2010 (365) days of Memories

Day 14-Olivia has been making flower handbands, hairclips..creative juices are a flowing.....runs in the jeans!!












Day 15-playing with Glimmer Mist!!

Day 16-girls are heading for the High School again today, Basketball tournament GO PIRATES!!!!!!

2010 (365) days of Memories

just a new pic of Lee and I-wow we just celebrated our 18th year together.

Day 13-getting deep into God's word....

Day 12-making more paper flowers out of old dictionary paper....(please excuse the dates on the pics, for some reason the day you upload it appears) sorry.....

oops I had already posted for day 10!!! oh well our lives are so full of blessings Just one photo is hard to do.....

2010 (365) days of Memories

Day 10: Sunday morning our family attends Church, both our girls help out in Children's Church. Here is Olivia and Chloe -reading a book-say cheese....

Day 11: Our Anniversary 18 years (sorry I don't have a recent pic of us but here is one I made for Lee's Father's Day album)

2010 (365) days of Memories

Day 9: Olivia enjoying the September Rain Concert with family and friends....

Day 10: Youth Group at Cathy and Tom's, Olivia and Haley enjoying the Wii-dance a thon

Our family is heading out to Church-just wanted to send blessings to all who visit my blog today.
Remember God is Good-All the Time.....

2010 (365) days of Memories

Day 8 of 365

We have been fighting with our broken furance since Christmas Day (while waiting for our new furance to come) after working all day-all I wanted was to come home to a warm house, well that didn't happen, BRRRRRR our repair man had to come again and start the broken down one up again, so this was my day pic thankful for a heater.....

Paper flowers (handmade)

Paper, scissors, glimmer mist, glue, tiny beads is what I used to make this pretty!!
I have been playing and learning how to make paper flowers and I have found a trick to making them turn out perfect just like the prima flowers (nothing can replace the Great prima flowers they are to die for) but sometimes you want a color flower to match your work, or you want the homemade touch well this is the way to go......
tip:
little trick is to spray with glimmer mist, wipe off excess a little spray with fabric starch, wipe off excess shape flower around a piece of tinfoil shaped like a cone shape-using the heat tool-heat the flower and it will shrink around the foil and holds it shape...whoola you have one flower-

I took a scallop punch big and small one, punched out of paper, glimmer misted to get the right color-I used coffee shop, pashmina!! the paper is pink crumpled texture.



close up of the glimmer misting!!! SWEET

pink texture paper

this flower is out of cardstock pattern paper, love the polk a dots-this was my third try...not bad, my first attempt and second I could not show you. sooo bad.... I found it gets easier the more you play and make them....

2010 (365) days of Memories

Day 7 creating paper roses with glimmer mist love them....

Day 6 nature freeze ( I took this pic out of my bathroom window) brr...

Day 5 Beautiful girl-Emilee and DW our oldest cat posing....

Day 5 Baby it's cold outside, Here is Emilee and Olivia they couldn't wait to go out and play in the snow let's say they stayed out for over 20 minutes... (thats a record)

2010 (365) days of Memories

Day 4 Time is Everything (family, friends, Me time is so important)

Day 3 Northeaster come in, loaded us with over 16 inches of snow!!

Day 2 Sasha taking a long nap

Day 1 Mother and Son (two pics for day 1)

Day 1-family gathering

Last year during the 365 days of pics I started out good and then lost it so I decided to do it again and commit to it totally!! So I have been really busy and haven't been able to download the pics until today so I am posting the first 7 days....enjoy...

Peggy Lee

flakes update

Day 3 of January 2010 already and oh boy snow has fallen, we have already gotten about 14 inches and more is on the way!! I think I am ready for spring, not (I don't want to start mowing our lawns yet) or until we can buy a riding one. Since Christmas Eve life here has been kind of crazy, well with the Holiday of opening gifts, visiting families and friends. To wake up to a broken furnace on Christmas Day!! Thank God it was still under warranty but now it's a waiting game it's been one week and still no new furnace (the one we have is barely hanging on) "I think that is a song". Then yesterday we received some unpleasant news that I can't share with you but let me tell you my heart is crushed and I am praying. Lee and I know that God is faithful and He always provides even if it hurts. Praise Him for that.
Yesterday in my raw state, it was really easy to take down the Christmas decorations and start to clean up the house I needed something to get my mind off the bad news. Plus I have teenage daughters at home so life is always a hopping. Love my girls..
With the snow storm we are getting today our Church service was cancelled and it was a snow day at home as my girls jumped around let's watch movies, craft and then they went outside to play in the fluffy white wonderland, it is so pretty out..
Now with the house quiet I decided to clean up my studio/scrap room well I moved something and then everything came down I rearrange the whole room. Now it's really a mess!! But I can work with it and slowly get stuff put away. Sorry for the babbling just needed to write stuff out and blogging is such a great place to share our life's journey with others who live out theirs the same way One Day At A Time (that was a tv show) ahh I am dating myself.
Well with white flakes a flying and day 3 coming to a close (I am going to try to blog everyday in 2010) try is the big word it's day 3 and I am just now blogging for the first 3 days.

Happy New Year to all-and to remember to make a memory today!! Ours were the girls trying to clean off the cars with a broom (my daughter Olivia said you might be a red neck if you use your kitchen broom to clean off snow from your cars) yes honey you are....we took pics of them so I can't wait to scrapbook that layout.

evening,
Peggy Lee

GoodBye 2009-Happy New Year 2010!!

Bittersweet is all I can say of what 2009 was for me, struggles, pain, family and friends going through sickness, raising teenagers, going home to help take care of my mother which leaving mine behind that was truly hard for a mother, wife to do. With all the highs and lows 2009 was a good year a Season of Growing for me and learning new things, being creative and stretching my creative ability. Thank you to all who were a part in that, even you my blog friends with out your support and encouraging words of everyday comments can help to keep a person pressing forward. Thank You.....

So on with the "New Year" 2010

I created a little card for the main event: I made this card with the Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month stamp set: True Friends (D1406) Twilight cardstock, ink., White cardstock, Notebook paper.

Creative Scraps scrappin the old year away and ringing in the New Year of 2010!!

this card was so fun to create-Lynne and I played with some cardboard and this is what I came up with a heart and flower(was a stamp) the circle flower was a circle punch. A little creativity and distress inks and stickles!! (Tim Holtz products) I will be making some Valentine Kits up and this will be one the cards!!! yummie eye candy!!

Welcome 2010!!!!!!!

Let's Create and Drink Coffee.............

Scrappin

I created this layout a while back, just now being able to post it!! Still no title? I couldn't wait anymore so I am posting with any words on it! This is our first snowman of 2009 winter. The girls had so much fun-I know I have posted about the making of this little guy.

Supplies I used are:

Bo Bunny a gift of love-paper line (love this line)

Glitter CardStock

CTMH Ribbon

Dew Drops pearls

Purple card stock

This was a super fun layout to make!! enjoy. Thanks Peggy Lee

Scrappin

Here is a new layout hot off the scrappin table!! "Sisters 2009" I love this photo of my two girls, Olivia and Emilee. No reason for this layout just to enjoy making a memory, and trying out some new creative ideas.

simple metal tag inked-flower is made from sheer ribbon folded in half and a running stitch through to pull up to give you any kind of look you want. I could of had many different looks, this simple ruffle one I loved. I used Glimmer Mist with a Tim Holtz mask-Oh my I love Tim's stuff!! Folded some paper, added some rubons and some chic embellishments. whoola...

Supplies I used are:

Basic Grey-wassail paper, opaline half pearls

Deja Views-timeless paper

My Minds Eye-rubons (My Laundry Line)

Melissa Frances-vintage architecture

Glimmer Mist-cranberry zing

Tim Holtz-distress inks: vintage photo, fried brick

Ribbon-sheer, textured, twine

Love my girls!! smiles and kisses

Shabby Chic take on Fabric Roses

Shabby Chic/Tattered look:

Here is my take on making fabric roses: LOVE IT!! I made this muslin fabric rose necklace with Velvet ribbon. I have to say it was so simple thanks to Courtney Baker at http://courtbaker.blogspot.com I saw her video and have been making them since, (little secret, I was even making them in Church today with the bulletin paper)shh!! I wanted to learn how to make them for scrapbook layouts, then it struck me I make alot of stuff with muslin I love working with it-oh I could make a necklace. So here it is......

Sorry my pics are really bad I need a new camera and I took better pics on Emilee's new one, but can't upload them until we buy a cord, why don't all cords work for each other that would be to easy. Olivia made this one into a rose for her hair clip. so cute

Olivia wearing my muslin necklace she loves it so much, she won't give it back to me...

close up....

I have to say I am hooked and will be making many more-now to make a black and white photo of Olivia wearing the necklace and make a shabby chic layout!!