DOGS, BIRDS AND SNOW

Snow dogs..

we finally got the back door open!

Snow birds!!! Click to see the full size picture.. it's pretty cool to see the

one coming in for a landing.
Sweet little morning dove..

Backyard and out the back door before shoveling!

GIRL AND DOG, COOKIE PACKETS AND VANILLA BEAN SUGAR

A girl and her dog....

Thank you so much to the friends that left comments with

good thoughts for Riley ..

He's doing really good.

Packets for cookies and petit fours...

Image from

http://tentwostudios.com

I saw these on

www.cheekykitchen.com/2010/12/vanilla-sugar.html

and here are my Vanilla Bean Sugar jars!

RILEY UPDATE! CLOTHESPINS AND TAGS

This picture was taken during the worst of it.. I have to take some new happy dog

pictures now that he's somewhat back to normal.

After 2 vet visits and 2 specialist oncology visits.. to this day they don't know what's wrong with him

but they put him on steroids.. and he's gotten better.

They warn the underlying problem that remains a mystery could be getting worse.. but.. we've decided that

it's worth it to have the boy back to himself.. he's happy.. hungry again.. he has his crazy zest for life and getting into trouble, so we'll go with it and take things as they come.

Thanks for the good thoughts.. they are greatly appreciated..

Here are some altered clothes pins I made for

http://www.tentwostudios.com/

Here are the Christmas present tags I'm going

to use on my presents this year!

RILEY COULD USE SOME GOOD THOUGHTS.. ME TOO..

Here's a picture of Bear and Riley when he was 4 months old...

So tiny and way too cute... you can see why I couldn't resist him!!

Riley has been sick for 3 and a half weeks now... going to a specialist vet today to

try and figure out what's wrong.. I'm worried for him and I' m upset..

Please keep a good thought for the

sweet boy.

BIG BEAR SMUSH, PATIENCE, AND A FLOWER RING

I love this picture of the Big Bear Dog!!

Smushing up against my son for some attention.. he is so sweet!!

(Yes.. my son needs to put on a belt!!!)

Here's my entry for

http://www.inchybyinch.blogspot.com

The word theme is patience

Here's a flower ring I made this afternoon..

I think I'm going to make a bunch to add to the boxes of presents I

have to mail for Christmas to family all over the

country. My daughter already took off

with this one!!!

THE BOYS BACKSIDE, HENNA, BIRDCAGE PUMPKIN AND HOME

A different view of the Riley boy...

Here is the henna I did for my daughter after the paste was

removed..
Here is the pumpkin we carved!!!! I saw this on the Martha Stewart website
and I drew my own template to make our own bird cage pumpkin, I'm so excited!!!
This is how it looked out front with the candle lit...

This is inside during the day!

Here is my entry for

http://inchybyinch.blogspot.com

The theme is home

SWEETNESS, HENNA TAT AND A TROLL

What a sweet face.. this is how he gets away with

so much... the sweet face, with the big ears, all at once.. it's just too much..

This is a henna tattoo I did tonight for my daughter..

I'm pretty excited to see it tomorrow after we take off the paste!!!

This is my entry for

http://darknessinspiration.blogspot.com

The theme is troll!!!!

What fun!

GREY HAM HOCK, WITCHY INCHIE LUNCH BAGS, AND MORE WITCHES

I love his ham hocks..

Here are my inchie entries for

http://inchybyinch.blogspot.com

the theme is "The past" so I did

Halloween images of days gone by!!

The inchies serve as tags for these Halloween lunch bags.

All images used are from

www.tentwostudios.com

I made pendants with extra witch images from Ten Two as well!

GREEN EYES X 2, WITCH, AND DEVOTION

My green-eyed, grey haired boy...

My green-eyed cheetah cat girl, look at her little back feet

all stretched out, too cute!!
Here's a Halloween folder I decorated with images from
www.tentwostudios.com
I might have posted these already.. but I can't remember..
so here's Minerva anyway...


Here's my entry for
http://inchybyinch.blogspot.com
The theme is devotion. The inchie I made was very
plain.. I couldn't imagine doing anything to the image so
I mounted it on a bookmark.

SUN STRIPES, HAND OF FATE AND SEPARATION

Sun striped weimaraner...

An Atc card for a 1-4-1 swap
This is my entry for
http://inchybyinch.blogspot.com/
The theme word is "separate"

GLOWING BOY, KNIT BIKINI AND FINGER WAVES

What a radient little spectacle of grey and brown!

This is a birthday postcard I made for my sister,

she's a knitting superstar!
This is my entry for
http://inchybyinch.blogspot.com
The inspiration word is "wave"

PATIENT BOY, RED BIRD AND NOT SO DAINTY

Here's the sweet boy keeping an eye on

the flower garden

Here's a bezel I made after taking the towers and turrets workshop

Cool stuff!
And here!!!! Finally!!!! I got a picture of the elusive cardinal that
was mocking me and all my attempts to get a
picture of him.. it was worth the time, he's
so cool!! I also like the
little grey hanging out on a flower over his shoulder!

Wrapping up the post is my entry for

http://inchybyinch.blogspot.com

The theme this week is "dainty"

ODD, BALANCED SQUIRREL, TOWERS, AND 1950 ARCH

Ok if you look closely you can see what's going on here...

Riley smushed himself into a spot on the couch that was about.. 2 inches wide.

Not enough room for his rear end and that's why it's

up on the arm of the couch above his head.. he's so crazy..

I'm impressed with the balance of the squirrels in the

yard! From what I hear, they only eat the sunflower seeds

and leave the rest for the birds, so I don't mind so much when I see them out there.

This is a collage I made for an online workshop Towers and Turrets

Cool stuff...

This is an arch I made for
http://adifferentchallengeaweek.blogspot.com
The theme is a 1950's arch!

POINTER, ELUSIVE BLUEJAY, SWEET GIRLS AND TOUCH

Riley impersonating a Pointer! A picture of one of the bluejays that uses the birdbath and

eats from the tea cup bird feeders.
Yesterday I had a bluejay on one bird feeder and a

cardinal on the other!!! I was pretty excited!

I made these little gift pouches using these sweet images from

http://www.tentwostudios.com/

And... this is my entry for

http://www.inchybyinch.com/

The theme this week is the word Touch.