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Make Your Tragedies a Work of Art

I made this travel journal for a young friend of mine who will be traveling to Europe in April. I personally love having a small travel...

Nyenaurs...

My grandson is all grown up now and doesn't say really cute words anymore. I mean don't get me wrong I think he is pretty fantastic but...

I Want a Weather Vane

I love weather vanes and I want one for the top of my roof. Sadly it turns out that I really cannot justify the expense of one. Maybe I...

You're Off To Great Places

It is no secret that I love to travel. It is also no secret that I love Steampunk and I also really like the movie Around the World in 80...

Spring is in the...bottom of a three foot pile of snow!!!

I was looking through a seed catalog the other day, dreaming of Blue Fescue Grasses, Hollyhocks, Sweet Williams and all things that...

Hope is the Power

I really enjoyed creating this simple but stunning card. My husband and I have been in the planning stages of some more landscape design...

Thoughts of being "tangled"

This was a fun card to design. It is very simple to make and put together but it makes a big impact. I did look up the various traditions...

Today is a day to...marry my friend.

Today is a day to… Today is the day that I marry my friend, the one I laugh with, live for, love. This was the wording on my wedding...

You're Off To Great Places

The world has its limits, the world of imagination is boundless. -Jean Jaques Rousseau We all have our time machines, those that take us...

I'm Inspired...by a maternity top.

There you have it. This card was inspired by a cute maternity top I saw. I have a very sweet friend, her mom is my dear friend and I have...

Healing Hugs Heading Your Way

Sending cards to people who are injured or ill is something I make a real effort to do. The reason I do this is because I know...

When I am Old I Will Wear...

I think most of us have read the poem...or at least heard of it. "Warning" by Jenny Joseph. The first line...When I am an old woman I...

What do you call a person who is happy on Monday...

RETIRED!!!! Retirement is waking up in the morning with nothing to do and by bedtime having done only half of it. When I read this...

There is Nobody I Would Rather Travel With than...

"In life, it's not where you go, it's who you travel with" -Charles Schulz I absolutely love to travel. My Grammy loved adventure, she...

Ready for that Hole-in-One...

Golf...the classy way to avoid responsibilities. Hmmm, I guess that is one way to look at it. I read that quote and just giggled. I know...

Where Should I Apply Perfume

"Where should I apply perfume?" a young lady asked. "Where you want to be kissed." Cocoa Chanel I read this quote to my husband and he...

Follow Your Heart...But take Your Brain With You!!!

How many times have I heard people say just go with your heart. Follow your heart it won't steer you wrong. Yikes, that is such a false...

When the Moon Hits Your Eye...

I have not idea why the moon hitting my eye like a big pizza pie would be amour!!! I mean think about it, doesn't that sound more like a...

Merci, thank you, grazie, danke...

Silent gratitude isn't much to anyone! Wow, when I read this it kind of hit my right in the feels. Why is it so hard for some of us to...

Fill Your Life With Adventures...

I love, love, love to travel. It's true it is one of my favorite things to do. And I as am happy driving 70 miles to my favorite camping...