Scenic Sunday

Hello all! Sorry my post today is late. We've had a busy day! The kids and I dropped David off this morning so he could catch a bus to the Airport. He'll be on a TDY for two weeks. We already miss him, but the 2 weeks will fly by; especially since school starts tomorrow! YEA!!! The boys are all packed and ready for their first day. Clothes are picked out, hair is cut, supplies are ready, and so am I! I love my boys but it takes a LOT of patience to have them home everyday, all day. They are the type of kids that need their "own" time, and school is just that for them. Ok, so enough of my blabber. Since David took the laptop he also took the picture I wanted to show you all today, so you'll have to settle with this: It's the Spam Musubi we made a couple weeks ago. No, it isn't pretty (we used the wrong rice and the nori was too small to wrap around) but it was TASTY! Here is a pic of Angel enjoying her little piece:
She liked the Spam ok, but ate all the rice and left the Nori on the floor. Here is Andrew making his Musubi:
YOu can see the mess of the counter! lol! And here is a pic of some flowers my David brought home to me, just cuz:
I was joking with him and asked him to pick up a few essential things from the store on his way home. I listed: "milk, bread, flowers..." but of course I was joking. He actually delivered! It was a great surprise after a stressful day!
I hope you liked my Scenic Sunday and I'll see you all later!
Until later, be blessed.

Miraclulous Friday!

Hello Hello! Thank you all for coming to my blog. Have you seen how many comments I've gotten on my blog candy? WOW!!! Each and every comment brings a smile to my face so I thank YOU for stopping by and saying Hi! Today I have a little something different to show you. It's a card without a TGF image on it! *gasp* I know! lol! I was sent a little thank you from Tuesday Morning Sketches for advertising about their new blog a while back and I finally made use of the goodies. Melissa sent me a great piece of DP, ribbons, buttons, a wonderful stamped sentiment, and the cutest little Pixie image! This is a Swiss Pixie named Gretel from CC Designs: I have seen this stamp on All That Scraps and I want it! But I'm on a spending fast when it comes to my stamping hobby; at least until I use more of my new goodies, sell off some of my old stuff, and pay off a credit card. Anyway, I loved coloring her with my copics and I don't know what ink or paper she was stamped with/on, but it was WONDERFUL with my copics. I wish I knew what it was so I could get myself some! What do you think of the card? I came up with the sketch myself because I wanted Gretel to be lounging on the sentiment block. Here is a picture of the card from an angle so you can see the dimension:

I just realized that I forgot to draw a shadow underneath Gretel. I'll have to do that! I hope you all liked my post for today and that I'll hear from you again soon! I'll be back on Sunday with a couple pics. And just to keep you in the loop: The Greeting Farm is having a Farm Fresh Friday challenge and Club Anya is having a "I wanna be just like..." challenge. Go check them out! I've already finished my submissions and you'll see them next week! OH, and both TGF and CA are having DT calls... yup, I applied! heehee!

Thanks for stopping by and Be Blessed.

Candy ends on Wednesday!

Hey there friends! I forgot to tell you all when the candy would end. You have until Wednesday, September 2nd to enter. I will tally the entries on Thursday and post the winner that afternoon/evening. Now, I am in Italy, so my Wednesday may be your Tuesday if you are in the States... so my candy ends Wednesday, September 2nd @ midnight, ROME TIME! (that would be GMT+01:00 for all you savvy time people). Just enter before then! See you all later!

I'M BACK!!! with Candy!!!

Candy is now closed. Thank you all for entering!
Congrats to Carrie; she's the big winner this time!

Hello, hello, hello!!! What a fabulous Wednesday it is! I have something to show you... It's my messy desk! LOl! You all know what a messy desk means, right? It means Mr. Mojo is back in town! I got crafty last weekend and my desk is the proof! So, I made this first mess, cleaned it all up and did this:

I made a second mess! I just HAD to ink up one of my new Miss Anya Dressy stamps because the Anyone For Anya Challenge blog has their first challenge up! The challenge is "Sugar & Spice & All things Nice" and when I hear that, I think of THIS Miss Anya:

Isn't she just the most adorable thing ever?!? I have been wanting to make some TGF notebooks, and these Miss Anya's are the perfect size (taller and thinner than regular Anya) for these little notebooks. And I love the way my bow turned out. Look!

I haven't untied it since, I don't want to mess it up! I don't know if this notebook will ever get used... maybe I'll send it on to someone else... Here is a close up of the sentiment I stamped and embossed with my sakura glaze pen:

And here is a close up of Miss Anya herself:

I colored her with my Koh-n-oor pencils and OMS. I love the vintagey look that came about. And... did I mention CANDY???? HERE IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is a looooooooooooooong time coming, but here is the promised Candy! I have a pack of 6x6 Sunny Glen paper from The Greeting Farm, about 1 yard each of 4 different ribbons, a pack of sticker crosses, a quickie glue pen, a BUNCH of buttons, a BUNCH of felt flowers, clear acrylic sentiments stamp set and a MISS ANYA DRESSY stamp set!!! AND, the winner will get to choose SEVERAL stamped images from my collection of TGF stamps. I will email the winner a list of all the Greeting Farm stamp sets that I have and they can choose which stamped images they want. ALSO, I will probably be throwing in a few handmade items... ahem, the notebook, ahem...

So, in celebration of my new job, my recent promotion, my (over) 10,000 blog visitor hits, and my ABUNDANT BLESSINGS, leave a comment and be entered to win my yummy candy! You don't need to do anything special, just leave a simple comment here, but if you want to spread the word... I'll give you a second entry into the candy! Just let me know you are spreading the word and how (on your blog, through emails, etc.).

I hope you like my candy, and my project for today!

Until next post, GOD bless you ALL!

I'll be back!

I promise, I'll be back with a really good post soon! Maybe in about an hour... Heeheehee!!!

Scenic Sunday

A short worded post with some pretty pics. I have a LOT to do today to prepare for Ashton's 6th birthday party this afternoon! Had so much fun at Bunco last night too. Looking forward to the next one. Here's some pics I took a while ago. A cute little church at the end of a cute LITTLE street: LOVE the old brick wall on the right and the narrow street was fun:
A view from halfway up the mountain:
There will be more photos soon; they are still in the camera. Have a Super Sunday and until next post, be blessed!

Fabulous Friday!

Hello Friends! Today is a wonderful day. It's barely after noon, and I have gotten so much accomplished! I feel like my to-do list is shrinking and things are getting done. Yea! Unfortunately, I haven't gotten crafty in almost TWO weeks. I know, GASP! I have crafty plans for today and the rest of this weekend though, so we'll see what I can get done. Here is a card I made a while ago for a Tuesday Morning Sketch:

I embossed Flutter Anya and colored her with my copics. I used Martha Stewart bows and a generic tag from an Office Supply store. The papers are all Crate Paper; I love the texture of this paper! So, since it's been almost a week since I've posted, How are you all? Still around? Any news to share? I don't have much... just something brewing in the future... but I'll let you all know about that later, heehee! And Yes, the Blog Candy is coming! I promise! I just got the last stamp set in the mail that I was waiting on, so now I need to gather and photo all the goodies! Look for that SOONER than SOON! Woohoo!

Thanks for stopping by again, be blessed!