Diary of a Mad Dirty Housekeeper

Ok, here it goes. I am posting about my dirty house. You see, yesterday my friend Lisa and I were discussing our houses. Lisa recently (3.5 months ago) moved to Texas (cough, cough - get that tumbleweed out of my throat). Anyway, she was talking about the boxes she still needed to unpack and I said, well, I have lived in this house 7 years and it is stuffed with junk. So, we decided it would be fun (whatever) to take pictures of what we thought looked bad in our houses and share them with each other. After seeing her "studio", I told her I had her beat! I sent my pictures and I haven't heard back, so I guess she is still on the ground from fainting.

My Goals:

1) To get the craft room picked up and neat so I can do some sewing. My sewing machine has been seeing a lot of cute things to make on the internet and she wants to get warmed up again! (Yes, my sewing machine talks to me and looks at blogs, doesn't yours?)

2) Get the studio picked up (again) and organized for more productive time so I can get more goodies on Etsy. This room seems to be the catch-all when people come over.

Day 1 - Friday, April 9th - I am working upstairs in the craft room. I will let you know if I get it in better shape.

Doubtful I will post pictures of my junky rooms!

Oh, and by the way - I really do like Texas!

I am a bad girl!

It is Saturday again! I emailed Beverly at How Sweet the Sound and said that I would participate in Pink Saturday. I had all intention of doing a posting correctly. Pink plates, pink dish, something in the house that is pink that I own. Before I knew it, it is late Friday and I didn't take a pink photo! So.....below is a photo that my son took last year at school in his photography class. His class went on a field trip to the zoo and they had to take certain photos, like a reflection in a pool of water and of course, animals - but they are not PINK and he didn't take any pictures of flamingos. This photo probably was showing depth. It is a pretty photo (proud momma). Soon azaleas will be blooming and hopefully my front yard will include some of these beauties.

At least this time I am remembering the assignment. Here is a blog that I visited for the first time. Christie has some beautiful items and some yummy sounding recipes.

I promise to do better - soon!

Have a wonderful Easter Sunday. Till next time {waving}

Digital Time

I have been having fun with PhotoShop, again. I received the program for my birthday one year and started using it for digital scrapbooking, but then I went back to the paper form. There is something about paper, fabric, etc. and feeling it with your fingers! Of course, there is always new designs in the printed paper - which one cannot live without! That would be me! But, on the same note, I like looking at it in the digital form too. (I want it all!!!) That brings us to the tags I made. This is digital paper that I sized down, removed the inside portion, added a light green edging before the digital paper starts. Added a few sentiments by text in PhotoShop - then back to regular paper playing, inked the edges in CocoaBrown, added a grommet, string and you have a cute tag.

Christmas tags will be fun this year!

Thank you for stopping by! {waving}

P.S. - they are in my etsy shop if you are interested...

What Happened To My Tomboy?

my little tomboy boomer had a life changing experience yesterday.

i have been thinking her claws needed trimming. i did it

once when she was a little puppy &

didn't like the results. so, i never tried again.

yesterday, my sister dropped her dog (herein after referred to as "maggie" or "my sister's puppy)

by the groomer.

i asked if she knew how much they would charge to trim boomer's nails.

she called & they told her they would trim her nails for free.

(slow day & she just wanted to keep busy)

i told my husband, we can't do that to the groomer.

so, i called & asked how much she would charge to give

boomer a bath. i also explained that boomer had never

been to the groomer.

to make a long story short, boomer went to the groomer for the

first time.

she loved it - felt like a princess! the groomer said she was very good &

even held her paws up for the nail clipping.

when we picked her up, she was smiling & wearing a purple bandana & had purple bows

in her fur! her fur is shiney & smells sooo good!

& maggie - she was happy to see her aunt & uncle at the groomer's place too.

maggie doesn't really care for her younger cousin boomer. you see, boomer is

a border collie & maggie is a pomeranian & one time when maggie

came to see us, boomer walked up to maggie & maggie

jumped into the pool!

Stamping World Meets Digital World

Wow - I do love this look of black ink on kraft cardstock! (Waving to Lisa - she's the one who gave me this idea!) Ok, as far as Digital World - not too much here - but it is a start! I used PhotoShop to make my boxes and for the sentiment, but the bunny is a rubber stamp.

These are in my Etsy Shop and if you purchase a set (or 2 sets or 3 sets - gotta dream big! lol) I will include some kraft envelope seals.

I'm Thinking Blueberries

I made a Treasury last night on Etsy. It is so fun looking for items to include in Treasuries.

Please stop by and check out this Treasury. I would love a comment too!

This Treasury will expire Saturday early afternoon.

Business card holder and thank you notes

This is a combination business card holder with a place to write a personal note of thanks. I just love this paper.

Please join in the Thursday blog parties at Everything Etsy, Life as Lori and Somewhat Simple.







The digital stamp is from The Cutting Cafe, but I changed the center image.

Sweet Birthday Cards

I have really like these small birthday gift enclosures. They are really helpful to have on hand for that birthday that crept up on me. I have plans to make in different colors, like purple and blue.

Thank you for looking.

Vintage Sheet Music Envelope Seals

My poor blog has been so neglected. Occasionally, I will play with Beverly's Pink Saturday, but with 2 boys, there isn't much pink around.

Today, I saw at Everything Etsy, a blog party (thanks Lisa!!!) and I decided to join.

These are envelope seals I made with vintage music. The music came from my mother's house and she got a ton of music years ago when my Grandmother passed away. These are music pieces that my Grandmother did not care for - not her favorite music. My Grandmother was a very talented piano player.

Pink Saturday - Valentine's Edition

I have joined Beverly at How Sweet The Sound for her weekly Pink Saturday. Unfortunately, Beverly has had surgery this week. Everyone hopes Beverly will be feeling better soon.

I bought several of these soaps to give my Mother, sister, niece, and myself for Valentine's Day. Last Sunday my Mother told me her Sunday school class at church was having a party for Valentine's and needed a small gift to exchange. Pulling my soaps from the package, I told her she could have the one that I bought myself. I wrapped it for her in pink tissue and made a heart sticker to close it up like stores do at Christmas time, made the little card and placed it all in a small white gift bag. She was very happy with the small gift. Even though I didn't get a soap for myself, it felt good that she was pleased with the gift she had for the party.

By the way, she got chocolate for her gift - something she really likes...

Happy Valentine's Day!