Thursday!

Well here it is Thursday evening all ready. I managed to pull a muscle in my chest today so it's going to be an early night and a muscle relaxer for this gal. Too many heavy boxes for my department this week. I'm really glad that tomorrow I am working just 4 hours and hopefully the worst of the heavy stuff can be dealt with by the younger FELLAS.

Scott and I went to Outback Steakhouse tonight for dinner and a lovely steak dinner. Mine came with a few pieces from a blooming onion and was so tasty. I also got a Caesar salad and un-sweet tea. Scott got a similar meal but he got asparagus and salad that had pecans on it. We had a $25 gift card burning a hole in our pocket so we used that to pay for part of the meal. ( A gift from his sister for our Anniversary ) .

I've been up since 2:15 AM and am about to fall over typing but I wanted to post something about today before I turni n for the evening. The reason I got up so early is some of my co-workers wanted to meet at Denny's for breakfast at 3:30. There were 4 of us and the food was good once it finally got to the table. I joked that she had to go out back butcher a hog for the bacon, gather eggs and make grits from corn before it could be made into our meals. But it was 3:30 in the morning and I appreciated her effort to be there and semi-alert at that hour. I had a loaded vegetable omelet made from egg whites, grits and an English muffin.

All in all it's been a full day and LONG... ready for some ZZZzzz's now. Goodnight~

Tackling my chaos...

After I got home from work I decided it was time to tackle this mess....

I had all ready started cleaning up to the left of this photo; but to the right....

AHHHH!!!! Now I've made some progress but am not done yet. I'll take some "after" photos tomorrow.

Of course I had a little helper...

Tesla keeping the shopping bags in line in the hallway while I cleaned up in my hobby room.

It's so easy to loose control of the mess when I get in a creative mood thats for sure. I found I had bought two patterns twice so I have a couple extra patterns if anyone is interested. These are the patterns...

The dress pattern is a US 16,18,20,22.

Leave a comment if you'd like them... first one wanting them will get them.

I've added a bit to the ATC's I started yesterday but they are not complete so I will wait to post more photos of those. Sorry... leaving you on pins and needles I'm afraid.

Tuesday after Labor Day

Well it was back to work today and after having a mostly unsuccessful night of sleep I drug myself out of bed, loaded up on decongestants and pain relievers and muddled my way through work and was so glad to get back home. Tomorrow I will get off when the store opens... basically going in to unload our biggest truck yet... HERE COMES CHRISTMAS!!!! UGH!

Still in process - more layers to be added tomorrow.

I started working on some ATC's (Artist Trading cards) for a swap with  my newly found crafting group,. I will be adding more to them tomorrow and will share my finished results later. I want the layers of Modge Podge to dry over night before I go any further. I really like how they are turning out so far. I'm thinking about making a little box that would hold 10 to 15 ATC's for each Swappee as well as an added little gift. It would give them some place to store the collection they will get at this months get-together. We are doing two swaps this month - ATC's and cards.  I will also be showing those interested in how to make a never-ending card at this months get-together. We always have such a grand time and I am looking forward to getting together with these crafty women again.

Better see if I can actually catch some sleep tonight - rest well everyone!

Labor Day Walk

Turtles - started dropping off into the water as soon as I aimed the camera... "no photographs please"

Four tiny turtles

"Covered" bridge taken from underneath the first trestle

Five-Lined Skink

Scott checking out this symbol of remembrance.

striking dragonfly

Projects I forgot to share on here

I made this card and small wall hanging for a friend I met through You Tube. These were for her birthday and I had a lot of fun creating them for her. The flowers are all hand made by me using 2 paper punches, the handle of a paint brush and a bit of glue. The small canvas has multiple layers of items applied to it before I began decorating it with the flowers and butterflies. The butterflies are also hand made using a Martha Stewart butterfly punch and glue; I placed 3 punched out butterflies atop one another and added a bit of mesh bling to the centers for their flashy bodies. Another You Tube friend had sent me a RAK (Random Act of Kindness) package that contained a bunch of old jewelry pieces that I used as the flower center on the card and the leaves on the canvas, as well as the droplet at the bottom of the canvas.

I also completed two cards using images a friend in South Africa drew and asked me if I would color them in and create cards to help her promote her new images website( http://www.ameliad.com/ ). She is selling printable images as well as sentiments. Here are the cards I created for her...

Mr Tesla!

AH! Clean clothes with fabric softner. I had quit using fabric softner but got the urge to buy and use some again this week and Tesla was thrilled. HE LOVES FABRIC SOFTNER! I did not buy HIS favorite which is the lavender and vanilla scented Downy but I still caught him loving up to the freshly folded clothes in this chair.

Photos from our 8/25/2013 walk

There were 5 of these unusual moths on a tree and I am thrilled to have caught one really good photo out of the three I took.
 (Species Hypercompe scribonia - Giant Leopard Moth)

The Train trestles over the Congaree River... ALWAYS beautiful!

Leaves are turning and falling to the ground!