Can you believe only ten more days until Christmas Eve!!!!! Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been preparing some goodies to list this week on etsy for those of you who are looking for a special present. I have lots of beautiful gemstones and religious pieces along with a ton of sparkle and lockets for those of you who like things without religious items.
It is always going up and down...................
I was so excited when my mother gave me an early X-mas gift. This was my mothers when she was a child and she brought it from home and gave it to me when she arrived here. I think it is from the 1940's. I think it is so cool and look it still has the dust on it from twenty years ago. Ha Ha!
Wow, like most of you out there I feel like my head is spinning circles trying to keep up with life. So many things to do so little time. I caught a glance of myself in the mirror today and I was like EEK, who are you!! No time to comb my hair this morning. Kinda scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I finally got tickets to see the Grinch play at the old Globe Theater, Balboa Park San Diego. It was really wonderful and my girls loved it!!! The costumes were incredibly inspiring. However I looked on either side of me and both my son and my husband were fast a sleep. How embarrassing for me!! In their defense, they had gotten up at 6am to watch my husbands friend play in a hockey tournament.
San Diego is such an awesome town. After the play we ended up spending the weekend there with our friends and their two daughters. My girlfriend use to live there and knows all the hot spots to hit. She loves desserts as much as I do , so she was so excited to take me to the most amazing dessert shop. Extraordinary desserts, is out of this world. The owner studied in France and not only is everything unbelievable delicious but every dessert is also gorgeous. The coffee is also to die for.
As you can tell by my face, I was in heaven!!
All I can say is, Yummy, Yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On to some exciting news................. Drum roll please.................................... I am so excited for my dear sweet friend , Miss Jenny Doh, who I love to death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is venturing into a new project that is going to be amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To learn more about it please check out her blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jenny is one of the most hard working, intelligent, dedicated, loyal women that I know and I am so excited for her. I have always enjoyed my experiences with Somerset. Jenny always listens to the artist and has an authentic appreciation for art. Pam and I had a lil' celebration dinner for her last night.......Here are a couple of photos of us enjoying our evening together.
Last, but not least I wanted to thank you once again all for your prayers for sweet Brynn and baby Anthony. Brynn's good friend has started a blog on her recovery, there are photos of Brynn and her family. Her husband Kyle has been posting regular updates on her and Anthony's recovery. Click here to be connected to her blog. Please feel free to leave a comment to her husband letting him know that she is in your prayers. She has been taken off the medications to keep her in a coma and has opened and closed her eyes. She is still in great need of all of your prayers. We all believe she is going to be healed and God is going to use her to show us a miracle. Many blessings to all! Let this be a reminder to all of us to stay focused on the things that truly matter to us this holiday. Keep those you love close. xoxo
First of all, I would like to thank all of you who have sent prayers for Brynn, PLEASE keep them coming. I really appreciate all of your support and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Baby Anthony is thriving and breathing on his own. Sweet Brynn is still in a coma, and needs our prayers. Once again, thank you!
I wanted to give you a sneak peak of my Christmas project I did for Teresa McFayden's Twelve Days of Comfort and Joy E-zine. I am going to be a guest artist this month. My project is now available on her site. It was so much fun creating this piece, the only problem was that after I finished it, I realized that I needed to photograph each step of making the project. So, off I went, to my buddy Pam's house. I got her started on making one of them for herself and then I photographed her during the making of each step. I am so excited about this piece and it is perfect for those of you who are intimidated by crafts. My crafting motto is,"Perfect is not good!".So there is no way to mess it up!!
I would like to introduce you to our new addition to our family. This is Mr. Oliver, he is the kids early Xmas gift. He is such a love nut!!
The best thing about Oliver is that he is sweet and mellow. He loves nothing more than lying around on your lap. He was the lil guy left at the pet store. No one was buying him because he was much older than the rest the puppies and much bigger. Every time I went in the pet store I held him and he was so loving. I just couldn't leave him on my last visit. So I guess you could say that we have started off the holidays early!!
OOhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yummy,yummy,yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I felt like I was Alice landing in Wonderland yesterday. I know how Alice felt when she found herself waking up in wonderland. I wasn't in Wonderland but I was close, I was in Pam's art room!! My emotions always get stirred every time I step foot into this amazing place full of lost treasures and creations. So take a look through my eyes at this most fabulous place and take a deep breath and sigh.YUM! One of my favorite things to do is brainstorm and create with my friend. We have pledged to make a point of getting together more regularly to create with each other and sometimes this means just drinking a cup of coffee and sharing our creative dreams. This time I am came traveling with lots of goodies like little Red Riding hood. I kept unloading and unloading and by the time I got done I had to reload all of it back up to get the kids (Ok, We have to rethink our process a bit). We indulged ourselves in bundles and bits of linens and lace and walked through her studio picking out vintage accents like a millinery this or a crepe paper that. God sure did have his hands on us the day we meet. Our friendship has transpired into years of adventures and creating. What a blessing it is to have a friend who gets you and wants to help you unlock and unravel the possibilities that lie within.
Christmas is coming and I always get so excited to see what is new for the holidays. I have to admit I have been so disappointed this year in what is out there in the stores. So I have decided to dig into my own collection of goodies and create garlands and goodies to decorate with. I encourage all of you to do the same and share the excitement by letting us know what you come up with. I have taken some photos of the items I plan on working with I will be sharing with you what I create. I found the two funny girl ornaments at the Long Beach flea market over the weekend. They cracked me up and reminded me of my girls especially since my Sophie girl was Super Chicken Girl ( who is a super hero she created that carries a rubber chicken) for Halloween. Can't wait to start playing!!
