New babies.....hungry babies~

This happens every year at my house! And I wait to see how many will be born each time....they come back to the same place to lay their eggs every year! I wonder how they remember which house it is?  But something happened to the old nest on the other side of my porch, which I tried not to let happen, but the brown birds confiscated the nest before the swallows got here!  So mama and papa had to build a new on in a hurry, that is why this one is so small and not really finished....I thought the eggs would fall from the bottom.  Obviously from the picture they are terrific builders.....but a bit messy with mud flung everywhere in their haste to bring the new ones into the world. They are so cute to watch in the morning when its feeding time....the biggest gets the most I noticed, but when its time to fly, the biggest might not be the first out of the nest!
Because I  have watched this process for 3 years now, they tend to have two sets of babies!  This is the first set born here in June, now I am watching 4 babies born last week.  I had to knock down this nest because of the mess they made by my front door.  They had the second of set babies in the old nest. I hope they had housekeeping come in after the brown birds......LOL. 

Starting a new job soon~

Just an update, this last year I have subbed for the Middle/High school on base.  I love it and hope to continue this year, but needed a steady income this year, after applying for a full time position twice and not getting it.  So,I tried putting in again at the Library on base, where I have volunteered on and off since moving back here. Well, I can say that with the support of friends Iam finally working there!!! I start on Tuesday and am happy for the chance to show them I can do more than volunteer....LOL!  Thank you to all my friends and family for your prayers and love.
Rho

Time gets away.......

Hi Everyone,

I realize I haven't been on in awhile, time has flown by and hoping to have more time to share. Soon more pics and places I have been lately.  Thank you for stopping by....

Rho

A Dream Wedding.....

This was a beautiful setting for a long awaited wedding. This was a wonderful place to say "I do"~  Friends decided to say their vows in Mayfield Park in Austin Tx.  They are truly happy to finally be married and  shared their special day with the fabulous peacocks who live here year round.  Congratulations on your new adventure as husband and wife~
Rho

 Now you might think this is junque....well it is!  My kind of junk is old nibs used for calligraphy writing~ But now I am using them to create new junk in my stamping! These are great for enhancing your stamped images on cards, collages and scrapbook pages.  The vendor I got this from did not know what they were....to him it was his junk, until he sold it to me at a very discounted price, even threw in the tin it came in below! 

Have you seen so much Cool Junque?

 You just have to see this wonderful place to believe what is out there! I am still in awe of the things I saw.
 I so wanted this one, a vintage paper chandelier! Such a elegant idea for your studio or craft room. Well, that is where I would put it! This booth was a paper dream fest!

Another booth with a lot of potential, so much little, cute, junk! I was on my last leg by this point, but seeing all this gave me my second wind! Tiny treasures to take home and make your own Junque Jewelery! Next time I am getting a few myself! More to post later.....enjoy!
Rho

Vintage Tag Pocket

Finally getting a chance to show my altered tag pocket card. A fellow Angel, Kim Sears,http://theangelcompany.ning.com/photo/friend-pocket-card made with TAC stamps and I loved it! Now, here is my version, using her theme, I used Tim Holtz flourish stamp and my TAC friends stamp. Hope you like it all distressed and grungy! Thanks for looking.
Rho

All Handmade Projects...

 This caught my eye first! What a wondeful way to spruce up an old lampshade.

 She has such a awesome way to make a simple box a treasure!

Another booth I just loved! These were all paper crafts. So much fun to alter, and make works of art!

So many things to look at, which way do I go?

 The flowers were so pretty, but such a dramatic flair for your yard, I really wanted one too~

 Now a crate of glass door knobs is so cool, but a house to go with them would be even better~

 They said you can find anything here, and after looking all day, I can now believe that!

Another thing I collect and wanted to take this one home, but I did find an old printers tray to haul home~

First Stop of the Day!

 This was a wonderful booth to start our day off! Totally French venue was an eye candy dream, plus the owners were very nice to a newbie! They had some cool vases with paper flowers, ribbon shades that made you want to buy them all, and everything was displayed to the best effect! Very pretty and chic~

Don't forget to click on the pictures to enlarge them to get a better view at all the items on the table too!

Warrenton or bust!

Thanks to Lisa, I had a chance to see things I never would of believed existed! This was the Big Top, Mega, Huge Show! This is Warrenton and all the shows that take place there two times a year!!! It was Junque, Antiques, Fleamarket, and more all rolled into one fun, unbelievable and totally awesome day!!! I am still overwhelmed, can't remember what I saw, so taking pictures with the vendors permission is what I recommend. I so wish we could of spent the night, too much to see in one day. I will add pictures for the next couple of posts...so many to sort through too! Show ends April 3rd, try to go and see this amazing place if not they will be back in the fall. This was at the Blog Party hosted by Theresa. New friends to add to my bloglist!

See new friends!

Susie, Lezlee, Suzette, Charlotte, Sherri, Donna, and Pat! Fun group of Gals~ So good to meet them and get some shopping pointers! Thanks~

We made it...I think?

What? This town only has a population of 77? How can that be when everyone is here, right? Well this sleepy little town has been woken up and is ready to party!  We could not count the cars going by or the people we met as we walked into all the shops! It was fabulous to start our day like this, we knew we had made it when we met a group of ladies that were already packed to the gills in three cars this is at 10 in the morning!!! (Later we met up with one at the blog party...small world!)

More Bluebonnets....too pretty!

It was too pretty not to stop and stroll through and see all the wonderful flowers! Lisa and I made the most of the wonderful weather and snapped tons of pictures here before we headed for Roundtop!

Bluebonnets anyone?

I was so happy to start my road trip to Roundtop! The first stop was at Buckeyes for breakfast and a sneak peak of all the wonderful wildflowers all along the Hyw 10! But when I turned off to La Grange, Lisa found the best cemeteries to stop and get some photos and see how old some of the stones were. I am a pro at cemeteries, letterboxing is a historical goldmine in cemeteries. So this was a fun stop and maybe a future site for me to come back to!  But add bluebonnets to the mix and see what beauty you get. This is one of my favorite pictures on the trip. This was taken very early in the day, overcast and very cool. Super nice day!

Courtney's Birthday card

Look what I did in Picasa, this is so much fun and so easy to use! Take a trip there to use all the fun features and it is linked directly to Blogger. This was Courney's birthday card, I used the Happily Grateful stamp set from TAC. This is another way to use the same idea for a card. Thank you Courtney for being such a great photo op, you are a wonderful subject!

Jack Ingram's Exclusive HEB Commercial - HEB

Jack Ingram's Exclusive HEB Commercial - HEB

Enjoy the music just click on the link to hear, he is a cutie!  I hope he goes far in his music career!
For those who do not live here, HEB a superstore, like Krogers or Albertsons, home grown only in Texas.

Did you forget something?

This is so cool, but they were warned not to leave their sprinklers on, see what happens!  We did not get snow, but this was fun as long as we did not have to drive on it! 

More beauty to behold....

Okay, needed to keep the flower power alive!  I love these, and you can't tell, but they are huge! Wonderful colors, shape and textures to feast your eyes on! Things truly do grow bigger in Texas.  Enjoy and think spring, I know I am rushing it...but with more "Snow" on the way, what can I say...

Rho

Can you see it?

ARE SUNNY DAYS IN THE FORECAST?  ARE WE READY FOR SOME FLOWERS?

Okay, after our "Snow storm" last week, I am ready to plant some flowers! I want it to stay cold, but tired of the dreary days that has to go with it.  Maybe it's cabin fever or whatever, I just want to see some color again.  Granted, we do not have the horrible REAL storms that everyone but us are having, but some winters here are spent in shorts! I love the snow, but since we don't get it here, lets get onto spring, colors and new beginnings!
These flowers were taken on a trip where I was learning how to use my camera functions! I am so glad to learn new things with it!  Such details and close ups! Plus I had a good teacher too, you can see by the pictures that I was having a fun time! Well, correction, the bees were not cooperating, so close to them and very afraid too! So many bees and getting one to say cheese isn't their idea of fun! Plus, after 50 pictures, one or two are bound to turn out, right?   LOL  If you click on the pictures to make them bigger, you can see so much more detail, the bee's fur and wings are just stunning, wow what a creation!  I am still amazed how close you can get!
Enjoy,  I will bee back soon!
Rho

Okay, finally figured it out....her is the real deal, so you don't have to get a crick in your neck! Thanks for hanging in there with me~

So sorry, tried to get this turned around, must be something I am doing when I save it in my photos. But now you can see how it turned out. I love butterflies, and working with misters and Twinkling H2o's is so much fun, you never know what you are going to get in the end!

Calendar page~ peak 2

Now why can't I turn these pictures? I have had a time of it, so for this peak of the calendar will have to do~

sneak peak at calendar page

I volunteered again for the calendar that Gloria puts on each year with all the Red Hots from the The Angel Company . I am not a Red Hot under my friend Yuki, but I consider myself an honorary member by always wanting to be one....if you think it, it will come, so far so good! 
This is my first step in getting my page together.  The butterflies  are from stamp set, Happily Grateful, I colored them with Twinkling H20's. The background is done with misters made from distress reinkers and perfect pearls, my favorite technique so far!  I used 3 different blues for the top and 2 greens and a gold for the bottom. I will show you the whole project when they are revealed at the Red Hot Christmas party this Friday! Stay tuned!!!

Embrace Imperfection

This is a swap that I signed up to do for the Totally Tim Class at Scrapbook 911.  We had to create something that embraced our imperfection.  I thought about it and I love all the gear stuff we have worked with in past classes, so I embraced it and went with all the techniques I have learned so far, well that would fit on a 4x4 card front.  So let me know what you think of this idea! I love seeing how much I could fit in this small space.....sorry tried to rotate image twice, I guess it will stay on its side!

Halloweenie Flower

Getting in the spirit of Halloween, Dawn and I made some cute flowers.  This is made from the Tim Holtz die and a Sizzix flower.  Lots of layers and fun fabric held together with a brad and topped with a little button with scrap floss.  You can easily make these for every occasion, or to dress up your shirts and sweaters. Try one today and make for gifts! 

SpookTrackular

http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org/HS.htm

Talk about a fun weekend, well we had a great one!  This was taken at the Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio TX.  If you get a chance to go there, stop by to see all the old cars, I even was able to ride in the 1920 something Firetruck and it was fast, and no seat belts! This is a great place to bring the family or a school group, so many things to see.  We rode the train, had a haunted hayride and met some very nice families bringing their children to trick or treat last weekend~

For more pictures go to the Shutterfly link on the right column and see the Pullman where I volunteered all SPOOKED OUT!  It was a lot of fun! See you next year.....

Rho

Time for Fall

Fall is here and I am enjoying the cooler nights! I made this card for my Mom and Aunt. This is celebrate the changing seasons, I used Rubbernecker leaves stamps, Distress reinkers on cut and dry pad to get these wonderful leaves, background is Distess reinkers with Perfect pearls. Also, Tim Holtz postmark stamp, this was so much fun I had to share with my friends!

Hope you enjoy your Fall weather where ever you happen to be.
Rho

Swapping?

My friend Yuki,decided to host a swap for angels and friends. I love to swap. We had to do a card front idea using the new stamps that came out in July. Loving the new vintage stamps, I jumped in and started creating. Well, my creating takes a long time to do. I knew my mom would love to have a vintage card, with that in mind it made it easier to come up with the colors and design. She just received this card for her birthday this week. Happy Birthday Mom!  I love you, hope your birthday was extra special.

For the Vintage Fairy, I used Twinkling H2O's to color her wings and coat. The background was done using misters and Tim Holtz distress inks and Perfect pearls.  I used Tim Holtz alcohol inks to age the beads. This is a cool effect to age anything. Hope you like the card swap!

Collage class at the Calligraphy Guild

This was very intimidating at first, just having to come up with all the inchies to make this collage, but as you start to create it in class, you see everyone is in the same box. So, first you have a grid on watercolor paper, that helps you to get it in line, but you have to number your squares just in case you want to make any changes before you glue them down!  Some of the supplies are, paint markers, gel pens, acrylic dabbers. stamps, punches, metal foil, embossing folders, pattern and solid cardstock, and your inspiration! Really, there is no set way to do this, so many mediums were used in making the collages. I had so much fun and did not even know what I was doing to get there....sorry this is a side view, could not get it right side up!