Good Grief Girdie's blog

thank you.............

Thank You to all who have sent get well wishes and birthday cards!  It really means a lot when you have a bump in the road ............you know what, things are getting better and we are putting the last few weeks behind! To those of you who were signed up for my classes I apologize and we will get them all straigthened out and rescheduled soon!  Thanks for understanding!

( these beautiful birthday flowers were sent to me from my sweet son and sweet daughter in law to be)

Happy Thursday................ 

first monday coming up 1 week from today...........

Paper Crowns first monday will be July 1.......one week from today.  The time is 6-8.....for the make and take we will be making paper dolls........we will be using the body and legs from the Julie Nutting doll stamp and a variety of faces from Character Construction and others.........one great thing about these stamps the sky is really the limit to what you can create from other stamps.  You will create one paper doll...........You will receive a 25% discount on your entire purchase and we always have great refreshments................We are hoping to receive the new series of Julie Nutting doll stamps by July 1! So invite a friend and stop by to make a cute paper doll, receive a 25% discount on your entire purchase or just to have a little snack and join in on being around some of your creative friends........Hope to see you then..........!

Congratulations/800th post............

Congratulations to Jeri! ( if this is Jeri from Stillwater I will leave your pillow and T-shirt at the Paper Crown this week.  If this is not Jeri from Stillwater please email me @..... jpeter@cox.net .)

You guys are the reason I keep blogging and creating!  Your comments are what keep me going and trying to keep this blog fun and interesting..........and to top it off this is my 800th post....how bout that!  I can't believe in 2010 and 3 years later this would turn into what it has.........the positive comments and feedback from you mean so much to me and I appreciate each and everyone comment you leave..........  And it is always so much fun to meet someone and they say to me , I read your blog or oh you are good grief girdie.........Thank You Thank You for stopping by and I hope to meet more of you face to face sometime soon!

Happy Monday to all!

happy friday..............

Many of you know by now summer is my most favorite time of the year............I love all the summer events and holidays..............July 4th is one of those..........I love to honor the day by showing a little patriotism by displaying a few items around my home.......of course these little patriotic gals are on top of a spool made out of paper and a few little firecrackers made out of straws and a flag from the dollar store I coffee dyed.........then a few extra spool........

These spools are so easy to make and so fun to display.........save all those pringle cans, oatmeal containers, anything round/cylinder.......wrap with paper, make two circles out of sturdy book board a little larger than the circle of the cylinder you are using..........glue paper on the two circles and glue one of the bottom of the base and one on top......then the sky is the limit to what you can create! 

Happy Friday and weekend..........remember you have until Sunday evening June 23 to enter the giveaway...........the winner will be announced on monday June 24......you can leave your comment on the orginal post or this post...........

Good Luck!

Pamela Huntington

Several years ago while searching and looking at different blogs I stumbled onto one that I immediately loved.........Pamela Huntingtons!  I  loved her style of Art Mixed Media works and her digital images!  So when I found out she was going to give one of her pieces to the "Hope for Oklahoma Auction" I was right on it! And I did get it..............When my package arrived she also sent me this darling canvas above along with my Auction item below..........

They came in this darling muslin bag with one of her sweet images ..............

Well that is it for today.  I just wanted to share with you one of my favorites!  Thank You Pam! If you have time you need to stop by her blog at www.pamelahuntington..........you will be glad you did!

Happy Father's Day/Happy Birthday month Giveaway...........

(taken 2 years ago in Colorado Springs........those poor people right now!)

Happy Father's Day...........Wishing all those who are celebrating today with their Father's a wonderful and fun filled day with lots of memories!  Whether you are with them or not we all hold fond memories!

This is the last photo I have with my Dad on my 40th birthday 21 years ago!  A BIG surprise when I walked into Kathy's cupboard Restauant and my family from California had flewn in to surprise me!  Now that was a 40th birthday memory!

Since this is my birthday month I wanted to have a little something to giveaway!

All of you know  what Oklahoma has been through the last month with the devastating tornado that destroyed many towns around the metro area........ I thought it to be appropriate to give away one of my Home Sweet Home pillows with a patriotic theme, plus I bought some Oklahoma HOME t-shirts with the proceeds to benefit  those in need! I happen to have an extra one  and thought it would be a wonderful way to share with one of you..........so just leave me a comment about how you will be spending your independence day.......you will have until Sunday June 23 and I will announce the winner on Monday morning June 24!

These two items the t-shirt and pillow go together........so I will only have 1 winner!  Thank You all for always being so kind to leave your sweet comments! I love hearing from you..........happy weekend and good luck!

These little gals are wishing you all a Happy Birthday  who have a June birthday...........

new week.............

Finally feeling like summer here in Oklahoma.......Have a great week!

( We will have a couple spots left for this class.....call the store if you are interested 405-848-2389)

See you gals thursday evening at 5:30, bring your class kit and glue guns! 

summer/patriotic girdie and patriotic class...............

Giridie is all decked out in her summer/patriotic old fashion bathing attire............sometimes when I start dressing her she ends up looking entirely different than my vision of how I thought she would end up!  The top part of her bathing suit was to be painted red and white stripes, but when I started to paint the red stripes it just would'nt cooperated so I had to improvise with something different!  Anyway stop by and say hi!

With a few added stars and accordian balls she is all set for those hot summer days!

Well these gals did an amazing job constructing their 4th of July shadowboxes!  It has been way to long of break from classes..........Hopefully now that the spring weather has passed we can now sit back and feel at ease leaving our homes in the evenings!  Thanks to all of you who understand why we need to cancel classes and group meetings!  

If you have not been by the Paper Crown in the past couples weeks, stop by!  Cindy has been working hard getting all the new products out and getting the back room ready for summer kids camp and regular summer classes.

Several of you have asked about the face on the paper doll on this post......I have left several comments and for some reason it won't cooperate.  

So here it is:  Hero Arts  Life Changes F5415 

wishing you all a wonderful summer weekend.................yeah!

in the suitcase..........

A little doll suitcase around 55 years old was sitting in my moms garage...........she could not remember if it was my older sisters or mine........ inside was something Grandmas just don't do anymore.....Like my mom, my grandmother was a wonderful seamstress......she made all the clothes inside.........not only did she make these doll clothes but made doll clothes for  my 2 sisters and probably 6 other grandaughters............can you believe it!

dresses.........

Wool Coats.......

little shirts with pants.........

cute little pajamas set...........

and last but not least every doll needs a handmade bathing suit............wow!

 I wanted to share my little doll suitcase and what was inside....Happy wednesday!

the paper doll fun continues..............

Cindy unloaded these stamps last week and of course I needed to grab a couple!   They are so much fun and a million ways to use them...........don't wait to long because they go out the door as fast as she sets them out.

Thanks girls for coming to our first monday at the Paper Crown!  Hope to see you all next month! Stop in and see the back room full of all new  summer papers and products.......

Happy tuesday.....................