Weekly Challenge at Inspiration Avenue

Purple

I decided to try something a little different (for me) this week.

Here is a girl who lo-o-o-o-oves purple and she has a cupcake for you.

I used colored pencil and acrylic on purple card stock. 

The cupcake is a stamp from the dollar bin at Michaels.

I have been wanting to do a watercolor but alas, all of my watercolor tubes are dried up from years and years of disuse.  Has anyone tried peeling the tubes open and adding water with the brush? Sort of like a kid's paint set. Would probably work, but wouldn't give the best result, I'll bet. Well, looks like a trip to Michael's is in the offing. Or Joann's. I have just found out how expensive paint has become. Ugh. 

Visit Inspiration Avenue to see all of the Purple entries. The deadline is Sunday at noon, so there's still time to whip up an entry of your own! Details are on the IA blog. Everyone who enters in the month of February has a chance (or chances, one for every week you enter) to win a fabulous prize from Priti Studio! Check it out at Inspiration Avenue.

Homemade Fun!

Make Your Own Memory Match Game

This is our sixth tutorial in the Supplies for Tutorials Exchange, created by Taylor at MaryJanes and Galoshes. She has come up with another cute and entirely useful project. This is a Match Game that she made using a collage sheet from my shop plus some other supplies, and I think it's adorable!   

 

She fashioned a carrying case for the game 

that looks awesome displayed on a shelf.

  

Here are the game pieces. 

One digital collage sheet will do, just print it out twice so you have matching pieces!  Depending on the ages of the players, you can vary the difficulty accordingly by using simple or more complex images.

The tutorial is posted on her blog in detail and is also listed on Totally Tutorials.

Pop on over to check it out  ~ a project to keep little (and not so little) ones occupied and also improve their concentration and memories ~ 

trés educational 
but they will just think it's  fun!

Love and Lace

Wow, this is a day for treasuries! 

I am so lucky to have found myself included in another one. 

I'm taking full advantage since this rarely ever happens.

Plus, I have just re-learned how to do a screen capture, 

something I forgot how to do for oh so many years.

This one was curated by Elaine of ChatElaine Jewellery, who is an incredible bead and jewelry maker. I just love lampwork beads, and this treasury is full of them!

Thanks, Elaine for including my "Dreaming" print!

Visit Elaine's Etsy shop and her blog,
and you will see some amazing handmade beads and more!

The Love and Lace treasury will be available until Friday morning February 26.

Poppies and Painted Ladies

I just had to show you this treasury made by Stephanie of Dragonfly Design Studios (her Etsy shop: Stefny68). The colors give us a warm and fuzzy feeling on a cold winter's day! (My apologies to those farther south, where you are probably warm enough already ~ but do take a look anyway.
It will warm your heart!) 

I'm so fortunate that she included my print, 'On the Wings of Love'.

Stephanie is the guru of flowers and has a stunning painting of poppies in her shop that she did not include in the treasury. Please visit to see her gorgeous array of original paintings, prints, note cards and more.
Poppies and Painted Ladies
will be up until Friday morning, February 26, 2010. 

Under Construction

Pardon me while I am in the process of switching my
blog over to a 3-column layout.
And, as you can see, I am using the awesome new 

Magic Carpet blog theme 

I won from Plumrose Lane!I love it so far! Still have to add the little tags.
I also got the how-to for switching to 3 columns,
plus the instructions for removing the hideous lines
around my pictures from Sharon's tutorials.
Check out her blog for gorgeous free backgrounds
and really helpful blogging tips!

Well, back to getting my taxes organized so I can
hand them overto the tax guru tomorrow.
Bleh. Not fun. Not creative. Not likely to go away either.

I'll be back!

Reflecting

Whew, hope I'm in time. 

My entry in the weekly challenge at Inspiration Avenue. The theme is "Reflection". Pop over and take a look at all of the entries!

Happy Birthday, Jesse

I cannot believe it, but my baby is 20 years old today!

 With 2 of his biggest fans in the whole world, 

Grammy and Grandpa

With friends in California

Morgan

Kelby

Kenny, born on the same day, same hospital

Happy Bday Kenny!

Moving 2700 miles away

New friends

Tabitha and John Michael

 

First Grade

Looks like he's saying, 

You mean there's 12 more years of this?? 

Favorite pastime, next to skateboarding

Finally got a haircut

 

This went by the wayside

Still fishing... 

  

A trip back to California, pic snapped with " The Duke"

Of course he said, Who's John Wayne?

First legal beer ever, in Mexico where the drinking age is 18.

Grinning from ear to ear about that.

Happy Birthday, Jesse!

We love you and are SO proud of you!