A girls work is never done

I have been helping my daughter remodel her house for over a year now.  We are tackling everything ourselves that we can, to a point.  She does contract the plumbing and electrical.  We spent the day today finishing off several small items.  We hung her new pocket door to her master bath, hung my granddaughters new bigger flat screen tv, painted touch up spots in three rooms where drywall plugs were put in and texture added, hung a new towel ring, towel rack and framed mirror in the main bath, and changed the furnace filter.  All small and easy, but now checked off of the never ending list.  A girls work seemingly is never done.

Today I had a relapse and made another Cluster.  Sorry!  Click on the Preview to download.

It is a small world after all

I mentioned a couple days ago that girls from my class in school get together once a month.  I had a conversation with one of them about how we probably see other classmates around town and don't recognize them.  She agreed and gave an example of a situation where that happened to her.  The class mate she ran into recognized her.  They ran into each other quite frequently at a particular shop in town.  He knew that she did not recognize him so he just let it go.  At our 45th reunion a couple years ago, there he was again, much to her surprise.  They struck up a conversation about it and now when they run into each other in town they exchange greetings.  Isn't it fascinating how those things happen?

I attended an all day scrapbook crop today at a location I have never gone to before, with a group of ladies I have never met. I am trying to get to know more of the local scrappers in my community.  It was a small group.  We had great conversations, we went to Stacy's for lunch - a popular local restaurant.  As the day progressed I asked the ladies where they went to school.  The lady sitting directly across from me said she went to Warsaw.  I then asked her what year.  She said 1969.  I said No Way!!!!  I am Warsaw '69 - who are you?  She told me her name, I told her mine, and we were both just amazed.  I then told her about the conversation that I just had with another classmate two nights ago, and bam! It is a small world isn't it?

Most of us were working on Christmas cards.  I know, it isn't even Thanksgiving yet!  So with that in mind, I created this Christmas quick page for you when I got home.  Just add your photos behind the page and you are all done.  I hope you enjoy it.  Click on the preview to download.

Friends are a gift from God

Once a month Girls from my Class in school get together for dinner.  We never know who will be able to join us.  It has varied from two to maybe fourteen or so.  It is such a joy to reconnect with each and every one who is able to attend.  Tonight was the night for November.  We were so surprised to have such a great turnout.  We will begin planning our 50th Class reunion in another year or so.  Wow!  Where has the time gone?  We had around 365 or so in our graduating Class.  We have lost so many over the years.  We treasure the friendships and opportunities to spend time with each other.  Friends make the world such a beautiful place.  That was the inspiration for tonight's Freebie.  It is just a simple Word Art about Friends.  Click on the Preview to download.

All we need is love!

I have been rummaging around today finding lots of things I can use to start my first Junk Journal or Art Journal.  I have watched lots of videos, done my research and I want to try my first one.  I am not sure exactly which type or size I will do just yet.  Here are some things I pulled together.  I have all sorts of other items I pulled together as well, just didn't take pics of them.  Napkins, cards, doilies, recipe cards, manila envelopes, etc.

I have lots of old books that I can use both for the paper and the hard back covers.  I love old music sheets.  This book is an old Mitch Miller Book.

Today I put together a little Word Art sentiment for you.  I hope you like it.  Click on the Preview to download.

My of my, what a day!

Here in the US, it is Election Day.  Thank the Lord this will soon be over.  I did my part and got out and voted.  All I can do now is pray.  I had a follow up appointment this morning in Ft Wayne, which is an hour drive.  While in the City, I stopped at Joann's.  I was sadly disappointed because they no longer have a scrapbook section.  They do have a small crafting area, but nothing that I was interested in.  Thankfully, Hobby Lobby is just a skip and a hop down the street. I could not resist the huge sales they were having on paper, craft and art supplies.  Man oh man, I need an intervention.

I met a very nice lady from Ft Wayne in Hobby Lobby in the Scrapbook section.  We struck up a conversation.  She introduced me to a Group on Facebook called Junk Journal Junkies.  I joined as soon as I got home and am very excited with all of the varieties of lovely and gorgeous journals the members create.  It will be a great source of inspiration for me as I take this journey down the mixed media, journaling road.

I stopped for lunch after working up an appetite with all the shopping.  I went directly to my voting site upon getting back into town and voted.  What a day!  I tried my best to work on my mixed media cards I started yesterday, but I couldn't get into it.  I wanted to follow the election results instead.

I did put together this Frame cluster while watching. Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching.  Today as with every day, reminds me of how many blessings I have in my life and all that I have to be thankful for.

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Time for a Coffee Break!

Time for a cup of Joe?  I mentioned a few days ago that I am going to try Mixed Media.  I played around a little today.  Not happy with it but I am not done yet.  I must say that I am not getting the results I expected after watching tons of videos.  I am using the same products used in the videos.  This is only my first attempt so I am sure I will get better and things will improve.  I got my Stamp of the Month today from MayMay Made It,  It was all about Coffee.  I thought, okay, this is what I will use to try a Mixed Media project. I will show you where I stopped tonight.  I need to let things dry really well even though I used my drying tool to dry as I went along.  I also needed to take a break to try to get some more inspiration on what to do next. 

I also love the Julie Nutting Doll Stamps so I punched, cut and colored a couple "friends" for the one project.

This is the beginning of the second project.  You can't see all of the paper layers and stenciled textured paste.  Let's see what I end up with.

Since I spent time today working with Coffee Stamps, I decided to put together another Cluster for you.  I know, another Cluster!  What can I say.  I just felt it and it came together quickly and easily and here it is.  Click on the Preview to download.

Do you like Clusters?

I hope you like to use Clusters, because that is what I am giving you again today.  Another Cluster!  I hope you enjoy it and can find a use for it.  Click on the Preview to download.

Here is a layout I made using this Cluster and some additional items.