{softball post}

Warning: this is a softball post, so just bear with me, it has nothing to do with art. I haven't posted about the season once yet, and we are almost through. If you know me, you know that softball rates right up there with scrapbooking and stuff. Emma has had another great season. Her batting has really improved thanks to her coaches. She really enjoys the sport, as I do watching her. Also, I threw in a pic of Mr. H enjoying the snack after the game. We are a the end of the season tournament, so I just want to say, "Go, Blue Steal".

{Happy Aniversary Mom and Dad}

I am so glad that you did this 40-something years ago. How many is it?

birds and bonnets

Ohh! I finished my birds and bonnets pages for the swap. I will put them in the mail tomorrow to go to Karla and Beth. They had to have either the birds or bonnets images or the images of vintage wallpaper backing. I did a little of both. This was very fun. I added some vintage embelishments. Can't wait for the swap and returns. You can check out some others on the flickr site set up for it here. And... now I am all caught up on everything and haven't signed up for any new swaps. This is a first, in about a year. My options are open. Any ideas?

Teacher Appreciation

I saw this in the May/June Scrapbooks etc. Magazine. It's teacher appreciation week this week at school so I made some for the kid's teachers. I just covered pencils with green printed scrapbook paper, tied on ribbons for leaves and hot glued flowers and buttons on the top of the pencils. I found the malt glasses at the Goodwill for a dollar, and filled them with gumdrops. This would be good for the the end of the year too.

Key Tree and Projects

I found some really great stuff this weekend, but the all time favorite find was this key tree. I got it at Whimsy in downtown Tustin. The keys come off so I can add other things depending on the season. I also got some projects done for the Red Bee. The first is a Lee house done with Teresa Collins paper and the other is a chunky book made out of a new line of scrap supplies called Kaiser. Hope to get some heart stuff done for the charity crop coming up in May.

{Gather and Create}

Finished some chunky monochromatic pages for a swap on atcsforall.com This was really fun. I love working with one hue and the tints and shades of that color. Can't wait to see what I get back in return.

Found some ricrac at the Lutheran High Thrift Store right by my house. Scored. Got so many colors. Very vintage.

....and a sunflower collage from one of my classes. We are studying van Gogh and doing a picture of Starry Night, but we love his sunflowers too.
.....and found this set of trays at the Goodwill. Can't wait to use them.

more pages

MOre pages from my scrap weekend. Did I say I got 42 pages done? Just here for a short blog. The artshow is happening this weekend at Calvary, so I have been busy with that. We displayed about 300 pieces of children's art. I'l have to take pics and return. Thanks for stopping by, what are you up to?