washi card class

The cards samples for my up coming class next month. All very simple and quick to make. 

Melted Pony Beads

I have a two card classes coming up this week. One on Wednesday for the seniors at work and one for my Meet Up group. 
I had this bag of pony beads (don't know where they came from) and saw on Pinterest you could melt them down to make faux enamel dots. Not everything you see online really works but this project did. I made a super simple card (for the seniors) using the dots. 

Flowers everywhere!

Finally one of the 600 daffodils popped up. I was getting worried the gophers, who don't like daffodils had gotten to them anyways. I have two orchid plants from my parents house. These have to be very hearty plants because the last storm knock everything over. 
There was break in the rain today for Annie to get some play time in. Beautiful rainbow at the end of the driveway.  

Wonder Washi Class 2015

I will be doing a Wonderful Washi class on Feburary 15, 2015 from noon - 2:00. pm. Class fee is $20.00 and all you have to bring is your favorite dry adhesive to class. If your interested please email me for the location or any questions.

2014 Holidays

Always loved decorating for the holidays. This year a box of vintage ornaments were in my stash and for a moment, I couldn't remember where I got them. A few months ago we did the final clean up of my family home. These ornaments have been up in the attic for over 50+ years. My mom never used them after we moved to the "new" house in 1969. Fun to bring them out and all the young ones think it's so retro!

Carmel Thanksgiving 2014

Carmel - Thanksgiving 2014

Walking on the beach is a favorite for both Annie and me. We love the early morning walks before the tourists hit the beach and the low tide. Annie loves the water and does a little body surfing to cool off.

Thanksgiving 2014 Carmel

Last year I started hosting Thanksgiving down at the beach house the weekend before to take the pressure off my children. I always thought it was silly for people to rush from place to place, eating several dinners in one day. Now that I'm divorced it made it even harder for kids. Getting to spend the weekend with them, cooking in the kitchen together and hanging out at the beach is the way family holidays should be. It's also fun to add the next generation of little ones, teaching them to enjoy being outdoors.

2014 Halloween Pumpkins

AWC 2014 Halloween Pumpkins. Kettle full of Kittens by me and Jack Pot Pumpkin by my night crew - Chris M.

Halloween 2014 - Mad Hatter and the Rabbit (sort of)

Halloween has always been a favorite holiday. Loved making the kid's costumes and decking out the house. It's not easy finding a costume for Annie, they just don't make a whole lot of XXL dogs.

I don't get any kids at my place, hills way to steep so plan to spend the time in the kitchen baking things to fill the studio with wonderful memories. Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!

 Halloween has always been a favorite holiday for me. Always fun to dress up the kids. Annie will be going as the rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. I will be going as the Mad Hatter. Having the space to do a whole Halloween set has been fun, just wish more people could see it.

Working on the design set for Christmas.

Crafting Meet Up group

A few months back I joined a crafting Meet Up group. I wanted to learn some new skills and people who share the same interest in crafting. With so many of the mom and pop stores closing, find affordable classes is slowly fading away.

I found this Meet Up group that charges $5-$10 per class, which is super cheap. The group leader isn't in the business and the classes are held in her conference room at work. Very little over head. I like the format so much I offered to do a iris folding class for them. It sold out in less than an hour. Two cards = $5.00.

First class with be the simple fan and circle. Second class will be the Christmas ornament and Michael Strong's kimono.

Team Annie - Champion Circle

Team Annie raised $2,200.00 for the Alzheimer's walk. 

Annie also took top honors as the winner of the biggest fundraiser along with winner a cash raffle prizes.