Yup It's official...I'm CrAzY!!!

So I finally got my gear and I'm starting lessons on Sunday. I am sooo nervous...but very excited too! I've been wanting to do this for awhile and hey, I'm not getting any younger, so what the heck, now I'm doing it. Say a lil' prayer I stay in one piece. I'll keep ya posted :0)

Busy...Busy...Busy...That's me!

Ya know when your sick and everything gets put off and sometimes is forgotten...



...like chores, errands to run and important calls to make...well I kinda forgot ALL of them and today and yesterday have been spent catching up and TCB (taking care of business). I had to start by cleaning and getting the "germs" outta here...I spent a lot of time on my lil area in the bedroom and I rearranged my dresser "junque"...I love the way it looks now...especially at night...romantic...huh!?! So now I've got some more chores to catch up on, lots of errands to run and a few more calls to make. Being sick makes for busy work when you're feeling better...Oh well...I'd rather be busy and tired then Sick and in bed!

Good intentions turned to...bronchitis!?!

I am so sick of getting sick, it puts such a damper on things. I am finally feeling better after 7 days and hope to get wack to bork...I mean back to work :0) Here's to antibiotics and hopes to feeling better...stay tuned! Here is me Simpsonized...wanna see you as a Simpson? go here and have fun!

Lil Crepe paper Lovelies

I've been seeing cute little crepe paper "goodies" everywhere. Soo when I was getting my birthday decorations out and ready for my kids party I decided to try and make a couple lil lovelies of my own...I'm hooked. I love the way they look and you could make them for just about anything. I made a Hello Kitty one to put on my daughters present, and another "Just Married" one with vintage lace, and a "celebration" one with a lil mirror on it...too cute. I'll be making more and listing them on etsy this week. I have some really neat ideas for Halloween Stuff (it's never to early to think about Halloween)!

One Hundred Wishes

I love this place...One Hundred Wishes I decided to get a few lil things at her shop, since I've been ogling them for quite awhile, and I received my "goodies" yesterday! WOW...she sure does make you feel special. I felt like a little princess at her birthday party. I was so excited and she even threw in some "sweet" extras! Andrea has done an amazing job with her online shop. I will be shopping there again...soon...real soon! I need to get me some "WiSH" tickets and gold Tinsel.

Creative Souls & GROOVY clothes!

I was recently invited to join an online community started by my friend Izabella. I love being able to meet and be inspired by new artists. It is also a great networking opportunity, I need all the help I can get. I am not being as productive as I would like to be, but right now I'm focusing on other areas of my life that need help...like my health. I am hoping to create later tonight, and I've set up a schedule for myself so I can try and get in a couple of nights of "creation" time a week. I need to get in the habit of setting up my shop by devoting time to it like a job. I need to take pictures, add items, design layouts for the many different pages of my site. So I figure if I set a schedule and work on all of these areas for 2-3 hours a day a couple of days a week, soon I'll be done. I know it sounds like it would be easy to do, but for me it's NOT! I have to juggle my time between 3 kids, my hunny and chores, and I babysit another lil boy 2 days a week. I hardly have time for them, much less ME. I usually feel so crummy by the time evening comes that I can't even do all that I NEED to do. OK enough whining... that took a turn I wasn't expecting. Bottom line is I am treating it as a JOB. A job that I have to work on 10-15 hours a week. A job that If I want it to be successful, I need to make time for it...RIGHT! So here goes...

I found another pic of me and My HIP mom ~circa 1972

Canopy beds, groovy wallpaper and curlers...what memories are made of

I found this old pic of me and my daddy. I had the coolest room. Look at that wallpaper, what I would give to have some of that to craft with today, and that bed was so fairy-tale-ish...I felt like a princess! Does anyone remember those pink foamy curlers? This pictures brings back fond childhood memories...

Summer Swap

I signed up for a Not to Shabby Summer Swap hosted by Roxi and her cousin Adrienne. I can't wait, I have the perfect "goodies" to make for this.

Easter was...well...nice?!?

I hope everyone had a nice Easter.  Mine was...well...um...nice.  I don't want to complain, but I'm gonna.  I was a mess,  woke up with a major "flare" (my body hurt from head to toe, literally),I  hadn't finished the backyard cleaning up for the egg hunt, I hadn't finished my shopping for Dinner and was running out of time (thank goodness they were both late).  Finally Grandma & Bambi arrived and played with the kids.  I was so unprepared they dyed the Easter eggs as I cooked dinner.  Then as my asparagus steamed, my last item to cook, I snuck off to my bedroom to take a short rest...only to discover my bedroom was under an inch of water!!!  I was beyond upset (thank goodness we have tile on the entire downstairs area of our house, where my room is).  Originally we thought my youngest clogged the toilet, he was saying he had a BIG poop...EEEWWW toilet water all over my room.  Well, as we were frantically trying to get the water off the floor, Nathan discovers the water dripping out of the cabinets in the bathroom...the drawers were FULL of water too.  What had happened was my lil guy was washing up when Grandma showed up...he was soo excited he "FORGOT" to shut it off...when dinner was almost ready he was washing up again and discovered his water mess...turned it off and didn't tell anyone...enter mommy...UUUGGGHHH!!!  There we were, ready to eat, and this!  Dinner was cold, I was cranky and in pain, and my room was still not done under my bed (a canopy bed in the middle of the room).  Happy Easter, wasn't the way I saw it. At least it wasn't toilet water.

Happy Easter!

I hope you all have a blessed day with your family and loved ones.  

We will be spending the day with my mom, Bambi & Grandma Karen doing fun easter stuff, hunting eggs, playing games and eating yummy food.  I can't wait, my mom makes THE BEST banana pudding with vanilla cookies (she makes her own pudding, with LOTs o' butter).  Karen is a wonderful cook and I'm hoping she has some good eats to bring...Happy Easter! 

"Creating Depression"

I have been sooo bad about my blog and creating lately...I guess I've been depressed.  Sometimes that little monster of self-doubt creeps in and tells you "your not an artist...this is no good...who do you think will like this...no one will buy that...what are you, crazy".  I have to constantly fight off that lil monster...I'm sure I'm not alone in my thoughts.  I need to "BELIEVE" in me...my art...my creating time as therapy.  I have done some creating.  I made some cute felt goodies, a lil bag and a checkbook cover.  I added some more goodies to a painting I'm doing, and I am constantly having new IDEAS of things to make...I just get lost in the self-doubt, lack of time, and unorganized mess I always feel my workspace is in (it's not really that bad, but I always find myself re-arranging and cleaning and NOT CREATING)...why do I do that?!?  
 
 My kids were on spring break last week, so that was keeping me very busy, and very frustrated by the end...3 kids home all day eventually start arguing...fighting and well driving Mommy nutty.  I am soo glad they are back today...except I forgot it's St. Patrick's day and they didn't wear their green...ooops...pinch, pinch, pinch! 
 
I need to snap out of it and get busy CREATING!  I got some polymer and paper clay and wanted to try my luck at doll making...and I could always "materialize" my crafty ideas I have when I laying in bed or driving about.  I will BELIEVE...and it will be done~sounds great to me!