Friday, December 31, 2010

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!






Thursday, December 23, 2010

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
I saw these on
and here are my Vanilla Bean Sugar jars!





Sunday, December 5, 2010

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
Here are the Christmas present tags I'm going
to use on my presents this year!






















Monday, November 15, 2010

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.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

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
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!!!









Wednesday, October 27, 2010

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
The theme is home






Thursday, October 14, 2010

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
The theme is troll!!!!
What fun!