There's a new baby at my house and his name is BARTOK. Born October 17, 2010, adopted by me January 16, 2011. He and Miss Bella are getting along wonderfully. They have the same handsome father and their mothers are sisters.

I haven't spent much time lately working on card creations but I'm ALWAYS working on something. The two bracelets below are an "industrial chic" design style. I made them for two of my co-workers for Christmas.

The photo below is of my living floor after I refinished it last month. This particular dream began about two years ago when I decided to pull up the commercial-grade gray carpeting in my living room and bedroom and discovered the original 100-year-old oak floor underneath. I can't even begin to estimate how many hours I invested in painting the walls and ceiling, removing the carpeting and padding, pulling hundreds of staples holding the padding in place, stripping the dark brown shellac around the edges of the rooms where it had been painted around the edges of room-size carpeting, sanding, staining, applying polyeurothene . . . I still have the bedroom and a small room off the bedroom that I use for a closet to do. I look forward to enjoying my newly refinished floors!



My crafting space . . . last Halloween. Better late than never, huh?

Summertime . . . and the livin' is crazy busy!! I've finally taken the time to upload some of my latest cards. I happily sold 30 of them to the local quilt shop and another 17 of them to the local produce stand. Some of the cards included here are favorite designs I found in my collection of Stampin' Up catalogs. Which design is YOUR favorite?

So many stamps, so little time.

> Here's what my hands have been creating this month . . .
41 angels.

I made these sunflower photo frames last year for my sister to give to my niece, Tonya. I love working with anything that involves color,
whether it be fabric, glass or ink . . .

I love these old family photos!

















Grandma Roe and Aunt Margaret.
















Aunt Helen and Uncle Keith with sons Leon, Jack and Tom.













My father, Richard.
















My mom and dad, Ruth and Richard Teeter with daughters Carol, Ginger and Luanne. I wasn't born yet!










Aunt Velma and Uncle Don Teeter with children Steve, David, Donna and Kyrle. Love those rootin' tootin' guns in the background!


















Aunt Dora and Uncle Bill Bush with
children Carla, Marnie, Phil and Harold. Elaine and Paula weren't born yet!












Grandpa Roe and Aunt Peggy.

















 Aunt Harriet and Uncle David Gunning with children Jeannie, Jim, Doug, Kate and Donnie. Mary Ellen was still a twinkle in her parents eyes.












Aunt Freda and Uncle Harry with sons Wayne and Mick.















My family in 1962 or thereabouts.

Happy Holidays! Christmas is on it's way . . . and as usual, I've got more projects planned than I have time for. I love this time of year!! It just wouldn't feel like Christmas if I weren't pushing myself to get it all done! (In hindsight, I think I should have scheduled a week of vacation before Christmas) . . . I haven't created many Christmas-themed cards this year, other than the tags you'll see below, so I've included some of my creations from past years . . .

Tim Holtz inspired tags . . .