Inside the Bubble

Angels among us!

This incredible piece of artwork created by the talented Kris of Retro Art Cafe Gallery arrived today!  Last week I was the lucky winner of Kris' blog giveaway contest.  This gorgeous piece will hold a special place in both my home and in my heart!  It is very hard to see by the picture, but there is a picture of the sweetest young girl in the round hole of the doorplate and a dictionary description of the word "angel" in the lower metal piece. Be sure to click on over to her site, as Kris has so many more lovely creations. Kris, thank you so much.  I will treasure this!

As if this was not enough, I received another special package in the mail today from  Karla.  A sample package of her homemade bath salts.  I cannot wait to leisurely soak in my bath using these!  What a treat!  Thank you Karla!  Be sure to pop on over to her blog to read all about Karlapalooza!

Thank you again sweet ladies for making my day!  I may have to start stalking my maillady for more packages!  Bye for now! 

What could be better....

than a day filled with good friends, yummy treats, a lovely home and creating art?  That was my day yesterday at Kim's.  She held a crop at her home and for twelve lovely hours, we chatted, laughed, munched on goodies and each worked on our respective creative projects.  Here are pics of the cast of characters (except I missed getting a pic of our hostess, Kim and of course, myself!)

First, I'll start off with a pic of Lia and Jamie.  Lia is a dear friend who I love to spend time with chatting and scrapbooking.   Jamie is an incredibly talented lady, who I was so pleased to finally meet and get to know.  Please go to her site and check out her lovely one of a kind jewelry.

Next we have  Joy and Kelly, who are fairly new friends that I have met through the creative world.  These two are the sweetest and FUN pair of ladies and I look forward to many more days of creating and laughing with these two!

Here is a picture of Sandy and Holly.  I cannot believe HOW creatively talented these two are!  I'd met Holly at a previous event at Kim's and she is a doll and yesterday was my first time to meet Sandy.  She is so sweet and humble.  We finally convinced her to share some of her art and oh my gosh, her jewelry creations are unbelievably gorgeous.  Here are a couple of pics of her jewelry.

 Are you still with me?  Let me continue with the rest of the ladies who shared this fun day!

Sherrin and her friend, Val and her friend Tammy, Fran and her adorable daughter and last but not least, my carpool buddy, Candice.

It is amazing how quickly twelve hours can go by.  I regret I did not get over to the other table of ladies to chat more, as eveyone one there was so lovely.  The creativity that was flowing in that room was off the charts!  And, our ever loveable hostess, Kim, did not disappoint with her decor, treats, yummy lunch and dinner and sweet treats!  It is a treat alone, just to attend one of her events.

   

So sorry for the LONG post, but I wanted to share every detail with you.  I'll leave you with a couple of more pics of my project that I was working on, Carol Wingerts' White album kit.  Have a great Sunday!

 

Oh, and how could I forget my favorite four legged friend, Winston!  (thanks for the pic, Holly!)

 

Just Poppin' In

to let you know I'm still alive & well.  Tomorrow I am looking forward to a twelve (12) hour crop at Her house with a fabulous group of ladies, so you KNOW I'll have pictures to share on Sunday!  Enjoy your weekend-summer is already half over!

Edited ....I was just notified that I just won a gorgeous Angel art piece HERE.  You have got to go check out Kristin's work - it is gorgeous!  Thanks, Kristin!

Mini Road Trip

Friday afternoon, my husband and I took off for a quick trip down to San Diego (Point Loma to be exact) to watch a friend's son's basketball tournament.  Now, mind you, my husband use to coach high school basketball, so I've watched more basketball then I can care to share with you.  But, when I heard "Point Loma", I thought, hmm....that could mean a quick stop at Michelle and Helle's new store, Paper Tales.

So, I agreed to go and on the way down there, I casually mentioned, can we just make a quick "detour" to this new store?  My husband, always the good sport and supportive guy he is, said sure, but you'll have to make it quick!  Well, I managed to squeeze about a half an hour visit with Michelle at Paper Tales.I had just missed Helle, who had to leave, but, let me tell you, their store is just adorable!  Not only does she have THE LARGEST collection of Amuse stamps I've ever seen, but they've mixed it up with a shabby chic decor and other paper craft items, that I had a hard time just taking a few minutes to shop!  Anyway, without further adieu, here are some pics from my visit.

Random...

post.  I was at my Mom's the other day and she asked if I wanted some old pictures.  Um...Yeah!!  So she gave me a dozen or so pics of my aunts, uncles, great grandparents, etc.  There was a darling picture of my Aunt Betty taken in the 20's.  I had to scan a copy of it and play....so here is my result of a few minutes of putting together a few goodies I had.

Brillante Weblog Award

                                                                                What a  wonderful surprise to receive the Brilliante Weblog Premio-2008 from the lovely Karen DuBois, THE BLING QUEEN!!  Although I am a fairly new blogger and a total "rookie", I am thrilled that she gave me this award.

 

The rules for receiving this award are:

 

1) Put the logo on your blog.

 

2) Add a link to the person who awarded you.

 

3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

 

4) Add links to those blogs on yours.

 

5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs. 

 

 

 

I will now bestow this honor on the following inspirational ladies whose blogs I religiously follow and will NOT duplicate the blogs that Karen listed, although they would ALL be definitely on my list!

 

 

 

Dream It, Live It, Learn It (Joy) - (New friend and Silver Bella '08 buddy)

 

My Life According to Me  (Lori) - (New blogger & dear friend)

 

Play, Create and Share (Suzanne) - (Longtime friend & talented scrapper)

 

Amy Tangerine  (Amy) - (Fun friend and she always makes me smile!)

 

NDG  (Nora) - (Incredible Scrapper and great sense of humor)

 

Pretty Little Things (Lori) - (Lovely lady and creator of THE CUTEST felt treasures)

 

Simply Me Art (Jamie) - (Inspirational jewelry artist and breaker of my budget!- lol)

 

Congrats, Ladies!  Keep up the great work on your blogs and be sure to keep the award going!!!

 

 

 

 

The rules for receiving this award are:

 

1) Put the logo on your blog.

 

2) Add a link to the person who awarded you.

 

3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

 

4) Add links to those blogs on yours.

 

5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs. 

 

 

 

I will now bestow this honor on the following inspirational ladies whose blogs I religiously follow and will NOT duplicate the blogs that Karen listed, although they would ALL be definitely on my list!

 

 

 

Dream It, Live It, Learn It (Joy) - (New friend and Silver Bella '08 buddy)

 

My Life According to Me  (Lori) - (New blogger & dear friend)

 

Play, Create and Share (Suzanne) - (Longtime friend & talented scrapper)

 

Amy Tangerine  (Amy) - (Fun friend and she always makes me smile!)

 

NDG  (Nora) - (Incredible Scrapper and great sense of humor)

 

Pretty Little Things (Lori) - (Lovely lady and creator of THE CUTEST felt treasures)

 

Simply Me Art (Jamie) - (Inspirational jewelry artist and breaker of my budget!- lol)

 

Congrats, Ladies!  Keep up the great work on your blogs and be sure to keep the award going!!!

 

 

 

An Artistic Affaire Deaux

She's done it again! Put together an incredible line-up for another spectacular day of creativity!  Imagine taking classes from Carol Wingert, Kim Hesson and Beth Quinn in an intimate setting with all the trimmings, including lunch, tea, a shopping boutique and home decor to die for!  Check out Kim's blog for more details.  It is sold out, however, be sure to sign up on her e-mail list, so that maybe next time, YOU, too, can join us at one of her incredible soiree's!

A Great Recipe for the 4th!

I want to thank Nora for the easy, but great Recipe for Indoor S'mores.  It was so quick to whip up and is YUMMY!  Here are the ingredients (except you add vanilla and butter, too!)

After you melt and mix it all together, just pop it in a pan, press down and chill for an hour!

Cut it up and serve..how much easier can that be?  And the best part - no smoke in your eyes while making s'mores!  I'm sure my friends will love this.  Enjoy your day!

Happy Fourth of July!

Wishing you and your loved ones a glorious and SAFE Independence Day!

Tagged

I was tagged by my friend Rebecca....

So, here we go!

3 Things that bring me joy
1. Spending time with my husband and two daughters.

2. A neat, clean house  (clutter that I can SEE makes me crazy!)

3. Spending time scrapbooking or crafting with my dear friends, including our "field trips" (shopping excursions during crops!)

3 Things that I fear
1.  My daughters or husband getting into an automobile accident

2. Tornadoes (I'll take an earthquake anyday over a tornado - but not NOW, please!)

3. Going into a BIG group of people that I don't know  (I tend to be shy around others I don't know, but once I get to know you, you can't shut me up!

4. NEW ADDITION:   BEES!!!!

3 Current obsessions
1. Vintage Animal or Lady Ceramic Planters

2. Vintage Jewelry

3. Organizing my craft room

3 Random/Surprising facts about me (really? do I surprise any of you?)
1. I grew up at the Little League Field since my dad coached and I hit a home run off my Dad's best pitcher at the team picnic

2. I have a HUGE phobia of Bridges!

3. I am a closet shover!  Can't stand to see clutter, but, have NO problem if its shoved in the closet behind closed doors!

3 People I tag

1. Suzanne B.

2. Lori M.

3. Sherry B.