Oh My..Where Did July Go?

July is almost over.  We got away for 4th. of July to visit our two Grandson's and their gracious parents.  We had a spectacular time and it is going down as my best fourth ever...We were gone about a week.  We spent one nite at Bandon, Oregon. Beautiful Beach.

This is the book that I made for my Niece's oldest daughter.  It was really fun and she liked it.  My sister-in-law said all 4 kids pack them around in their little bag to share. Mailed them all down to San Diego.

Put away all my bead stuff. I made 10 pair to sell in our local Tea and Flower Shop. Started some canvas work.  I am on my third. 
I hope to show them to you soon.

Oh ya, about this book.....I bought a board book at a Thrift Store for 25 cents.  It was a Big Bird Book.  Nice heavy pages perfect for a photo project.  I made a bunch of tags with fancy yarn and ribbon and made a pocket to hold them so she can personalize them. I think she will have fun filling them with thoughts and sayings. Anyway..........Have a glorious week............Hugs, Diane

Family Treasures

Well this little beauty should receive her little fat book in a bag any day now. The blank book was purchased and blinged up.. The bag was machine appliqued.   I am new to sewing and this is my new machine that I got for Christmas. I am sure it does more things than I will use but it is fun to try different stitches.  I did make a small quilt but the tension was not right.  In fact I had the bobbin in wrong so it missed a few stitches.  I was having so much fun that I wasn't very precise matching my corners..Oh well I have no where to go but up. Hope you enjoy my latest creation.  I have one more to post then I am back to making Jewelry.  Have a blessed week, everyday is a new beginning. Hugs, DIANE

Busy Busy Busy

Sorry it has been so long between posts. Many thing going on here, so many things I want to do. My friend Chatty Ranie and I made this book. She bought the ZUTTER cutter for heavy cardboard.  We cut out the blank stock. She also has the cute little pink BIND-IT-ALL.  While she was visiting we made the blank book and later I decorated it with the pretty paper background and then printed all the pictures and added some scrapbook fun things and used my CRICUT to cut some hats and numbers.  A touch of ribbon and off in the mail to my niece for her youngest who turned Two.. How can you go wrong with a cute little face like that...

I have signed up with ANCESTORY.COM and adding to our family genealogy.  I worked on it several years ago and wanted to get further back.  Still some family I haven't found.  It means more time on the pc and less time in the art room.  So there you have it..I will still check on the blog list.   Love to see what everyone else is doing.  Hugs, DIANE

MEET MY LITTLE RED HEAD

They aren't quite finished...Still in the need of a little more detail but I wanted to share them anyway..They sure were fun.  ENJOY........................DIANE

Time for Fun

Finally I got my pictures to my pc.  My first download crashed, and I lost all my photos from the camera.  Luckily I had them on my laptop.  But I had to get them from the laptop to the pc.  Laptop doesn't burn CD's and I have a detachable burner. Burner on pc OUT OF ORDER....Anyway it was a process.  radarada....
This is not finished yet but I wanted to share it.  Still have more detail to add.  It is a Coffee Mate plastic bottle.   Hope you like her, I will show the other one a red head later.  Have an artful weekend....Hugs, DIANE

Happy Valentine's Day

Hope you all have a SWEET DAY.  These are some ATC's that I did back in 2009.  I am running late today and need to go and dry my hair or I will have a bad hair day...don't know why I bother it is raining today.  We have had an unusually warm Feb. so I guess I won't complain, we really need the rain.

If you are staying home with your SWEETHEART don't forget to tell them how special they are on this special day ... Hugs....................DIANE

Making Messes and Playing with Paper Mache

My friend Ranie over at Chatty Wacky Whims came over to play and make messes with me. We had so much fun and laughed and giggled a lot. I saved four Coffee Mate jugs and we covered them in paper mache. Then we painted them with a coat of Gesso.  We haven't finished painting them yet but I will share them when we finish them.  Have a wonderful weekend.......................Hugs, Diane http://www.flickr.com/photos/artist_ranie__chatty/
http://chattywackywhims.blogspot.com/   Be sure to stop over and see her work.

The Sweetest Month

I haven't been taking pictures of any of my work lately.  Not even our new puppy has had her picture taken except with my phone...I packed my Nikon on our little three day get away and never took it out of the case..

I am in the process of re-doing my studio.  It seems I have so much STUFF that I am in the need for more shelves. I also am going to add another table.  I got a Circut the ultimate paper cutter.  Hopefully I can get organized and keep my tables cleared off for work space.

Puppy's take up a lot of your time.. I guess I forgot how much attention they need. I take her to work so when we are home I feel I have to give her some play time and some training.  Yesterday the weather was nice so I worked with her on a leash for the first time.  She did really good. Of course she is so little, about 2 pounds now, you barely feel her on the end of the leash....

Hope my blog friends missed me a little...I promise I will get some pictures of the puppy that is taking all my art time away from me, and hopefully I can keep up with my blog friendships this the sweetest month..Hugs and blessings.......................................DIANE GLASS

1-1-11

Nothing like new snow to start the New Year.  New, fresh, revitalized.  With the promise of a new spring and all the broken promises....I never make resolutions anymore, learned a long time ago that promises were made to be broken.  If you never expect to much from someone, you will never be disappointed.  Time is rushing at us at break-neck-speed.   The only way to slow it down some is to have no regrets at the end of the day.   Do what you like and like what you do.  Surround yourself with people who "get you". Let the others go their own way, find their own path. Live everyday with gusto, laugh a lot, sing in the shower. Don't have that second piece of cake but savor the first bite.  In other words jump into 2011 with both feet, leave no stone unturned, step out of the box and do something you have always wanted to do.  It really is a wonderful life. Even if we can only let our troubles go for a little while....life is good.      DIANE

Five Days till Christmas

Just wanted to share a little bit of Heaven.....My two grandson's...This is the cutest picture, and the best looking Santa I have seen. My two boys are the greatest, sweetest, funnest little guys.  We don't get to see them very often but I love them dearly. I wish they didn't live so far away and I wish we weren't so tied down with work, so we could see them a little more often..
I want to wish you all a fun filled Christmas surrounded by FAMILY, FOOD AND FUN.  And the greatest of the gifts is LOVE......................................DIANE


P.S.  I had a book made of my first month of blogging with pictures and as soon as I see it in person I will let you know how it turned out.  It was $30.00 with a hardbound cover and color pictures..I can't wait to get it. I will keep you posted.   MERRY CHRISTMAS

Sit and Sip, Slow Down

Now is the time to slow down some and enjoy the Holiday unfolding. Yes there are still many things to do, but if you don't stop for a few minutes and regroup you will miss some of the Joy.  I have chosen to slow down today and say Hi to all my fellow bloggers.  Take a few extra minutes to smell the coffee. Think about my many blessings and give thanks.  Time for me is at warp speed. I always remember hearing how fast time flies when I was in my youth.  I guess we never slowed down to think about it much.  Now I can see.  Time Flies. 

My Santa present came early this year.  I got a new sewing machine. So needless to say I had to re-boot my studio AGAIN.....I made two pillowcases, and a curtain. My machine is a Janome 2010.  So far I love it.  It has 50 stitches and threads the needle. I have a quilt in mind that I want to make so I will keep you posted.  Enjoy the moment,REMEMBER Martha Stewart has a staff.......................Blessing and Joy.               DIANE

Christmas Jewels

Barely enough room for my coffee mug...Finished 30 pair's of earrings. Each one carded with inked edges and embossed with fancy stamp on the bottom.  Each pair has the little rubber stoppers on the back. My name and date...whew....what a project.  I also made six necklaces.  They are going into the Flower and Tea Shop.  It is really amazing how many beads I have and still buy more..Every time I think I will use up the one's that I have, I find the need to buy just a little something to enhance my project..You know how it is?!

The price on these is $15.00.  I have some that are as low as 6.00.  Keep in mind that the Tea Shop gets 20%.  How does that sound? Think I will sell them? Think that is a good price?  Please let me know what you think.   Any and all suggestions appreciated.    HUGS...................DIANE

LOVELY LITTLE BAUBLES

Lovely Little Baubles. Fun to make and hopeful to sell. Once you get all your supplies out you just have to keep on that roll.  I was getting tired of making these (sitting too long hurts my back), but I just couldn't stop.  This time of year is very busy for all of us and I have several projects that I am working on.  Each project is a re-boot for my studio.  Sometimes its paper and glue and other times it is beads and more beads. 

BETTER LATE THEN NEVER

On my way out the door I snapped my lone Halloween Decoration.....It really is all about the candy isn't it?  Then I went out the door and saw this web on our Lilac bush, so I ran back in the house and grabbed my Nikon to take a picture of it.  I got two shots before a little breeze came up and moved my shot.

Have a creative and soul full week..........DIANE

High Ho High Ho....

Its off to work I go.....Got the bug that has been going around..had to spend my day off glued to my recliner. Didn't move from there all day. Ugg. Now back to work, feeling better but not great. About the most I could  muster yesterday was to look at my latest edition of Cloth Paper Scissors.  I did want to update my blog since I found the other collage that was lost somewhere in the many files that I have. This is on 9 x 12 canvas. I have started another larger one using my family baby's that I love. I will show her later but I have a long way to go before she is finished and I might have to do some jewelry in between which means re-booting my art room again...Have a Joy Full weekend............DIANE

The Beauty of Fall

Well my tree is getting prettier every fall. I wanted the red maple back here and for the first 5 or 6 years I thought they did me wrong..the colors just weren't that pretty.  Finally it is getting striking...guess it is the beauty of getting mature...tee hee.

I actually had a design when my husband planted these trees.  Since dark colors reseed I wanted the fruitless plum in the furthest part of the yard.  I am very pleased now that they are bigger. When we got this house there was nothing in the back yard but star thistle.. I guess most of the trees are about 14 years old now.
Have a beauty full weekend................... DIANE

LOST IN MY IMAGINATION

LOST IN MY IMAGINATION.....LOST ON MY COMPUTER.  Lost time spent looking for files....H E L P !!  I knew I had to get something on my blog this morning and wanted to put the collage I finished that was done at the same time as my last posted collage...but I couldn't find it. But I did find pictures of the Homecoming Parade that I took last week.  I thought I filed them in my Facebook file..but lo and  behold there they were under BLOG..Too much, too many.  I bought an external storage for all my pictures in case my PC ever decides to dump all my files. I have that all screwed up too.  Loose files, duplicate files.  I really need to take a class on how to save your files with some sort of something that makes sense......My camera downloads to a KODAK program.  Every download is filed by date unless I add a name which I never do..My PC has files under my pictures according to the group that I want to share with. FLICKR, ETSY, BLOG, FACEBOOK etc. Then I have files for every member of my family to save pictures of their kids and grandkids. I have to change the size of most pictures I upload but I have to be careful not to change anything I might want to print so in most cases I have two sizes.....S I G H..........I wish I could just start over..but be careful what you wish for or you could loose it all...eeekkk.

The external hard drive that I bought a couple of years ago is called THE BOOK it cost less than two hundred dollars and I am sure is way less today. I sleep better at night knowing I have a back-up system but not everything gets put on there.  Time....Here is a little hint for you...for Twenty-five dollars a year..FLICKR will save your pictures for you.  My brother pays Fifty-dollars a year for an on line service to save his stuff. Lets face it, all of it takes ..................................................T I M E...........gotta go...........hugs, Diane

LAST FLOWERS OF SUMMER

Fall is still trying to sneak up on us.  We are having an Indian Summer.  Fall arrives with cooler days and the turning color of the trees.....then boom.....back up into the 90 degree weather.  A cloud came over us yesterday and we got about 14 drops of rain.  If I hadn't taken the dog outside I am quite sure I would have missed it completely.

Once again I find myself in transition in my studio.  Finished all my art swaps and put away all my paper mess and got out all my bead supplies.  I am in the process of TRYING to organize all my beads.  I bought two new containers to sort into.  Guess I am sorting by color and size.  What a huge project.  But just playing in my lovely beads is fun for me.  I have a few pieces that I have made that need to be tweaked some what and I have found a way to card them that I think will be fun...I will keep you posted..Have a relaxing and fun weekend..    "THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE."        DIANE

Ready to Mail

Well this is the last of them.  All six are finished and ready to package up and mail.  This was a fun swap and I am looking forward to seeing who's work I get in return. Then I will put them all in a little book.  Just came home for lunch and thought I would up load them. Have a sunny week and do something fun....Hugs, DIANE

Polar Bear Journal Page

Journal page number 4.  Clip art from Marsha at Tumblefish Studio. The outside edge will have something else added but I am not sure what yet.  I haven't finished the back yet, so I have a lot of work to do this weekend.  Hope to finish all six pages and get them ready to mail on Monday...Thanks for stopping by and have a glorious weekend.  Hugs...................DIANE