Oh, The Times They Are A'Changin'

Hello out there!! Is there anyone left who pays any attention to such an inactive blog??? Life has been a whirlwind for the past 4-6 months. It really all began after school started last August. But it really started to take its toll about October. I have a feeling that it's just going to keep getting crazier! We are currently working on Junior High registration. That's a huge step for my daughter, and a little scary for the parents! There have also been a number of other changes. Some of which I hope to share with you soon. Time just keeps on trucking along!!!

In the meantime, here are a few highlights from the past few months. Yes. Primarily it revolves around the horses!!!

A dear friend of ours rescued/adopted this adorable mini donkey named Nash.

He has become great friends with Bubba, the mule.

And he even likes little Minnie. My DD totally enjoyed being back on one of her very first lesson horses!

DD has also enjoyed a little taste of jump lessons.....

On her best buddy, Billy.

My good friend Dawn took the most incredible picture of my daughter and Billy. She printed it and framed it for her birthday. I just LOVE it!!!

So much going on. This is just a little snipit. Hopefully, (truly!!) I will be back with more pics, more often. I'm also awaiting word on the new Design Team. Hopefully (again!) we will be back to work on that too!! Only time will tell!!!

Hope you have a great week!! I think we will!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

A little blast from the past! Thankful for good friends and family! Wishing you all the best this Thanksgiving!!

For The Birds.....

Spent a little time with friends a while ago. Hanging out, chatting, watching the birds.... Or were they watching us???









Goldfinches and hummers. Pretty cool. We were just hanging on the patio within 5-6 feet from them.

Have a great weekend.

Halloween Project

Yes, I'm still here. Sort of. I was gone for a bit. Spent a week on the beach. Took a couple private shelling cruises. Had a great time!! Just can't seem to get back in step at home. We had so much going on that I haven't caught up with myself yet. In the meantime, I had to step back and just spend a little time finding my creative mojo again. Here's what I came up with. It's not a design team project, just something I created for my daughter (though neither she nor my hubby have said a word about it since I hung it up!!!) Hope you enjoy it!


You should be able to click the pics to enlarge. Here are the individual tags....




I'll be back to blog about my beach adventures - eventually!!!

Have a Happy Halloween!!

Good Morning!!!!!!!

Rogue Thundercloud

Sunday morning I was planning on sleeping in. You know what they say about the best laid plans..... It didn't happen. In the end, I was kind of glad I woke up early though. Nobody else in the house was awake, so it was pretty quiet around here. The cats were all hanging out with me since I was the only one awake. It was all good. Until 8:13 am.... Strangest thing happened.... I swore I heard faint thunder rolling. Only the sun was shining, and I looked out the window and there wasn't a cloud in sight. Then I heard it again. Apparently the cats all did too, because they all started looking for places to hide! I couldn't figure it out so I walked outside to pick up the paper I had been ignoring since I woke up. Guess what?? It started raining huge, cold drops of rain - from basically nowhere! I looked up and there was a rogue thundercloud over our house! Too weird!!


My darling daughter woke up just in time for me to shuttle her outside. She was just as delighted by the huge, cold raindrops as I was!

Hope you are having a great week!!

Mystic Paper Design Team Project

I turned in my Mystic Paper design team project this week. I had a great time working with the Graphic 45 line (btw - I failed to mention that this paper is two sided, so if it doesn't look quite like the paper shown in my previous post HERE, that's why!!). I was also given a file folder to work with, so I borrowed an idea I got from a friend and used that as the base for my project. Here is the result of my efforts....

I folded up the file folder to create a 4 pocket organizer....

Melissa Frances chipboard numbers, letters and heart are stained with Vintage Photo Distress Ink....

A length of ribbon added underneath the back cover is used to tie the organizer closed. For the insert papers I trimmed down a variety of college ruled paper and graph paper, bound together with a brad. And that's about it. Now I'll show you how I folded the file folder to create the pockets......

Start with a letter sized file folder. This one is by Cavallini and is available at Mystic Paper.

Open the folder out flat and score the inside bottom edge at approx 3 1/4 inches....


Now you will score each half of the file folder at approx 4 1/4 inches (there's already one "score" down the middle from the original fold). I have found that there is a little variance in "standard" file folder sizes so you may need to measure each half of your folder and figure out where the middle needs to be in order to have equally sized panels.

This is where we end up before beginning to embellish the folder/organizer. (Little Miss BIG was a lot of help during this process!!)


I had everything on my organizer adhered (except the front cover page) before I glued my pockets up. I used some large clips to hold everything in place until my adhesive dried. (I used Diamond Glaze because I wanted a really strong hold.)

I hope this brief tutorial is helpful if you decide to tackler your own file folder project. Just think of all the possibilities!!!

Have a great weekend!