More fun

Took a trip to Nebraska and while I was there I was lucky enough to find some time to go thrift shopping. I found the coolest sewing machine. Once I clean it up I'll post. Also for no reason whatsoever I found two cool blue pieces of samsonite luggage. Again, I'll post once I clean them. Found other odd and ins but what I found more importantly is the fun I was missing from not going thrifting. So that's my newfound adventure. Except it's way hot here to even get in & out of my mini lula.
I started painting my bedroom and boy do I see a great room coming along!

Middle of Summer

I can't believe I've stayed away from my blog for so long. I have been busy and have lots to share.

First of all, my kid (nephew) graduated in May.

Then Tom and I decided to invite Elvis to our party and we renewed our wedding vows (25 years).

It was so much fun. It was even better since my mom and two of my sisters were here to celebrate with us.

Dang, where does the time go???

I have had the busiest May ever. I promise to post photos of all the activities. Graduation, family visiting, renewing our vows, photo projects of everything going on and swimming season!


Here's one photo I have to share. Meet Leah Grace Buckley. She is two months old this day. She is in the NICU unit and continues to gain strength. Please keep her in your prayers.

Zachariah's Senior Photo Shoot

Why oh why is it so tough to get a boy to smile??? This was our first attempt to get a good set. We plan to do it again this week and we should have more to show off.....

Christine's Senior Photos

We decided to do the garage shoot and here's a peek of how it went.
We still want to go to my graffiti wall.

Prom Night

Zachariah on his prom night. From what I heard he danced the night away.

Christine on prom night, too. They both went to the same prom but with their own group of friends. I made Christine's dress and I must say it turned out perfect. She had the design idea and I was able to create it for her. She looked absolutely adorable.

Here they are together. They both looked awesome.

What a week, caught a stomach bug and have struggled all week. But it's Friday and looking forward to the weekend....hunting eggs and eating chocolate bunnies!
Even tho I was sick I got a lot done. Working on Christine's red prom dress. I'll post photo once it's finished. Celebrated Zachariah's 18th birthday with a ice cream cake and bbq. Dealt with outdoor furniture cushion problem...bought them last week and they went on sale and the stupid store has too many price adjustment rules! But I out smarted them and got my way... cushions even cheaper!
Tomorrow we're shopping for his tux for prom. We're also doing a senior photo garage session for both Zachariah and Christine. That should be a blast since both are pretty photogenic.

Wedding photos

My friend, Kathleen's wedding. I was nervous about this gig. I knew the lighting would be a challenge and boy was it.... thanks for Photoshop.

It was a busy month....

I've been painting anytime I can find atleast 10 minutes to sit still. My friend, Melissa brought her sister to paint. Her sister sure has some painting talent. I wish I would of photographed her art piece. My creative plate has been full. I photographed a wedding, sewing a prom dress, helped my sister with her restaurant taxes, and keeping up with my nephew's college stuff. Plus working. I know I'm as busy as most multi-taskers, huh?

We're going to another Art Walk tomorrow... more inspiration. Coolest art, music and people!

Checkout this ceiling I found at last month's Art Walk.

Also, my hubby and I celebrated our 25th anniversary this week. It was fun thinking back on our wedding day...how he was late, which has never changed. Like Iyanla Vanzant said... "if you want to know the end, look at the beginning".

Here's some photos to enjoy...

WINSTON, always wondering what I'm doing

This piece of art is very special. I made it specially for my dear friend, Cathy. The background papers are from a song book she gave me of her friend, Alice Wallace. Dragonflies symbolize Cathy and RED is Cathy

This next one is a small canvas for my office...

Alia's 1st Birthday card...

Samples

I love this one. It's so fun.

Here's one of the paintings I made into a Thank you card. The possibilities are endless.

Random, so random

I always get a new random idea to inspire my creative mojo. It never fails and I actually count on getting these random ideas and look forward to the discovery.

The other day I was in a craft store with a 40% off coupon and thought I was due for a new book. I gravitate to papercraft books so I wasted no time and low and behold there is it was. It was calling or should I say "yelling" my name. I picked it up and flipped through the pages and had to have it. I shared it with a friend and she loved it and said "let's make some random art". So we did and here's a peek ..... more to come, stay tuned. It's addictive!

Trip to Texas Tech

Traveled to Texas Tech University to watch my nephew play basketball. He's starting freshman, standing tall at 6'10".

Had a blast and it was nice to see family.

The game was exciting,especially after Coach Pat Knight was ejected from the game. See he's not on the bench! Nebraska won, but #15 played and that's what counted.

I'm so connected now

check this out.... G1

so cool
so fun
so need to learn it

so here i go

We have a new President

I watched the inauguration all day long. Not much interest at my office, kinda surprised me. I found myself emotional when he took the oath and gave his speech.

Obama!

I've been stuck to the television since yesterday watching the inauguration events. Yesterday's concert was so awesome...Bono, U2, Bruce and John Mellencamp. It's so historic and amazing.

Tomorrow is the day. Can't wait