well i made a decision

http://blendedcolors.wordpress.com/

had to make a move and i explain it all there.... please come by and say hi!

HELP!

ok if anyone our there can help me.... somthing is up with our computer! it has been for awhile and my hubby and i keep accidentally figuring it out.... but this time we cant and we dont have anywhere to take it to here... i mean not where we would understand what theyre saying....
so the problem is its not always showing pictures on websites... sometimes if you refresh the screen enough it will.... but usually we have to turn off our virus blocker and then it will work.... but we dont want to do that.... so i'm thinking some settings got messed up... we thought java, cookies.... etc etc.... but we've messed with those before and it worked... although no matter what we've done we can't get the old navy website to work! ugh! so now the most frustrating thing is whatever this problem is , its blocking me from being able to upload photos to my blog or my etsy site! we've tried everything... so if anyone anywhere knows what to do then please help and then hopefully i can get this blog back on the road!

Frohe Weinachten...

or Merry Christmas! I hope you had a lovely one remembered that Jesus is the Reason for the Season..... not toys, gifts, seeing family and friends, giving to others, receiving, eggnog, decorations, reindeer, and ecpecially NOT SANTA..... its all about Jesus and the gift God gave us by sending him here to earth to eventually die for our sins...
I wanted to say thanx for coming to read my lil ole blog.... sorry its been sparse lately.... trying to heal still and healing hurts... i have so much to share.... but thanx for saying your thinking about me and praying.... i'm almost healed
I just wanted to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year or "Gutes Neuh Jahre" i think thats right.....

little surgery turned out bigger

so i've been non blogging for awhile because i had some varicose veins removed... just wanted to apologize for not saying HEY this was gonna happen and HEY i wont be writing for a bit.... it was way more extensive then i thought it would be and it looks like i'll have to wear the tights for at least a week.... YAY! i'm only 30 but i guess having 3 kids and being on your feet all the time will do it! they took out a lot of veins... i went to the german krakenhaus and the doc said my veins were kaput... :) i will write more later and i do have tons to blog about... swaps etc etc etc....
thanx for your patience... :)

snow softly falling

My world is blanketed today
in silent white
that fell without a sound
all through the night.
It padded every crooked rail,
it carpeted the lawn,
transfiguring each naked twig;
and ith the dawn
I smiled to see,
upholstered and serene,
the children's swing
beneath the tree,
incongruous in the wintry scene
.....awaiting Spring.

**this is from a book of poems by Ruth Bell Graham......**

Harlem Globe Trotters

well i made a little "for the holiday's" change to the ole blog.... i just love that paper that i used in my very first handmade journal.... so thats the new background for now.... anyways... because of the way this week is going and this day as well so far, i cannot show some of the things i've been working on yet.... but i'm giving you this snowy wintery pic as a freebie , which i havent done in quite awhile..... and an awsome recipe for peanut butter play dough that the kids just LOVE! also wanted to say i'm going with the family TONIGHT to see the HARLEM GLOBE TROTTERS .... at our lowly little gym on base.... i've always wanted to see them/meet them/ what have you... so tonights the night! woohoo!.... :) its for my kids that we are going... yeah that's it.... :) i'll have to share some photos of the experience tommorrow...

its not a finished shot

well i'm a big fat dork... i never took finished photos of my christmas cottage that i made.... my partner does not have a blog either as far as i know , so this is what your getting to see... the just before finished photos.... i got some dollhouse sized icicles.... and a dollhouse sized nativity scene....... not only is the roof covered in glitter but i piled it up around the snowmen and nativity scene.... i made a front door and made a little wreath with little golden decorations out of seed-beads and a gold bow.... i really wish i had a pic of that... oh i also put faces on the snowmen and little scarves (ribbon) ... and i painted snow all over the sides of the cottage with a white out pen.... :) it was a super fun project.... my partner got hers so thats why im showing it now....

tag in a bag

Just wanted to talk about this fun little idea of mine again... i have a quite a few still.... its a tag in a bag! you can give it as a gift , unmade! or make it into tag and attach it to your gifts.... or make it up and give it as the gift... whichever way you go they are so fun and slightly addicting..... I made a bunch originally for a ladies get-together at my church and even the super-un-artistic ladies had a blast.... they are in my shop and there is free shipping.... ckeck it out!

sneeky sneeky

i joined in on the charming cottage swap.... and so i'm showing a little sneeky peek of what a made... these aren't even shots of the finished product so that's even sneekier i guess , in case my parnter is lurking about.... hehe.... it was hard and fun at the same time.... its totally hand made out of chipboard, i tried to follow a pattern from online but i like the simply boxy look better... i'll show the whole thing after she gets it... it's twelve inches high! with lots of glitter.... and some other little things here and there... also i wanted to tell you guys about somthing really cool and new... a place to get your art published in a very cool new journal..... its gonna be awsome , i can just tell! go to http://theoptimistsquarterly.blogspot.com/ and read all about it.... i've submitted some things...

happy thanksgiving

wait a minute.....!

aed-17 trying to catch up!

so i'm showing a ton today.... i hope you enjoy the show.....
above is an almost finished altered book cover that i'm alost working on... it just doesnt feel finished.... :)

this is an awsome journal with a handmade cover that i stayed up making last night... and below is one entry , half finished in the brand-spanking new journal.... i'm excited to finally start some projects that i've wanted to for awhile ... like my own handmade journals....this is my favorite so far.... the cover is made of chipboard with some handmade gorgwous red paper that i got at a german art supply store.... i cant remember the name of the stitch i used but its from a book called cover to cover... ugh sorry cant remember the name

aed-day16

so i know I'm way behind... probably didn't think i was still in it but i am... later today I can show the things i've been working on to show you i've still been in it.... so for now i will make you a little collage with powerpoint again and also talk to you about THANKSGIVING the forgotten holiday... now maybe i'm a little late in talking about this since its practically here! but this is my favorite holiday.... not because of the turkey and plethera of food ... but because its not a pagan holiday for one... and because its a holiday to celebrate giving thanx... not that i or those in my immediate family need a holiday put aside to celebrate giving thanx.... anyways.... it seems to me that america has forgotten this holiday and its become one more day to make all about somthing that its not about.... like its more about the macy parade.... and FOOTBALL.... and turkey.... not GIVING THANX..... anyways... i'll have more to say on this later.... so for now here's my powerpoint quickie.....

wish i could show you

what i've been working on but somthing is wrong with the camara and the scanner is not bit enough! ack! so i will talk about what a nice 3-day weekend i had with my hubby and kiddos and how we got to participate in a really cool little lantern procession in a little nearby german town.... it was so cool... they sang two songs in german of course ... and the kids all carried their very own homade lanterns in this long procession with a band and everything... OH! one one of the songs they sings sounds a little like "its raining , its pouring!" you can hear it on this video!... check it out! that's what we got to go do this weekend... :)

salt-three challenges

well i didnt get to do like the last three SALT challenges... so here they are... creation and Jesus is Lord are at the bottom and from the hymn book is at the top...

number9

Well this is my all time favorite painting ever... one because i did it for a good friend... and two because its an oil painting... which is truly my favorite medium... I've been enjoying this art every day for a month excercise... this new year of school has been so hectic i never think i'll have time to do anything... you know there's like a list.... a list of MUST DO'S.... read my Bible every morning, work-out at least three days but hopefully more, finish homeschooling for that day, have clean clothes/house/dishes etc, feed the family, spend quality down time mit mine Mann (little german for ya), and then there is art! you just hafta hafta hafta hafta have art in your life... you know? so see i'm a very challenged writer, i'm even to lazy to capitalize all the words that need to be capitalized... sheesh... but anyways.... here's the paiting

day 7 and 8

i know that's horrible to combine... but you wouldnt believe how unbelievably busy wednesdays get..... so I'm showing a little digital collage i did in powerpoint.... and another favorite artist on youtube.... I'm telling ya wednesdays just speed by with no time for anything!also you guys should check out the wonderful post written by my friend amanda over at http://hiddenart.wordpress.com/ its awsome! :)

aed-day6

ok i know you guys have heard of suzi blu but you should check out this chics video.... she inspired this journal entry of mine which I've already said is a painting in progress...

art every day and somthing new

well first i think this is kinda cool.... belinda over at crazy art girl's musings has this post about moi ... just go here and check it out..... then for my art every day challenge I have been working on some little goodies that are kinda different.... introducing Tag In A Bag! I have about 40 right now , but if i run out and you really really want some let me know please! My idea is, they are little art tags that you can attach to your christmas gifts (or any holiday, birthday, etc.) or you can just send/give the tag itself as a gift.... they are all different colors, with different papers , stickers, brads , etc in each little bag. they are about 2 1/2 by 1 1/2 and they are in my lil ole etsy shop so go check that out... those are what I worked on today...

aedm day 3&4

one of my favorite blogs creative everday , leah, is doing an ART EVERY DAY MONTH and I'm a couple days behind..... here are my creative endevors for today.... and yesterday... :) I finished my pages in the next Nature Journal RR that I've recieved.... :)

glow

just playing around... I will be finally making a few things tonight that are un-swap-related.... like finishing this painting with real paints , not digitally like I have here.... although its nice..........