Are you my mummy?

I did this layout a few weeks ago after I finished watching a Dr Who episode from Season 4. I couldn't post it here until my friend Amberlee got to see the episode because I hate ruining surprises. I love reading spoilers but I know that many don't.

This isn't exactly a spoiler since it's just one fantastic line that the Doctor had but it killed me when he said it. I have no idea if this was in the script or if it was improv on the part of David Tennant either way it was BRILLIANT! LOL I know that many of you Dr Who fans will remember the reference to "The Empty Child". I just finished watching the first three seasons again recently. I LOVE Netflix! I still can't decide which Doctor I like better. I was a bit apprehensive when I first recognised Christopher Eccleston. The last thing I saw him in was 'Elizabeth' with Cate Blanchett and he was definitely NOT a good guy there. But he eventually grew on me. Then (without warning from DH) he regenerated into David Tennant. I had to agree with Catherine Tate's(as Donna) characterization of the Doctor at that point. Too skinny!! But I love that crazed look when he's confronted with a new puzzle or when he's solved a problem. LOL Not to mention the look on his face when he "just snogged Madame de Pompadour". LOL

Keeping warm?

Well I'm sure trying to! I've been to the doctor and the verdict is.....a sinus infection. A bad one, too. So I'm on these atom bombs of antibiotics for the next 14 days and I have to do the saline rinse twice a day, too. Have you ever done that rinse? You basically squirt warm saltwater up one nostril until it runs out of the other nostril and then do the other side the same way. DON'T USE TAP WATER!!! The chlorine stings like crazy! So I'm really looking forward to the next two weeks being over. These antibiotics are strong, too. I took the first one yesterday afternoon and by bedtime I was getting that really nasty dead bacteria taste in the back of my throat. EEEWWW!! It's good that this stuff works so well but yuck!!!

So in the spirit of being sick, I've been playing a lot with a few of my PSP toys and I've made some quilts. Really. I had to start by making the quilt block templates first and I may have some ideas on that later on. But for now I have some really neat looking watercolor quilt papers. There are 9 papers altogether but I only put four in the preview because too many quilts put together start to get confusing to the eye.

I'm also almost finished with a cross stitch alpha using some of my quilt scraps and old buttons that I'll post as soon as I get done.

Here's the preview for the quilt papers:

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Last set of Snowflakes

Well, the last set...FOR NOW. LOL I really like the way all of these came out and I can't wait to put them to use.

I'm doing another auto post for tonight. Hopefully I'll be feeling better before this one publishes but just in case my face swells up even more I'll at least have one thing to smile about after all of the presents are opened.

Here's tonight's preview:

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Just in case...

This is the idea I got the other night. It occurred to me that some might be getting a new puppy for Christmas.

So I made a gift tag for some future names.

Merry Christmas!!! And Happy Puppy Snuggles!!!

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Snowflakes everywhere!

I'm so tired of winter! I really do better in the summer in spite of my allergies. I miss swimming and warm sunshine and growing vegetables. *sigh*

This is a scheduled post because I feel crappy and I want to get some rest and still get some pretties out to you.

This preview looks a lot better than the one for set 2. LOL The bold colors make all the difference for me. I just have no clue on how to make backgrounds for pastels. LOL

Here's the preview for tonight:

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Some little extras

I had a couple more tags in me for tonight so I went ahead and made them up. I tried a few Christmas tags and so far the best my head would let me do tonight were a crown and a holly leaf. Most everything else would require that the names be redone to hang vertically and I hope you understand that I'm not up to that for now.

I have all of the settings for horizontal all preset in PSP so any names that you need just leave in the comments and I'll get them bundled up for you. *DOH!* I just had another idea!! I'll see you in a couple of days with probably another tag (or two).

I couldn't decide on whether to put in the center vein on the holly leaf or not so you get both!

Here's the preview:

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More snowflakes for you

I've got a second set of snowflakes for you. I apologise for the background on the preview. I worked on this for a looooong time and I just couldn't get the pastel glitters to show up without a drop shadow. I made this set for use on baby pages if you have need for them. I've got a few brand new babies in the family this winter and I thought the pastels would come in handy. I love the snowflakes...I just hate the preview. LOL

I'm going to keep this quick tonight because my eyes are being weird. I woke up Wednesday morning with my eyes swollen as if I had been punched. It eased up over a couple of days and then this morning they're all puffed up again and the eyebrow area near the bridge of my nose is sagged as if I had aged 20 years overnight. UGH! I've been looking all over to see if there's anything I can do about it but I can't find anything but cosmetic surgery ads. LOL So it's off to the doctor on Monday to see what's up with this. I hope I don't have to take any drugs for this. I hate to take stuff but this is getting annoying.

So I'll get on with it and get to bed and hope that things will be normal tomorrow.LOL There's always tomorrow, right?

Here's the preview:

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And in case I feel really crappy the next couple of posts are auto posts so I can get some rest and feel better for Christmas Day. I hope.

I wanted to say to you all Merry Christmas and thank you for making me feel great with all of your wonderful words about my artwork. It means more to me than you can know that you are helping me to realise my dream to be an artist in public view. Thank you!!!

I love doing this!

I love making pet people happy with their pet's names! I'm even at the point I think I might even be able to do this in my sleep! LOL

Actually I thought that it might be time for me to actually write a script for the names so I could get them done for you as quickly as possible. I did and it works great!

As I mentioned before, when I get a list of names I'll put them all on one sheet, PNG format, and spaced far enough apart so that it's easy to select the name you want from the rest.

Here's the latest batch requested by Betty. All of the names are the same size of the font and I checked Bismarck to make sure it still looked right when it was adjusted smaller to fit some of the smaller tags. It works beautifully even on the smallest of the tags.

Also remember that I seem to be doing a few freebies a day again so if there are any hiccups with downloading just give it some time and come back a little later. SkyDrive bogs down a little sometimes but it's the safest place I've found to keep my designs.

I'm going to keep the previews really simple so that I can get these up quickly.

Here's this batch:

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New names for today

These are for Jenny!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

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Latest pet names

I'm making this a quick one tonight. I'm off searching for a really good holly leaf shape. I'm sure I'll come up with something. LOL

I have two downloads for the requests that I had for names today. I put each set of names on one sheet spaced well apart for easy extraction when you need to use them. They'll fit as is on the tags in the set that I posted yesterday.

Annie and Friends includes the names- Annie, Rascal, Max, Millie and Haley.

Rover's Friends includes the names- Pumpkin, Ninja, Smokey, Chutney, Jake, Buoy and Oscar.

Here's the preview:

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I found it!! LOL

It took a little bit but I found the file for the tags that I posted on August 3. I am so disorganised! I am going to repost everything here just so you don't have to go back and dig for it like I did.

Here's the preview for those tags:

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More Pet Names by request

I had a request for some more pet names and a re-post of the tags that I made this summer. I repacked the tags by themselves and put them separately from today's name request.

I combined the preview for the sake of saving a bit of time.

If there is anyone who wants the past kits links fixed please let me know but if I don't hear from anybody then I'll assume that these tags here will be enough.

I'm glad to help with any pet names and I will get any and all requests up here as soon as possible. Just leave your pet name requests in the comments and I'll get right to work. I know as well as anyone how important the furbabies are.

Here's the preview:
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So what do you think?

I made my first attempt to pretty up the background on my blog. I found the instructions at Easy Custom Blogs for making backgrounds and getting them set up. I still ended up asking DH for a little technical help. He looked at the instructions for five seconds and went"Oh yeah...here's how it goes..." And found exactly where I had gotten stuck. LOL I'm a slow learner with some things. The instructions were perfectly right....I'm just more of an artist than a computer person. I'm more than a little intimidated by computers but I'm trying to learn more.

I guess it's a little bit like how when my dad bought a beadwork kit for me(I was 10) and couldn't get that teeny tiny little needle threaded. We asked my mom if she could help and she took the thread (which is waxed and three times the size of the eye of the needle) in one hand, the needle in the other and went *shoop!* threaded the thing on the first try! LOL My dad looked like he would blow a gasket!

Well, today I finished the snowflakes I started on before the blog tweaking session. I just got a bunch of regular paper snowflakes done(thanks to yet another Dover book) and realized that I finally had patterns! I can be a little dim at times. I had been lamenting my lack of snowflake patterns for some time and suddenly had a *DUH* moment.

So after a scanning session with the snowflake that I made (I deviated from the patterns, I never can follow a pattern LOL) I made a crumpled paper snowflake and three glitter snowflakes. They can each be used individually or combined using the glitters as an overlay on the paper flake.

I think I have at least one more set of snowflakes in me. I had fun with these and I'm playing around with more.

Here's the preview:

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Two new alphas

I think I worked out a process for myself so that I can do more alphas. I LOVE making decorative letters but doing them one letter at a time is impossible when your family is always making such unreasonable demands as...FOOD! LOL

One part of my art background was when my dad gave me a set of beginner's calligraphy pens when I was about 12 years old. I practiced for many years and really loved making the letters but I was somewhat limited by the lack of inspiration. I couldn't afford classes or books so that I could learn more. Now I can learn more but TIME is what limits me.

I love the digital aspect of art because it allows me to work on something for awhile, save it to work on later, and delete it if I don't like it and I don't use up precious ink and paper in the effort. AND I gain time. Time to create. Time to learn. Time to teach. And best of all...time to make cookies!!!

I have worked it out now that I can make my fancy letters on one sheet, do all my stuff to the letters, and then when they're done just run a script that I wrote and have each letter in its very own file! I love being married to a computer guy! He helped me figure out how to make and edit scripts and I've been crazed ever since! LOL

I'm going to put up both alphas today. If there are bandwidth problems just be patient and come back tomorrow. I made these alphas with my Pixieland Papers from a few weeks(?) ago...oh heck I have no concept of time! If you asked me what the date is today and covered up my computer monitor I'd never be able to tell you.LOL

Anyway, here's the preview for the two alphas:

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The munchies have hit!!

DH suggested an alpha of frosted cookies for Christmas. I think he's been enjoying all of the baking that I've been doing lately. LOL I still have TONS more to do before Friday. I'm thinking that not all of the cookies that I want to bake will get done. I guess as long as I get all of the favorites done then I might be forgiven.

So in the spirit of "absolutely no time to write a post so what the heck am I doing at the computer" here's the preview for tonight's alpha:

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Playing with paper and ribbons

Today is one of those hit and run posts for me since DD and I are working on all of our Christmas presents so we can get them all in the mail by Wednesday. We got our labels done for one set of gifts today so that's one big sigh of relief.

All of this bright paper and glittery ribbon has me inspired to try something a little different again. I'm playing around again with my PSP tools and I'm even teaching myself to write some scripts to automate some processes. Not the creative ones! Just the ones to split out a sheet of alphas so each letter is a separate file, ya know? Stuff like that. I'm trying to get the mundane stuff faster to accomplish so that I can concentrate more fully on the creative techniques that I'm working on.

I love doing alphas but doing them individually is a pain. LOL Especially since my new glasses aren't quite right and I've had a headache every day for the past two weeks. UGH! I'll be taking them back on Wednesday to see if they might have gotten the prescription wrong. They shouldn't be hurting me for that long.

I'm down a total of 5 pounds! The water retention is gone and my jeans are falling down again. I need to buy a belt! I know...poor me! LOL Like I mentioned before, the most important part is that my joints and my back haven't given me a single twinge for nearly a week. YAY!!

Well, on to the papers. It is a set of 12 papers that look like a watercolor of glitter ribbons against a print background. I'm not sure what to do with them yet but I really like looking at them. Gosh I wish I had ink for my printer! I can think of a hundred regular paper scrap things to do with these but alas....no ink! LOL

Here's the preview:

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I had a request!

My friend Amberlee just fell in LOVE with that Christmas tree that I drew for that quickpage the other day and she said that a matching alpha would look fantastic. OK!

I made four matching alphas! In six hours! YIKES! I do tend to get a bit obsessive at times but this was really a great idea that she had.

Each alpha is on one sheet (gosh I wish I could remember where I saw that PSP script for separating PNG files!) which is the ONLY reason how I got these done so fast. This was a lot of hand drawing and I think I'm going to need a heating pad for my neck. LOL *ouch*

But in the end I think it was worth it. I still found myself giggling at these letters as I was drawing all of the wires and beads and little doodads all over them.

I'm going to need to take some time off to scrap with these. Yeah, right! LOL Every time I think that I'm going to just sit and scrap I get another idea and it's off to the computer again.

Anyway, here is the preview for tonight:

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Playing with some tools

I just felt like posting a little thing I was playing with tonight. I've worked out some watercolor effects that are turning out rather nicely.


This is my mom from 1978. It was the year after my parents split up. I remember it was the week that my aunt was visiting and we went to Bob-lo Island(when it was still an amusement park). My aunt doesn't take the cold well and even though it was July she was wearing a sweatshirt and a jacket the whole time. I thought she'd freeze to death on the boat ride.



This is my mom's favorite picture of herself and she recently asked me to do something nice with it for her so I'm fiddling around with ideas for her.


What do you think of the date tag under the picture? Kinda neat, huh? I really like this watercolor technique. I'm getting some real mileage out of it. I'm even working on some things for Valentine's day that I think you're going to like. I'll remember to space the posts out so that you can get them when you're looking. LOL


Well, I'm off to bed. My diet is going well so far. Third day and I'm nearly past the sugar withdrawals. I even had a burst of energy today and I think that my metabolism is returning to normal. I love doing the low carb thing. I feel nearly normal again when I don't eat the flour and sugar. My back hasn't hurt me all day and my knees feel good too. I'm not all that heavy, I'm 5'9" so I'm never going to be petite. LOL I've just always had jobs that required heavy lifting that I kind of wore myself out a bit early in life.


But I'm still proud of the fact that I could carry an 83 pound Buick hood OVER MY HEAD and not break a sweat. I really had some muscles then. LOL Of course last summer with all of the swimming that I did I discovered that the muscles are still there and they even remembered what they were supposed to do. I can't wait for next summer!


Well, Goodnight for real this time.

Download problems part 2

It seems to be intermittent. The only thing I can suggest is to try again a little later. I guess I've got a lot of people trying to download all at once and it causes a lot of you to get just a white screen. It happens to me too and it's my account. LOL

I never really dream that my artwork is that popular and then I hit upon something that everyone is in the mood for and then everything sort of goes *BOOM*.

I'll space my upcoming freebies a little farther apart from here on. I just started coming up with all of these ideas all at once and they all came together so quickly that I got excited about getting them posted right away.

I didn't stop to think of the logistics of all of the download attempts all at once. LOL I've learned my lesson!

As of this particular moment the links seem to be working. The folks at SkyDrive do a wonderful job even if they are a bit shy on communication skills. Whenever I've asked a question about something I don't get a reply but they fix the problem very quickly. I even asked about pay accounts for more storage and they expanded my storage the next day. No notice I just had more room when I woke up. LOL I wish my jeans would do that....

I know that it can be a pain and I really appreciate your patience. I really love SkyDrive and for me there is no other alternative. After 4Shared gave away my entire account to someone without even asking for ID verification, and then refused to talk to me because they said I didn't have an account listed with them, I RAN to SkyDrive when I learned about their security for their customer accounts. 4shared doesn't offer this type of security unless you pay. Needless to say after that episode with them I wasn't about to give them a dime.

Thank you all for loving my artwork enough to come back and try again. Things will ease up in the next day and the downloads will be easier.

Download problems

It looks as if I've done some popular stuff in the past couple of days. LOL I've exceeded the bandwidth. I have to try to contact someone to see what there is to be done about this. I'll hold off on new posts for a couple of days to let everybody catch up. I know that this seems to effect all of the links when this happens. All in all it's still a WAY better service than 4shared.

These trees were so much fun!

I was absolutely giggling while I was making these. I tinkered around with different colors for the trees until I settled on the multicolored tree that you saw a day or so ago.

I thought you might enjoy the giggles, too. I decided that I should put together the stuff that I made for the quickpage as a little elements pack.

There are four frames, six trees and one really wild looking star.

No partridge, no pear tree. {{{shudder}}} I can't stand pears. I grew up with two pear trees in the back yard and it was always my job to pick up the fallen pears and throw them in the compost pile. None of us liked pears and the smell of rotting pears has me put off for life.

Anyway, back to tonight's show! I hope you get a laugh out of these wild looking trees.

Here's the preview:

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For the Scrap Tree Template

I've decided that this tree template will be my very first Commercial Use freebie! I'm posting a new Terms of Use for you to download and put with your template so that you can use it in your quickpages or make trees for your kits.

And if you haven't gotten the template yet it's still here so go get it.

It isn't required but I would LOVE it if you'd let me know what you make so I can see all the little lovelies on your blogs!

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Time to update the terms of use!

Not for any particular problem. Just that I haven't done it for awhile and I get lazy when I put together my files for uploading. I forget to put in a TOU and I remember that I've forgotten AFTER I've zipped and uploaded the file. I could rezip it but then I have to upload it again and when you share bandwidth with an avid WOW player....it makes uploads and downloads very painful!


Here's what my new TOU looks like and I'll put the link over in the right sidebar for anyone who doesn't have it.

I actually kind of like these!

As I said in a previous post, the pastel colors are completely under the direction of my four year old DD. When she gets old enough for her own computer she's going to tear up the art world.

It's funny when she sits next to me(she's getting too big to sit on my lap anymore*snif*) she'll tell me what colors to put together and what sort of frame needs to go where and if it needs flowers or buttons. Yeah....she'll be designing soon.

I made up these papers especially for the quickpages but I don't have any elements to go with them so it's just a paper pack. It has 19 papers that couldn't all fit on the preview. LOL

Here's the preview:

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I must be outta my mind!

Of all of the times to start back on my diet I have to pick cookie baking time two weeks from Christmas! AAAAARRRRGH!!

I don't have much choice though. My joints hurt from the carbs and I've made a lot of really good progress this year with losing weight. I've slimmed down to the point that by spring I'll be into size 12 jeans and by August they'll be loose on me. I've been maintaining my weight loss but I hurt from the flour and the sugar and my brain doesn't work well through this carb induced fog.

Here's the trouble, the first three days of induction are the hardest and you get this headache and you CRAVE everything that you aren't supposed to have. AND there's all of this chocolate downstairs (*smack* don't touch; it's for CHRISTMAS) and it's just CALLING to me!!

Since I can't indulge in REAL chocolate (and believe me I would WALK 12 miles to the mall for a box of Godiva Chocolates right now) I'll indulge in virtual chocolates.

Want some? I'll share! I know, I know...crappy preview but the letters are mouthwatering!

Here's the preview:

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YAY! It's done!

I have the template for the scrap strip Christmas tree ready to go! I have the PSP layered template ready for download and if you go over to SuperMomScrappin you'll find the PSD layered template.

I don't remember if I told you how this idea came about but DD and I have been decorating empty oatmeal boxes and large coffee cans to use for our Christmas cookies this year. There are a LOT of scraps when you work with a 4 year old. LOL I had to do something with them and a scrap tree seemed to be the natural thing. Well, as you are all probably beginning to realise by now, I just can't do ANYTHING with paper that doesn't eventually get translated to a digital version. LOL

Here's the preview for the template:

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Would you like a truly ODD Christmas tree?

I found myself in a really weird mood the other day. After looking at the Christmas tree on the Baby's First quickpage that I made I thought that I'd like to make a bunch of....Christmas trees. Different and weird, kind of funky, non-traditional trees. I think this one is my favorite but I'm not sure if I'm quite done making trees. I'm still working on a tree that's like those cheapy old silver tinsel trees from the late 1960's. I'll let you know if I am successful at it.LOL

I made a quickpage using this favorite tree of mine and I'll have the whole bunch of trees ready in a few days.

Please feel free to let me know if you'd like a version of this without the tinsel garland across the top. I wasn't sure about it but I thought I'd give it a try.

Here's the preview:
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I have a question for you

I have decided that I really like this scrap paper Christmas tree. I have it saved as a three layer template BUT...I only have PaintShopPro. So what I am going to do if there's any interest is have my friend from SuperMomScrappin to convert my template to Photoshop(psd I think) and offer it on her blog for you. Sound like an idea?

Here's another quickpage with the scrap Christmas tree. If you like it and you'd LOVE to make it in any or all of your favorite papers that you have stored up in your computer then let me know over this weekend.

We'd love to hear from you!!!

Here's today's quickpage:

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I do love sharing my really good recipes!

You have asked and I am happy to comply! Besides, I think this recipe for Chocolate No-Bake Cookies is the best one around. My Aunt gave my mom this recipe in 1977 and I've been making them every year since!

I've also included a few tips on the recipe card. A few years ago I was diagnosed by my quack...er...doctor(alleged) to be lactose intolerant. Six months later I was rushed into emergency surgery to remove my gall bladder and could have died. But between those two events I still had the need for my cookies and found the combination using the soy milk and margarine. Flavor difference: NONE. Oh and the diagnosis of lactose intolerance? Wrong. Even without a gall bladder I can handle a 32 ounce glass of milk every day without any trouble. *quack* LOL

You may find that the cookies might be a bit gooey after letting them set up for a few hours. Sometimes this is because of the humidity. I've found that this recipe works to the letter in the winter and on dry cool days in the spring/summer. If you want to make these on a humid summer day just boil the mixture for an extra 30-60 seconds. If it's dry weather and they're still gooey check your ingredients to make sure you didn't use something that's too low in fat.

I've discovered through my years of tinkering that the fat content is what determines how well these firm up. Skim milk or rice milk will leave you with a soupy mixture that will never firm up. No amount of extra boiling will fix the soupiness before the mixture scorches and burns. There is little in the cooking world that is worse than burnt, inedible chocolate. Plus it wreaks havoc with your pan! I had to throw away a pan one year because the mixture burnt(rice milk experiment) and no amount of soaking would get it loose from the pan. LOL


What I did here today was I made the recipe card up like the Penuche recipe from a few days ago. The card will match if you want to print it for your recipe file and it's also a PNG file if you want to use it in a layout.

I just got reminded that some ingredients are packaged differently in countries outside of the US. Yeah, sometimes I can be a dope!

The stick of butter or margarine is equal to 1/2 cup.
I've added an adjusted recipe card with the actual measure for the butter. Thank goodness for layers! LOL

Here ya go!

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Been shopping yet?

DH and I were talking about Christmas shopping the other night. We don't do Christmas shopping anymore for several reasons. Not the least of which is the unusual phenomenon of the IQ drop that happens in proportion to the proximity of shopping malls. Have you ever noticed it? It seems to happen to people even in their cars when they're not quite AT the malls. And it seems to get worse the closer you get to the areas where the toy and electronic stores are located. It's astounding.

People who drive with their left turn signal on, IN the left driving lane, for two miles and then suddenly swerve over two lanes to turn RIGHT into the shopping mall...all while that little left turn blinker just *BLINKS* away!

People who like to look at their bags full of booty....whilst sitting at green lights(plural intended).

People who stand in line for hours to get a special on something...that was on sale for less money four weeks ago...without the lines.

I vowed years ago that I wouldn't ever be one of them. I stay home and bake cookies and make absolutely SINFUL candies for all of my loved ones. And for those who don't want candy? Well, honestly we haven't got any of those yet.

Before we moved away from our family 3 years ago we had a Christmas party that included the whole family. We had a very little house but the basement was fully finished and we had a really nice patio room added onto the back of the house. *sigh* I miss that room....

Anyway, for that party I'd spend two solid weeks making sweets of all sorts for the party. I never had to pack up any leftovers. EVER! LOL My brother in law especially misses the Chocolate Oatmeal No-Bake cookies that I make every year. I've been making a lot of them to prevent the fistfights....LOL

Even back then I'd still keep the Christmas shopping to an absolute minimum. I like to make things for people. Back when I had the time for stitching I would make something fancy for one or two people every year. I got really good at a lot of fancy needlework techniques while making some really fun or elegant things for my family.

I wonder if that's something that more people should try to do. Make one or two things that are special for Christmas instead of buying something. See how it goes over. Look at one person in your family and see what things they really like and make something that relates to that which they love. I've made lace bookmarks for avid readers. I've stitched a picture of a chocolate moose for someone whose specialty dessert is...Chocolate Mousse.

If you start early enough you could have a lot of fun making just one special thing every year.

But if you like to shop I have something for you today. Even if you never actually use this, even if you never actually SAY this, you'll still get a giggle from THINKING it whenever you meet up with some of the more...challenging... in-duh-viduals while you're out shopping.

Here's the preview:

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DD's first quickpage!

DD looked at the quickpage from yesterday and told me that we needed to make it in the papers that we are using for our cookie cans. So we did! This would not have looked this good if I hadn't had the help of a four year old. Seriously! I do dark and moody, vintage even gothic at times but pastels don't ever connect with me. DD supervised me in the making of all of the papers and then told me which papers to put in the quickpage. She's getting good isn't she?

Let me know if you'd like more of the pastel colors. I think DD would like to do some more like this.

Here's the preview:

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Another Christmas quickpage

I've got riveting blog titles haven't I? LOL I guess it's just the short, sweet and to the point part of me. I've always been that way. I don't do well with small talk. To me the conversation either means something or it doesn't. And if it is meaningless talk for the sake of talking....I usually go off and start crafting something. I have an incredible distaste for unproductive time. I can't tell you how often I've wished that I didn't have to indulge in the need for sleep. So many times I am busy doing something and I don't want to stop except that I happen to be falling asleep with a razor knife in my hand. It is generally a BAD idea to keep cutting with an exacto knife when you can't see what you are doing. LOL

DD and I are decorating containers for our Christmas cookies. I am busy making all sorts of cookies so that I can use up the oatmeal and then decorate the empty oatmeal boxes that will hold the cookies for giving away. I also found two stacks of unused take out boxes (the kind you get from Chinese take out places) that are ready to be covered in paper and decorated with Christmas stuff. We've decided to go pastel for some of our boxes this year. Not only is it looking really cute with all of these triangle trees in pink dotted papers, but the colors are holding DD's interest longer than the muted reds and greens that are my normal preference. So for this year SHE is stretching my imagination! How cool is that?

Anyway, these last few quickpages are inspired by the scraps that DD and I are putting together to decorate our boxes. On the quickpages I can do things using MY colors! LOL Maybe I'll do some using DD's colors. These pink and green trees really are cute. LOL

So here's the preview for today's quickpage:

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And now...RED dresses

I couldn't make green dresses for Christmas and then not make red dresses, too! I happen to like the red best anyway. It is my favorite color.

I think everyone should wear red. It brings out the rosiness in the complexion and makes you look cheerful. I think everyone that I see who is wearing red looks fabulous! You look warm and friendly and ready to smile. I just love red!

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