Easter Image Freebies

Hard to believe, especially with our wintry weather here in upstate NY,

but Easter is right around the corner.

Hope you'll find a creative way to use some of these lovely Easter images!

 

 

 

 Happy Pink Saturday!

From My Home to Yours....

a wish for a most
Happy Easter!

Happy Blogiversary to Me & My Giveaway Winner!

Thank you dear friends for all your kind words and wishes!
Random.org has spoken and the winner is....

Michele of Nook & Cranny!
Congratulations Michele! I'll get your blogiversary package out to you later this week.

I can't let the rest of you leave empty-handed so please grab and enjoy some of my favorite Easter images.

Valentine Image Freebies

Happy Pink Saturday!


Grab and enjoy these oh so lovely pink Valentine images!

Happy New Year Image Freebies

I think the old New Year's postcards are some of the quirkiest and most interesting.
Enjoy!
I wish you all a most happy, healthy and creativity-filled 2012!

Snowy Images

In celebration of our first snowfall of the season (late this year for those of us in the Buffalo area!)....



If you too are an image junkie, hope you're doing Lisa Vollrath's
6th Annual Holiday Countdown and grabbing a free collage sheet every day.
Enjoy!

Halloween Image Freebies

Here's a couple of my favorites I thought you might like to add to your collections.

Enjoy!

Friday Easter Bunny Freebie

This working full-time stuff is really cutting into my creating and blogging time! Just wanted to pop in and wish you all a happy weekend and share another sweet vintage Easter image...

Some Sunday Easter Image Freebies

Please stop back to meet this Tuesday's guest artist on Tutorial Tuesday!

It's My One Year Blogiversary Today!

Little did I know 1 year ago today, what a gratifying, inspirational, heartwarming and important role blogging would play in my life. I don't share much of my personal life on my blog, though I have with a few of you I've become especially close to. Therefore it may be difficult to understand why I hold each of you so dear in my heart and thoughts.
The past couple years of my life have been challenging, having suffered great personal loss and having to face many new, often frightening challenges. But you, my dear blog friends were always there with a cheerful or supportive word.
You've shared your creativity and talents. Some of you made me laugh so hard I cried. Some shared their personal trials and problems helping me to remember we all have sorrow in our lives at times. You've all given me a sense of community, a place where I feel I belong.
So thank you for this past year. I've enjoyed the artistic challenges, the many swaps, the fabulous giveaways, and most of all, the friendship. Where else in the world could I have made 372 friends in one year!!!!
Thank you for celebrating my blogiversary with me. Random.org has decided my friend Jeanie, of All My Art
is the winner of my blogiversary giveaway.
Congratulations Jeanie! As soon as I finish stuffing that matchbox full of goodies, I'll be sending it your way.
For everyone else, I'm sending a little more Easter love your way...

Giveaway, Swap Updates & The First of the Easter Image Freebies

Happy Weekend Everyone! There are 14 of us in the first altered matchbox swap, Things With Wings. I'll be sending a partner list via email later today or tomorrow. I can't wait to see what everyone has come up with!
My 1 year blogiversary is Monday and there's still time to enter the giveaway. Simply comment under the next post down. I'm working on gathering and creating the mystery box prize this weekend and will announce the winner on Monday.
Even though there is still snow on the ground here (ugh!), my thoughts are turning to Easter. So I'll leave you today with one of my favorite vintage images.

St. Patty's Day Pretty Image Freebie

I haven't been around much lately but you all have been in my thoughts. I started a new FULL-TIME job this week (haven't worked full-time in several years) and I returned to nursing (a profession I left a decade ago), so needless to say, I am EXHAUSTED!!!!!!
Hope to get a nice, long, artsy post going this weekend but in the meantime,,,,

No Tutorial But More Valentine Image Freebies

I know, it's an outrage! It's Tutorial Tuesday - and no tutorial! The truth is no one has come forward to offer any since that first group (Thank you Mrs. A., Daniele, Sherry, Wendy and Angela) all stepped up so quickly to share. The feedback was all very positive so I'm hoping to be able to continue offering tutorials, but thought maybe it would be more manageable and apt to happen if I went with the first Tuesday of every month.
So Tuesday, March 1st is up for grabs! It can be absolutely anything - a simple technique or a complete project from A to Z. It's not only fun to share a skill or talent but it invites new friends to your blog. You never know who's peeking at your tutorial. I had an artist who publishes an e-zine contact me regarding the reprint rights for Daniele's bottlecap tutorial. I put them in touch with each other and Daniele will now be published!
I did shamelessly bribe you with more valentines in lieu of a tutorial.....


Enjoy!

Some Valentine Images For You

Just a few of my Valentine faves I'd like to share......


Have fun with these!
If you haven't entered my One World One Heart Giveaway, click HERE and leave me a comment. The winners will be chosen February 17th.

In Keeping With The Heat, Water Theme

Since posting my Under The Sea pages (thank you so much for your kind comments) many of you have mentioned also experiencing some exceptionally hot, with-little-relief type weather.
If you can't be a bathing beauty, at least create with some!
Here are some images for you to use; public domain to the best of my knowledge. Left click to enlarge, then right click and save.