Cute Colored Vintage Images

Thank You Sharon!

I was lucky in that I won a blog giveaway from Sharon at http://myvintagestudio.blogspot.com/ And let me tell you, it could not have arrived on a better day! I had the absolute worst day at work in my 16-year career to date yesterday in which I seriously would have resigned if I didn't need my job. Today's a new day and with the arrival of my sweet package with extra goodies I feel much better. Thank You so much Sharon!!! :)

~*Altered Americana*~

Finished these up today.

I Decided . . .

. . . to try a Selling Blog. So here it is . . I'll be adding new things soon! :) http://prim-primitives.blogspot.com/

Have a great weekend!! :)

My Little Boy

I'm not sure what happened ~ this photo is NOT edited. I must have been moved a bit when I took the picture! But, I thought it was quite neat how it turned out in that my little boy's face seems to have come through clear, while the rest of the photo is blurred. Not even two weeks and he's going to turn 2 years old! Time really does fly!

*I Wish You Happiness*

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them. Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy. Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

Brother Sister

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week! I have been busy with work during the day and my children and housework during the evenings, but have been getting outside after work most evenings to enjoy good brisk long walks. I love getting outside when the weather is nice, and I need it after working in front of a computer most of the day! Enjoy the images. :)

I Entered Again ~ My First Altered Bottle!

I decided to enter this month's Mind Wide Open challenge, as I adore the image Gail has posted for this months contest. I decided on using the image for this challenge to create my first ever altered art bottle. Here's what I came up with.

Please take a look at the other entries in this challenge and feel free to vote as you wish! :) Have a great day! http://mind-wideopen.blogspot.com/2009/06/entries-are-up-and-you-can-vote.html

Award Time!

Cris at http://mommysmidwestmountain.blogspot.com/ presented me with this wonderful award. Thank you so much Cris!! Please take a look at her blog - she creates beautiful folk art paintings!

I'd like to pass this on to the following who all have wonderful blogs and create beautiful works of art!:

Heather of http://creativesolace.blogspot.com/

Lizzie of http://lizziebusyhandmade.blogspot.com/

Jennifer of http://tamalecat2.blogspot.com/

Char of http://charsethman.blogspot.com/

A Few Sweet Vintage Children Images

Have fun! I LOVE the first image especially, though love them all and can't wait to create some new altered art pieces with these images.

The week has been busy again, as are most. I'm finding it harder and harder to find time to work on my altered art with work, the kids, and now tending to my garden and also trying to get in some exercise. There's never ending housework with lots of that to do tonight as we've had after school activities the past three nights in a row. Hope everyone's enjoying their day :)

Captured Fairy & Altered Bingo Card

Finished these up today. :) Actually the more I look at it, the more I think I'm still going to do a bit more with the altered bingo card . . . I'll be back with the makeover later on :)

Some Oldies I've Made

Here are a few things I made over the years. The two tag pictures I backed with vintage cutter quilts before framing. For the prim heart, I used wood from my great grandfather's old barn ~ the barn is well over 150 years old and has now fallen down.

Have a wonderful day! I'm off with my sister to surprise my mom and clean her house without notice :)

Freebie Standing Little Girl Images - Would Be Sweet Altered Fairies

I believe these vintage images of standing little girls would be sweet altered into fairies. What do you think? I might have to give it a try myself. If you decide to do so, and would like to share what you come up with, I'd gladly post a photo of your creation on my blog along with a link to your blog and/or site.

Bath Time, the Ol' Ford, a Runaway, & Our Veggie Garden

Bubbles at bath time! Jacob's almost 2 . . He's 23 months now!
Abbie posing with her dad's Antique Ford that is in pristine condition. I'm trying to convince her to let me get her bangs cut, but she wants to let them grow out . . yet she won't always keep a barrette in and it drives me nuts, but oh who am I to tell my 7-year old know it all daughter? I'm just her mom, come on . . she's got to be "cool" and all now. LOL, I swear she acts like she's 13 at least already.

And here are Mike and Jacob busy removing stumps from land Mike cleared to increase the size of our garden. Jacob loves being on anything noisy that moves . . he was safe, with a seat belt strapped around him. Mike was very busy, as he cut down and removed close to 30 trees!

And here's a shot of just a portion of our now much bigger, newly planted veggie garden. Just wait to see it later in the season! The plants will be huge.

Uh-oh! We have a run away! LOL. Jacob ran off out of the house. He can get out on his own even if the door is locked, so we have to watch closely as he LOVES to get outside all the time.

And here he is once Mommy caught up with him still in his pajamas with a dirt streak on his forehead . . lol. Sitting on one of Abbie's li'l old bike's, but he still is too little and can't reach the pedals, so will sit on and can barely reach to the ground to stand on his tiptoes and push it along. :)

Lovely Award from a Friend! :)

Karen from http://valentinestudio123.blogspot.com/ has given me this lovely award! Thanks so much Karen! I recently have found Karen's blog, or I think she may have found me . . either way, I LOVE, love, LOVE her vintage style altered art creations!!! I can't stop peeking at her blog to see her latest work of art.

Once awarded, the rules are to 1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who's given it to you, along with the link to his or her blog. 2. Pass the award to several other blogs you enjoy. Contact those bloggers to let them know they've been chosen for this award. Have fun and enjoy your award! I really hope you choose to play and keep it going. But if you don't, that's okay too. Just enjoy your award in any way you wish and know that I think you have a very lovely blog.

I have several blogs that I enjoy, though have been away from my computer for a bit and haven't had a chance lately to get around and say hi. But, I do so love many blogs and will note the following as my choices for to receive this beautiful blog award (in no particular order):

1) Melissa at http://plainworkerprimitives.blogspot.com/

2) Nancy at http://vintagepapers.blogspot.com/

3) Birdy at http://birdyjo.blogspot.com/

4) Linda at http://cain81art.blogspot.com/

5) Sanja at http://loona18.blogspot.com/

Happy Memorial Weekend!

It's been a busy week between work, school, and trying to get my gardens in ~ I've been wanting to take some photos to share various things here on my blog, but my schedule hasn't allowed me to find the time this week.

I decided at the last minute to ask for tomorrow as a vacation day and it was granted. Yay! So now I can relax and get my gardens planted tonight and tomorrow and get everything packed as we're spending the holiday weekend camping with friends. I made a new flower garden last night that Abbie helped me plant and have some finishing touches to do with that yet. She loves planting along with me. :)

I'm looking forward to relaxing and enjoying the weekend with family and friends!! I've been needing a break for awhile. Hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!

ATC's & Altered Vintage Bingo Cards

I found time to work on a few more today! :) The second ATC is out of focus, but anyways, you get the idea.

Poor Children

I haven't found the time between work and housework and spending time with my children to do any new altered art projects as I had been hoping. I planned to do so last night, but simply could not keep my eyes open ~ I fell asleep after washing dishes while sitting down for a few minutes (so I thought it would be) with Abbie in my lap ~ we both fell asleep around 8 p.m. in the rocking chair. Maybe . . . just maybe I can try to get to some artwork tonight. I'm not going to make any promises, but I'd love to be able to as I crave art!!!