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party and holiday paper dolls.......

How fun would these be on a little girls birthday cake or stuck in the top of a package, stuck in a plant or just about anything , with a sentiment to go along with it.....my idea was to have each of the dolls hold something like maybe if the little girl was 4 she could be holding a glittered up 4 and where the banner ( where the gingerbread, candy canes or paperdoll) is have her name, happy, smile, congratulations  whatever the occasion.......they can be totally monogramed however way is appropriate.....they are on wooden picks.......anyway if anyone is interested please email at jpeter@cox.net..........

 

Tomorrow I will have all the order information on the Christmas Doodling Ornaments....still working that out.........

 

hope you all had a great weekend and looking forward to the new week ahead.....the rain is coming down here in Oklahoma this morning.........

friday worktable..........

my worktable in progress..........

Paper dolls in various sizes and themes........maybe classes maybe to sell.........haven't figured it out but I sure am working on it.......I really do miss teaching classes and am trying to figure out the whole situation if it's safe or not.....so hang tight girls...........I am as anxious to get back just like I think you all are and sooooooooooooo ready......

 

happy weekend...........

a little early.......

I know it's a little early for Christmas but I am going to offer these Monogram/Personalized Christmas Doodling ornaments and because each one is hand doodled I need a little time...... to draw, color, cut out and add a little glitter takes time so hopefully in the next week I can offer these for pre-order..........there is a star, circle, skinny ornament, fat ornament, dog bone for those doggies and a fish for cat lovers......next week I will be a little more specific with the details but for now this is just a little peek.......stop in next week ...

 

Happy Wednesday...........

monday afternoon........

The bracelets are finished I guess........I added the Sari ribbon and applied a sealer to the paint......am not really sold on the durability of the paper clay.....they seem a little fragile and I also broke a couple..........they turned out really pretty but I don't think I will be making them to sell because of them being so fragile.......you may see one of them on my wrist and that is it......

I will say this they will looked great as charms , added pieces on journals, books, wood and furniture........just an added little detail, just not to wear!!!!

 

Happy Monday afternoon and hopefully a great week ahead............

let's stitch a long with Charlotte Lyon.......

So excited to receive the kit this past week from Charlotte Lyon's Summer Stitch-a-long Class......the colors are amazing and really just a fun project to get those stitching vibes back on track! Thank You Charlotte for sharing your talents with us and offering this fun on line class that ordinarily would be in Vermont! So let the stitching begin.........

 

Happy Sunday afternoon...........

it's friday........

I have been experimenting a little with some new molds and paper clay that one of my dear friends had turned me onto..........all I needed was a new project.......ha ha .....like I said I am still in the experimenting phase but fun to see what all can be done with these molds and clay..

Hopefully this weekend I will try to finish the ones I have started and experimented  with........we will see!

Wishing you all an enjoyable weekend............Happy Friday!!!!!

46 going on 47 years............

Time does fly by and 46 years ago this incredible man asked me to marry him after only 2 weeks of dating.........we both knew we were meant for each other and we celebrate everyday feeling more blessed than the day before......Happy Anniversary Tom Peters....I love you..............

 

Happy Wednesday August 18, 2020

happy monday........

Even though I am not in the Christmas creating mood , I did stumble onto a couple new pattern books that I thought were worthy to buy in the Hot .......and the fabric collection is something that who knows what it will end up being.......I love the marble fabric, Tula Pink of course.............and the batik colors I love......

 

Hope it's the start of a great week...............Happy Monday!

it's friday and a recipe.........

I have blogged before about this recipe........... since it is hot and not wanting to turn on your oven this may be your answer......... it's really easy and good for you all at the same time:

 

Energy Balls

2 cups rolled oats

1 cup peanut butter ( crunchy or smooth whatever you prefer) 

1 cup almonds ( here again you can use whatever you want)

1/2 cup or more of mini semisweet chocolate chips

1/4 cup honey, or more if needed

 

Mix this altogether and put in refrigerator for about 15 min.  Take out and with a mini ice cream scoop or spoon roll dough into balls.......refrigerate and enjoy!   I love these for breakfast with a hot steaming cup of strong coffee or in the afternoon for a little jolt!

 

Every summer I have a friend who always supplies us with peaches from around where her relatives live and about 3 different times each summer she asks if we want any.....well this year has been different and we haven't had any peaches ....and the ones in the store have been AWFUL.........I sure have missed them .......so that brings me to the photo above......I also freeze them because we always had to many at the time when they arrived so I looked in my freezer this morning and low and behold was a couple baggies full of fresh frozen peaches from last year......so tonight we will be having fresh ( from last years crop) peach cobbler........as you can see I am a really messy cook and baker.......

 

On one more note here are a couple more Ephemera envelopes with a Dog theme.......I didn't have as much old stuff with dogs but I tried to make up for it with fun dog things!  As my post from yesterday if anyone is interested please email me at jpeter@cox.net........ I have many of them spoken for and if I run out I will have to make more so hang tight!!!!!  Plus I am getting rid of so much of my stash!!!!  

That kind of sums up my friday afternoon........have a great weekend and maybe we can all create something fun this weekend!!!!

 

Happy Friday.................

ephemera envelopes........

If your like me and a million other people who like to create we have watched so many tutorials while we have been in doors  the past 5 months......so here is one I watched but instead of turning mine into a "Envelope Junk Journal" I decided since I have so much ephemera that I would fill the envelopes full of all sorts of EXTRA stuff I need to let go of and call it "Envelope Ephemera "( like envelopes, labels, paper clips, old papers, ledgers, cut outs, cards, index cards, stickers, paying cards, and all kinds of doo dads that we put in journals)......what you do is glue several envelopes together and add whatever you want , most of them have have 6 envelopes......I thought why not fill them full and then you can turn around and make the Journal out of some of the stuff and add more of your own STUFF!!!  They are kind of themed and I tried to carry the theme with the things inside, so for instance if it has butterlies on the outside more than likely it has butterfly things plus extra.......

below are a few pages out of each one:

I am working on a couple more with a dog theme going on.............If anyone is interested in purchasing any of these you can email me at jpeter@cox.net..................  I still have a few of the "Back to School" journals left if anyone is interested

And this happened yesterday...........all of my washi tape fell out of the container......these are usually color coordinated in rows.........guess what I did........just threw them back like this until I am ready to reorganize them again!  I was so mad at myself but it was my fault for having in on top of my trash can with the lid open and BOOM...........

 

Hope you have had a great week.......Happy thursday!