Showing some things I am been doing lately......I bought this picture at the thrift store for 1.00, I liked it but the picture looked too dark with the darkness of the frame, so I took it apart and sprayed the front of the frame white and then made a wash of black acrylic paint and water and brushed it on and wiped it back off leaving some into the crevices.....now I like it!

I did this altered altoid tin for a swap I am in on a yahoo art group...I hope my partner will like it.....I had fun altering it......

My One World One Heart Prizes

I received the last of the 3 prizes that I won during the One World-One Heart Giveaways...

I received all of this great assortment of goodies from Lori@:http://alteredartexpressions.blogspot.com/
She also included a framed ATC that she made and I love it....and I will
be using the stamps and papers soon...Thanks Lori....

I won this handmade tote from Amy@: http://mamiebelle.blogspot.com/
She even let me pick the fabrics I liked, I love the words on the pocket and band, they support Breast Cancer.I will get a lot of use with this bag...Thank you Amy!



I also won this make-up kit from Lu @:http://craftedbylu.blogspot.com/
Cute bag with an night time eye cover and make-up brushes and couple of good smelly stuff too....Thank you Lu...

Artsy stuff

It's been a long time since I last blogged, I seem to spend most of my free time reading other blogs in my Google Reader and going to the yahoo groups I belong to....

So, I thought I would show some of the things I have created lately...

This is an altered altoid tin, I made it for the Time challenge in the PID yahoo group....Dress on the front is from PID (paper imagery designs)and the inside images are from there also..you can find the website here:

http://www.paperimagerydesigns.com/

the yahoo group is here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paperimagerydesigns/

and there is a great blog here: http://paperimagerydesigns.blogspot.com/

Also on the PID yahoo group, we are doing an altered compact swap, I made 2 to swap......

This compact is an old one I have had a while and I enjoyed altering it the most,but I like how both turned out...

I did a couple of bamboo tile pendants, this one I swapped in the Altered stART yahoo group...I will post the one I received tomorrow, its a beauty!

Altered stArt group is here:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Altered_stArt/?yguid=223565682

This one I did for the Button challenge on PID !

Remember my Valentine Cookies

On my Valentine Cookie post, I mentioned that I got the recipe from a blog and forgot which one, well I remembered today, it was from "BAKERELLA"
http://bakerella.blogspot.com/

Please check out her blog, she has some wonderful recipes and todays post is Hello Kitty Pops!

Thank you Bakerella!!

Amber

This is a picture of my Granddaughter, Amber, who passed away on 12/30/08....this pic was taken on Christmas day...We all miss her so much....A group of my close friends, The Fairy Girls,
sent me a gorgeous Hibiscus, and its name is AMBER...in honor of my Amber..and it is soooo Beautiful, just like our Amber Dawn.....It arrived with a bud, and I sat it in the sink and watered it, like the paper said, and this morning, this Beautiful Amber bloom was open in all its glory.....This really means a lot to me, I love you all, fairy girls, and I will be planting this in the yard soon....


This is the what the plant looked like when it arrived, then this Beautiful bloom is what i had this morning...

and I got another surprise today...the mail man just brought me a pkg..and this is the other part of my gift from the Fairies...

This card was made by "Star", she drew this and painted it, I love it and its just Beautiful, she told me that it was her frist try at making cards....I think she needs to make them and sell them......and I hope you will click on the inside of the card and read the Wonderful words there...

I love the stepping stone!

and here they both are together on the patio for now, until they are placed in their home....

Remember every pick is clickable to see larger..

HUGS TO ALL OF MY FAIRY FRIENDS.....I LOVE YOU!

Pics from Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day!...Hubby and I went for a motorcycle ride, it was 80 degrees here on east coast of Florida and we had a wonderful ride...The first pics of the Sandhill Cranes were on the side of the road on a back street and we stopped and Rod was able to get very close to get these pics.....

The other pics are from a cafe at Port Canaveral, where the cruise ships port, I love eating at "GRILLS", they have wonderful bacon wrapped scallops and sweet potato fries....and I always love sticking around and listening to the band outside, and watching ships go by, and seeing the fishermen bringing in their catch and cleaning them, and a lot of pelicans were hanging out there too.....One pelican was on top of the overhang of the cleaning table, and he was just waiting for a snack.....and the fisherman threw him a bit and he caught it too....
We really enjoyed the entire day riding and then on Sunday, we went to Orlando and had a great dinner at a nice resturant we had not been to before, Hubby even made reservations.....It was a nice Valentine's weekend....

Remember, you can click on the pics to enlarge them!

Valentine Cookie Sandwiches

Click on that picture to see them up close and personal........

Early Valentine's treat for my hubby! and he loved them, and I must say, they are very good...I got the recipe from a blog and copied the recipe and forgot to copy the name of the blog...
I will give you the recipe:

Red Velvet Cookie Sandwiches

1 box Red velvet cake mix(I used Duncan Hines)
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter, softened to room temp.(1 stick)

Preheat oven to 350

Mix this together and I hope you have a better mixer than I do, I just have a hand held one and it overheated..lol..

Using a small cookie scoop, place 12 cookies on cookie sheet about 2" apart...

Bake for 10-12 minutes, then place on wire rack to cool...
Then I used Duncan Hines cream cheese icing and spread it on the cookies and put them together....
I had 18 cookies

Let me know if you make them, and I am sure any flavor cake mix and icing would be good too...I bought Strawberry mix to try...