Teddy bear ornie

Hello, I hope you all had a good day. I spent most of mine cleaning and sewing. I did get this little vintage teddy bear ornie finished up. she will be going up on eBay soon . I used to sew teddy bears all the time years ago .But I got burnt out on them and started making dolls .I am needing a bit of a change so you might just see some bears now and then . I do need lots of practice at them but a challenge is always good :)

It was so nice here today in the 60's gotta love that . So I did find some time to just go set in the back yard with little miss Haley and enjoy the fresh air . I noticed I have some tiny green flowers popping up out back in my flower beds . I am sure they will not last long after tomorrow it is supposed to get cold again and maybe flurries. But it was nice to see that little bit of green out there It put a big smile on my face .

Well I am off to visit a couple blogs and then do a bit more sewing Have a good evening .

snickerdoodles

Hello , I hope you are having a good Monday . Mine started off not being able to find my car keys this morning .After running around the house for about 10 minutes looking for them and a call to hubby at work they were found .Hubby had put my van in the garage last night and left the keys in his coat pocket which was about 4 coats deep on the coat rack .Poor guy he is not feeling well and had a bit to much cold medicine last night I think :) But I found them and got the kiddo's to school in a bit of a rush and all was good .

Other then stubbing my toes on the vacuum and pinching my fingers in a broken chair I refuse to take out of my office because it was my grandpa's ( note to self fix it soon ) lol. It has been a good day gotta love those minor little things that keep us on our toes right :)

Ok enough about my Monday little stuff .I have a recipe for you one of hubby's favorite cookies is snicker doodles I am thinking I need to make a batch for him . He went to work sick today and didn't get good news about his pick-up which has been setting since last Monday . So I think he needs some nice warm yummy cookies when he gets home tonight . Thought I would share the recipe with you .

I also have some images you may use I was busy playing around yesterday .Just click on the image to bring it up in a new window right click and save . Have a good evening and I will chat at you soon .

Bookmark

Good morning everyone :) Here is a little bookmark I did up last Saturday after waking up with the idea in my head. I love when that happens . This is the poem on it .


I spent yesterday cleaning in my storage room and found lots of little treasures I had forgotten about which I hope to start playing with soon. I still have lots of work to do in there but it felt good to look at what I had gotten done at the end of the day somewhat organised anyway. Now I can find things in there again lol.

Have a good week-end :) Chat at you soon.

Gift I made my for grams

Hello, I hope you are having a good week .I have been busy cleaning around here .The past two days were spent in my 11 year olds room .For a while I thought I might get lost in there .Lets just say she was very creative when she was told to clean her room . But after two full days I can now see the floor and her cloths and all her things are nicely organised .We will see how long that lasts :)

Here is the walker bag I made for my grams the pictures are not good at all .Very poor lighting in here and there was lots of snow coming down so I was unable to take any outdoors . Here is the link to the pattern I used http://www.laurassewingstudio.com/Sewing/Walker_Bag/walker_bag.html

I just added two pockets in the front one with the stitchery and the other to put pictures in.

Her birthday party was ok my step mom made two very yummy cakes it was kept small for grams sake she does not do well around a large group of people .Her mind is slowly leaving us and she struggles allot now a little more each day it seems .It is so hard to see but I just have to remember the past memories .There are so many wonderful ones she has been so wonderful to all of us over the years . I like to think some of who I am today came from my grams . When my mom passed away Grams was my rock I have been close to her since I was little . They lived so close to us just a short walk away so I would visit them every day if possible and when I got older and we moved I would call her sometimes as many as 3 times a day and we would talk for hours at times . She was my buddy my safe place when things got tough a true blessing in a dark world at times . I miss those times with her so much .It is strange what happens to ones mind with this terrible disease . The one thing I do know in all of this is what a truly beautiful lady she is and what a blessing it has been having her in my life .

Just a cute picture I found and thought I would share I love Patriotic photo's and Americana.

This is a picture I took on or way home from Omaha a couple weeks ago .I played around with it a bit such a neat old church . I can't wait for it to warm up so I can play with my camera more . Well I am off to get some sleep it was a long day of cleaning and I am tired . Have a good evening chat at you soon .

The winner is........

Happy Valentine's Day everyone . I had little miss Haley Draw a name this morning and Carol from Carols Heirloom collections you are the winner congrats . I will send you an email so you can get your addy to me . I want to Thank everyone for entering my giveaway and for all your kind words . Big (((HUGS))) to all of you . I will be doing more giveaway's now and then so make sure to check back often .Hubby is taking me out to eat for Valentines. I am thinking Chinese my favorite , I love chicken and mushrooms Yummy. I hope you all have a wonderful Valentines and a good week-end . I will chat at you again soon .

Renae

more images for you

Hello, I hope you are all having a good week-end it was just beautiful here the last couple of days in the 50's I think to tell you the truth I didn't pay much attention just enjoyed the sunshine and being able to go out without bundling up . Today is going to be colder and maybe rain but that's ok still nicer then it has been . My kiddo's have a short week at school this week due to conferences .That will be so nice I so need to get some sewing done and maybe just maybe I can without so much running to do.It makes it hard to concentrate as if it hasn't been already with everything going on lately in my lil ol world lol . I have been busy working on some valentines which need to be mailed out in the morning and on there way .I got into a card swap with some gals so they are on there way soon .


Here are some vintage images I found in public domain and messed with just a bit you may use them in your art and for personal use .Just click on the picture to bring it up in another window right click and save to your computer . yes I am addicted to vintage images , old postcards and photo's if you had not noticed lol . Have a good day .

vintage images

Hello everyone , I was out of town all day yesterday .My son was sworn into the national Guard and we wanted to be there to support him .It was a very long day with several twists and turns but at 2 o'clock in the afternoon he stood with 5 other very brave young men and women going into different areas and took a vow to serve there country . It was an honor to be in the room with all of them . He leaves in a few short months for basics then off for more training to become an aviation specialist and should be back home in November, just in time for the holidays . All I know is it will be a very long 4 months for this mom . But I better get used to it :)

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Here are a couple of images you may use in your art .I scanned them from a couple post cards I purchased last week . I visited another little shop downtown today and purchased a couple neat old photos I will try to get up in the next day or so . Have good evening .

vintage image

I purchased this at a little shop here it is part of the image from the top of a 1900 calender from Perry Mason Co

Post card I purchased yesterday .The writing on the back has the date of 1918 on it .I have a couple more I will upload sometime this week . you may use them in your art :)

vintage postcard images

postcards I purchased at an antique show last fall postmarked 1909 .free to use in your art .