Haiden Flies!

Today my brother John and Wendy (his wife) and one of their twins, Haiden went to a place called "iFLY Hollywood" and they did a little "flying"....

This is my niece Haiden (age 5 1/2) up in the air in the wind tunnel that is set up so that people can experience "flying" without having to muster up the courage to jump from a plane. It is AMAZING! She volunteered to be the first one in the group of adults to give it a try. According to John, she gave everyone a "high five" when she came down from her flight.

AWESOME!

Los Angeles

Friday morning breakfast...with blueberries. Isn't it cool that the little "flowers" show up when the milk is poured in?

This is a little bit of embroidery that I have been working on as a possibility for teaching in March. I am not satisfied with the design yet, though.....needs a little more work.

Here is a doll that my niece Haiden and I made a couple of years ago. She drew the face and I stitched it up. I made one for her sister, Cece, too, but could not find it to take a picture. They certainly have special personalities! (the dolls and the girls)

yummy book!

do you know this book?

I really find it to be such a great inspiration.

thought I'd share a couple of the photos with you.....

I adore this red on white.....(above)

and the horse (below)

lovely collar - thinking of YOU, Sam, and your girls..

I think that these pillow cases are very Scandinavian, don't you ladies in Sweden?

Cutting Paper

Last night I picked up the scissors and this is what I did:

Pretty exciting when it comes out like I see it in my head....

Guess I have said that before, but it still amazes me and makes me smile...

.....and that is worth it....

One more smile was when I realized that as I took the photo of the actual cut-out, the shadow on the floor was right there lookin' pretty good, too.

I love surprises like that!

NaNcY!!!

Got a call this afternoon from my pal, Nancy, who has a broken back window in her car.

She remembered that when I had a broken window, I covered it with a decorated panel that she LOVED! So, she came over after work and we made a great panel for her back window.

Here's Nancy in her little car with a BIG "owie"

And here is the panel that we wrote all over, using words that inspire and motivate us... and hopefully everyone who reads them! Drive carefully, Nance!

Spread "the word" and spread the LOVE!

It will never be too much - ever!

Valentine Pop-Up

One of the classes that I will be teaching at Los Poblanos in early February (the 6th) is a combination of three Valentines. The first two are little Paper Pockets, though I haven't done samples of them yet.

The third project is a Pop-Up Valentine Card and today I made a couple of samples.

First I punched out some flowers from paper that I had stamped randomly all over with some of my heart stamps. I think they make great patterns for the little blossoms.

The first heart is cut from another randomly stamped piece of paper. There is a little "pocket" cut into the heart and then (below) you add a few stems with blossoms that will "pop" out when you open the card.

stamped the word "LOVE" with a few stamps

The second sample heart card is cut from "plaid" cardstock......... Fun, isn't it?

It would be a blast to have you ALL here to play with.... maybe one of these days...

Hope you are finding time to do some creating yourselves!

Valentine Decor

hmmmmm, pretty small photo, but it gets larger if you click on it...

This is my mantel for the next few weeks...

Took down the Christmas and added some hearts and hands and RED stuff.

I know that it will continue to evolve over the next three or four weeks...

.....just can't sit still...