Altered Art Swap!

I was in an altered art swap on a group I belong to, A Primitive Journey: http://aprimitivejourney.proboards.com/index.cgi I just have to share with you the wonderful altered art paper bag album I received from Robin of http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5232246 LOVE IT!! She does amazing work. :)

As has been the case for me lately, I'm still lacking energy; therefore, the reason I haven't been posting too frequently as of late. I had a bit of a scare in the middle of the night and due to it had an ultrasound this morning, but all is well :) The baby is growing, active, and has a good heartbeat.

Hope everyone's doing well!

My Mind Wide Open Challenge Entry

So here's my latest Mind Wide Open entry. What do you think? (You can click to enlarge for details). I really enjoyed putting this piece together. If you'd like to see the other entries and cast your vote, take a look here: http://mind-wideopen.blogspot.com/2009/07/come-on-lets-vote.html

Need Prim Hang Tags?

I'll sell any set of 8 prim hang tags for $3.75 (that includes postage) - including any you see on my website or eBay store. I need to get in to both sites and update my pricing, but haven't found the time to do so yet. Just let me know if you see any you'd like to order. And, if you'd like a particular image or some for a certain holiday, I can make some up as you wish.

A Few Things

Here is a sample of a batch of prim/vintage style hang tags I made up recently (I made several), another altered vintage bingo card, and I framed a couple of my ATC's. I've been looking high and low for decent frames to fit ATC's appropriately, but am not having luck. What do you think of these? (I know the pictures with photo flash aren't the greatest ~ I should have taken outside to take the photos). Does anyone have a source for ATC sized frames ~ if so, please let me know where to look. Thanks! :)

Last night I tried to relax a bit and sat back to watch a movie, as I've been a bit emotional lately . . . but my goodness, the movie we watched was a real tear-jerker! I recommend watching it, but only when you're prepared to cry . . . it is Seven Pounds with Will Smith. So touching.

Have a great day everyone :)

Happy Tuesday!

Here are Abbie & Jacob at the Easter egg hunt this past Saturday, and a few ATC's I threw together recently :)

I'm off to "relax" in a dental chair most of the afternoon, for my 4th oral surgery. Oh joy. Have a good Tuesday everyone.

~*New ATC & Altered Paint Chips*~

My children are tucked into bed, so I thought I'd take a few quick minutes to show you some of my latest pieces. What do ya think? I'm open to all comments including criticism as it could help me improve upon my work. :) (You should be able to click on the photo to see a bit better detail). And, now I'm off to bed myself. Sweet Dreams everyone :)

Thanks!

A Few Things I Made Today

I ended up with less time than I thought to work on my crafts this weekend. And, I barely found time to post here quickly, but wanted to say I haven't forgotten about the giveaway I had said I would post this weekend. I just have ran out of time (must be the time change . . . I'll blame it on that anyway). . . and still want to get everything together for it. Actually, I had three of my nieces spend the night and were here all day as well so it was a full, busy house. So check back later this week and my giveaway will be posted soon. I need to go tuck Abbie in to bed and get to bed myself. Sweet Dreams! :)

A Couple Valentine's ~ Vintage Altered Art

Two more I made up today during Jacob's nap :) I thought they looked okay together, so put them in a frame . . though am going to look for different frames when I get to town next.

** Late Night Fun **

I really wish I could find a better way to get these to show up more accurately. I've tried scanning and now taking photos and still neither is really capturing how they really look. But anyway here's some of the altered vintage photos I've been working with lately :) (I guess they look best via photo if you click on the first photo of the group of them all together to enlarge).

I should have time to do more again tomorrow, as my baby boy is sick :( Poor little guy has caught a terrible flu bug that's going around daycare and doesn't feel well at all, so I'll be home with him all day and can "play" with my altered art when he sleeps.

I better get to sleep myself, before he wakes me again. Good Night everyone :)

More Vintage Altered Art

I finally found a few minutes to play with my altered art this weekend. Here are a few alterted paint chips I've done using vintage images, colored pencils, papers, and glitter. These photos don't capture how they REALLY look in person, but you get a good idea anyway.

Iris Paper Folding

Paper folding - how interesting. I found a neat site I'd like to share, with several free paper folding patterns. Take a peek: http://www.irisfolding.circleofcrafters.com/irisfoldingheart.html
I'm going to give this a try tonight.

Glass Glitter Vintage Little Girl Photo Hang Tags

These are currently available on my website. I really haven't had much time lately for my arts and crafts, but am hoping to devote some time to doing so this upcoming weekend.

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Last night we had parent teacher conferences. The conferences went very well. However, I am sad to say we had a little accident when leaving home. I was driving. The kids never noticed, but I said to Mike as we were driving away that I think I may have just hit one of the cats, as I felt the vehicle seem to bump over something. He told me to just keep going, no reason to let the kids be upset before conferences. We returned home and I was relieved for a minute as I did not see anything laying in the driveway. I was just starting to say oh good, I thought I had hit one of the cats when we left. That's when I saw him . . . poor Tiger. He had been hit, but managed to move from the driveway and died beside the front of the house. Taylor saw him before I did and was a crying mess. He couldn't have suffered much and it's amazing he made it that far with the head injury he had. I feel so terrible. :(

But, not only that. This morning I awoke around 3:45 a.m. to another of our cats (we had only 3 total), crying/howling/moaning outside my bedroom window. I warmed a dish of milk to give to the two cats and tried to call them in to drink in the warmth of our back porch. It was a very cold night, so I thought perhaps they weren't able to keep warm enough, now being just the two of them together in the insulated doghouse which I filled with straw. The "runt" of the litter, Shiloh, came up into the porch and drank. But Midnight was the one who was howling and wouldn't move. I put on my shoes and ventured out to find out what was wrong, bringing the milk dish with. I put the dish beside and she slowly drank a tiny bit, yet continued to cry. I moved the dish away to see if she would come towards me. Finally she hobbled towards the dish, ever so slowly and apparantly in pain. Something had happened to her too. Oh no! I didn't hit her with the vehicle last night when leaving too?!? I now think perhaps the cats had all hovered around the truck when I got home as it was warm and then I, not realizing they were there, hit not only Tiger but perhaps Midnight as well. Normally since Tiger was especially friendly and liked to jump into the truck as I buckled Jacob into his carseat, I would make sure I had him in my sight before leaving. However, for whatever reason, I didn't realize they were anywhere near the vehicle when we went to leave last night, nor did anyone else. I told Taylor this morning there was something wrong with Midnight, but I wasn't sure what and reminded her to feed and water the cats before school. Just as I was walking into work, I received her call. Midnight had died within the hour of my having left home. The kids will attempt to bury them after school tonight, but I'm not sure if we'll be able to dig through the ground as it's started to freeze up. Abbie isn't aware of this yet as she went to spend the night with her dad after conferences last night. She'll be a crying mess I know. She still cries often over the loss of her favorite cat "Pumpkin". We now need to either get some more cats from my parents farm or take Shiloh there for the winter so she stays warm with the other barn cats. I don't think she's able to stay warm enough on her own. I feel so bad about it, but I know it was no one's fault. I just happened to be the driver. :(

More Glass Glitter Vintage Tags

~*Cute Vintage Little Girls in Mason Jar*~

These cute little girls weren't bothering anyone, sitting in a wicker basket playing with their teddy bear. But lo and behold, someone grabbed them wicker basket and all and shut them away in a mason jar!! Meanies!

I had fun making these sweet hang tags, using a sweet vintage photograph image and these awesome mason jar graphics from Krista of http://www.countrycharmgraphics.com/.

I'll be adding these to my website if you wish to purchase for your gift giving.

Glass Glitter Hang Tags

I decided to get my glass glitter out and make some Christmas hang tag ornies. These and more are now for sale on eBay.

My First Blog Giveaway!!

Here's your chance to win two (2) of my OOAK vintage altered hang tags. Leave a comment and you'll be entered in the drawing which will be held this Halloween, October 31st. Post about this giveaway on your blog and you'll receive three (3) entries in the drawing. :) If your name is drawn, here's what you'll receive:

Altered Vintage Halloween Hang Tags

I stayed up late a couple of nights this past week to make some more vintage Halloween altered hang tags. I LOVE making them. Here's a few of them, though they do appear a bit fuzzy, as my scanner isn't picking them up the best due to the gem clips making a gap so they don't lay flat on the scanner. These are listed on eBay now :)

Altered Hang Tag Ornie

Now on eBay (along with several others!):

My Newest ACEO/ATC's!

I had a lot of fun making these this weekend! Note: These are actually much clearer in person. They are Artist Trading Cards, made using vintage images, papers, and colored pencils.