Sparkle

credits:

teresabelle designs - Emma

Cafe J - Finishing Touches Glitter 7

What are the odds?

My grandson...


credits:
Julie Marie Designs - Planes, Trains, & Cars
Jenna Desai - Mod Frame
Karah Fredricks - Mr. Personality
Bella Gypsy - Ur hard drive wants me template

Relaxation

JennCK designs - Vintage Meadow

Syrin - Spicy Delights

Miss Tina - Whimsy Borders

Viva Artistry - Unbreakable, Reflection

font - Gabrielle

At last, a chair that fits...

Because I'm short, it's always difficult to find furniture that is comfy.  A couple of months ago, I was headed into our local Ace Hardware when I instead went in the Goodwill store next door.  There's where I found my $17 chair.  It fit me, was structurally sound...all it needed was a new "do".  After painting with Ace's Royal paint in Banana Peel and making cushion covers with fabric I already had, my chair cost about $20.  Not bad, I'd say...

New card designs

Here are some designs I've been working on ... please tell me what you think.

What a great day

Two of my children, Jen and Chris, live in New Hampshire and I try to visit as often as possible.  Jen and her hubby Bob, and Chris and his wife Kristin are all artists with unique styles.  Jen is a photographer, Bob ties beautiful fishing ties, Chris and Kristin enjoy photographing my grandson Dylan and they also own a screen printing business.

Whenever I visit, we try to spend at least one day going to different places to take photos.  On this visit, Bob drew the short stick for driving duty.

I love New England for all its history; I've visited in every season and it's always beautiful...well... maybe the weather is a bit harsh in winter.  This particular mill is one that we tried to see on my previous visits, but never made it.  I can only imagine how beautiful it must be with all the fall colors.

Journaling on this scrapbook page reads:

August 16, 2009

What a great day to remember.  Bob, (our driver), Jen, Chris, and I (the photographers) spent the

day shooting historic sites in New Hampshire and Maine.  This photo was taken from the lawn of what we discovered was a private home in South Berwick Maine across the river from the mill.  The owners came out to see what we were doing and were very gracious to let us stay on their property.  They even took us to their 3rd floor balcony to get some different shots of the mill.   It turned out they they had both worked for National Geographic before retirement so we talked photography for a while.

Credits:

Joyce Paul -  Family Ties, Simplicity

Fei Fei’s Stuff - Plum Autumn, Serendipity

My newest treasure

I just bought this beauty from Isa at www.vintagecrossbottles.blogspot.com - they are having a special sale for readers of The Lettered Cottage blog through tonight.  Check out that blog if this is something you'd like too.

This bottles features dogwood flowers - the dogwood tree is my very favorite tree - and I just loved the shape of the bottle.  Their website description read's "A tumbled agate is framed by silver-hued dogwood blooms and vinery that have been oxidized to bring out the beautiful details. A vintage, thin glass bottle with a slight patina serves as the perfect base for this lovely cross."