Dream Collage

I know that I told you we moved. And we are finally starting to feel settled. Trust me there is a ton of renovation work left to do... such as building a new room and laying all new floors, and let's not even talk about all the painting or the bathroom work. 

However, I finally got my work space set up and proceeded to crank out 6 scrapbook pages for my sister-in-law. Those may or may not get posted. Some turned out fabulous.

My oldest daughter decided to have a fully shabby chic room. Which has been a blast for me. I have made curtains, have some ideas for pillows, just really going to town. I made a wee collage for her wall. Painted wood piece with paper and lace and a tag and flower.
I love the way it turned out. I am even thinking of doing a line of similar ones for the shop. 

  

And on a new year

While we wait for the house to close (which is looking further and further away... hopefully a new date will be set tomorrow) I thought I would post a couple of pics of the Avengers quilt we made for shorty!

She is the biggest fan of  The Avengers... comics, cartoon, and the movie. And as we are moving and she gets her own room, we thought this would be a great addition. We in this case is my friend who keeps me both grounded and reaching for the sky. She is amazing. Let's call her AC.

Look for lots of new stuff in the coming year.

Holy Heck in a Handbasket

I don't even know what is going on in my world anymore. I think we are buying a house. I know we are trying to buy a house. This is not something I ever thought we would do. (There are a number of reasons, several of them political...so just go with it).

However, right after I quit my job (and let me just say, things have been pretty nice for me since leaving all that stress) we received an email from our landlords wanting to raise our rent. There were several things wrong with this. Not the raising of the rent... but how much and how much notice and the fact that now they want a very long lease. There were some illegalities in their handling of the situation. But it got us thinking. And the conclusion of the thinking was maybe we can afford to buy a house. After some number crunching and only about a week of looking (really it was one day, but we had to look at the house twice) we have an offer in, we are in escrow, and are waiting for the final little bits. It looks like we will be moving with the new year!

I am still committed to doing a handmade Christmas. Just scaling back who is getting what. More photos will come as I can. My camera is on it's last legs... so there may be horrible photos.
 

A Bowtie Hoopla

Shh.... This is a Christmas present.

But it was easy and took about an hour. It may have been more, I was watching movies and refusing to be serious.

I am terribly sorry about the photos. My camera is on it's last legs.

A Friendship card

I left my day job. There were a number of reasons and none of them need concern us here. This is a place of joy. I can spend those hours now focused on making my life what I want it to be. I will be starting projects (like an NPO) and a new shop on etsy. This shop will be a healing shop of the ways I heal. Not all healing takes place in the body. 

All of that said (and it was important) I needed a card for a dear dear co-worker. I wanted her to know how much I valued her and our relationship. The base of the card is a recipe folder that I had found quite sometime ago at the dollar store. The sticker is from a set I have had for years now. Love the way it turned out. 
 

Easy Ornaments

Tis that time of year! The time when I make a million lists of things I want to make for Christmas. 


But this little craft is easy and looks amazing. I would use it for gift toppers as well. 
Lightly coat one side of a clothespin in glue. I use a tacky glue, but modge podge or school glue will work just as well. Then dust with glitter. 

When that is dry, just lightly coat with modge podge or fixative of some sort and add a little fob. 
It is pretty darned inexpensive and you could make many in an evening. Which makes it great for exchanges and extra stuff to have on hand.   

A new local store is always the best.

I have found a new local place to spend my crafting dimes.

The Artist's Palette Studio  in downtown Eugene is a lovely place. It is clearly owned by crafters and scrappers. They offer classes and crops. They are local. And let me just say that the owner I met was just lovely. 

Nothing is better for me than finding a local store to share my money with. If you are close to Eugene, please stop by (they are behind the Blockbuster on Willamette) and check them out. If you are not in Eugene, check out their website.