A brand old cabinet for crafty stuff!

Another piece to paint! I spotted this cabinet in some of David's old stuff. It will be perfect for some craft supplies I thought! So I picked out some pretty paper and paint to match and painted away! For the handles, I used wire and beads. I looped the wire out so your finger could fit to grab hold. I also used some hot glue to secure the end beads on top of the screws. This doesn't hold everything but it's a great help and pretty too!!

Hummingbird Rescue!

I was upstairs in my studio working when a tiny hummingbird hit the window. I saw him take a nose dive into the grass several feet away, so I grabbed my camera and ran outside. Of course, I'd like to think I rescued him but I just held him while he gathered his senses. Then he took off up into the trees nearby. I think he'll be alright!

Flourishes - Strawberry card

This is the first card challenge I have ever participated in!! **grin** It was for Flourishes Tuesday Challenge FTTC29 - The theme was Red, Olive, & Black! I decided to use Flourishes own Strawberry Stamp and sentiment on A2 card size.

1. I stamped the pretty strawberry's onto GinaK 120# Pure Luxury Cardstock
2. On the strawberry's I used Copic colors RV21, RV23, RV25, R24, and a touch of YR07
3. On the leaves I used G21, YG63, YG67
4. On the flower center I used Y17 and yellow Stickles
5. I then outlined the stamp image in E41 (not sure if I like that now or not).
6. On the Flourishes sentiment I cut the tag with my slice and added silver Stickles around the edges.
7. I used my Paper Piercer and punched 2 holes for the brads.
8. I colored the already light green petals with YG63 and YG67 to make them a little more olive colored and stuck the tag on.
8. I cut the black cardstock with some wavy scissors.
9. Stuck everything on with my K&Co tape runner.

Check out the Flourishes Blog if you would like to see the other entries or check out their beautiful stamps!

Copic Marker Storage

I really needed some way to organize my Copic markers in my work space so that I could have easy access to them. So I ordered this Magpie cubbyhole container. It comes with 9 cubbyholes and a drawer in the bottom space, but I needed 12 cubby holes for my color groups. So I bought a piece of craftwood from Hobby Lobby and David cut it for me and made it fit perfectly inside the space where the drawer was! I painted it white to match and just set the drawer on the top for extra storage space. I have my handy Copic hand color chart for quick reference right on top! I just wanted a plain chart without any extra info on it so I made my color chart myself in Excel. If you'd like a copy just email me! I now have 238 markers!! Groovy!!

 

 

 

 

Updated: My current (as of Feb 2010) Copic stash is now 279!

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Owen's Painted Chair

We have a new family member! His name is Owen! He is such a chunk, just look at those cheeks!! As a gift I painted him this little rocking chair! I tried to pick out some nice boy colors and tried a little decopodge. I used acrylic paints and the letters were cut using my cricut. He'll grow into it nicely!

Birthday Card

I had a good reason to make a pretty card last week! It was my Mom's birthday! I took her to eat at Carey Hilliards, bought her some movies tickets and made her this pretty card! I'm just learning my copic markers and wanted to show all the colors I used to color the birthday cake girl. As I get better at this I'll start doing some tutorials!
I hope Mom had a good birthday!! Love you!!

Zinnia's Card

This is one of the first cards I've made!! I modeled it from a tutorial at Melz Stamps. i bought the stamp and all the supplies from Kathy at Paper Garden Projects! How Fun!

Prismacolor Marker Set - You want it?

I just bought this brand new 24 count art marker set by Prismacolor. I decided to focus on my Copic marker set and I just don't need these. I just hate for them to go to waste. They are a high quality art marker used in many industries including fashion design sketch artists. They come in a carry case, however I already threw away the outside cardboard packaging cover shown below. This 24 piece set with carrying case retails for $103.00. Most popular online art supply store sell them for any where around $50 - $70. I paid $50.00. If you want it for $40 plus $6 shipping that would make me happy! I also have the prismacolor colorless blender as well. Add that one in for $5 if you want too. These markers have not been used once. Except the dark pink pen. When I first got them I made one sketch mark with that one when I opened the box! They are all in perfect condition. If you are interested let me know and we can do paypal. This is really a great deal!

Updated to Add:  These markers were sold!  Thank you Jogry in Bali! I hope you enjoy them!

Copic Markers!

I LOVE my new Copic markers. Their not your regular marker they blend together so nicely and smooth. That is a feature that makes them so expensive, but very well worth it! I now have 187 COLORS! Plus the colorless blender!! Oh joy! What fun! **Big grin**

My Art/Craft Studio

Just thought I'd share a few pics of my "work" area! I try to keep it organized and clean. I love having my counter space right in front of the window. It faces North so I never have any direct light shining in so that works out really good! I have a great view overlooking the front drive, my garden shed and the barn. Lots of inspiration to let the creativity flow!

My Shark Teeth Collection!

I have found some of the tiniest shark's teeth in the world! Most of you may not know I have not always been a country girl. In fact, I've spent most of my adult life on the beaches of Florida. Collecting shark's teeth was one of my most favorite things to do! I had a much larger collection (about 2 freezer bags full), but they were unfortunately stolen from me. This is all I have left, but I'm happy to have them! I put some quarters on the sheet to show some scale. Some of the shark teeth are very tiny as you will see.




There are several species in my collection, from sand sharks, lemon sharks, tiger sharks, reef sharks, mako's, and many more! Some not so old (lighter colored) and some prehistoric! That is so cool to me!







I have a few special finds as well. This is a piece of shark vertebrae.


These are whale teeth.



This is a cow shark tooth. Kinda rare.



This looks like some kind of canine tooth, but I'm not really sure. I found it in two pieces. I found the second piece about 2 foot away from the first. That was pretty lucky!



And this was extremely rare and special to find! It's some kind of prehistoric molar tooth. I showed all four sides.


I miss adding to my collection, but David and I plan on settling down there one day and I plan on adding 100's more!

A Cow Ant in my Garden!

It's been so hot lately that I haven't been in the garden as much (except in the evenings to water). But the other day I wondered out there while walking the girls and I saw a big cow ant! We see cow ants all the time around here, but maybe some of you don't so I thought I'd share this photo. This one is about the size of a large paper clip. Don't ever let one of these bite you. It can be very painful, or so I have heard. They are hard to kill too. You can just about beat it to death without it even flinching. You can even cut it in half and both ends will keep crawling. The back end will give out first though. If you leave them alone though, they will just keep passing through on their merry way, just doing their cow ant thing. Ps. I don't usually kill them, unless they charge at me! =)

The girls enjoyed ribs too!

David spoils them so bad! And they love it! They went crazy over their treats!
Emma is a little more well mannered than Francie!




Cornbread got his share of ribs too! This was him cleaning up after his feast!