NEW YEAR new plans, resolutions, goals, and best of all adventures!!
I want to let yall know on a new adventure for me!! Creative Times Magazine which is a fabo online crafting mag has allowed me to be their new quick tips article writer!! I am excited!! You will find it here:
www.creativetimesmagazine.com and best of all they are working on it not only being an online mag you could also order a hard copy!! I will be doing that!!
my first article of tips is in there!! I am inspired so wrote up the next article last night for the march/april issue.
And onto new plans: I have a few new projects I so want to make and some of them are ideas from the most wonderful online site PINTEREST!! oh my love love LOVE that place!! I can so get lost on the site!! If you havent visited please do do but be warned!! LIMIT yourself!! hours pass quickly on there and I dont get much accomplished around here!! LOL oh well!! I have 50 some boards and find new things to pin by the minute.......no second!!
here's a link to my boards::: http://pinterest.com/chickenscratch/
And dont you know my boys have their own board!! LOL I need to put some more pics of them on there soon. New goals: I have a few do you? I really want to try making some great altered mixed media jewelry pieces. I have visions in my mind but just have to incorporate that into actuallly doing...ya know. Another goal would be to clean up and.....oh that dreaded word............organize my craft studio!! It has become a dumping ground if you will for everything!! I can't even think of being creative in there anymore!! =( time has come to pitch the unwanted unused items.
Onto some of the things I did just before xmas.
Susan made this beautiful chocolate mint torte. Layers of decadent moist chocolate cake with peppermint infused buttercream topped with luscious chocolate ganache' and some marizpan holly! Oh so yummylicious!!
chocolate dipped butter squares and they were addicting too!!
my mom decorated some little sugar cookie trees for on our cookie trays and boxes.
our popular red raspberry filled linzer tart cookies!!
some twisted candy cane butter cookies Susan made. These were soooooooo yummo!!
Old milkcan for my hubby's boss. I was very pleased with how this turned out. I had sectioned the painted area off with chalk, *hint* chalk wipes off with no marks, use it all the time when painted signs or pretty much anything. hubby sandblasted the area and left the rest of can it's lovely rustiness!!
OK OK!~! I got up on christmas eve at 2 am to finish this block set for my little darling neice, so yes!! can u see it!!! I didnt until her mommy and her unwrapped it!! I will be making another R for it!! LOL
I used vintage seam binding in brown for the outside edges, painted the blocks light sage green and mod podged the awesome My Mind's Eye papers and some little pearl accents. My cricut finally got to get used!! I have had it sitting on a work table poor baby neglected..... I can see using that alot this year!! I have alof of things to make!!
And a couple last minute signs I painted for gifts! Love those snowmen and a bit unhappy to not paint them til next winter!! sad!!=(
Love this guy!! I did one similar for my shows and the lady that bought it loved it so much she ordered 2 more.
Love this one too!!
~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~
I want to let yall know on a new adventure for me!! Creative Times Magazine which is a fabo online crafting mag has allowed me to be their new quick tips article writer!! I am excited!! You will find it here:
www.creativetimesmagazine.com and best of all they are working on it not only being an online mag you could also order a hard copy!! I will be doing that!!
my first article of tips is in there!! I am inspired so wrote up the next article last night for the march/april issue.
And onto new plans: I have a few new projects I so want to make and some of them are ideas from the most wonderful online site PINTEREST!! oh my love love LOVE that place!! I can so get lost on the site!! If you havent visited please do do but be warned!! LIMIT yourself!! hours pass quickly on there and I dont get much accomplished around here!! LOL oh well!! I have 50 some boards and find new things to pin by the minute.......no second!!
here's a link to my boards::: http://pinterest.com/chickenscratch/
And dont you know my boys have their own board!! LOL I need to put some more pics of them on there soon. New goals: I have a few do you? I really want to try making some great altered mixed media jewelry pieces. I have visions in my mind but just have to incorporate that into actuallly doing...ya know. Another goal would be to clean up and.....oh that dreaded word............organize my craft studio!! It has become a dumping ground if you will for everything!! I can't even think of being creative in there anymore!! =( time has come to pitch the unwanted unused items.
Onto some of the things I did just before xmas.
Susan made this beautiful chocolate mint torte. Layers of decadent moist chocolate cake with peppermint infused buttercream topped with luscious chocolate ganache' and some marizpan holly! Oh so yummylicious!!
chocolate dipped butter squares and they were addicting too!!
my mom decorated some little sugar cookie trees for on our cookie trays and boxes. 
our popular red raspberry filled linzer tart cookies!! 
some twisted candy cane butter cookies Susan made. These were soooooooo yummo!! Old milkcan for my hubby's boss. I was very pleased with how this turned out. I had sectioned the painted area off with chalk, *hint* chalk wipes off with no marks, use it all the time when painted signs or pretty much anything. hubby sandblasted the area and left the rest of can it's lovely rustiness!! 
OK OK!~! I got up on christmas eve at 2 am to finish this block set for my little darling neice, so yes!! can u see it!!! I didnt until her mommy and her unwrapped it!! I will be making another R for it!! LOL 
I used vintage seam binding in brown for the outside edges, painted the blocks light sage green and mod podged the awesome My Mind's Eye papers and some little pearl accents. My cricut finally got to get used!! I have had it sitting on a work table poor baby neglected..... I can see using that alot this year!! I have alof of things to make!! 
And a couple last minute signs I painted for gifts! Love those snowmen and a bit unhappy to not paint them til next winter!! sad!!=(
maybe if we had some snow I would paint them more!! but we see grass!!
Love this guy!! I did one similar for my shows and the lady that bought it loved it so much she ordered 2 more.
Love this one too!!
So that is about all for today. Hope yall had a wonderful happy safe new years!! My mom and I went out to lunch yesterday, did a bit of shopping and then came home.
Hubby and I stayed home with the "boys" last night, watched tv, played games and had popcorn!! What a wonderful evening and start to the new year!! Love my boys and our family!
Have a great day! be back soon!!
HUGS
Darlene
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