not only is it a new year...

but it's already almost Feb!! where does the time go? Happy new year to anyone visiting still :) may it be filled with love, light and Blessings.
all too soon it will be Valentine's day, are you ready? yeah yeah, i hear ya, ya'll getting ready for the super bowl now haha

well hopefully this is a little something to get you ready for all the LOVE :)
i dont know if you can do anything with this either but, here ya go:

if you can use either or both for personal or commercial use, you are more than welcome to them... just hope you show me what you did with it (them) i LOVE to see how creative others can be.
in the meantime, we are FINALLY looking for another place!! YAYYY we've been in this tiny place for at least 10 years now and it's TIME we get more room. hopefully we can get away from the marines bombing and neighbors letting their dogs bark all hours and run loose, the 'yahooo dont give a dam weekenders'...oh and ONE more thing that's VERY important to ME, NO MORE LEAKS! haha dealt with leaky roof in every place hubby and i lived and this will be the last!!! packing takes just a bit more time than finding the place...lots of work... and geezus, one dont realize how much is acquired over time, till time to pack it all up lol. we have been selling at the swapmeet and online for the past year, that always helps.
thanx to those who still visit altho i havent been as kind. things here are just finally picking up after a two year major depression, but im hoping they find the correct meds to get me thru the stresses of my life. so far, been feeling better and am looking forward to the move, which is good to feel like looking forward to anything :)
hope to see you soon, make it an awesome day/weekend!

another one bites the dust

another year is passing as we head toward the new year. wishing you all an early HAPPY NEW YEAR!

happy holidays

been crafting and selling and would share here but why? haha
merry chirstmas and best wishes for the new year

BOOOO!

Happy HOWLoween!! hehe
i've been poppin in more often lately with my crafts. tonight i have a few more to share too.

Christmas sock wreath, i particularly like the sock bow :) not sure if im gonna decorate the wreath more or not.
i recently found a neat thing called soot stamping...if you have time, check it out on you tube.
here's some of my samples:

you can even add textures with pressing paper towels on them, but they must be sprayed with a fixative or they will smudge away.
that's it for now but hoping you have a booootiful and scary time tomorrow. see ya soon, enjoy!

popping in to say

i had a wonderful birthday. quiet and at home.  hubby and son got me a three milk strawberry cake that was delish!
anyway, im actually here to show ya that i changed the wreath and it sold! yayyy

i  also sold all 4 of the free standing cheesecloth ghosts! woohooooo
here's the witch hat i decorated: front

 and back

dont look too close tho or you'll see the glue was still wet when i took this pic hah
digging around my craft stash, i found these little plastic trick or treat bags, of course i had to decorate them too

also made a couple of 6" wreaths

i really like the way they turned out :)
and finally i do have a few potion bottles done, hardest part is finding cork, so i have to come up with something else for most of them.

it's been fun.
speaking of fun, hubby and i were personally invited to Unknown Comic's show in Palm Springs which is tonite and as much as i want to go, i doubt we will... depression is a b*tch...things you want to do, dont get done for the sake of depression... i AM dealing with it better lately, crafting proves that much :)
i've  done more this past month, than in past year and that says alot since this is my birthday month...that is always depressing since hitting 50 heh
anyway, i got one last thing to share. hubby and i get bored with things around here and always try to make things fun and recently i came across something that definitely makes that breakfast chore, a bit more fun.

i drew eyes on some eggs and if cracked properly, they look like this:

hahahaha
well, now that i've updated you, im off :D
hope you have an awesome halloween, see ya soon!

October already!?!

hard to believe the summer is gone. i still think summer is my favorite season, spring is a very close 2nd, then fall and i would LOVE to forget winter exists haha even here in the desert!
been crafting and even tho i dont have the room, i am still enjoying it, i missed it so much.
here's some of the fun:
some bendable mummies

some ghosties

and a boa wreath

i am also working on some potion bottles but the lids arent done yet.
it has been awhile since i actually crafted for a holiday or season. i've always LOVED crafting. but dont think i'm giving up on scrapping! HA i doubt i will ever stop doing SOME crafty type things, no matter what it is, i love trying new things and re-doing old ones.
slowly getting back into feeling up to it again, since hubby and my health has been going goofy on us. been a real rollercoaster trying to keep going, so im not gonna promise i will be back regularly but i do hope to be blogging more often. anyways, thanks for visiting, i do hope you enjoyed your stay and stop back again soon. :)

it's almost october!

i know i havent been around for quite awhile but i AM still here. tho i post now and then i really havent shared much of what has been happening. well, now i will :)
today, autumn is really showing itself with blustery winds that i feel in the house, brr, gonna go down to high 40's tonite and wont even make it to 80 degrees today. it wont last, thankfully, it'll be warming up again tomorrow. yea i know, enough about the weather, ok, ok well for those who care, grab a drink and a snack and get comfy cause it's gonna be a LLLLLONNGGGG one, just to prepare you, it aint all pretty.
this has been one helluva couple of years. probably our worst to date and hopefully our last, that bad!!!
was doctoring WAYYYY too much and still feel like poop. hah
i am determined to get thru this and trying to keep up my spirits tho it has been terribly difficult, at times.
osteoporosis, arthritis, copd, hair loss and then two seizures!!! after an eeg testing, they found 'something wrong'... actually still got more tests in november to hopefully find out what's going on there!
it's been a real downward spiral, but i keep trying to fight it all.
depression is truly a bitch!! and has a real good grip on me for the past few years...none of this helped.
we are hoping to move to a better place within the near future (meaning not after TEN years waiting lol) been here way too long, with all the marine bomb practices and military activity with jets and helicopters maneuvers. the one neighbor shoots rattlesnakes at any given time of day or night, the other neighbor lets their 3 dogs out to roam free and the newest neighbor, after moving in with one dog, got another and another and i think he's up to 8 now. 4 are legal in our county but hell who hears when they bark? it's only on two occasions ...... literally DAY and NIGHT!
been on so many darned meds that i cant even have a shot or two (and since finding whipped cream vodka, a shot or two was REALLY tasting er, i mean, doing me good hehe)
hubby still goes to the swapmeet every weekend but i dont. havent been out much except to the doctor. sometimes hubby even gets me to the dollar store after the dr cause he wants me to get out more.
anyways, it HAS been tough on both of us. hubby's health isnt as good as it use to be either and getting older dont help none :)
i do still try and keep busy by crafting, tho i really dont have the space. sometimes i'll scrap, do cards and even sell them but since it's almost halloween, i have been playing around with halloween-y crafts.
made a black feather boa wreath

and some free standing ghosts

next project is 'witches potion bottles'. eh, it keeps me sane :)
what have you been up to lately? i dont really check on too many blogs but do see some of you on facebook and still love the work you are doing!
anyways, guess i brought you up to date pretty good. i hope you enjoyed your visit and i didnt bring ya down too much. such is life, good and bad. and heck, it wasnt even as long winded as i thought it would be, you got off easy haha
please know that i think of so many of you so often and wonder how you are doing. please do keep in touch and thanx for visiting, have an awesome day! xo