tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693291039768417902024-03-05T12:36:47.428-06:00Inside My HeadGet inside my head and help me figure out what the heck is going on in there!finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-36163498362736823942010-06-25T09:07:00.004-05:002010-06-25T09:08:55.319-05:00The Men In The Moon<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPu7W4cgyk4NN0EkBnSvyt6WAy445oWfl1Yw5zfjpixgKjyeTtjABJvpe4RYg6ouarYOjSz_9wdLye58wHPccfN26rvpuDwGCNW2QUsT90MNHFikHJd3otBgNIhNjkA-S599hU2SC2l21/s1600/Men-In-The-Moon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486712717474005234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPu7W4cgyk4NN0EkBnSvyt6WAy445oWfl1Yw5zfjpixgKjyeTtjABJvpe4RYg6ouarYOjSz_9wdLye58wHPccfN26rvpuDwGCNW2QUsT90MNHFikHJd3otBgNIhNjkA-S599hU2SC2l21/s400/Men-In-The-Moon.jpg" border="0" /></a> Nancy Baumiller has a new set of goodies at Deviant Scrap....</div><div align="center">Men In Hats! Who doesn't love a man with a stylish hat?<br /><br /></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-64808309302394972532010-05-23T21:40:00.003-05:002010-05-23T21:45:26.391-05:00I LOVE Nancy Baumiller!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLDw-z4qR-eWXVVfsZWA-TCOII8sdeuZdYERCTOb-dQ9b2dsHJNKQHk0HiSo6kMKqyGBTQ-qeHOMJO8pqX_WCDBI-fnh_oM6Cn2I5E_pBDMI0nHBUqDtDFZByIHgOHBKJ9LsKDfT-0x-o/s1600/Bird-Of-Paradise.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 287px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474661661253605842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLDw-z4qR-eWXVVfsZWA-TCOII8sdeuZdYERCTOb-dQ9b2dsHJNKQHk0HiSo6kMKqyGBTQ-qeHOMJO8pqX_WCDBI-fnh_oM6Cn2I5E_pBDMI0nHBUqDtDFZByIHgOHBKJ9LsKDfT-0x-o/s400/Bird-Of-Paradise.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center">So I really have something to "<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Crowabout</span>"! I'm happy to announce that Nancy has opened up shop at Deviant Scrap! (<a href="http://www.deviantscrap.com/">http://www.deviantscrap.com/</a>)</div><br />The above piece is one I made using her new kit "Borders and Bits"<br />It's aptly named "Bird of Paradise"<br /><br /><br /></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-15422002406752684592010-05-10T20:01:00.004-05:002010-05-10T20:14:51.822-05:00Sometimes Life Is Messy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNTBw0UuPdCQ3VuLMt5x1hz8YOADRgvoNadsqSPy55c5NV1tn6qQBFFz3tQJiwAoW17FaIndMsuzIb4-VdEGI6AGJxMybqvPI9GhlIONYYCQoMc22AyZHHsJeQms8A5fm3dRU1wwM1U5P/s1600/Different-Color.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469814710153265570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNTBw0UuPdCQ3VuLMt5x1hz8YOADRgvoNadsqSPy55c5NV1tn6qQBFFz3tQJiwAoW17FaIndMsuzIb4-VdEGI6AGJxMybqvPI9GhlIONYYCQoMc22AyZHHsJeQms8A5fm3dRU1wwM1U5P/s400/Different-Color.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xyLAwlAlka99rTuakUCafkicC3bapZfNUwoUbAqN0DkXQ6xl6XzCmS09uHs4BxaREbqoSGehxbpnwlu7IqT4T7q06JaMz6_qHm0wrW0fFsWTi-HpvK4e3j4Oe5iolw9idYYIP44slfov/s1600/Lifes-Messes.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469811801020151138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xyLAwlAlka99rTuakUCafkicC3bapZfNUwoUbAqN0DkXQ6xl6XzCmS09uHs4BxaREbqoSGehxbpnwlu7IqT4T7q06JaMz6_qHm0wrW0fFsWTi-HpvK4e3j4Oe5iolw9idYYIP44slfov/s400/Lifes-Messes.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center">My newest pieces at Deviant Scrap. If you haven't checked out the site, you should! Go to <a href="http://www.deviantscrap.com/">http://www.deviantscrap.com/</a> and unleash your creativity!</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-45210140017229759362010-04-26T09:32:00.001-05:002010-04-26T09:34:15.708-05:00It's Here! It's Here!<a href="http://www.deviantscrap.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464454315901191186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVgLfSuL1SQTmpxSNdH-PGOlyWGwgd9uCodzDpZm_GW7yBKkwaHltwB9PQHo34XrgQENu75z0OaBi6YgBEMWthfh02opecQbGnVWKo5GY5zvVCQwGumLlZlm2Gd0RW8b9pMz7yeCKhmps/s400/_blog2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-56792966617372441112010-04-24T09:46:00.002-05:002010-04-24T09:49:05.570-05:00We're coming to rock the scrap world!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCB15AsW7bmhyphenhyphenTD-c2aP-66ArqSbycammYLTEmG_ely-UHUoGSy4N_1UumLXofXoDTdiecFkrd8-9NSh4OCLqrIY6dVby3w6kymypwcwYMC1FlP-MwVNmWv9h8_7FYl8GyWFWzVWY070Sq/s1600/Teaser+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463715735196445202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCB15AsW7bmhyphenhyphenTD-c2aP-66ArqSbycammYLTEmG_ely-UHUoGSy4N_1UumLXofXoDTdiecFkrd8-9NSh4OCLqrIY6dVby3w6kymypwcwYMC1FlP-MwVNmWv9h8_7FYl8GyWFWzVWY070Sq/s400/Teaser+2.jpg" /></a><br />It's closer than you think!</div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-14687272233713490982010-04-20T13:41:00.004-05:002010-04-20T13:57:28.347-05:00The time is drawing nearer<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 98px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 99px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/finecraft/runwithscissors.gif" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">I know you have secretly always wanted to run with scissors.</div><div align="center">Soon you will have your chance........<br /></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-84892899424197543652010-04-14T20:47:00.004-05:002010-04-14T20:52:25.577-05:00Your chance to run with scissors!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZq8aU18AVuWg3cBHDhXlewjRlVEw3kFw7R7Gao8bHV8mtnII-tdMXIlk8o0DGtH94JgyuSt8ojfVBObHnq8HAWu_bASsi_iplNgk2dmZaEpujtYUC3unDnXH_zcxXNX4kY6qwc2-zbCFU/s1600/Teaser1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 323px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460175311687382306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZq8aU18AVuWg3cBHDhXlewjRlVEw3kFw7R7Gao8bHV8mtnII-tdMXIlk8o0DGtH94JgyuSt8ojfVBObHnq8HAWu_bASsi_iplNgk2dmZaEpujtYUC3unDnXH_zcxXNX4kY6qwc2-zbCFU/s400/Teaser1.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center">Coming Soon!</div><div align="center">Get ready for the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">digiscrap</span> world to turn upside down!</div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-71091621192035270222009-12-26T21:36:00.005-06:002009-12-26T21:44:25.826-06:00A Winter's Night<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31DJvsrlu3sR70DdOij3KCu3TDMfiupX418362iPiAN0ASYie4OfvjRlI2cr7CX4pd7L0kShVpQ5kH3Q07X95upGHnz8yc1jkXnilycGwUGnzbB3h4uZq1uQC-3x9NnoWy_SvG90JaM61/s1600-h/A-Winters-Night.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419755198642523826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31DJvsrlu3sR70DdOij3KCu3TDMfiupX418362iPiAN0ASYie4OfvjRlI2cr7CX4pd7L0kShVpQ5kH3Q07X95upGHnz8yc1jkXnilycGwUGnzbB3h4uZq1uQC-3x9NnoWy_SvG90JaM61/s400/A-Winters-Night.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">The lamp is burning low upon my table top</div><div align="center">The snow is softly falling</div><div align="center">The air is still within the silence of my room</div><div align="center">I hear your voice softly calling</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">If I could only have you near</div><div align="center">To breathe a sigh or two</div><div align="center">I would be happy just to hold the hands I love</div><div align="center">Upon this winter night with you</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead</div><div align="center">My glass is almost empty</div><div align="center">I read again between the lines upon the page</div><div align="center">The words of love you sent me</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">If I could know within my heart</div><div align="center">That you were lonely too</div><div align="center">I would be happy just to hold the hands I love</div><div align="center">Upon this winter night with you</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">I used HGD Laurie Ann November Road and No Place Like Home, SherrieJD's Junkyard and Dianne Rigdon's Feed The Birds, all from Scrap Artist<br /></span></div><div></div><br /><div></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-6367767255578102022009-11-19T16:57:00.002-06:002009-11-19T17:01:20.508-06:00<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuw1Oop6qarvaTKoSc5_k5alLIYDFRs15eVmS4PKy2tru9IUag7Rw45xG7bSbkaAMNpb9JQf3TU452YVodFSlGYQdH7m-LHuCwHQFCATo2RC4e7Pp9tX4sE8TDFt0AQkNJeu0hLntLqqax/s1600/zine_09November_Preview800.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405953066196904930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuw1Oop6qarvaTKoSc5_k5alLIYDFRs15eVmS4PKy2tru9IUag7Rw45xG7bSbkaAMNpb9JQf3TU452YVodFSlGYQdH7m-LHuCwHQFCATo2RC4e7Pp9tX4sE8TDFt0AQkNJeu0hLntLqqax/s400/zine_09November_Preview800.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center">Hop on over to Scrap Artist and check out the new altered art zine the altered art team has put together. It's free, and you can sign up to access and play in the altered art forum with lots of great challenges and hang out with some really creative altered artists! Click <a href="http://www.scrapartist.com/shoppe/product.php?productid=4296">here</a> to learn more!<br /><br /></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-71745625349220929572009-09-30T19:35:00.005-05:002009-09-30T19:52:26.404-05:00Your Buddy Misses You<div align="center">Life is a book that we study,</div><div align="center">Some of its leaves bring a sigh.</div><div align="center">There it was written, my buddy,</div><div align="center">That we must part, you and I.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Nights are long since you went away,</div><div align="center">I think about you all through the day.</div><div align="center">My buddy, my buddy, your buddy misses you.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpWJfBdT4FB-VGQT2fHMY69OSXvVAeclrdDds07EVrHpk6LZrkOp3WzzycLcL2Ail-rPB-fvJjo-P5L7G7LYxXLpbrpwKu6IhP6KNewzqNZEoQYtyTmUlJFxD0g-ncNB15oaJgfhOtDM5/s1600-h/My-Buddy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387425566105978322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpWJfBdT4FB-VGQT2fHMY69OSXvVAeclrdDds07EVrHpk6LZrkOp3WzzycLcL2Ail-rPB-fvJjo-P5L7G7LYxXLpbrpwKu6IhP6KNewzqNZEoQYtyTmUlJFxD0g-ncNB15oaJgfhOtDM5/s400/My-Buddy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">I've hit a speedbump on the road of life. I've been thinking about my friend Claire a lot lately. She passed away unexpectedly this past June. This is the time of year we would be talking of going on a roadtrip to New Orleans. It was one of her favorite places to visit (mine too). We always had a dream of going there and listening to Dr. John play the piano and sing our favorite tunes. Because we'll never get the chance to go (dying has a way of derailing future plans), when I saw this kit "Old Town" by Joe Designs at Oscraps I decided to take us there anyway.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">The song "My Buddy" was one Dr. John sung on his "In A Sentimental Mood" album, and a personal favorite of mine. I thought it would be very appropriate to use here.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">I used Joe Design's kit "Old Town" and Holliewood Studio's "All Hallows Eve", both from Oscraps</span></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-89688764164042670682009-08-24T20:50:00.004-05:002009-08-24T21:02:40.739-05:00Daydreaming and I'm thinking of.....<div align="center">A bubble bath! I LOVE a long, hot soaking in a tub of bubbles! I would love nothing more than to be on my own secluded island and go sailing in a tub of bubbly bliss!</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTnBt1UokpdGcoWU2STTZsHTm5s_zyyYsbRL31aQt1N5IlQSGVCmrr5-kybj1zSncffNnOUmIgWbeA65_UylF-tLsltu-N97fCS3th-PWCzTfdJ3Jh1XcTM7Wy0CzRRKfH307Xoeyp_oF/s1600-h/Sail-Away.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373713065606143970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTnBt1UokpdGcoWU2STTZsHTm5s_zyyYsbRL31aQt1N5IlQSGVCmrr5-kybj1zSncffNnOUmIgWbeA65_UylF-tLsltu-N97fCS3th-PWCzTfdJ3Jh1XcTM7Wy0CzRRKfH307Xoeyp_oF/s400/Sail-Away.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">Tangie Baxter and sherrieJD have a wonderful new collab kit coming out this week called "The Ultimate Art Doll Collection". I have had the priviledge of working with it the past few days and it is absolutely wonderful! The beauty in the tub is from the kit,(sssshhhhhh! Tangie let me post this piece early on the Scrapbookgraphics weekly altered art challenge....don't tell anyone!) so don't waste any time getting on to Scrapbookgraphics or Scrap Orchard later this week to pick this baby up!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">In addition to Tangie's kit, I used Lorie Davison's "Ticket to Dragon's End" and "Little Fishi Island" </span><span style="font-size:85%;">both available at Scrapbookgraphics.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Lily Design's "Paint The Ocean" "Summertime" and "Baby Elf" from After Five Designs.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Laurie Ann's "Splash On" from Scrap Artist</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-18264600205672047152009-08-14T20:39:00.006-05:002009-08-14T20:46:30.303-05:00Shakespeare's Atoms<div align="center">Here's your geeky science fact for today. Inside of you there are over 200 billion atoms that were once a part of Shakespeare.......and dinosaurs.....and everything else in the Universe since the beginning of time. Who would have thought?</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkCQ4npHn43z24dQHYocr-9v9_bl5LGDLKkEEMkinQAKljH44m_mC_lyViBMZgfsYOYyZxK5gGhoZQZ2953-VteHhRM00LwYrL8kIQloqOgiuVnqgrPBvzSLqYQeheytbzC80DFyyozmV/s1600-h/What-Once-Was.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369999389420230818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkCQ4npHn43z24dQHYocr-9v9_bl5LGDLKkEEMkinQAKljH44m_mC_lyViBMZgfsYOYyZxK5gGhoZQZ2953-VteHhRM00LwYrL8kIQloqOgiuVnqgrPBvzSLqYQeheytbzC80DFyyozmV/s400/What-Once-Was.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I used Glam Fairy's "Gone Too Soon", Lorie Davison's "Flying Dreams" and Phong's "Prehistoric- a Dinosuar Kit" all from Scrapbookgraphics.The background is from Lily Designs "Summertime Cafe" and "Baby Elf" from After Five Designs.The recycling symbol is from Vinnie Pearce's collab kit "Ecofabulous".<br /></span></p>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-70100437268380376672009-08-11T08:18:00.006-05:002009-08-11T08:30:23.421-05:00Monday was "Wash Day"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9cKEZK_Ftrp4lbvzQa4h56_NdrRZgTqH0IotEWVg2nuHJQEVnqnO5pvArmfnv9S7MAfjuVp3HQmNIA5F7QpPAy0XdtVbBJvj91656FQP06gcf8Hdqam99ChSuR6Xiy4JndZI_ugIfTJPI/s1600-h/Forever-Love.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368696629672534850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9cKEZK_Ftrp4lbvzQa4h56_NdrRZgTqH0IotEWVg2nuHJQEVnqnO5pvArmfnv9S7MAfjuVp3HQmNIA5F7QpPAy0XdtVbBJvj91656FQP06gcf8Hdqam99ChSuR6Xiy4JndZI_ugIfTJPI/s400/Forever-Love.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Growing up we lived far out in the country. We didn't have a clothes dryer for a long time in my early childhood (We did our laundry in an old tub machine with a wringer on top. At least the wringer was electric and not hand crank! Bonus points for anyone old enough to remember what a mangler was) Every Monday was "wash day". My Grandmother, Mom, myself and anyone else in the family old enough to help hung the wet clothes out on clothes lines to dry. We washed clothes for 9 people, and there must have been at least 20 drying lines strung across my Grandparents side yard. Sheets and towels in front toward the street, underwear on the back lines so nobody could see the "unmentionables" as they drove by. Needless to say, Tuesday was ironing and darning day. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">These days I have a one-line "solar dryer" in my backyard for sheets and blankets. I guess old habits are hard to break!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">I used Holliewood Studio's kit "Junkyard" available at Oscraps. The shirt and dress are from istock, with a lot of altering done by me. In doing this piece I found out what a wonderful tool the warp transformation is! </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-50535127289915244812009-08-06T07:48:00.003-05:002009-08-06T07:53:57.229-05:00My Lost Weekend- Part 2<div align="center">Tangie Baxter has a phenomenal new kit out today called "Wonderland". I spent all weekend lost in creating the type layouts I love...a little Tim Burton, a little mind-stretching, a little bizarre!</div><div align="center"></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9tnc-N-c-DmbbHeIzFhjCru3EoBB75XcITNyd60-YtcgKeGdjONT-I2izWSqRO13-ek4qkm6AplNxi8_xSRfJByrqaUBGtlpJS9q_Wv3bazkTjh-tMi9SVcOiLIP_thPilyTH2cqsGHN/s1600-h/Curious.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366832153277732610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9tnc-N-c-DmbbHeIzFhjCru3EoBB75XcITNyd60-YtcgKeGdjONT-I2izWSqRO13-ek4qkm6AplNxi8_xSRfJByrqaUBGtlpJS9q_Wv3bazkTjh-tMi9SVcOiLIP_thPilyTH2cqsGHN/s400/Curious.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Created with Tangie Baxter's new kit Wonderland, available at Scrapbookgraphics. Alice is from istockphoto and The Mad Hatter is a preview photo from the movie.</span> </div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-23453136098527845102009-08-04T09:10:00.005-05:002009-08-04T09:24:44.026-05:00What a Wonderful Weekend!<div align="center">I had an absolutely wonderful weekend scrapping! All weekend long I created, ate junk food and simply vegged out in Photoshop. I had the pleasure of working with an absolutely killer new kit Tangie Baxter will have in her shop at Scrapbookgraphics tomorrow. I encourage everyone to stop by and pick it up.....you'll be glad you did! This is a page I did for my art journal. It is one of the happier pages in there right now. I hope to add many more positive pages in the future, and I think this is a good start down that road! :)</div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYqYsp8uC1gtdx2cMmoFPWERwXm-GZ-gwfPYIjRE66IB5HhAV9Z4M_L03YtLRi6lAP81RIm9esgRnf6PeDjiQPyrMB-fADGTb8p8WQoCDpJkHgRIW-GWXReui91CLtugLGxjP_v1N7Jx4/s1600-h/Creative-Weekend.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366112891029882178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 321px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYqYsp8uC1gtdx2cMmoFPWERwXm-GZ-gwfPYIjRE66IB5HhAV9Z4M_L03YtLRi6lAP81RIm9esgRnf6PeDjiQPyrMB-fADGTb8p8WQoCDpJkHgRIW-GWXReui91CLtugLGxjP_v1N7Jx4/s400/Creative-Weekend.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">I used Tangie Baxter's Curious Adventures and Chronicles of Imagination from Scrapbookgraphics, Lorie Davison's Bunnies, Bees and the Bird's Big Balloon from Scrapbookgraphics, Glam Fairy's 3-D Alpha from Scrapbookgraphics, and Holliewood Studios Techno Times from Oscraps.</span></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-47286242631226805712009-07-16T19:35:00.003-05:002009-07-16T19:42:55.324-05:00Dinosaurs are.....<div align="center">Not something any rational person would associate with insomnia, but they seemed to work for me in the piece. I hate it when I go through bouts of insomnia, and I guess this too shall pass.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNdtpOEmjYGdJIHNE0icP__FqD7MBw8RGacvM3mc2yf-0KJWb0Dun4dsk_rWLK6lnqPDSpmzJYrxUsHqJq8qqWa1BxY6tRgveW5ZJih7exNQOlX5tEPVnP1PkBYhXAHbmqh5pwQhEYF7u/s1600-h/Sweet-Dreams.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359221729936923794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNdtpOEmjYGdJIHNE0icP__FqD7MBw8RGacvM3mc2yf-0KJWb0Dun4dsk_rWLK6lnqPDSpmzJYrxUsHqJq8qqWa1BxY6tRgveW5ZJih7exNQOlX5tEPVnP1PkBYhXAHbmqh5pwQhEYF7u/s400/Sweet-Dreams.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">I used Phuong ton's kit "Prehistoric- A Dinosaur Kit" from Scrapbookgraphics</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Glam Fairy's "3D Alpha#2" and "3D Frames" from Scrapbookgraphics</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Lori Davison's "Flying Dreams" from Scrapbookgrpahics"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Flerg's "INDUSTR*E" from Scrapbookgraphics</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Jofia Design's "The Bright Night" from The Shabby Pickle<br /></span></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-7417249748384485062009-07-16T19:30:00.003-05:002009-07-16T19:35:10.282-05:00The "Bee"52s<div align="center">I LOVE the B52s! Hollie at Oscraps has a new kit, "Queen Bee" that seemed to fit them perfectly! I just LOVE this kit! There are so many pieces to play with, and the black/white/yellow color scheme is just killer!</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUhgYz0CWXSjvJZtb3HckFeMJ9dtR4AB4V5RCLtU0o65sB4Mt44X_9cDrtD5C1By9LrQJcxh4LqBOpeTbSOSrCokKiVw0tCjzibm17iMdxFJU_Exyf-Wv0ztkb_yiAdbcz-EdO_DrgON8/s1600-h/Big-Bird.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359220240664503618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUhgYz0CWXSjvJZtb3HckFeMJ9dtR4AB4V5RCLtU0o65sB4Mt44X_9cDrtD5C1By9LrQJcxh4LqBOpeTbSOSrCokKiVw0tCjzibm17iMdxFJU_Exyf-Wv0ztkb_yiAdbcz-EdO_DrgON8/s400/Big-Bird.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">I used Holliewood Studio's new kit "Queen Bee" available at Oscraps.<br /></span></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-56225573959196540712009-07-13T20:25:00.004-05:002009-07-13T20:36:09.724-05:00Getting back to "normal"<div align="center">If there is such a thing for me. I have been working on some killer new pieces for Hollie at Holliewood Designs that I should be able to post tomorrow. I did some Art Therapy today at work (shhhh....the Boss is out of town) and this is what popped out of my head.</div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccc71jt8subY3QRg6v2SV9yIwpbYEAzbkMGI92BwCJnY_JXX4M7FaLr7jjPN_NSrEqSd6AKXFRU6PUfmg8DJ0HRZFAcFvaG3HR5_Z1eLNnU1l_QFzytGBHofs_s8FPTa90IBwCCJDw1HC/s1600-h/Davinci-Dice.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358121811578159602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccc71jt8subY3QRg6v2SV9yIwpbYEAzbkMGI92BwCJnY_JXX4M7FaLr7jjPN_NSrEqSd6AKXFRU6PUfmg8DJ0HRZFAcFvaG3HR5_Z1eLNnU1l_QFzytGBHofs_s8FPTa90IBwCCJDw1HC/s400/Davinci-Dice.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center">As an artist, I've always felt that you just have to throw your stuff out there and see what sticks with people. I personally think DaVinci must have thought the same!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">I used Tangie Baxter's collab with sherrieJD "Brown Sugar", Tangie's "DaVinci" and "Museum Frames", Maya's "Art Noodles and Doodles", all available from Scrapbookgraphics.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">The cubes were made with PanosFX's "Cube Action".<br /></span><br /></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-69293603068105822652009-06-21T19:14:00.003-05:002009-06-21T19:18:48.695-05:00You Must Have Left In A Hurry<div align="center">I'll be gone for a few days. My best friend since childhood passed away yesterday. This is for you Claire. Don't think you can walk away from 40 years of friendship by dying. Nope, it's not gonna happen. We have one more trip to New Orleans left.......promise. You always said that you felt peaceful there and wished you could stay there forever. I'll do my best to make that happen.</div><div align="center">Love you.</div><div align="center"> </div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJoPCU0FQ8ApvfASf79bNlu_q6Z-gDGRPDqojmbzi7LPHBbPTk8TMIsramxEYSiclmJvYn_A1xbbe_rFnjIw2idkI-SuLf4nmBDgEOe_0qitLyAZoW_pdmmlsGZCurv0IHIqMNgl2pBgU/s1600-h/Left-In-A-Hurry.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349938822115769538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJoPCU0FQ8ApvfASf79bNlu_q6Z-gDGRPDqojmbzi7LPHBbPTk8TMIsramxEYSiclmJvYn_A1xbbe_rFnjIw2idkI-SuLf4nmBDgEOe_0qitLyAZoW_pdmmlsGZCurv0IHIqMNgl2pBgU/s400/Left-In-A-Hurry.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-23068449724247693072009-06-17T21:47:00.003-05:002009-06-17T21:56:34.261-05:00<div align="center">Tangie Baxter has some wonderful weekly challenges at Scrapbookgrpahics. I love participating in them when I can. I love her new ATC kit "Brown Sugar". The colors are perfect for the way I think and scrap. Here is my entry for this week's challenge. Davinci knew the power of a woman. Just look at his paintings and drawings of women and tell me he didn't know he was in the presence of greatness. This is my small way of acknowledging his keen insight into women.</div><div align="center"> </div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnUCD4vlFkQ8U7-jRJ-N-SrYpdBux4cwyJkMOQd3ymiM9QzLSL5AHlV00rtR52Bjfxb1aweYPscIOUG70yke2j7koCsMEwm1PyBuLyETnwu3CBri-yXzmuOa8N_6fLghvUQ90629kjKNU/s1600-h/Power-of-a-Woman.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348493897391549426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnUCD4vlFkQ8U7-jRJ-N-SrYpdBux4cwyJkMOQd3ymiM9QzLSL5AHlV00rtR52Bjfxb1aweYPscIOUG70yke2j7koCsMEwm1PyBuLyETnwu3CBri-yXzmuOa8N_6fLghvUQ90629kjKNU/s400/Power-of-a-Woman.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center">Last week my piece "Got Milk" was chosen as the "I Can Scraplift That" challenge piece of the week at Scrapbookgraphics. I waited all week to see what the other scrappers at SBG would come up with based on my work. I waited for someone to post a layout.....and waited.....and waited. Nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Nobody took on the challenge to scraplift my layout. Oh well, I guess at least I'll never have to worry about imitations! </div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-91458236907119725002009-06-10T10:14:00.010-05:002009-06-10T10:37:44.143-05:00Got Milk?<div align="center">So yesterday I wore my pink Crocs, and this was the result. My pink shoes always lift my spirits and put my head in a much better place to do whimsical creations that have no rhyme-nor-reason......other than they make me feel good! It feels good to let go sometimes and see where the creativity takes you.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfKCR9recD1-6Uri3SbIHuO5GLlJPXWollswKfRdVlr4ThHydPsGu1HWGEYJpARNSyWTS3m9KCr__UTeT4P3yJb8YxkeRLAhaK6_OWM9j56rXEs2SmS4G5ursNm6k3HswCsm_yx7JvOQdb/s1600-h/Got-Milk.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345717839132772578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfKCR9recD1-6Uri3SbIHuO5GLlJPXWollswKfRdVlr4ThHydPsGu1HWGEYJpARNSyWTS3m9KCr__UTeT4P3yJb8YxkeRLAhaK6_OWM9j56rXEs2SmS4G5ursNm6k3HswCsm_yx7JvOQdb/s400/Got-Milk.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Studio Girls collective "Impressions of Whimsy". Lorie Davison's "Drifting Snow Dreams" and</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">"Flying Dreams". SussieM Design's "Tea Party. "Tangie Baxter's "Sunshine ATC Kit. "All available at Scrapbookgraphics</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">From After Five Designs:"Le temps de Cerises" collab kit and Bisontine's "Truth from Falsehood"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">From Oscraps: Holliewood's "Topiary Garden"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">The cows and giant hand are from istockphoto<br /></div></span>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-7466425191943052342009-06-04T21:33:00.006-05:002009-06-10T10:29:47.456-05:00I'll Be Waiting<div align="center">One of the most gut-wrenching things for me during hurricane clean-up and recovery is seeing the thousand of children's toys laying everywhere. It's so sad to think that every toy belonged to a child who may or may not return, and the thousands of children's lives that have been shattered by the storm. I worked with a group after Hurricane Ike hit Galveston that brought wheelchairs and home health items to disabled people displaced by the storm. We also brought food and water to remote areas where many people had chosen to ride out the storm. There were many children in the pockets of people we found, and all they asked for was water, food, some clothes and wanted to know if we had seen their toys anywhere. There were not enough buckets to hold everyone's tears. Grown men cried like babies. Last Christmas we threw a Christmas party for all the children of nearby Bridge City and the Bolivar area and distributed new toys to them to replace some of what they lost in the hurricane. I never knew the power of a teddy bear or a doll......but I do now. The house in the photo was the only house left standing on the Bolivar Peninsula after the storm. The entire town was swept out to sea, with the exception of this one house. It is still pretty much the only thing on the island. Recovery will take a long time there, but there are some positive signs. Godspeed residents of Bolivar, my heart is with you.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nd0_pw3-73wXf9l5awR6zxyJvhyZxAkAO6jCfcTdWwVbAYlwVccb4Eb_XjfAtbclwOXZSLrYXeyUy4SrEKbeWwtOLxXKMc-WqmEEHXm9q5Pj_vmCFJCleBkQGyJiDaVHbPk7-_pJ9HG9/s1600-h/I"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343666185171766562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nd0_pw3-73wXf9l5awR6zxyJvhyZxAkAO6jCfcTdWwVbAYlwVccb4Eb_XjfAtbclwOXZSLrYXeyUy4SrEKbeWwtOLxXKMc-WqmEEHXm9q5Pj_vmCFJCleBkQGyJiDaVHbPk7-_pJ9HG9/s400/I'll-be-there.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I used Holliewood Studio's "Toy Box" available at Oscraps</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Lily Designs "The Boy is a Boy" and "Paint the Ocean available at After Five Designs</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Catherine Designs "Boys Retreat" available at After Five Designs</span></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-43915727505971937852009-06-03T09:17:00.004-05:002009-06-03T09:35:27.867-05:00Road Trip!<div align="center">Last weekend my best friend in the world (hope she is reading this!) and I went on a road trip to Galveston, Tx. I really have to start taking trips outside the hurricane devastation zone that the Gulf Coast from Galveston to Biloxi has become. I don't remember at what point seeing 15-foot high debris piles of mobile homes, houses, giant trees and the remnants of peoples lives no longer had any effect on me. An overturned truck, 15 feet in the air on top of the shell of a convenience store with a dining room chair sticking out the drivers side window......pffffft! Is that the best ya' got? I've seen worse. Anyway......while crossing the bay on the ferry from Galveston to Bolivar I glanced at my GPS screen and saw that my vehicle was apparently gliding across open water. I don't know why that struck me as somewhat odd, since that was what we were doing on the ferry, but I felt it was picture worthy as something you never want to see on the GPS. </div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpX-2sWj4u94shorq0h72KzmB6TgrfUdgJY5p0vTfaOV4xQCIFIxFKI9uLdywhNB2JdzInodv3UHgu0GoYQ1vQ1PtNBiQ8CHD4NTgrXSBjksx9SuoA3447vB4tVRENIL1Bc6MOumyW9vXe/s1600-h/Road-Trip2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343105554974072578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpX-2sWj4u94shorq0h72KzmB6TgrfUdgJY5p0vTfaOV4xQCIFIxFKI9uLdywhNB2JdzInodv3UHgu0GoYQ1vQ1PtNBiQ8CHD4NTgrXSBjksx9SuoA3447vB4tVRENIL1Bc6MOumyW9vXe/s400/Road-Trip2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">I used Holliewood's "Old School" from Oscraps. Photo of car interior is from istockphoto. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Scene outside the car window is Galveston Bay.<br /></span></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-41447332258838644732009-05-28T12:55:00.002-05:002009-05-28T13:10:08.831-05:00Edward's Passion<div align="center">I love topiaries! The first thing I thought of when I saw this kit was "Edward Scissorhands".</div><div align="center">No happy dancing bunnies, no beautiful Spring garden, no dancing children with smiles on their faces......no, not me. I thought of Edward Scissorhands. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-UVmMcwcrgE1teDB8aJWMJ_ammnvRyMZFTPLed2RvlknuSg-wxCrEa9QU0UcGbI73bDfU20wu2HQeIpvmCK4opUADc78nDoLyIVdUpBtBQxbkxmUxPmsfkEmaoXE_9IE3i6RlBWW-Ptz/s1600-h/Edward-Scissorhands.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340935268149148786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-UVmMcwcrgE1teDB8aJWMJ_ammnvRyMZFTPLed2RvlknuSg-wxCrEa9QU0UcGbI73bDfU20wu2HQeIpvmCK4opUADc78nDoLyIVdUpBtBQxbkxmUxPmsfkEmaoXE_9IE3i6RlBWW-Ptz/s400/Edward-Scissorhands.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">I used Holliewood Studio's new kit "The Topiary Garden" available at Oscraps</span><br /></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669329103976841790.post-49353046761935257052009-05-27T19:38:00.005-05:002009-05-27T20:35:34.800-05:00She Seeks Escape.......<div align="center">I spend a lot of time surfing the web. I have this area in my head that is filled with useless trivia and unusual information, and the web keeps this area filled to overflowing. One of my recent searches led me to a book published in 1937 by palmist Nellie Simmons Meier called "Lion's Paws: The Story of Famous Hands". </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">She had collected hundreds of inked impressions of famous people's palms, and analyzed the subject's character by the size, shape and lines of their hands. One of the people she included in the book was Amelia Earhart. </div><div align="center">In her analysis of Earhart's palms, Meier wrote this line: "She conforms to restrictions for a certain period, then the urge for physical and mental activity becomes so strong that she seeks escape by a flight in her plane." </div><div align="center">Amelia Earhart vanished during a flight six months after Meier's book was published.<br /></div><div align="center"></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCgSDfpEh6keN8QuTGdYlHbDiaZBRgTLf3yrkGa8nj2hyphenhyphenIblG9cct1zff5ZO2yAFdnN79VGuRLGvEOfetglYjWDARoaiKpdFgFdeer9_XbooFzAL0YyTItC_Tj6lcmUElOCViXe6JLrzH/s1600-h/She-seeks-escape.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340667973469084210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCgSDfpEh6keN8QuTGdYlHbDiaZBRgTLf3yrkGa8nj2hyphenhyphenIblG9cct1zff5ZO2yAFdnN79VGuRLGvEOfetglYjWDARoaiKpdFgFdeer9_XbooFzAL0YyTItC_Tj6lcmUElOCViXe6JLrzH/s400/She-seeks-escape.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">I used Lori <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Davison's</span> "Ticket to Dragon's End" available at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Scrapbookgraphics</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Lili</span> Designs "Paint The Ocean" available at After Five Designs. </span><span style="font-size:78%;">The photo of Amelia Earhart and her plane and the copy of Meier's manuscript are from The Library Of Congress. </span></div>finecrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290667613593133889noreply@blogger.com1