another google search

apparently i am NOT the only one to delete the picasa album only to find that pictures were deleted from my blog of several years. guess that is comforting ....sort of......

there is no "fix", no "undo" no looking in the recycle bin for scraps....but trust me, it wont happen again.

another sigh

most lost items

guess i didnt take pictures of several....i seem to be deficient in picture taking and keeping.  just a few here:

lost quilts

since i deleted all my pictures for the last few years, i thought i would at least put the quilts i have made in the last year back on so i can remember them.

figured it out

smart phone (new) + dumb user (me) + google search + new app on smart phone = no more pictures on my blog....who knew removing the mugsycreates "album" on the new smart phone would cause ALL my pages of pictures to disappear from my blog.  smarty phone and desktop computer have never even met in person !!

so...on to creating new memories......and new pictures of quilts and cards that i make.  out with the old and in with the new....and no boo hoo-ing about it.

deep sigh......pam

lost cards from yesterday

all gone !!

well, i did something....and my whole blog is gone.

starting over:

here are a few christmas cards i recently made

several early christmas cards

made a few at a stampin'up! class yesterday and a few prior to that.  i am trying to utilize stamps and paper i already have, although i am sorely tempted by the new PTI sets.

snow flake from sparkle foam and nestability die

TI take three die and PTI snowman

more nestability foam snowflakes

hello doily SU

mica flakes ....love them !!!

rag quilt

easy to make rag quilt...i used 6 inch WOF strips of pretty fall-like flannel.  unfortunately i sewed it completely backwards first time around and had to rip out all the seams and resew so the fringe was on the "right side".

 lesson.....think twice, sew once.  duh

pretty cards

 gingko stamp from PTI embossed in gold....for friend's anniversary

a triplet boy baby card.....cute little owl babies ! SU 2 step owl punch and CB embossing folder

birthday card

more gingkos

gingko

new stamp set by PTI......harvest berries.....

berries embossed in gold.....bamboo leaves ink (memento). 

christmas table topper

made from a basic grey charm pack....."jovial"

snowman

what a cute little guy.... chenille in the center....felt for nose, buttons for eyes and mouth and super aqua fabric for border.....the sq is 10 in ches and fits nicely in this stand.

fall table topper

i used fall-y fabric....and the D9P pattern....

what's really cute?....the punkin.  

• take a cheap (or not cheap) roll of TP
• wrap batting around it
• place in the middle of a fat quarter
• stuff the fabric in the TP hole....embracing the pleats....and making them sort of even
• i had some corrugated packing (i save all sorts of things) and i rolled a bit of it for the stem (cant see it) and put that in the TP hole....you could roll up cardstock  and wrap in brown raffia....lots of ways to do this
• decorated it with fall stuff...raffia, silk leaves, little fall picks i have had for years
•  it's re-usable and light weight for mailing .....

DD is going to get this in the mail as a surprise !!  

wedding

inspired by valita (what talent she has)..

3x3 gift card

 A2 wedding card 

more !!!