Sending Hugs and Kisses

That old Tree There was an old tree in our yard growing up it sat alone in a corner for all to see. I used to sit in that tree and dream beauty of dreams That tree was old, as years gone by though was not frail, standing strong that tree was tall as it reached the sky and lived through time long. In that tree I felt safe, at peace. Even through changing years that tree does never cease in my heart that tree appears. In the winter it would shelter the rain. In the summer shade the rays, and during autumn days the garden would flood with red, brown, and gold and come the spring, flower buds shall blossom again. That old tree, with all it gives shelters the rain, shines and shades falls, then blossoms again. That tree is a tree where friendship lives. Kristy Holtum Eight has been a tough age so far. A struggle between being independent and still needing help for a few things. There has been crying, hugging, laughing, more crying, snuggling, moments of annoyance for everyone and a whole ...

So last week I was quiet, this week I am contented. I was blessed to spend time with lots of my wonderful, creative, kind and caring girlfriends over the course of the week. I am so thankful for those moments to help refill my soul. It got me thinking about some of my Florida girlfriends and how much I miss them, so I created a layout just for them using some fab supplies from various Studio Calico kits and bits I found on my desk. I also was playing around with getting my Disney photos from 2007, yep two years ago, into some semblance of order so I could get them into an album... I am using one of those great We R Memory Keepers albums with the 4x6 slots and a few layout thrown in for good measure... here is my title page... by the way the album is lime green and all the photos have such great bright colors in them that I am thinking I'll use the BasicGrey Urban Prairie line for the whole thing, keep it consistent and all that... Yep I have a glitter & bling problem... but ...

Dear American Crafts, Today I had a hot furry mess in my scraproom. Your Velvet Thickers shed all over my desk, floor, layouts, and cute outfit. I went through multiple sticky lint pages to clean up the fuzzy little bits. However it still appears as though a cat was shaved in my general vicinity. Mental suffering was incurred as I wrestled with the idea of throwing away these precious gems, in the end I sacrificed more pages of my beloved sticky lint roller. I feel that these should come with a large yellow warning label that reads... "DO NOT OPEN THESE BITS OF VOLATILE FUZZ NEAR ANYTHING YOU REMOTELY CARE ABOUT. BE ADVISED THAT WHITE OR LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING SHOULD NOT BE WARN AROUND THE BLACK TIE VERSION OF THIS PRODUCT. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY GRAB YOUR NEAREST STICKY LINT ROLLER." You do not have to credit me on the label. Thank you, Houston Dearest friends, if you own these Thickers, please save yourself endless amounts of anguish by heading to your local Target dollar s...

The fabulous Kirsty Wiseman designed the most wonderful download for the Studio Calico blog and I have been hybrid-ing it all day! I think I may be on the road to conversion... oh sweet patterned papers forgive me:)

Hi Everyone, I wanted to share with you that my good friend Tracy now has a blog right here on Blogger where she writes witty posts and shares her AMAZING modern jewelry! The photos are fantastic eye candy too! Check her out at Lime Green Modern

I came across this article today ... "Old Books A New Source of Lead Poisoning"... I love what the author has to say. I cherish our collection of old books and so does Coleman, some of our favorites are from my childhood and we even have a few from my Mother's early years. I agree with what the author of this article has to say... don't throw them out... read them!

Here is a new home decor piece that I created for our hallway! I have always wanted to have this scripture up in our home, I even began cross-stitching it once, but alas we all know I don't really have the patience for that! This frame caught my eye at Target and I waited patiently for it to go on deep clearance then snatched it up! All of the pattern paper is Studio Calico from the Fortune Cookie kit, isn't it beautiful! The frame has a styrofoam backing underneath the fabric so I was able to stick the pins into it and then snip the backs of them off with wire cutters... I love the depth this gives!