thats alright with you.
Enjoy your family this holiday season, Sheshe(Victoria)
Friday, December 9, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
My New Mixed Media art
Hello all, Just wanted to share some of my new art I'm working with. It's called mixed media. Basicly using everything under the kitchen sink. Don't you love it? You can use everything you have.HaHa. Well here is my shot at it. I made this for my friends Blondie and Spencer.
It is there address. I went with the circus theme because if you know them, well if you know them I don'T NEED TO EXPLAIN!
It is there address. I went with the circus theme because if you know them, well if you know them I don'T NEED TO EXPLAIN!
Monday, November 7, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
"Paper Cuts"
Well most of you don’t know me yet and I have a confession to let you in on. I have an addiction. Well it’s more than one and I’m going to tell you 
a little about some of them,not all of them just yet. We need to get to know one another a bit more.
The first one I will let you in on is my addiction to paper. I love it. Have for a long time now as most of you do as well I’m sure. (although I haven’t seen you at the meetings! You know who you are. PA..A.papers addicts anonymous) It started in kindergarten,you know,the paper they would wrap your book in to take home? You were supposed to bring it back in that paper ,but I never could manage to find it when the time came. Then I graduated to wrapping paper at my birthday parties. Then it was on to wall paper, and now I m out of control…Scrap paper papers, recycling papers oh no. Tell me I’M NOT ALONE. PLEASE?
ANYWAY, on to the subject at hand. I found this blog called Paper Cuts and it is so cute and cool. There is one talented person here who makes silhouettes of the funniest things…well you just have to go check them out. See you at the next P.A.A. meeting!
Sheshe ollymosspapercuts.blogspot.com
a little about some of them,not all of them just yet. We need to get to know one another a bit more. The first one I will let you in on is my addiction to paper. I love it. Have for a long time now as most of you do as well I’m sure. (although I haven’t seen you at the meetings! You know who you are. PA..A.papers addicts anonymous) It started in kindergarten,you know,the paper they would wrap your book in to take home? You were supposed to bring it back in that paper ,but I never could manage to find it when the time came. Then I graduated to wrapping paper at my birthday parties. Then it was on to wall paper, and now I m out of control…Scrap paper papers, recycling papers oh no. Tell me I’M NOT ALONE. PLEASE?
ANYWAY, on to the subject at hand. I found this blog called Paper Cuts and it is so cute and cool. There is one talented person here who makes silhouettes of the funniest things…well you just have to go check them out. See you at the next P.A.A. meeting!
Sheshe ollymosspapercuts.blogspot.com
Friday, October 21, 2011
More Hot Tips
Hello, Well I am going to be sharing some more tips for anyone who might be interested. Although not new but maybe a reminder.
When I get done with my shower I always take my squeegee and use it on all the walls and the door to not only avoid water marks,but it helps prevent mildew and it also is so much less work when cleaning the shower later. Now all I have to do, is scrub the shower floor about once a week and do the whole shower once a month.(or less) It saves so much time later on a job I hate doing. Hope this helps. If you have a shower curtain,shake it well before using squeegee.
When I get done with my shower I always take my squeegee and use it on all the walls and the door to not only avoid water marks,but it helps prevent mildew and it also is so much less work when cleaning the shower later. Now all I have to do, is scrub the shower floor about once a week and do the whole shower once a month.(or less) It saves so much time later on a job I hate doing. Hope this helps. If you have a shower curtain,shake it well before using squeegee.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Shopping Oppourtunity
Hello Friends,
Do you like getting a head start on the holidays? Supporting local vendors AND Crittenton Services? Come by our ‘Shop For A Cause’ event one week from yesterday ( Thursday, Oct 20th 4-8pm) and visit, have fun and do some shopping. A percentage of all sales goes to Crittenton. Come by and check out Mary Kay Cosmetics, Pampered Chef, Cookie Lee Jewelry, Stella Dot Jewelry as well as specialty vendors like Bartholomew & co (fabulous clothing & accessories), handmade headbands, jewelry and MORE, Way MORE! Also homemade baked goods will be available for purchase also. Felicia Auxiliary is coordinating this event and all proceeds go to Crittenton Services. Please stop by and check us out – and tell a friend!
Thank you for your support of Crittenton, Felicia Auxiliary and the children & families,
Marlene McGlensey
Crittenton Volunteer & Felicia Auxiliary member
Felicia Auxiliary "Shop for a Cause" Boutique
benefiting Crittenton Services for Children and Families
Thursday, October 20, 2011
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church
838 North Euclid Street
Fullerton, CA 92832
Plan to do your Holiday Shopping at our event.
Each vendor will donate a portion of their profits to Felicia Auxiliary.
We have Fantastic Vendors for this Fund-raiser!!!!
Jewelry, Hand bags, Cosmetics, Kitchen items, Cooking items, Scrapbooking,
Clothing, Candles, Baby items & more!
For questions please mail us at: FeliciaAuxiliary@gmail.com
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Christmas Cards
Hi Everybody, Well has anybody started thinking about Christmas Cards yet? Well I have been making them like crazy. My sister Kik and I are doing a craft holiday show for her charity she is involved in. She isa giving me a chance to sell some of my cards and that is getting me in the mood. I was busy trying to finish a watercolor I started last year but she wasn't crazy about it so I am finishing up on a different one. I will take a picture of the watercolor cards I am making aqnd also the other cards I am bringing with me to sell. If anyone is interested in ordering any please leave me a message and I can let you know the price and also can do custom orders if you have something in mind. So if you have any questions for me let me know. I will return soon! Hugs,
Sheshe
Sheshe
Monday, September 26, 2011
Spark your Creativity! It's good for you!
We expect doctors to ask us if we smoke,” says Jeremy Nobel, a lecturer at
Harvard School of Public Health and founder of the organization. “Should we
expect them to ask us, ‘Do you have a creative outlet?’ ”
This is from an article I read in a blog from a very dear person who gives so much of herself. Her name is Alessandra Colfi PH.D.(c) and she is a Doctor at the San Diego Cancer Institute. A Doctor? Let me try to explain.
Alessandra teaches in " Expressive Arts Therapy," a class I don't spend nearly enough time in. But is offered by the San Diego Cancer Center. In saying this Iam just affirming the fact that "Arts, crafting, sewing and other kind s of creative outlets are good forus. Good for the healing process and good for anything that aile's you.
See that? And here I thought it was just good sex that was woking. Haha.
Do something creative everyday!
Hot Tips for photo editing
I wanted to share this photo editor in the link below. It is the coolest and easiest thing to use, a child could use it. You don't even have to download anything.
It can also show you how you would look in a different hair color. There is a 2 min. demo to show you how it works. I watched it and it was very informative.
How is that? And it's free. I sure wish I had this when I was hairdressing!
So for all my girls that are not real hip to computers try this out. And then leave me a message. Hugs. Thank you Shabby Blogs!
http://fotoflexer.com
It can also show you how you would look in a different hair color. There is a 2 min. demo to show you how it works. I watched it and it was very informative.
How is that? And it's free. I sure wish I had this when I was hairdressing!
So for all my girls that are not real hip to computers try this out. And then leave me a message. Hugs. Thank you Shabby Blogs!
http://fotoflexer.com
Hot tips
Hello, I have a great tip today from the NEW Martha Stewart Show.
Do you have kids who scuff up there shoes at the toes? Well today I watched Martha and they showed cute glitter decorating on shoes, but the thing I really loved was how MARTHA SHOWED how to repair the tips of your girls shoes.
You will need:
masking tape Modge Podge
glitter (I prefer Martha Stewart if you have it)
mixing bowl
paint brush or sponge brush
Mix Modge Podge and glitter in a mixing bowl 2 parts Modge Podge to one part glitter.
Tape off the front of the shoe with masking tape. About one inch from the tip. Apply with brush the glitter mix and let dry. Apply more coats as desired. Martha just put Modge Podge on the shoe and applied glittet, but I'm not sure how long that would last. It may hold longer if layered. But that is up tp you., Let me know if you try this and what method works best for you. Enjoy!
P.S. Can also be used to decorate entire shoe or sneekers.
Do you have kids who scuff up there shoes at the toes? Well today I watched Martha and they showed cute glitter decorating on shoes, but the thing I really loved was how MARTHA SHOWED how to repair the tips of your girls shoes.
You will need:
masking tape Modge Podge
glitter (I prefer Martha Stewart if you have it)
mixing bowl
paint brush or sponge brush
Mix Modge Podge and glitter in a mixing bowl 2 parts Modge Podge to one part glitter.
Tape off the front of the shoe with masking tape. About one inch from the tip. Apply with brush the glitter mix and let dry. Apply more coats as desired. Martha just put Modge Podge on the shoe and applied glittet, but I'm not sure how long that would last. It may hold longer if layered. But that is up tp you., Let me know if you try this and what method works best for you. Enjoy!
P.S. Can also be used to decorate entire shoe or sneekers.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
quilting
Hello, Well Guuess what I'm doing? Give up? I'm going to make my first quilt! Have you ever made one? If so send me a picture or how about some advice? I can't believe I have never made one. In all my days of crafting and sewing I finally decited to do it because now its so much easier with the rotary cutters... and that reminds me. If you are in the market for one let me know and I can get you one at a great price. Also for the rotary blades and cutters. Just leave me a comment and I will get back to you and get you the link and hook you up. Have a greaT DAY!!!AND NIGHT!!!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Cricut
Hello everyone, Did you know you can use your Cricut machine to cut polymer clay? You just need to condition it well first. You should use a pasta maker and then use the thin setting after you have it conditioned well. Lay it on a deli sheet, (or freezer paper?) and bake for about 10 minutes. This should be enough time for such a thin piece. Take it off of the paper right away so it does not stick. Lay it on your mat and secure with painters tape. Put your settings on 5 and try it out. You can use these items on your mixed media or jewelry projects. I think maybe placing threm back in the oven might help to make them stronger but if you would like a more detailed discription visit Crafttestdummies.com 
. Have fun and leave me a comment if you try this! Thank you and have a great day!Crafttestdummies.com
. Have fun and leave me a comment if you try this! Thank you and have a great day!Crafttestdummies.com
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Don’t you love when someone sends you something––a card in the mail, a text, a link––at exactly the right time? Well I got this list from one of Martha's favorites. Pink of Perfection and I hope she doesn't mind me using this but it is a great one. actually sent from someone else to her.Tonya Leigh’s blog post, The Life SeductionChallenge. Tonya’s list made me feel instantly better about everything, and it made me want to share a similar challenge here, September (or whenever you decide to get going), I know I sure could use it. How about everyone else? Sign up to this challenge with me by putting in your e-mail and post a comment for me too! Let me know how its working for you!
- Give something broken a new life (a skirt, a squeaky wheel, scuffed shoes).
- Put something beautiful on a bit of blank wall you see every day.
- Wear something you love that you think “just isn’t you.”
- Send a thank you note, for anything.
- Spend an afternoon reading.
- Have luncheon: a slow midday meal with cloth napkins and wine.
- Go out of your way to do something kind for a stranger (offer a seat, hold the door, leave your copy of Us Weekly on the elliptical).
- Donate five items from your closet that don’t make you feel unstoppably gorgeous.
- Take care of a nagging life admin item (a trip to the post office, filing an insurance claim, making a doctor’s appointment).
- Buy an utterly frivolous piece of lingerie.
- Invite friends over for cocktails, dinner, or brunch.
- Wake up an hour early to have a leisurely morning.
- Try something that looks like pure fun (accordion, crochet, burlesque).
- Dance. In public, in the living room, with a partner, with yourself.
- Flirt with a stranger. (Smiling counts.)
- Get rid of five things in your home that don’t bring you pleasure.
- Go to a parfumerie or department store in search of a signature scent.
- Buy flowers for your home or office.
- Make a recipe from a fruit, vegetable, meat or fish you’ve never cooked before.
- Walk barefoot in the grass or on the sand.
- Have a media-free day.
- Write down everything you feel grateful for.
- Hold a baby.
- Pet a puppy.
- Ask someone to tell you their life story.
- Read a biography of your favorite glamorous screen star, or the bravest, most badass real life heroine.
- Eat fresh berries, straight from the green paper pint.
- Create an occasion to wear your most impractical pair of shoes.
- Write down your wildest dreams.
- Take one itsy-bitsy, teensy-weensy step to make one real.
- Have a proper weekday coffee break: ceramic cup, idle gossip, and staring out a window.
- Visit a playground and swing.
- Make lemonade. (Literally or figuratively.)
- Go to a junk or antique story; consider what your favorite object has seen in its life.
- Jump in a body of water. Float.
- Give someone a hug; let them let go first.
- Look at the stars.
- Replace one utilitarian item you use every day––a measuring spoon, a file folder, a key chain––with something really, really beautiful.
- Pamper your body with a massage, an overdue haircut, a trip to the sauna, or a soak in the tub.
- Research something that sparks your curiosity (Arthurian legend, photosynthesis, investing). If you’re still curious after a 15-minute google session, dive deeper.
- Make a collage of beautiful images that resonate with you.
- Read aloud to someone you love.
- Forgive yourself.
- Forgive someone else.
- Spend an hour in silent reflection.
- Dine by candlelight on a weeknight.
- Take a walk after dinner.
- Wear your no-fail, cheer-me-up lipstick.
- Give a genuine compliment to an acquaintance.
- Have a glass of champagne, just because.
- Spend one day taking pictures of everything you find beautiful.
- Describe your perfect day in writing.
- Block out an afternoon (or day) on the calendar to make some (or all) of it real.
- Select one drawer or surface and organize it.
- Write a love letter.
- Do something you loved as a child.
- Upgrade your sleep wear, or go Marilyn-style.
- Do the one thing you were relieved/sad wasn’t on this list.
- Pretend for one day that you are as confident and amazing as you want to be.
- Special thanks to Tonya Leigh for the inspiration (and several of the ideas on this lis
Welcome
Hi everyone! just wanted to say" hi" and tell you I am sorry it has taken so long to get up and going. I put off getting my blog in order because my nephew came on the hilideay weekend to help me with it but we never got around to it,so I am on my own. Hope you can put up with my mess! For now,have a great Wed,
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