A Wonderful Trip

I had a wonderful time travelling through the Internet to meet so many fabulous bloggers! I look forward to many more hours of visiting all of you to enjoy your brilliant artwork and creativity.

I thank everyone who came for a visit and left a comment for me. I enjoyed reading your comments and hope that you will visit me again.

Most of all I would like to congratulate PEA of Canada, who won my door prize.

I want to express my appreciation to Lisa for coordinating and hosting this years One World One Heart Event!

2011 One World One Heart

Welcome, Friends!

I am so thrilled to be participating in this year's event...and so happy to have friends come for a visit to see my current projects, swaps and other adventures! I became familiar with this event last year, however I did not participate. I am so happy to be able to participate this year. I thank Lisa for bring the world of bloggers closer together and organizing such a great event.

I love art in every form and love to create- it can be with paper, fabric or yarn or any medium that inspires me! I love treasure hunting at thrift stores with friends on Saturdays to bring home something that will turn out to be something other then what it is! And I adore vintage.

So please leave a comment and let me know a little about you!

I have selected some of my favorite things as a door prize, so please leave a comment and on February 17th I will select a winner!

The first prize is a hand knitted scarf constructed in an eyelash yarn, you can even choose the color....black, black/brown or plum! Rose is shown wearing the black one:

If you find yourself in a creative rut~ perhaps chewing on some of life's big questions might bring you out of it.....for this I have a copy of SoulPancake.....

I have this sweet pair of pink heart earrings have been created for a swap they are so cute to wear. And then the fabulous stash of collage materials that includes papers, images, laces, and embellishments!

All you need do is leave a comment at the end of this post and I will pick a winner on the 17th February!

Thanks for coming by...............

My Purple Heart

When I opened an email and found that I was invited to participate in a shades of purple inchie swap, I raced to sign up! There wasn't a lot of time to create, but I managed to collage a handful of inches all dressed up in purples! I can't tell you how thrilled I was to open my purple decorated envelope and pulled out this stunning fabric heart collage ! Inside, beautifully arranged were the most precious inchies.

The hostess of this swap made this wonderful display for all the participants!

Thank you, Susan!

Sweet Treat's for Valentine's Day

Valentine's day is one special day of the year. It is devoted to love! This year my vintage candy box is filled with sweet treats from a "Sweet Swap".

I open my box and we have a "Sweethurts" selection.

Following is a fun little cupcake with a wee little cherry on top!

This next sweet has a very sophisticated flavor!

This treat is a vintage little sweetheart which hid a box of conversation heart!

And the last sweet in the box is a vintage valentine!

I hope your Valentine's Day is filled with love and sweet treats!

The J Collection

What a fun collection of cards I did receive for January's "J" Swap. It's so exciting to look at the cards when you just receive them. It's fun to make them and even more fun to take them home and add them to the gallery. I always enjoy looking at the cards I have collected over the years!

J is for.........

It's always difficult for me to create an ATC when there really is no theme or the theme is very broad. This month the theme for the Mystic Paper swap is: J is for....... After thinking about this for a few minutes and all the possibilities to create with the letter J, I thought It would be a perfect time to use my new Stampin D'mour stamps. So out came this little vintage cutie(she has the sweetest face, doesn't she?), stamped in green, then layered with a piece of vintage sheet music, a matching patterned paper and a vintage button, from mom's big button jar, and voila!

Charming

When a call for a charm swap sounded, I could not resist the invitation to participate in a Heart Swap to celebrate Valentine's Day. After some thought on what I should and could create, I embellished little wooden hearts with paint, glitter, ribbons and a flower to look like a miniature box of chocolates. These are the finished heart charms that had been mailed to the swap host:
When the swaps arrived back to me in the brown bubble envelope, I was excited when I pulled out this cute little pouch with it's adorable hearts.

It was so much fun to unwrap the sweet little charms and admire what all the participnts made!

So very charming!

Visual Journal

Strathmore has a Visual Journal online workshop series that had begun January 1. Each week the lesson offered adds to a journal page that you create throughout the workshop from materials gathered from a previously created journal...This is the page I am working on after week one.
It will be exciting to see the transformation to this page from week to week.

Preventing The Winter Blues

While the air has a chill and the family and friends were in town, crafting has taken a shift!......... Knitting!
Knitting is so sociable-it can be done anywhere and everywhere. The essential equipment needed are a pair of needles, a bodkin and the yarn. One to a dozen rows can be completed in a short span of time, so before long a project can be completed. There are such wonderful yarns available, too. Scarves, sweaters, purses and pillow covers are some of the fun items that can be created.
During the winter is a great time to whip up a scarf or two. Rose is wearing an extra long scarf created in black eyelash yarn created for our "Venti" sister. This is one of my favorites to create, as it knits up fast, takes two balls of yarn and is a straight garter stitch. Cast on twenty two stitches on a size 6.5mm set of needles (bamboo are my favorites) and knit to the desired length.
While knitting this scarf a request was made to create scarf made with purple yarn. Here it is so far:

This scarf is not very wide, it's being created with a pair of 4.5 mm needle in a k1b p1b rib stitch which will provide a little more warmth for the wearer. The fringe should give it a fun and sporty and youthful look. The intention is to finish the scarf by attaching tassels with a crocheted short chain ...we shall see!

Holiday Cheer

The Desert Ridge Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona was decked out this month in Holiday Cheer. Beautiful Flowers and trees were displayed throughout the lobby..... but that wasn't all.... Every year the resort constructs the most extraordinary gingerbread village which is placed in the center of the lobby for all to enjoy.
The theme this year, as you can see in the picture is: Wonkaland.

I could not resist to share a few pictures of the delicious structures that make up the village.

Who is in the pipe?

The shapes and colors used look so delicious.

No village is complete without a railway system.

This house was made out of the shiniest hard candy.

Yummy!

A Christmas Story

For the past few years I have had great intentions to get out my art supplies and make cards for all the relatives and friends to send our love and best wishes, however, it seems like time has escaped me and I had to pick up a box or two at the store again this year and, I fell in love with this card. It is, of course, from the film "A Christmas Story" I just think that film is so sweet. It reminds me of my childhood in Chicago. It makes me laugh at the many quirky things that kids and parents do, just like the recess scene pictured on the front of the card! I know that I am not the only one who enjoys this movie, as I received an ATC card inspired from this movie awhile back. Whenever I look at it, it always puts a smile on my face!

I wish you all A Merry Christmas!

So Cute

Snow is fun to be in as a child and adults, however it may hinder plans made to travel. I have been watching the news and marvel that it has delayed travelers in the East and throughout Europe. In my early twenties when I went to visit my friends in England during winter break, I too, had to reorganize my trip due to being trapped under snow.

Now that I live in Arizona, I look at the snow with fond memories, and when I want to see it, I jump in the car and head for the hills! It really is enjoyable to go to up in the Mountains and spend some time in the snow playing and building snowmen.

This adorable snowman was sent to me by my friend Lisa, it's so cute and festive. I love his little top hat and his rosy cheeks. Sooo Cute!