A Poem By me and the kids

Cats in the Pantry
Knocking down the cans,
Stepping over cereal,
Not watching where they land.

Batting at the bags,
Chewing on some chips
Spilling from containers;
Licking their lips.

Leaping from the shelves
With their bellies full and plump.
Time for a catnap.
They pile in a lump.

...and a few more things

Look at these sweet kitties. Whisper has been a wonderful addition to our family. YoYo has accepted him too.







This is a little hat I made. I received some of the bling at Silver Bella in a "stash swap".



















I've had the idea to do some kind of funky shadow box for some time now and this is what I came up with. Like it?















I was inspired by a scarf I saw in a Japanese sewing book. The picture on the scarf is from a catalog and I copied it onto fabric.

Some of my latest projects

At Silver Bella I made this cute little felted hat and I made the shrug over the holidays just for fun from the remaining part of the sweater.

This is the wrap I knitted. I LOVE the color.

This is a "purse" I fixed up from a Nesquik container. The possibilities are endless with what you could do with this idea. Teen girls would love them, I would think.

Meet Whisper

We have a new member in the family. His name is Whisper and he is such a sweet kitty boy. We got him at Petsmart yesterday and he's about 7 months old. We think he has been kept in a cage for some time. He didn't know what to think of his new home. He spent the first several hours in the powder room. He was afraid to go venturing at first. Aubry took him upstairs to her room later in the evening and while we watched a movie we could hear him running from the guest room to the bonus room. He carried a toy in his mouth too. CUTE! Yo Yo is adjusting to him rather quickly. They both played with Aubry this morning chasing a string.

The Garden Shed

One of our biggest projects of 2009 was to build a garden shed. It was a lot of work, but well worth it. It is SO cute.

Latest Creations

I have been trying to add personal touches around the house little by little and my latest "touch" is a trio I hung in the living room. Collage is one of my favorite things to do and I like to see what textures and objects I can add to make them interesting.

CRASH!

A guy ran a red light and

slammed into us on Sat Dec 26. No one was hurt but it sure shook us up.

Pictures of the kids

More Silver Bella pictures

This is a picture of my first class. Charlotte Lyons showed us how to make a cute hat from an old felted sweater. This was the work in progress















This a picture of a precious "tool box" that one of the ladies brought. She said her 11 yr old daughter painted it. !!! SO cute.


















This was the Hodge Podge Journal class with Rebecca Sower. My friend, Stephanie, and I took this one together. It was fun and inspiring.
















I participated in a swap titled The Year in Tags. My month was march and this was my contribution.
Another swap....Playing from A to Z. Of course the "I's" had it.

Silver Bella '09

I just got back from Silver Bella and here are some pictures from the wild weekend.

Halloween 09

Logan was all dressed up as a space pirate. Aubry was Princess of Spiders. We went to our old neighborhood to trick-or-treat. We met up with some friends and ate pizza and then we all went out to gather our loot. A fun night.