I'm Back!

Yes, I'm going to resurrect my blog once again!  Writing this blog keeps me motivated to create art and do all the crafts that I love so I'm going to start blogging again.  For now, I'm committing to blogging once a week, on Wednesday...that's my day off.

Your saying, "I didn't know Christine worked!"  Well, I don't but I feel like I do.  I do cardiac rehab 3 times a week at 2:00 and, since I'm such a night owl, that's been taking up my day.  I'm going to try to use my evenings a little more constructively so I can do the things I love.  Translated:  less time on the computer playing stupid games.  I've cut back a lot on Facebook, but I still spend a lot of time playing games.  In the past, cardmaking and blogging kept me from playing games so I'm giving it a try again.

In my evenings, I have been getting some things done in my garden.  I get out their for about an hour and water things, plant things and just tend to things,  I'll give you a tour of my garden at a later time and I'll catch you up with all that's been going on since we last talked

For today, I don't have anything to show you, just wanted to let you know I'm back and ready to start it all again!!!  Have a great day everyone!

Blessings to all,

Sunny Birthday

I can't, but yet I can, believe that it's been six months since I posted on my blog.  It's been a crazy few months but I'm back now and I'll start it all back out with a card from mu design team, McMahon Five Designs.  Yup, I'm back at it!  I want to thank Sue for being so patient with me through everything that's been going on!

I made my card this week for a friend's mother.  We were going to be getting together on Thursday but mom had a cold the first part of the week so we decided not to go and infect Cindy's mom.

So now, on to the rest of the release!

Bunny & Duckling 

 Love Swans

 Rainy Day Fun

 Spring Sheep

 Sweet Dreams Sheep

Counting Sheep Digital Papers

 Spring Fields Digital Papers

Irish Blessings - Color

 Irish Blessings - Outline

Irish Blessings - Sentiments

For more details on the projects above, visit the Design Team blogs--Kathy, Sharon, Debbie, Danielle, Tania, Diane.  

Thanks for stopping buy!

Blessings,

Christine

A New Winner

I'm so sorry but since the previous winner did not contact me, I drew another name.  The new winner is...

Tammy Murdock aka Embellishment Studios.

I have contacted Tammy.  Thank you all for entering and please visit again!!!  All are welcome here!

Blessings,

Are You Flower-Girl?

Good Evening!!!  Yes, it's still evening here, well, to me anyway.  Although I do have to go to bed early tonight.  As soon as I get done here.

I drew a winner using Random.org for my Soul Comfort class giveaway and she is Flower-Girl.  She left a link to her blog profile but none of the blogs are used so I can't leave a message.  If you're Flower-Girl, please contact me before Saturday morning.  On Saturday, I will have to draw another winner since the class starts on Tuesday.  I need to get the winner's information to the Brave Girls Club.  I've enlisted Kathy's help to try to find our Flower-Girl!  If you are Flower-Girl or if you  know her, please leave a comment below with information on how to contact you/her!  Thanks so much!!!


Blessings,

 

Giveaway Time

Contest Closed.  Thanks for Entering!!!

Flower-Girl is the winner!
I don't have your information to contact you so please, contact me as soon as possible.
The class starts on Tuesday!

Isn't it exciting that I haven't posted in weeks and then I have a big giveaway and it's a big one!!!

If you've been hanging around here very long, you know that I'm a big fan of Brave Girls Club.  I attended Brave Girl Camp with my sister a few years ago, I've taken every online class (full disclosure--I'm registered for Body Restoration but haven't been able to start yet) and loved every moment of it all.  As a matter of fact, I get to go to camp again in October.  I'm so very excited!!!  A number of ladies that I've met through Brave Girls online communities are going as well and I just can't wait to meet them all and give them big huge hugs!!!

Early in the week, they posted on one of the Brave Girls Facebook groups that they would love to have some of the ladies that have blogs host a giveaway.  Well, since I love anything Brave Girls, I wanted to share it with all of you!!!  Plus, I'll be in the classroom to join you!!!   I'm so excited for the awesome woman who wins so she can be part of Brave Girls Club as well!!!  Here's what I'm giving away.

I'm just going to let you hear what Brave Girls Club has to say about this class.

"To the tired, the exhausted, the overstretched…here’s an invitation… 

"Life can be simple. 

"What if we celebrated the brave act of….taking a break? 

"What if simplicity,comfort, and quiet were the goal? 

"What if there really was a way to quiet the chatter in our minds and let us recharge our body & soul? 

"And what if it was fun, too? 

"Soul Comfort is a fresh new concept using art and journaling as a means to relax and comfort yourself and to get grounded while dealing with the craziness of every-day living. 

"This course is full of beautiful projects to fuel your creativity in very simple and easy ways that are meditational and relaxing , beautiful comforting things that will have your soul infused into them so that you want to keep them forever."

It's me again!  So what if?  I'm so very excited about this class especially since it's coming right before the stress of the holidays?  What if you learned how to take better care of YOU during the holidays?  Wouldn't it be a lot less stressful and, therefore, a lot more fun?  I really don't have that much that I HAVE to do during the holidays but I always seem to put to much on my plate and end up over-tired and sick, in lots of pain or with a migraine.  I hope I can learn not to do that this year!

Oh, and go to this page on the Brave Girls site to find out even more about the course.  It's going to be so good!

Okay, here's the deal...tell me what you think you would get most out of this class or why you would like this class in the comments below and on Thursday evening, I will pick a winner! Then you will be able to join me in the class on Tuesday, Sept 24 (the day after my birthday).  If you post as unknown or anonymously, please leave your email address so I can reach you!  Thanks so much!!!

Plus, I'm going HOME on Friday.  Yes, I'm still in Utah and I'll be going home!!!  I'll have to take another quick trip but then I'll be home and getting ready to move!  I'm excited about the move but not about the movING.  Lots of packing and stuff to go!

Blessings,

p.s. I officially hate blogger. I composed this post in like 10 minutes but then it shifted everything around! Ugh! So, if everything looks funky, you know I gave up and left it as is!!!  I think I got it but all these spaces below,  don't know where they came from!  And now it's almost 2:30 am.  I NEED to go to bed!!!

Huge Giveaway Coming Soon

Hi all!!!  I've been so busy this summer that I haven't had much time on the blog.  I haven't even been doing any card making but I've been working on some other fun stuff...embroidery (one of my all time favorite hobbies), crochet, planning a baby shower, jewelry making.  My sis from Utah has been sick so I've been staying with her because the doctors don't want her to stay alone!  I've been doing some more "portable crafts!

One of my favorite companies in the world asked me to do the most awesome and bravest giveaway you can imagine!!!  I don't have time tonight to compose the blog post but I'll get it on here this weekend.  Come back soon because you'll want to get in on this!!!  Those that are familiar with me might just have gotten a little hint from the first sentence!

Can't wait to see you again!!!  If you would like an extra chance to win the surprise, comment on this post about what you will be doing this weekend.  It's the last full summer weekend.  Yup, fall will be here next Sunday and I will already be home!!!  I've got some major plans for October!!!  I'll tell you about that very soon as well!!!

Blessings,

Long Time No Talk

My summer took a quite unexpected turn a few months ago when I got a call from my niece, Trisha, in Utah.  She said that my sister, Rose, had just had a stroke and all she knew right now is that they needed someone to take care of their dog.

A few days later, Alice (my other sister) drove down to pick up the dog so he could stay with her while I got ready for a long term stay at Rose's.

That Sunday, Rose went into a rehab center so I had a few more days to get ready.  The next weekend, Alice and I went down for a visit and then I returned later that week when Rose got out of the center.

I've spent most of the time in Utah with a couple of trips home.  The first one was just a few days but I've been home for almost 2 weeks now.  We're heading back to Utah and it will still be back and forth for a while.  We need to spend time in Utah so that Rose can continue her therapy/rehab and to continue to improve.  I don't know the details about the stroke but it has left her with a "wobbly" feeling.  Other than that, she's doing fine!!!  Thank God!  It could have been so much worse.

Trisha, her daughter, lives in the next town where she works at the University.  Trisha is unable to drive so I've been driving back and forth so that Trisha can spend the weekends with her mom.  We are all hoping that Rose can start driving soon but at this point they haven't even given her permission to live alone.  I think I've driven more in the last 2 months than I have in the last 5 years.  Good thing I like to drive!!!

Okay, that's my summer.  Now, let's talk about my fall.

First of all, I will be moving in with my mother soon.  We figure we can help each other out.  A lot of times, especially when I have a migraine, I really shouldn't be alone.  Sometimes I forget days because I just sleep through them all.  That's not good!  At this point, mom does fine by herself but we realize that within a few years, she will need some help as well.

My brother is a builder and he is doing an addition on to my mom's home to extend the bedrooms and give us each a larger bedroom.  When he is finished, I will be moving.  I'm looking forward to this new chapter.

In October, I have the wonderful opportunity to go back to Brave Girl Camp.  I'm just so excited and it really couldn't come at a better time.  I'm not complaining here but I've lived alone for most of my life and having the responsibility for/with someone else has been hard.  I wouldn't do anything else BUT take care of my sister now; however, it's very stressful for me.  It will be so nice to spend some time with Melody Ross and several other Brave Girls that I have "met" online.  I can't believe how many people will be there that I already converse with online on a regular basis!  I'm so very excited for this.  I just can't wait!!!

I haven't had much time for art or for making cards.  I have been working on a crazy quilt swap that's been fun.  This is the block that I sent in.  I've seen a picture of the progress in round 1 and it's beautiful.  I can't wait to get it home again! I can't find the picture of the block that I did for round 1 but I'll share it when I can.

I used to love to embroider and crazy quilting is just fancy embroidery.  If you remember, I took a class in the winter that got me interested so I joined a Yahoo group for beginners and am now participating in the swap!

Also, I have a new great nephew coming so I'm working on an afghan for him.  I've made an afghan for most of the greats and am working on one for each of my nieces and nephews.  Still working on that one though!  Also, I'm hoping to have a card made for McMahon Five Designs this week or next and I'm participating in a blog hop for one of the challenge blogs I used to design for.  I'm going to leave that as a surprise.

Well, that's all that's going on with me but I think that's plenty, huh?  What's going on with you?  Do tell!!!

Blessings,
Christine